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May 20th, 2005, 08:42 AM
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| PC can't see DV Camcorder
Help,
I have a Sony Dv Camcorder a DSR-PD100AP to be exact. I'm trying to hook it up to a Vaio Laptop with WinXP Pro installed.
I have a well it looks like a firewire cable(s400)going from DVC to laptop, but the PC just wont see the device. I have looked all over the place for drivers, heh like looking for 1 particular snow flake in a storm. Can anybody shed some light on this?
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May 20th, 2005, 09:01 AM
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Have you tied the Add Imaging Device option under Scanners and Cameras? | |
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May 20th, 2005, 09:02 AM
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May 20th, 2005, 09:16 AM
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Thank you both 27 and Excuzzzeme,
The problem with this is it asks for the drivers and I have none. Drivers.com was no good, the Sony web site was no good. Heh the whole thing is no good, but *sigh* that's life I guess.
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May 20th, 2005, 09:36 AM
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May 20th, 2005, 09:40 AM
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Heh sorry 27 that is what I meant to say driverguide.com was no good.
The DV camcorder is quite old and I suppect now no longer being sold, so maybe I should just update.
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May 20th, 2005, 09:54 AM
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May 20th, 2005, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sr71000 what os? |
WinXP Pro.
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May 20th, 2005, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Lee Douglas WinXP Pro.
Cheers,
Lee. | If it's that old, Windows XP may already have the drivers.
Try the Add Imaging Device I suggested before and then tell it to automatically search for drivers. | |
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May 20th, 2005, 10:32 AM
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sorry..i just noticed you already said it in your first post....my bad...anyways..when it is plugged in, have you tried going to windowsupdate and seeing if they find the driver? also when it asks for drivers have you let it try to find the driver online? | |
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