There can be some variation in pinouts for different brands of cameras. These standards came from various Sony service manuals and have been known to work with some RCA cameras. We would gladly add any additional information about other variations. One way to verify if these pinouts apply to your camera is to partially disassemble the connector to your camera and look to see where the coaxial connections are in relation to the individual conductors. Often red and black indicate power and ground.
| Pin Number |
Pin Function |
| 1 | Camera Video Out |
| 2 | Camera Video Ground |
| 3 | View Finder Video In |
| 4 | View Finder Video Ground |
| 5 | NC |
| 6 | Record/Pause Out |
| 7 | Camera Audio Out |
| 8 | Camera Audio Ground |
| 9 | DC Ground |
| 10 | +12V DC In |
Note: Some cameras will display external video presented to its video input pins automatically when video is applied.
| Pin Number |
Pin Function |
| 1 | Camera Video Out |
| 2 | Camera Video Ground |
| 3 | View Finder Video In |
| 4 | View Finder Video Ground |
| 5 | Start/Stop |
| 6 | Tally Signal In |
| 7 | Camera Audio Out (CH2) |
| 8 | Record /Review Button |
| 9 | Camera Audio Out (CH1) |
| 10 | Audio Ground |
| 11 | Audio In (CH1) |
| 12 | Audio In (CH2) |
| 13 | +12V DC In |
| 14 | Ground |
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