Hi,

My wife was an actress in Europe and has quite a few video tapes of
her work. They are all Pal videos. She also has a JVC HR-J615EG Video
Cassette Recorder that she brought along with her. It is an old
machine and so is probably not using the most current connectors.

First of all we need to know how we can alter the power cable to work
with US power. I know we need some kind of adapter, but do we also
need a transformer of some sort?

Second, I need to know what kind of cables or adpters are needed to
output the audio and video. My goal is to digitize everything and then
put it on DVDs. I have a Hollywood Dazzle bridge that accepts s-video
or composite video input and then outputs it via firewire to my Mac
G4. It is getting from the JVC to the Hollywood Dazzle that is the
problem. I have a jpg of the back panel and can also send you a scan
of the back connectors from the manual.

Is it worth trying to find all this stuff or are we better off finding
a low cost modern player that can handle playing a Pal video and
outputting it in a way that my video bridge can handle?

Thanks for your help!
Steven

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 17 Jan 2006 23:21 PST

Steven...

My first guess is that a newer machine will have 
more modernized connections that are more likely
to be capable of being matched to your Dazzle.

You can't send images, as such, as personal contact
between researchers and customers is prohibited, but
you can post images on a free service such as 
Photobucket, and post the links here.

Photobucket:
http://photobucket.com/

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by modactra-ga on 18 Jan 2006 00:26 PST

Here are two URLs you should check out.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/stmemel/ManualJVC.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/stmemel/JVCback.jpg

They will probably help clarify.

Thanks much!

Interesting question.

Here in the UK, my DVD and VHS players can play both NTSC and PAL but
I understand that they can only record in PAL mode.

Maybe in the US, the latest players can similarly play both formats
but can only record in NTSC.