setup of GL2 using DVD monitor at DVinfo.net

Terry Arnold · July 30th, 2006, 12:24 PM

Started a thread a couple of weeks ago about using a cheap DVD portable player as a mointor. There seems to be many questions about this all over the board! Anyhow I've just purchased a COBY DVD7107 and the sales person semed pretty knowledgeable and assured me it would work and everything I would need was in the box. Now after a second trip to aquire the proper (?) cable, I still cannot get an image to appear on the monitor. I have the DVD player set to AV in and the other end to the GL2 AV. The new monitor will only display AV up in the top left. Is there supposed to be something in the GL2 that has to be set. I've checked the manual and can't find anything special. One poster elsewhere states you just plug it in and its good to go??

Zack Birlew · July 30th, 2006, 02:20 PM

It depends if that DVD player can switch AV sources. On my Toshiba DVD Player, I'd press the "Source" button and if I needed to flip the image, I'd press "Monitor". But that's just my particular portable DVD, I don't know what to say about other portable DVD players, I haven't looked at any in years. I suppose the only real advice I can give is to just check it out thoroughly before purchasing, or simply read your instruction booklet. =)

Boyd Ostroff · July 30th, 2006, 03:07 PM

To test the player, try plugging in some other external video source, like a VCR or DVD deck. If you still don't get a picture then there's a problem with your player. You can also try the converse; plug your GL2 into another external video monitor, like the A/V jacks on a TV or the video input of a VCR.

These tests would let you determine whether the problem lies in the camera or the DVD player.

Terry Arnold · July 31st, 2006, 06:05 PM

Tried again, the GL2 'plays to' and and the tv can be used as a live monitor. The DVD will play out to the tv. BUT this seems like it can only be done using the RCA jacks. I'm using a male either end cable to go from the GL2 AV to the DVD video in. This is right isn't it? can't see any other way :(

Terry Arnold · August 3rd, 2006, 05:10 PM

and the answer is...These cable plugs are not all the same diameter! I started wiggeling the plug in and finall got it to display on the monitor. The supplied DV cable plug that comes with the GL2 is actually tapered! I have some pretty good digital calipers (comes in handy when the old eyes start to go) and stared measuring. As stated the genuine canon starts from 3.51mm at the tip to 3.60 at the base. The cable that I bought (twice, returned the first on cause I thought it was deffective) at best buys measures a straight 3.47mm. So the fit is really pretty loose. Now got to figure out how to add another .06mm or so to the thickness of the new plug to tighten it up. Other than build up of solder which probably would't stick or last, or putting it in a vice and flattening to more of an oval shape, and ideas?? (other than trying to find a 3.6mm cable)

Jim OMalley · August 3rd, 2006, 08:18 PM

Could be that the cable you got with your camera is defective and the wide plug has deformed the jack. Probably worth checking with Canon . . .

Jarrod Whaley · August 4th, 2006, 03:21 PM

You could always make your own cables using the plugs you already have with a little solder and some tightly wound gaff tape.

Aside: Gaffer tape is easily the best thing ever invented. They should issue it to everyone in bulk quantities at birth.

Nate Fields · August 10th, 2006, 10:26 PM

i was going to do the same thing with our portable player.
i just have to make sure it has the right inputs on the player itself

Terry Arnold · August 11th, 2006, 06:31 AM

Second try on this reply, sorry if it shows up again. As previously stated, these plugs have different diameters. They also have different 'segments'. The supplied canon DV has 3 such 'segments' which I must assume make contact with something within the female portion. Most all of the aftermarket plugs I've now examined only have 2 segments, so that when I wiggle the plugs, occasionally I will make contact, thus seeming an image on the monitor. So going from two 'segment' to three means something is going to be left out. Does anyone have knowledge of what the functions of the three sements wolud be?

July 30th, 2006, 12:24 PM	#1
Terry Arnold New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 20	setup of GL2 using DVD monitor Started a thread a couple of weeks ago about using a cheap DVD portable player as a mointor. There seems to be many questions about this all over the board! Anyhow I've just purchased a COBY DVD7107 and the sales person semed pretty knowledgeable and assured me it would work and everything I would need was in the box. Now after a second trip to aquire the proper (?) cable, I still cannot get an image to appear on the monitor. I have the DVD player set to AV in and the other end to the GL2 AV. The new monitor will only display AV up in the top left. Is there supposed to be something in the GL2 that has to be set. I've checked the manual and can't find anything special. One poster elsewhere states you just plug it in and its good to go??

July 30th, 2006, 02:20 PM	#2
Zack Birlew Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 613	It depends if that DVD player can switch AV sources. On my Toshiba DVD Player, I'd press the "Source" button and if I needed to flip the image, I'd press "Monitor". But that's just my particular portable DVD, I don't know what to say about other portable DVD players, I haven't looked at any in years. I suppose the only real advice I can give is to just check it out thoroughly before purchasing, or simply read your instruction booklet. =) __________________ "Babs Do or Babs Do not, there is no try." - Zack Birlew www.BabsDoProductions.com

August 4th, 2006, 03:21 PM	#7
Jarrod Whaley Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: chattanooga, tn Posts: 721	You could always make your own cables using the plugs you already have with a little solder and some tightly wound gaff tape. Aside: Gaffer tape is easily the best thing ever invented. They should issue it to everyone in bulk quantities at birth. __________________ -->jarrod whaley. www.oakstreetfilms.com

July 30th, 2006, 03:07 PM	#3
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	To test the player, try plugging in some other external video source, like a VCR or DVD deck. If you still don't get a picture then there's a problem with your player. You can also try the converse; plug your GL2 into another external video monitor, like the A/V jacks on a TV or the video input of a VCR. These tests would let you determine whether the problem lies in the camera or the DVD player.

July 31st, 2006, 06:05 PM	#4
Terry Arnold New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 20	Tried again, the GL2 'plays to' and and the tv can be used as a live monitor. The DVD will play out to the tv. BUT this seems like it can only be done using the RCA jacks. I'm using a male either end cable to go from the GL2 AV to the DVD video in. This is right isn't it? can't see any other way :(

August 3rd, 2006, 05:10 PM	#5
Terry Arnold New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 20	and the answer is...These cable plugs are not all the same diameter! I started wiggeling the plug in and finall got it to display on the monitor. The supplied DV cable plug that comes with the GL2 is actually tapered! I have some pretty good digital calipers (comes in handy when the old eyes start to go) and stared measuring. As stated the genuine canon starts from 3.51mm at the tip to 3.60 at the base. The cable that I bought (twice, returned the first on cause I thought it was deffective) at best buys measures a straight 3.47mm. So the fit is really pretty loose. Now got to figure out how to add another .06mm or so to the thickness of the new plug to tighten it up. Other than build up of solder which probably would't stick or last, or putting it in a vice and flattening to more of an oval shape, and ideas?? (other than trying to find a 3.6mm cable)

August 3rd, 2006, 08:18 PM	#6
Jim OMalley Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 81	Could be that the cable you got with your camera is defective and the wide plug has deformed the jack. Probably worth checking with Canon . . .

August 10th, 2006, 10:26 PM	#8
Nate Fields Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Markleville IN Posts: 58	i was going to do the same thing with our portable player. i just have to make sure it has the right inputs on the player itself

August 11th, 2006, 06:31 AM	#9
Terry Arnold New Boot Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 20	Second try on this reply, sorry if it shows up again. As previously stated, these plugs have different diameters. They also have different 'segments'. The supplied canon DV has 3 such 'segments' which I must assume make contact with something within the female portion. Most all of the aftermarket plugs I've now examined only have 2 segments, so that when I wiggle the plugs, occasionally I will make contact, thus seeming an image on the monitor. So going from two 'segment' to three means something is going to be left out. Does anyone have knowledge of what the functions of the three sements wolud be?