I'm a newbie and have a dumb question

I recently purchased a Panasonic PV-GS 300 MiniDV camcorder and
dutifully read the user's manual but am confused by what I have read.
Panasonic provides a USB 2 cable with accessories, but if you want to
use the DV connection using a Firewire IEEE 1394 cable it must be
purchased separately. I do want to be able to use the Firewire
connection, but the cable that Panasonic sells for this camera is a 4
pin to 4 pin cable. My Compaq PC has a 6 pin input port.

My question is - will the 4 (camcorder) to 6 pin (PC) connection work
satisfactorily or must the two connections be the same for the
transfer to occur?

Thanks for any assistance

On 5/02/2006, ECLiPSE 2002 posted this:
Now see, if you had properly cross-posted, my answer in the other NG
(rec.video) would have appeared here automatically...

Gino
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It should work fine. I set up a JVC camcorder that had the 4-pin
connector, and plugged it into a PC with a 6-pin. Worked great.

Couldn't make the USB do a single thing, though. Oh well.

Many thanks to Gino and BD for their assistance.

Frank



On Tue, 02 May 2006 17:56:26 -0400, ECLiPSE 2002 <fdm2000@comcast.net>
wrote:

I believe the 6 pin connection has a power supply which is used at the 4 pin
end.

Dave

"Davey Boy 2" wrote ...
The two extra pins in the 6-pin version are for power. You would
need 6-pins at BOTH ends in order to "use" the power. The tiny
4-pin version was originally designed for camera use where something
small was needed. Besides, the cameras draw too much power to rely
on the Firewire or USB supply.

"Richard Crowley" <richard.7.crowley@intel.com> wrote in message
news:e3d6id$i6g$1@news01.intel.com...
Thanks RIchard, just spotted the missing "NOT" which should have been in my
reply

Dave