Does your computer make a beep sound when you connect the camera to the Firewire port? Is the DV socket set to DV out so the video can travel out of the camera and into the computer? Depending on the make of your camera, it might come up as a hard disk in My Computer and check in The Device Manager to see if it is listed.
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Get error message "try resetting your camera." 
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