My firebox just seemed to stop connecting. the blue light comes on for a second then goes red on both firewire ports...is it my fire wire card on my pc or the firebox?

This type of camera usually downloads video over a Firewire (DV, IEEE1394) connection. Some mini-DV cameras have a USB connection but it is used only for stills.

Most PCs have a USB port, but no Firewire port. Macs often have a Firewire port but may not have USB. As most Windows PCs do not come with this interface, you might need to fit an add-on Firewire interface card. This will come with a driver for the card. If you have a MAC, you may already have a port.

Suitable Firewire (DV) cables can easily be found on Amazon or eBay. You will need the kind with a small (four pin) connector at one end and a larger (six pin) connector at the other. My Samsung mini-DV camera came with the correct lead. I did not need a driver, just some sort of video editing software that can accept input. Even Windows Movie Maker that ships with Windows will work.

1. check the drivers update for you device
This is found at the manufacturers site.
2. See if your device is compatible with the OS (operating system) on your laptop.
3. Check the connecting cable to see if you have a broken wire inside the "strain relief".
The cord at this point will have a puffy part that indicate that there is a broken cable.

probably too late..but the internal power harnesses go bad on the digi oo2. I bought mine from sweetwater and they sent me a new harness for free.

good luck

i have a new firebox presonus firewire..that we just instal evrythink seem al good..but my probleme ..on my playback my wave track aone the track popsup all...need help..thanks

It might be your lamp is dead.Remove your lamp and check it. If you don't know how to remove this ask technician... Or maybe your button switch is not working properly.

Hi!

Transfer of DV-avi from the Mini DV over firewire in digital (with audio) to your HDD and editing programs you need a fire wire port on your motherboard or an add in card.

Please check there are 2 types, the small type as on your camera and a larger 6 pin which is on Mother Board (MB). It is fairly standard to use a 4 pin to 6 pin firewire cable to hook up a DV camera. If there is no fire wire port in the MB, it is pretty cheap to add a PCI firewire card if your MB does not have one. You can often find USB2/Firewire combo cards for around $30. They hardly ever come with a firewire cable though, so expect to pay around $5-10 more or so for the cable.

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Rylee

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Hi. Forgive me for asking, but did you try unplugging everything, including the firewire, and plugging it in again?

If you try this and it doesn't work, try shutting your laptop down gracefully, then unplug all the Firebox connectors including the electricity. Wait about 10 seconds, then reboot your laptop. Don't open your recording software yet.

Connect the electricity and the firewire as described in the Firebox manual, and then open your recording software. If this doesn't work, something might be wrong with the Firebox.

The problem you have happens once in a while with mine--it seems to be connected with overheating or something. Anyone else have this problem?

Good luck!

Try purchasing a Firewire card for your PC. Though many laptops these days seem to have firewire ports, a card can be bought for as little as 15 bucks i imagine and plugged into your pc.

Firewire cords are as little as $5, so the whole setup shouldn't come to more than 20USD.

Yes, it sounds like the ports may be coming loose, I would attempt to return, if out of warranty, find someone that can solder well, i've replaced ports on external hard drives, not fun.