PerroneFord:lai,
If this setting was set incorrectly, would he get black screen, or garbled capture. I could try it later today and see. I'm guessing he would not get black screen.
I think you're right.
I had a cam where the DV-Out port just died... It's not that hard to believe, and she (jstuart1) did say the camera was in a housing that flooded.