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Sony EX1 external monitoring issues
So I have a Sony EX1.
About 2 years ago, the Component out quit giving me a color signal.
All I can get out of it – regardless of the monitor I plug into is a black and white signal.
It’s very annoying as it is a studio camera and my clients like to watch in video village.
So I figured I’d go buy a cable to plug into the HDSDI out port and plug in that way.
I attached to my same IKAN 7″ monitor that worked fine ( apart from the B&W)… but no image.
I flipped iLink off and enabled HD and all the steps the manual says to do… nothing. I switched the monitor through the various inputs… nothing.
I took the EX1 down to my local camera dealer and he plugged it into a monitor… perfect picture immediately without messing with any of the settings.
So I know the camera is set to output a picture… any idea why my monitor will not display it?
We even tested with the cable and it worked at the store… so it must be the monitor.
I think it’s a 720p monitor… not 1080p… but I get a signal in component mode…
Any help would be greatly received.
Thanks!
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10 Replies
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Maybe the Y component input can be set on composite also? So that it only ‘sees’ the Y channel, which is black and white.
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Thanks very much…. but I am a dummy… can you please put that into simple terms I can understand and tell me how I can fix it? Thanks so much
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please give me a link of your monitor, there are more ikan 7 inch
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Ikan V8000 HDMI.
Thanks again
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component and composite are different connections so my theory doesn’t match..
I’m afraid I can help you. It’s a long shot, but maybe you’ve set the color saturation to zero or something? which means that all the colour is gone
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it is the same on another monitor… it’s not a monitor issue… its in-camera.
Any ideas on why the Ikan is not displaying the HDSDI out? Does a monitor need to be 1080p to display that? I think my Ikan is only 720p
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your monitor, as i see, does not have hdsdi input.
your original thread mentions that it’s the monitor!
out of ideas so far. sorry -
It seems like you need to convert the HDSDI to HDMI for your monitor, these are both digital signals unlike the component/composite ports.
https://www.atvresearch.com/HAWK-SDI-HDMI.aspx
Good Luck
Michael Palmer -
OH.. maybe thats the problem 😉
I see a B&C connector… is that not a HDSDI port?
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On the camera, the bnc is a hdsdi, on your monitor, i don’t think so.
M Palmers advice is a good option.
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