Firewire and Camcorder not dected

Salu · 07-02-2006, 10:29

Anybody know what might be happening here?

I have just bought a JVC GR-D240 camcorder.

manual here http://www.jvc.co.uk/files/instructi...t1380-001a.pdf

Basically I can't get Windows Xp to detect the camera via firewire at all.

I've tried the following.

Seeing if Firewire is enabled in BIOS.
Looking for a BIOS update
Windows update
Looking for drivers for the camera
Reading the manual but it's very vague on Firewire
Checking the web to see if anyone has managed this and they have, so it does work....
I've bought a new Belkin shielded cable so feel that this should not be the problem.
Checked that the Firewire is listed and appears to be working correctly in Device Manager. There are no ! marks anywhere.
Its a Texas Instruments firewire (Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 1394B OHCI 1.1+ Compliant Link-Layer Controller) on a Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI motherboard. NVidia chipset with latest drivers on everything that I can think of.
I've tried repeatedly banging it against a wall.
I've tried plugging the leads in, in the order suggested in the manual.
I've tried on battery and on mains
I've made sure all firewalls are off.
I've stopped the antivirus realtime protection.
The cable is 6-4 with the 4 being on the camera.I've removed all three of my last remaining hairs.
I've checked that the wire from the back of the firewire socket on the motherboard is plugged correctly into the motherboard. Its a "riser" type that occupies where a PCI card would go but uses a wire to plug into the motherboard.
I've looked through MS knowledge base for clues
I've done a google search
I've looked through JVC website for hints.

Anybody got any gems of advice?

Hom3r · 07-02-2006, 10:34

Have you tried seeing if your DVD burning S/W can detect it?

Salu · 07-02-2006, 10:55

Yes.....Movie maker can't either...

King Of Fools · 07-02-2006, 11:15

Can WinXP see the Firewire port under the network connections?

On my PC it is shown as something like IEEE 1394 network.

Salu · 07-02-2006, 11:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by King Of Fools

Can WinXP see the Firewire port under the network connections?

On my PC it is shown as something like IEEE 1394 network.

Yes, it can and the firewall is off on it too.

Salu · 08-02-2006, 10:30

Anyone else got any thoughts.....My Dad's camera (same model) works perfectly well on his PC.

Aragorn · 08-02-2006, 10:36

Have you got a firewire connection on your VCR/DVD-R (to verify the firewire port on the camcorder is working)? If not, are you close enough to try your cam on his PC or vice-versa?

Salu · 08-02-2006, 10:44

No I haven't.

We live 25 miles apart so I will try when I can.....

Any other thoughts guys?

09-02-2006, 00:30

is the firewire connection enabled???

Salu · 09-02-2006, 15:30

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

is the firewire connection enabled???

Do you mean on the camera? If so then I can't see any way of enabling or disabling it. (Manual link is above)

09-02-2006, 16:41

no in network connections.

Bifta · 09-02-2006, 16:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

no in network connections.

He's said his dads (same model) works fine on the same machine so I'd say it was safe to assume it was ....

09-02-2006, 16:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salu

Anyone else got any thoughts.....My Dad's camera (same model) works perfectly well on his PC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bifta

He's said his dads (same model) works fine on the same machine so I'd say it was safe to assume it was ....

nah he didnt

Bifta · 09-02-2006, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

nah he didnt

My mistake, I saw a T where there wasn't one, but, as far as I know you can't disable or enable a firewire connection under network connections as you would a normal network connection, it's either installed and enabled or not installed and doesn't actually show up at all.

09-02-2006, 16:55

you can you right click it and select disable