Piet, what camera do you have? If you have an SD camera, you will be fine using the composite output (the mm400 had a composite input).

I'll be using the FX1 (so HDV)!!

Ok, then I think the mm400 will not work for you. Did you get the mayflash already? If you'd try it we would have a second opinion.

Piet, if you're using the FX-1, you want to use the red, blue and green colored cable that came with it to plug into the mayflash. It is the component cable, and there is a plug on the FX-1 for it where all the other connectors are for video out. From the mayflash, provided you hook up from component output, you can go to any CRT, LCD or TFT monitor.

It's getting real confused in here :)

I borrow the FX1 for my short films, so I've never seen that cable. And the component output is s-video. So I need a cable that starts in s-video and on the end the three colors RCA jacks. Ok, where can I buy this cable?

Thanks! Sry for all the questions :)

You got some things confused. S-video is NOT the same as component. Basically, for HDV cameras, its like this:

- composite: analog SD signal;
- S-video: analog SD signal, but bit cleaner than composite because of seperation of signals;
- component: analog HD signal. If you want to focus with HD, you will need at least this output;
- HDMI/SDI: digital HD signal

You cannot have a cable that goes from s-video to component, because they're different formats (SD vs HD) and different colorspaces.

Please look at the wikipedia-links in my previous post, it will get things a lot clearer!

I got the FX1 and the mayflash.
Does somebody knows what is the minimum spec. for a LCD screen to work with ?
I tried with a 17" LCD Dell for computer (max 1280x1024) but it does not work.
would a 1600 x 1200 be ok , or do i need a 1920x1080 screen.
(i got 3 dell 24" but they already get component input, so the mayflash is not needed ... and the screen is far too big for mobile use).

Thanks a lot!!
I finally seem to get it!
I went to a local video store (not very professional) and the guy couldn't help me find that kind of cable. Does anyone can give me a link or something, I couldn't even find it googeling it. (maybe used wrong names or something like that)

Thx, (again)
Piet

I thought I might chime in here. Piet, if you are speaking of the cable coming from your new monitor, I believe it is the same as a Keyboard or mouse cable. I cannot remember which one (I am speaking of the plug). Anyway, if you can solder. You can take one of these from a Keyboard (or mouse), and cut it into, (after you have made sure it will plug in). Then you can solder your video, audio, and power connectors to your camera and battery. Only problem here, is you will have to use a multi-meter to test for which one is power wire and ground. Once you find that, the rest you can experiment, but you must have power and ground right first!

Second Option. Go to LCD4video.com , they have the cord that plugs into this type of fitting and sell if seperately very cheap. I bought one of their 7" screens for my XL2 and it came with this cord. The plug fit perfectly, and the power, video, audio are clearly marked. The other ends of each wire had the wrong fittings on them. They were female instead of male so I cut them off and soldered the fittings on them I wanted. But, they were labeled. As for a battery, I bought mine from batteryspace.com, part number is PL-0550100-3SWR $46.95 and it is prewired with undercharge or overcharge protection. It is a 2500MAH. This is a Polymer Li-ion battery, so it is very light and small. It easily velcros to the camera and it lasts over 2.5 hours straight run time on a shoot. The charger is model CH-LI11148-3. It is 26.95. Shipping and all to me was 81.62 dollars and I am thrilled with the battery. I soldered the same type of connector as the power cord from the monitor has, on the charger. This way I just plug the charger right into the battery, when the light is green, I unplug it and plug it back into my monitor, velcro it, and away I go. I hope this helps. J

My problem was that I always tought that s-video was component out, therefore I searched for such a cable! I noticed my small camcorder had s-video and so did the FX1. But everything has gotten clear now :)

thx everybody

do the xenarc screen works with the mayflash at 1080i?

thanks

basically, since the mayflash is not a scaler, it should work only with screen that can display 1920x1080 (natively or not).
You could have some success with some screen that are at least 1600x900, but these are generally "big" screens. i think there is no hope under 19" size.

for small screen, you could look at the IKAN, it is not so expensive.

I finally got the xenarc 700Y from cartft.com (well actually it isn't a xenarc, it's the same monitor by another distributor than xenarc - xenarc doesn't make the screens themselves), and in combination with my canon XH-A1 and mayflash, it works! It even says 1920x1080 when I plug it in, so there's no problems there.

Now I need to find a battery solution that fits my needs...

Steven

Steven,

Do you feel that that setup is good enough to critical focus? Could you also be so kind as to post an image of the screen, mayflash and camera next to each other. I have an A1 and am considering this same set-up and am wondering how I'm going to mount all of this plus battery solutions. Thanks.