Has anyone been able to capture video images off their marcum underwater camera? I have a sony videocam and have not had success in doing so although I have a video out coming from the camera and a video plugged into the videocam. Any help appreciated. Thanks!
Really? What isn’t working? I do it all the time. You hook up to the Video Out on the back of the Camera and to the Video in on your Sony. There is a setting you have to change also, so that it records the video in and not what the camera is seeing. I will check what I changed on mine but I am sure James will answer before I get a chance to look at my camera.
You will need to go into the menu and choose a different input. I don’t recall what it is on mine.
anybody know how to do this with an aqua vu? I’m buying a digital video cam just for the aqua-vu and other fishing purposes. I see theres a video out on it. Is there a special cord from aqua vu for this or will the new camera have a cord that will work with my aqua vu?
Thanks,
Cade
Most cameras come with the RCA to XX adapter. XX = camera specific interface.
Cade , ITs the same deal with yours. That video out is an RCA jack. You can use any rca cable to connect it to the camera.
I have an Aqua-Vu ZT underwater camera and it has the RCA Video output jack. I also have a Sony Digital Handycam as my video recorder. The Sony Handycam has rotating power/mode switches. They are VCR, Off (Charge), Camera, and Memory. It can only be place into a single mode at a time.
To record a video, I would connect the “video out” from the Aqua-Vu to the “video in” on the Sony Handycam. RCA color standards are Yellow (Video), White (Left/Mono Audio), and Red (Right Audio). Make sure you connect the yellow cable to the underwater camera “video out”. On my Sony Handycam, I put the power/mode switch to VCR. After the Handycam is in the VCR mode, I just use it like a regular VCR and press the “Record Button”.
Yep, what he said. I checked last night. Mine has a VCR/Record mode it has to be in.
Thanks for the help. But that was what I did with mine. It did not work still. I wonder if it is something in the menu setting? Does anyone know?
I could not find anything in the menu. By placing the mode to VCR, this force the input signal to RCA Video in. With everything connected, please do the following.
1. Turn on the power to the Marcum underwater camera. Do you see a video on your display screen? I am assuming that the Marcum has its own video display screen.
2. Turn on the power to the Sony Videocam. Do you see the same displayed video as the Marcum? They should be the same as the Marcum is the source of your video signal.
Our goal is to determine the following.
1. Defective Marcum.
2. Defective RCA Video Out jack on Marcum.
3. Defective RCA Cable between the Marcum and the Videocam.
4. Defective Videocam.
Can you please verify that you are using the correct cable?
Can you please verify that you are connecting the cable to the “video in” of you Sony Videocam?
Great instructions and pics!!!! 
Wow..thanks! I like what you have done. Really appreciate the pics, and the notes on the pics. I will try it again and see what I get.
OK…been trying it. Seems that whenever I do it, I still get no image and occasionally, it shuts down my unit. So I have decided to order the original Sony RCA cable and see if it will do the trick. If not, you will hear me again in this thread.
You may have a bad cable. You can test the cable on a VCR or DVD with your TV. Also, try using a using the video out on the MarCum to your TV to make sure the video out is working.
Great pics 
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