Frage von hesche:I have a SonyDCR-PC8E and wants to connect with the pc with firewire. but it does not gunktionniert! pinnacle when it comes an error message that the cam is not recognized ... help! what should I do? I have no idea!
Antwort von Wolf-007:
What operating system do you have?
In Win98 you need a driver to
(Of these can be downloaded from the Pinnacle Homepage
Drivers-called iLink and Win98 there Q242975_D.exe).
With WinXP it should work without additional drivers,
However Servive Pack 2 should be available.
Antwort von Markus:
If one device (camcorders, hard disks want to join, etc.) via Firewire and use synonymous, it should
not have SP2 installed. Why? ->
Antwort von Wolf-007:
There may be difficulties in WinXP with SP2, for example in terms of processing speed.
Therefore of Windows / Download Center: Download the following patch:
WindowsXP-KB904412-v2-x86-ENU.exe
Antwort von Voltz:
The camcorder must be in the "Video" mode available.
Eighth and please make sure to completely turn on the camcorder only
after you have your PC with the camcorder connected. When the device it can destroy the DV output.
Antwort von Markus:
FireWire has been designed so that you can connect devices turned on each other. When it comes to damages, I consider as the cause of an electrostatic charge to be more probable. I connect / disconnect my DV device always the way when turned on ... read more link in the posting (PS :...).
See synonymous:
Oops Canon users: Sensitive DV Interface