I have the HDR-HC1E Camcorder which does not have an analogue input, only a DV input. According the manual it is capable of recording from devices such as a VCR, providing it has a digital output. However I've just bought a helmet cam mistakenly thinking it would connect up. The helmet cam requires to be plugged into an analogue input (AV-IN) on a camcorder.

Without me having to go out an buy a new camcorder with AV-In, is there any kind of anlogue-digital convertor/bridge kind of thing I can fit between the helmet cam and my HDR-HC1E camcorder?

Thanks.

There are such devices (analogue to digital convertors), but I've never seen one that doesn't require power.

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Luckily, providing power to an analog to digital video converter is easy.

You might already have a 12v nimh cell pack or other power source for the helmet cam?

Here is a 12v to 5v dc-dc converter that might power the ADVC55 too
Digital portable hard disk video recorder

And some more ideas here:
http://helmetcameracentral.com/?page_id=115&forumaction=showposts&forum=1&thread= 67&start=0
See the following post:

sirblurr
DV -in, Hooray!

Posted: 2007-04-06 10:13:5