Connect mini DV and nothing happens

i have a panasonic PV G150 mini DV recorder
connect to computer with USB and firewire and nothing happens
is there something else i can try

You need to connect via FireWire only to import the miniDV recordings into iMovie. The USB connection is just for downloading stills from the camera.
So connect just the FireWire cable, otherwise you'll confuse things.
If the camcorder doesn't show up, or no Import screen starts up, you may have to connect the camcorder to mains electricity - via its mains charger/adaptor - instead of running it on its battery: several camcorders require mains juice in order to offload their video to a computer - this may be one of them (..I don't know for certain).
If it still doesn't show up, switch the camcorder to Play mode, and restart iMovie. iMovie should then recognise that video is coming down the FireWire cable, and should show its Import screen.
If nothing at all happens, try a different FireWire cable. The cable should, of course, look like this..
The larger end goes in your Mac, and the smaller end into the DV/FireWire/i.Link hole in the camcorder ..which looks like this:

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