Sony MVR-5500
Equipment
Sony MVR-5500
Still Video Recorder
1989
Metal and plastic
Overall: 3 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 18 1/4 in. (9.5 × 41.9 × 46.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
DescriptionCrackled grey, rectangular, electric still video recorder with coaxial, color-separated inputs and outputs, 9-pin digital input, time-base synchronization, field and frame record, continuous record, video level control and erasure function. The recorder accepts 2" video floppy disks for NTSC format.
Inscriptions Engraved in silver on plate above power switch on front of recorder: SONY / Engraved in white on black power switch on front of recorder: POWER, ON, OFF / Printed in black left of disk set indicator on front of recorder: DISK SET / Printed in black left of disk protection indicator on front of recorder: DISK PROTECT / Printed in white below the display window on front of recorder: CRT DISPLAY, REC MODE, INPUT SELECT / Printed in black on buttons below CRT DISPLAY on front of recorder: ID, TRACK, SEARCH / Printed in black on buttons below REC MODE on front of recorder: FIELD, FRAME, REVIEW, CONT. / Printed in black below INPUT SELECT on front of recorder: VIDEO, RGB, DUB / Printed in black on front and right of recorder: STILL VIDEO RECORDER MVR-5500 / Printed in black below video level control dial on front of recorder: VIDEO LEVEL, AUTO, MANUAL / Printed in white on blue button below disk compartment on front of recorder: EJECT / Printed in white on blue button below display window on front of recorder: STOP / Printed in black on grey button below display window on front of recorder: PLAY / Printed in black on grey button right of PLAY button: FIELD ONLY / Printed in red on grey button on recorde panel on front of recorder: STANDBY / Printed in white on red file erase button: ERASE / Printed in white on red disk erase button: ALL ERASE / Printed in white on red record button: REC / Printed in white above 9-pin control input on back of recorder: CONTROL-1 / Printed in white above remote control input on back of recorder: RS-232C / Printed in white above 15-pin control input on back of recorder: CONTROL-2 / Printed in white above coaxial input on back of recorder: VIDEO IN / Printed in white above coaxial color-separation inputs on back of recorder: ANALOG RGB IN, R, G, B, SYNC / Printed in white above 9-pin digital input on back of recorder: DIGITAL RGB IN / Printed in white above and to right of color-separation input switch on back of recorder: RGB IN SELECT, ANALOG, DIGITAL / Printed in white below coaxial output on back of recorder: VIDEO OUT / Printed in white below coaxial color-separation outputs on back of recorder: ANALOG RGB OUT, R, G, B, SYNC / Printed in white above, below and to right of coaxial time-base synchronization inputs: TBC, ON, OFF, EXT SYNC, SC / Printed in white below recorder duplicator input and output: DUB IN, DUB OUT / Printed in white and stamped in black on product plate on back of recorder: SONY MODEL NO. MVR-5500, STILL VIDEO RECORDER, MADE IN JAPAN, SER. NO.800133, 100V 50W 50/60Hz, 3-710-904-01 / Printed in white left of powercord jack on back of recorder: AC IN
