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It's not supposed to go all the way in!

It goes about half way, similar to many card readers.

Once you've pushed it in as far as it will go (don't push too hard , it should appear on the file manager menu on screen as 'SD'. If it does, it's gone in far enough, and it's working.

Er, in what way is it "recording its own output rather than the source"?

The source is the camera, and the recorded image corresponds to what the camera was pointing at. Recording its own output would surely require physically connecting the output to the input.

Just to update, the recorder records a nice clean signal when I use an alternative input source.

So, the problem seems to be a weird incompatibility between this camera and the recorder, since both work nicely with other components (camera OK with pinnacle capture card, recorder OK with alternative video input) ..... suggestions still welcome!

Yes, the stripes have been there since the first time I rigged it up in my study with mains supply. No difference.

Well, I bought a new AV cable at Maplin yesterday evening on my way home, then tried it out when I got home. Same problem. I'm going to try another source device or two (I don't actually have any other devices which produce composite output (!), but a friend does) tomorrow.

If that exhibits the same problem, then I guess the r2 may be faulty in the way you suggest (which would be a shame - it's brand new) ..... otherwise, there must be some odd interaction between the two. I'll report back once I've done some more testing.

Hi all,

I've been experimenting with using my r2 connected to a PAL camera with composite video out: http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/dogcampro480.htm.

Workflow is fine - it just connects up and works - but image quality is not. There are evenly, closely, spaced stationary vertical stripes all the way across the image. These stripes are present even in the preview window, so do not appear to be an artefact of the compression applied (I use 640x480 superfine), but of the actual composite input. Sample frame attached.

Using the same camera connected to my computer using a Pinnacle DVC-90 (I think) USB2 capture card, there are no vertical stripes - the image is perfect quality.

I'm running latest firmware (2.0.22).

Any ideas what the problem is here? ... and, most importantly, how to fix it?