available at the modern SONY camcorders
2.5 mm jack or 5 pin mini-din connectors may be used:
| Pin of jack / minidin |
Signal | Description |
| ground / 5 | Ground | |
| R / 1 | +Vdc | +5...8 volt, depending on model and battery used |
| L / 4 | LANC | |
| 3 | Switch | Connect Pin 3 to GND for >140 ms to power on |
| 2 | CTL |

