CCJ connector

CCJ connector
Close-up view of a CCJ connector manufactured by Hirose from a 1985 Sylvania video camera
Type DIN-style connector
Production history
Designer Sony
Designed c. 1969
Manufacturer Various, mainly Hirose Electric Group[1]: 63 
Close-up of the same Hirose-made CCJ connector with embossed numerical pinout

The CCJ connector (short for Camera Cable type J[2]), also known as a J-type connector[1]: 62–63  or an EIAJ connector,[3]: 192  is the specification for a 10-pin DIN-style connector established by member companies of the Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ) in the late 1960s to interconnect various pieces of video camera equipment.[3]: 192 [4]: 149 [5]: 193  Within Japanese-built video camera equipment built from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the CCJ connector was especially widely used to connect video cameras to video tape recorders (VTRs), especially battery-powered portable VTRs—so-called portapacks—which were common before the dawn of camcorders, which married both the camera and the VTR.[1]: 63 [4]: 149 [6]: 63–64 

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  3. ^ a b Heverly, Frank W. (1986). Handbook of Video Camera Servicing and Troubleshooting Techniques. Prentice-Hall. ISBN 9780133827897 – via Google Books.
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  5. ^ Bensinger, Charles (1982). The Video Guide. H. W. Sams. ISBN 9780672220517 – via the Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Murray, Michael (1974). The Videotape Book. Bantam Books. ISBN 080088020X – via the Internet Archive.