The IEEE on your Sony is IEEE-1394 (aka Firewire to everyone besides Sony). Sony calls/called this interface iLink which some Sony Vaio's come/came with built-in.
IEEE-1394 is NOT compatible with USB1 or USB2. IEEE-1394 can be 4-wire or 6-wire or 9-wire with 4-wire to 6-wire, 4-wire to 9-wire and 6-wire to 9-wire adaptation. there are gender-changers, too. What a mess! http://store.4linkcomm.com/firewirecable.html _jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Veech Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:35 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] IEEE 4-pin to USB connector? I have a Sony Digital Handycam TRV120. We bought Nero last week with the grand idea of dumping all the tapes into the PC and editing and burning to DVD. The digital output on the Sony is an IEEE 4-pin, and the only digital in on the PC (a Dell) is USB 2.0. Try as I will, I cannot locate a cable that goes from IEEE 4-pin to USB, except for one made in Europe for about $130.. sheesh! Are such things available at a reasonable price? Is there a bottleneck or loss of signal quality going this route or should I just go ahead and install a firewire card in the Dell? The less I have to muck around with the PC the better. thanks..
