Re: Failure To Recognize DV Camera

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The Sony DVC is a known working device (it works on another PC). I am running
WinXP Media Editon SP3. No Vista on PC. Machine is out-of-warranty (purchased
12/06).
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"LVTravel" wrote:

I am not absolutely sure that is your problem but I would try to plug in a
different known working device.

In looking over your post I see the machine is probably a relatively new
one. Does this machine have Vista on it and is it still under warranty by
Dell (1 year appears to be standard on their web site for this machine)?

If still under warranty I would now call Dell and see what they suggest.


"Harry Williams" <dramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Understand what you said; since the Sony DVC is recognized by another
WinXP PC when I plug it in I guess I can assume (bad word I know) that the
port on my PC is faulty. Other than to plug in the Sony, I have never used
the Firewire port so I wouldn't have found out that it was faulty.

Thanks

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"LVTravel" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If the camera, cable and host controller are all working, the only thing
that I can think of is that you have a bad physical port on the computer.
While I have never had a Firewire port go bad I have had USB ports have
internal connection problems where if I moved the connector just so, a
connection was made but if I released the connector the connection would
be lost.

Have you tried any other Firewire device in the port? That is your next
step to determine cause. Check around for some device that you can insert
to see if it works. I use Firewire external hard drives for storing my
video files from my laptops so maybe you can find one to test.


"Harry Williams" <dramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And the saga continues. I have a new working Firewire cable and I know
the Sony DVC is operating as I connected it to another PC and the device
was recognized. When I connected the Sony to the IEEE 1394 port on my PC
(Dell XPS 210) it was not recognized. The device does not appear under
Imaging Devices in Device Manager. Under the heading IEEE 1394 Bus Host
Controller is shown Texas Instrument OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host
Controller with NO Yellow warning icon. Device Manager says it is
working correctly. (I am now running WinXP Media Edition SP3 but same
thing occurred under SP2.) Advice, please.

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"LVTravel" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hope you get it working. Let us know what you find out and if you
still can't get it working write back and we will all try to help..


"Harry Williams" <dramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you for all the good info and links. I'll check everything out
and let you know. BTW, I just updated from SP2 to SP3 and the PC still
doesn't recognize the DV camera.

Interestingly enough, I recently connected my Sony DV camera through
an IEEE 1394 device on another PC (running SP2) and everything worked
very well. I'm now 8000 miles away from that PC and the cable I used
so I'll have to do the whole troubleshooting process. Anyway, thanks
again.

Harry

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"Graham Hughes" <graham.hughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Never trust anything a brand new cable can be faulty as can a 10 year
old one which worked yesterday.

You must test all the components with ones you can see working in
front of your eyes, so beg/steal/borrow a cam/pc and cable.

Again, Device manager will tell you if the firewire port is error
free in connection etc, but not error free physically.

http://www.myvideoproblems.com/ProblemPages/CannotCapture.htm

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com


"Harry Williams" <dramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes to all you said. There is no error indicator under the IEEE 1394
Bus host controller. Device manager says device is working properly.
Cable is brand new (Belkin).

-------------------------...A cynic does not read bitter lessons
from the past; he is prematurely disappointed in the future...

"LVTravel" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"King Harry" <bitterbrush@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For a reason unknown to me, I am unable to import digital video
from my Sony
DCR-PC9. I connect to my PC from The camera via a Firewire
(IEEE1394), 6 pin
to 4 pin. I am using WinXpMedia Edition. Keep getting on-screen
message that
the input device cannot be found. Any ideas?

Thanks
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Lets look at the obvious first. Camera turned on and in playback
mode? Absolutely sure the cable is good and plugged in all the way?
Can you see the Firewire card/adaptor in Device manager under "IEEE
1394 Bus host controllers" without any error indication (yellow !)?


















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