Posted by Gene on 02/25/07 01:52

OK, thought you were talking ~ one of the 4 or 6 firewire
signal as being the ground. Understand, & will check
it out. I have been bitten by some of those "true" grounds
in the past:-)

Gene


"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gene wrote:
>> I tried a number of different firewire cables, and all
>> worked on the PC, with the all three Sony camcorders - so
>> it's probably something specific to the set-top box arrangement.
>
> I did not mean to imply there was a problem with your cables,
> only that the recorder might make a ground loop. Try using a 2prong plug
> to the DVD set-top box. (so that it is not grounded)
>
>> Think I'll just buy & try a couple of 110VAC clean-up solutions. If
>> I buy a tiny UPS that does not help, I can always use it for the
>> Sprint PCS SOHO Repeater.
>>
>> Gene
>>

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