Connecting Sony Handycam CCD-TRV57 to Mac

Okay, so someone wants me to put their video footage on a DVD for them...
The camcorder is an 8mm Sony Handycam model CCD-TRV57... I looked in the product guide that came with the camera, and it says that I need a 4-pin to 6-pin firewire/IEEE cable to connect it (but that I should check the PC, in this case, Mac for compatibility)...
So I did that, and of course my MacBook Pro has a 6-pin firewire... Great, right?
Wrong... because I cannot, for the life of me, find where to connect it on the CAMERA... Others have looked at it as well, with no luck... is it possible that this model isn't compatible?
And if it's not, CAN I, or HOW do I connect it to my computer... I've found the Audio and video jacks for hooking it up to the TV, no problem, but I absolutely can't see any other jacks...
Help please!!

I don't know this camera, but from a quick search on Google (...right?) it turns out that this camera is analog, and doesn't have FW OUT. I'm not sure why the product guide that comes with the camera says the opposite: see also the CCD-TRV57 manuals.
Than the only way is to use a A/D converter or another digital MiniDV camera with DV/Firewire/iLink connector to use as A/D converter: then you can connect the analog output of the CCD-TRV57 to the analog input of the converter/digital-camera, and then the DV/Firewire/iLink of the converter/digital-camera to the firewire (6-pin) of your Mac.
If you don't use a converter, make sure you use a MiniDV camera, which always have (as far as know) a 4-pin firewire connector. Other HDD or DVD digital cameras do not have firewire. In addition it's quite convenient to use a camera with pass-through functionality from analog to DV; otherwise you'll have to first record the analog input to MiniDV tape and then play it back to the Mac: possible, no loss of quality but it takes a double time.
Piero
BTW: if you don't need to edit the video (using iMovie or FCE/FCP) you can also use a consumer DVD recorder to connect directly to the analog camera output.
Message was edited by: PieroF

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    see if that helps
    DJ1249 wrote
    The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
    MaryBoog wrote
    Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
    //support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odw_en_GB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
    What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
    Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
    Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
    Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
    This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
    Yours Bengt W

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