When I connect a device to the laptop XP prompts a box for the device. I connected my JVC GR-D244U mini DV recorder to the pc via firewire and nothing! Turn the camera to play and opened the Windows Movie Maker software and not detecting any device.

I even borrowed a buddies newer JVC mini DV camera and nothing!! Even tried using the supplied USB cable for the JVC and still not recognizing the camera. But, I plug in my external hard drive through USB and it recognizes it. WTF!!!!

PC: XP Home Gateway laptop.
Using a 4 pin to 4 pin ebay firewire cable
and the supplied JVC USB cable

Thanks for any help!!

Go into Device Manager and see if you have an IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controller, and if you do see if it is working properly by looking at the Properties. Did you get an installation CD with your camcorder? Can you try your camcorder on someone else's computer to see if it will pick it up.

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I'm having the same problems connecting my JVC GR-D31EK through Firewire on XP.

Installed the card and checked device manager and it shows up there, using a brand new 6-4 pin cable and nothing. no little bubble with "Found new hardware" tried switching everything off, plugging in cable, turning camera to "Play", then turning on computer and still nothing.

Tried on a different computer with a different cable and still nothing.

Anyone found a way round this?

If a camcorder isn't detected in any computer it's connected to, the camcorder may have a non functioning firewire port.

If some computers can detect it but not others, it's either Windows playing silly beggars (see above post about device manager), or an iffy firewire card (or port) in the computer.

One of my JVC camcorders has a blown firewire port due to it being connected to a computer with the 6 pin end (computer end) of the lead being plugged in the wrong way round. Oops

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