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From: leekil@athena.mit.edu (Lee 'S' Kilpatrick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.multimedia
Subject: Re: AmigaVision & Pioneer cld-909
Message-ID: <1991May4.031549.4702@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 03:15:49 GMT
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In article <21241@cbmvax.commodore.com> karl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Karl Herrman - CATS) writes:
>In article <1991Apr29.231111.15694@athena.mit.edu> leekil@athena.mit.edu (Lee 'S' Kilpatrick) writes:
>>>
>>>I recently acquired a Pioneer CLD-909 and was wondering if it could be used
>>>with AmigaVision.  According to the AmigaVision manual, it cannot, but it
>>
>And jones@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Jones ) writes:
>>
>>I am also wondering about using AmigaVision with a Pioneer LVD player,
>>model ld-707 to be exact.  This machine also uses the 8 pin din socket.
>>
>>Could anyone out there tell me if AmigaVision will work with this player?
>>
>I believe both of these machines are older Pioneer videodisc players.  It is
>possible that the command set used for the current Pioneer players is based on
>the command used used for these.  If this is the case what you can do is build
>a serial cable from the Amiga to the 8-pin port on your players and then try the
>various Pioneer drivers, the LDV2200 may be your best bet.  You still may not be
>able to access all the functions available in AmigaVision, but if the basic
>functions work you can still work around most of the more advanced functions.


Okay... does anybody have a pinout diagram for this 8-pin din plug?


>The other potential problem would be that these players only support the CLV
>(Constant Linear Velocity) format videodisc.  If they do not support the CAV
>(Constant Angular Velocity) format you won't be able to access the disc on a 
>frame-by-frame basis, which is needed for Still frames and exact access to the
>disc.


The 909 does support the CLV format.  Did you not know about the 707 & 909,
or did you mean that the LDV2200 doesn't support CLV?



	Lee