I have Canon MV730i.... and the camera wont to turn on...directly to cable and batterry.... not flash no sound when I open the cassete

Go to Cannons website and see if you can get the drivers there. There is, however, a chance that windows 7 will not support it.

come posso scaricare i filmati sul pc?

my canon ZR100compartment don't close with cassett inside .
with out casset it close.please hel?

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You are correct; the USB cable only transfers pictures from the SD card. To transfer video from your camcorder to a computer you need to use a Firewirecable (also known as IEEE 1394), and you need to have a socket on your computerto plug the Firewire cable into. Macs already have a socket built in butgenerally with PCs you will need to install (or get someone to install for you)a special card with the Firewire socket on it.

I can't explain the whole procedure here but you can getstarted by looking at the following articles on the Canon website. Thefirst one explains what sort of connections can be made on different Canoncamcorders (including the MV730i) and what you can do with them:
http://www.canon.co.nz/products/digital_video_cameras/home/mv730i.aspx

The second briefly explains what hardware and software youwill need, how it goes together, how to make DVDs and so on:
http://www.canon.co.nz/support/customer/default.asp?DXI=KnowledgeBase/Customer/KBArticleForm&File=KB01213&productID=mv730i

Unfortunately there is no quick, simple answer but I hope thispoints you in the right direction!

wow, i have the same exact problem. im using a canon too. and i dont have an installation CD or anything, because i baught my camera at a pawn shop. the only thing i can think of is that i might be using the wrong type of fire wire cord? do i need to use a DV fire wire cord? i have no clue.

well the camera has USB interface and a memory card, you may either:

1. connect your camera to your computer using the USB cable it came with.

*once you do this your computer may require you to install a driver (you have this on the camera's CD) but in most cases all you have to do is wait, then once it says that the device is ready to use, click "my computer" and you will see a "Canon" icon as a removable disk, double click on it and you will see the still images and videos you have captured.

2. you may also use a card reader (for SD) to avoid going through the driver installation process. same way, connect it to your PC, wait till it confirms it is good to go, then click go to my computer to access the (SD) memory card.

good luck

Every time i switch on my camcorder the lcd screen is always black ?? but it is ok on play back.

hi there, i have exactly the same problem but on a mv750i !!! If i put a tape and close the mechanism motors stars working but it doesn't go in... if i close it without a tape the motors doesn't work... is any possible way to manually push it in ???

Hi John, my 730i is driving me mad too http://www.dpreview.com/news/0510/05100602canon_ccdproblem.asp this might help us both. Steve

"I am an electronics engineer with over 40 years experience on precision electronic systems, and am more than capable of investigating faults like this, however I need info on how to access the camera internals as I do not want to disturb the cassette alignment." i think you can do the job without disturbing any alignment. open the camera. try locating the power section where the battery wires are going. examining minutly you may locate 3 to 4 fuses on the board. if you find any or few of them open ......you have done the job.