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).

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> "King Harry" <bitterbrush@sbcglobal.net> 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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>> Against stupidity even the Gods themselves battle in vain.
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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 !)?
>