[QuadList] AVR-1 Info - IR LEDS

[Dale Lamm]

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I recalled that most digital cameras are sensitive to IR, so I brought my digital camera in and sure enuf there were the little lights, all lit up.  A couple days later I found the problem was in the Power Supply feeding the "Servo Preamp".

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A few years ago I was playing with an early consumer camcorder (VHS-C) with an integrated "chip camera". One of the kids aimed an infrared TV remote control at it and pushed a button. In the viewfinder, I could see the IR LED blinking. Don't know if more modern camcorders got around to including IR filters. Made an easy way to tell if a remote control was dead or alive, though.

Does anyone else remember the joy of color balancing a camera with extended red XQ-1020 Plumbicons that did NOT have the IR filter?
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