[MacDV] SONY camcorder - is it broken?

[revDAVE]

SONY dcr pc9 ntsc 

- two days ago I was able to simply plug in a FireWire cable from my
SONY dcr pc9 ntsc  camcorder into my Mac (10.3.5) -  and was able to record
video and audio into either iMovie or final cut pro hd 4.5

 then - last night -  I hooked FireWire up again to do more - and now there
is no video or audio coming into the computer ... ( the final cut pro video
settings are the same as they were also)

-   both applications play - stop buttons do control the camera as expected.
-  when I hook in my other camera (XL1) -  it does work with audio and video
-  I even hit the reset switch on the sony camera -  to no avail


Question: so - is it broken? Is the FireWire video output somehow damaged on
the camera? Is there any way to reset/do something to fix this?

-  I am a very cautious person -  and when I unhook FireWire cables - I will
always power-down the camera first...  And usually power down the computer
also ( Is  it necessary to power down the computer?)

If by some chance -  the FireWire cable was pulled out accidentally while
the camera was running -  could this conceivably damage the unit?

-  If  in fact it is damaged - Does anybody have any idea how much it would
cost to get this fixed?


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Thanks - RevDave
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