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Thailand72
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My Daughter's Digital Video Camcorder has a DV port 4 pin terminal. I have found a seller on EBay but I am confused with the various types he sells such as 6pin to 4pin, 4pin to 4pin, 4pin to 6pin! Asking him to clarify he replied "PCs generally have 6pin and laptops 4pin but this is not always the case". My OS is Windows xp. I am still not clear what I require! Any advice, as always, appreciated.
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RichieP
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Generally, on a desktop, the input will be a 6-pin. Have a look at this
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Thailand72
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Thanks RichieP for your reply. Still slightly confused! I have looked at the leads on my printer and card reader and the terminal which slots into the usb port appear to have four slots, which I assume goes into four pins in the usb port. If generally on a desktop it will be 6pin why is mine different - unless I can't add up! Your link was slightly dark so I couldn't quite make out the detail but it looked different to my usb port! I always assumed that whatever you bought to connect it to a pc via the usb port, it simply did just that and there was no concern regarding the number of pins in the usb port! You learn something new every day on the Forums and that's what it is all about.
Thanks again for your help.
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RichieP
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Let's get the confusion out of the way.
Your printer and card reader connect to the USB ports. They are a standard size.
The pins the ebay seller is talking about are the size of Firewire port. You may not even have one on your PC, that's why you can't find them and are getting mixed up with USB.
Firewire is a better way of transferring DV footage to a computer so you can fit one in a spare PCI slot fi you want to do this regularly. Have a look here
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Thailand72
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Thanks RichieP for that clarification, I now understand how I was getting confused (easily done!), Your help appreciated.
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