Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/29/05 01:45

punchfast wrote:

> I have a sony TRV330 digital camcorder with firewire connection. Whenever I
> hook it to my PC (winXP, P4, 1gig ram, firewire onboard) it blows the
> camera. I normally plug Sony CC in and power it up. It comes on, then powers
> off. DEAD. will not come back on. Had to send to Sony for repair, and told
> it was some problem in the electronics of camera. That was the first time.
>
> I don't hook it up often. Good thing, I guess, because I just hooked it up
> for import again, and same thing. Camera powered up, went dead. Will not
> power up now. Hmm.
>
> Is the computer supposed to be OFF when you hook these up? I hook up
> external firewire HDD's all the times with no problem. But this Sony CC
> keeps blowing something inside.
>
> any help, advice or insights would be appreciated.
>
>

The FS4 comes with three (3) count them firewire cables.

All have the same terminators, two are gray and one is black.

The fat ends are all the same connector.

The black cable has a right angle fat end. <=== I found a photo on the
www that indicates THIS is the connector to go from FS4 to Camcorder!

The three skinny ends are marked subtly as follows:
1 - short gray; BAR with ARROW
2 - long gray; BAR only
3 - short black; hub radiating!


Argh! which is for camcorder; which is for computer and what on earth
is the third one for ??? (classic: the manual does not depict!)

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