Sony PVM-2030

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Sony PVM-2030
Overview
Brand
Model
PVM-2030
Market
USA,Canada
Series
MSRP
$1125
Type
Professional monitor
Screen size
20″
Aspect ratio
4:3
TVL
560
Chassis
ECID
Tube
Mask
Aperture grille
Pitch
0.55 mm
Deflection
100°
Visible area
19.9″ (diagonal)
Dimensions
H × W × D
40.9 cm × 51.6 cm × 48.1 cm
Weight
67.241 lb30.5 kg <br /> / 30.5 kg67.241 lb <br />
Power
Voltage
120V
Frequency
50Hz,60Hz
Consumption
150W (max)
TV Systems
AV system
Inputs
Rear
S VIDEO
S-Video (Y/C) (Mini-DIN-4, Stereo audio via RCA (connector))
Shares the input position with the VTR connector via the S VIDEO/VTR IN selector. Not fitted to all production runs.
CMPTR
RGBHV (DB-25, Mono audio via DB-25)
Analog RGB at 0.7 Vp-p, 75 ohms. Audio arrives on pin 13 of the same connector when pin 2 is held high.
CMPTR
RGBS (DB-25, Mono audio via DB-25)
The H sync pin also accepts composite sync at 1 Vp-p, 75 ohms.
CMPTR
TTL RGB (DB-25, Mono audio via DB-25)
Digital mode, selected by grounding pin 9. Pin 1 further selects IBM RGBI (with luminance on pin 25) or 3-bit TTL.
CMPTR
RGsB (DB-25, Mono audio via DB-25)
Sync on green is accepted at 1 Vp-p on the green line.
VTR
Composite (CVBS) (EIAJ-8, Stereo audio via EIAJ-8)
Sony 8-pin VTR connector carrying composite video and audio, internally 75-ohm terminated. A rear S VIDEO/VTR IN selector chooses between this and the S VIDEO connector.
LINE A
Composite (CVBS) (BNC, Stereo audio via RCA (connector))
Loop-through to the LINE A VIDEO OUT / AUDIO OUT; a rear switch selects 75-ohm termination when the loop-through is unused.
LINE B
Composite (CVBS) (BNC, Stereo audio via RCA (connector))
Loop-through to the LINE B VIDEO OUT / AUDIO OUT; a rear switch selects 75-ohm termination when the loop-through is unused.
Outputs
Rear
LINE A VIDEO OUT
Composite (CVBS) (BNC)
Loop-through of the LINE A video input.
LINE B AUDIO OUT
Analog stereo (RCA (connector))
Loop-through of the LINE B audio input.
LINE A AUDIO OUT
Analog stereo (RCA (connector))
Loop-through of the LINE A audio input.
LINE B VIDEO OUT
Composite (CVBS) (BNC)
Loop-through of the LINE B video input.
Accessories
Parts
A51JKQ10X CRT tube
Documents
Archival Links
Database
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The Sony PVM-2030 is a 20-inch NTSC Trinitron professional video monitor, the smaller of a pair with the 25-inch PVM-2530; the two share a single operating manual and differ only in tube size and audio power.[1] US and Canadian sets carry chassis number SCC-A85A-A.[2] Its original list price was around $1,125.[3]

The picture tube is a fine-pitch Trinitron (Sony part A51JKQ10X) with an approximately 50.6 cm visible diagonal, 100-degree deflection and a 0.55 mm aperture grille pitch. Sony rated it at 560 TV lines from the video inputs and 640 × 200 dots — about 2,000 characters — from the RGB input, with a 9300 K colour temperature and a video bandwidth of 6 MHz (−3 dB) on composite and 10 MHz on RGB.[1] The line pull range is ±500 Hz horizontally and −8 Hz vertically, so the set is a fixed-frequency 15 kHz monitor rather than a multisync.[1]

Features

The monitor's headline feature is its CMPTR input, a 25-pin DB-25 "multi connector" that accepts either analog or digital RGB from a microcomputer.[1] Mode pins on the connector select between analog RGB (0.7 Vp-p, or 1 Vp-p with sync on green) and TTL-level digital RGB, and separately between IBM-style RGBI signalling and 3-bit TTL. Horizontal and vertical sync arrive on separate pins, but the horizontal pin also accepts composite sync. A blanking pin lets a composite source from LINE A/B or the VTR connector be superimposed over the computer picture.[1]

Sony also fitted the set with New Dynamic Color, which raises the apparent colour temperature without turning skin tones unnatural by controlling RGB amplitude, and a Colorpure comb filter to suppress cross-colour on composite sources.[1]

CONTROL S IN and OUT connectors allow several monitors and a VTR to be driven from a single RM-739 Remote Commander, which was supplied with the monitor. Rear-panel REMOTE CONTROL and MANUAL CONTROL switches independently enable or lock out the remote and the front-panel touch controls.[1][2]

There is no built-in loudspeaker. Rear SPEAKER L/R terminals drive external 8–16 Ω speakers at 7 W + 7 W; Sony offered the SS-X6A and APM-X5A speaker systems and the SU-539 and SU-541 stands as options.[1] A switched AC OUT socket supplies up to 100 W at 120 V for a connected computer.[1]

Not every production run received the S VIDEO connector, so an individual PVM-2030 may have only composite and RGB inputs.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Sony PVM-2030/PVM-2530 Operating Instructions, Sony Corporation. https://archive.org/details/sony_PVM-2030_2530_Operation_Instructions
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sony PVM-2030 Service Manual (First Edition), Sony Corporation. https://archive.org/details/sony-pvm-2030-service-manual-first-edition
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sony PVM-2030, CRT Database.
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