Posted by Steve Guidry on 02/16/06 00:00

If you can find a JVC KM-F250 TBC on ebay or somewhere, it will do exactly
what you want : take in the Y-688 from the U-Matic, and output the signal
as YC-629. there are separate switches for the input format and the output
format. Maybe there are others, but I don't know of any other TBC that will
do this. Probably set you back about $200 on ebay.

Both connectors are the 7-pin, though, so you will have to order a 7-pin to
4-pin cable from Markertek or Comprehensive. It will be about $30.

Steve


> I take the occasion to ask once again for devices that could convert a
> Umatic dub signal to either Y/C 358 or component, keeping the Y/C signal
> fully separated allong the way. TBC or just converter.
>
> I'm taking a conversion job, several Umatic archives tapes to DV and I
> want to maintain maximum quality. Umatic being somewhat compromised by
> itself, I don't want to degrade it some more. The recorded signal once
> was composite (in the 70s when the recording was made!) but it IS really
> Y/C on tape. No way I'll mix them to composite before DV capture.
> Hence my asking.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Eric (Dero) Desrochers
> http://homepage.mac.com/dero72
>
> Hiroshima 45, Tchernobyl 86, Windows 95

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