Posted by nappy on 12/22/07 19:05

"ritpg" <ritpg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 20, 2:02 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> > On Dec 7, 9:54 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> >> > On Dec 7, 4:45 pm, "nappy" <n...@n.n> wrote:
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> >> >> > On Dec 7, 11:48 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
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> >> >> >> > Thanks, The cable that came with the camcorder has
> >> >> >> > USB (mini or micro) on one end and firewire on the other.
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> >> >> >> It is unlikely that you (or anyone else) has a cable with
> >> >> >> USB on one end and Firewire on the other end. Since
> >> >> >> Firewire and USB are very different kinds of interfaces,
> >> >> >> it is not possible to connect one to the other using a
> >> >> >> simple cable.
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> >> >> >> You likely have a cable that has "regular" USB on one
> >> >> >> end, and a special miniature USB on the other end.
> >> >> >> Many cameras (both video and still) come with special
> >> >> >> USB cables because they use "unconventional" USB
> >> >> >> connectors on the camera side.
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> >> >> > You're right. And so is Steve. It is not USB and firewire. It is
> >> >> > firewire on both ends of course (dumb me) - 4 pin and 6 pin. It's
> >> >> > been a while since I bought it. I forgot what it was.
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> >> >> so.. should you suspect the other cable you have- Hide quoted text -
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> >> > I supose it could be the firewire cable between the DAC-100 and the
> >> > PC
> >> > but my money is on the DAC-100 itself. I was never all that impressed
> >> > with it.
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> >> Mine's on the cable!- Hide quoted text -
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> > I just replaced the consumer (Sharpe) VCR with a Panasonic AG-7750
> > connecting it to the DAC-100 via s-video instead of RCA and the
> > improvement is significant. So it could have been the Sharpe VCR or
> > the RCA cables or the RCA connectors on the DAC-100. Now I need to
> > figure out how to work with the EP and LP VHS tapes I have which are
> > not handled properly by the AG-7750 which runs strictly in SP mode.
> > My next step will be to connect another VCR I have (Panasonic VCR/DVD
> > combo) to the AG-7750 via s-video. I'll lose all the tape control
> > features of the AG-7750 but should still have the TBC capabilities.
> > It just gets more involved, doesn't it.
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> I have an old 7750 here. Nice deck TBC is worth it. Been probably 5 years
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Have you ever used it for pass-through? Did the TBC controls work?

no.. they only work on playback from the deck I believe..

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