Re: Cinematronics/Vectorbeam conversion adapters?

From: Mark Shostak <xx.vl_at_cinelabs.com>
Date: Fri Dec 08 2006 - 16:21:59 EST

Or is he talking about the additional 8 pin power connector on the VB monitor?

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 04:19:29PM -0500, David Fish wrote:
> Hey Joe,
>
> The power connector on a Cine' monitor is actually a 15-pin connector with 8 contacts being used. Did he mean that there are two different Vectorbeam connector configurations?
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joseph Magiera
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:51 PM
> Subject: VECTOR: Cinematronics/Vectorbeam conversion adapters?
>
>
> Has anyone here ever successfully made an adapter that would convert the plug of a Cinematronics monitor into a Vectorbeam monitor (and vice versa)? A friend of mine not on this list, but one of the better Cine monitor repair guys I know says that in theory, it should be straightforward and easy, but he's tried is a couple of times and each time has blown his monitor. Hmmm...maybe he's not as good of a Cine monitor repair guy as I've been lead to believe. ;^)
>
> Anyway, has anyone ever done this? Any tricks to know? I've never seen a Vectorbeam monitor, but he told me one monitor is a 6 pin connector and the other is a 7 pin connector, and the extra pin is just an additional ground.
>
> Thoughts? Comments? Thanks,
>
> Joe
> joemagiera@ameritech.net
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