Camera Sony HandyCam DCR-TRV280 is not recognized by Windows 7

I have a Sony HandyCam DCR-TRV280, a Toshiba L505D-S5963 running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 - bit.  My PC does not recognize the camera.  I loaded all drivers and updates to date mentioned above, but when you say to "go into the Device Manager and find the entry for the firewire (IEEE1394) change the driver for the IEEE1394 driver LEGACY and now your camcorder will be able to speak correctly on your PC.", my device driver does not list an IEEE 1394 device.   However, I tried to load the copy and save the 1394bus.sys to C:\Windows\system32\drivers file, but it will not accept a .inf, .sys not file.  I really appreciate all the information below, but would appreciate a little more help.   Thank you

Hello Softail1015,

In addition to the response of Amrita M, please relay exact model number and type of the Sony camcorder.  You can also view the link below, provided by the manufacturer of the device that contains compatibility information and pilot for the Handycam from Sony DCR-TRV280 Digital8 camcorder:

http://eSupport.Sony.com/us/Perl/SWU-list.pl?MDL=DCRTRV280&SelectOS=46#div_pos_124

In addition, it seems that the Sony DCR-TRV280 may require an IEEE 1394 connection to transfer the video from the camcorder to the computer. You can also check with the manufacturer of the device to check if the Sony DCR-TRV280 supports the transfer of DV via USB or USB streaming.

You can also view the link below, provided by the manufacturer of the device that describes the steps to know how to transfer video to a computer using an i.LINK (IEEE 1394) connection using the digital camcorder:

http://www.KB.Sony.com/selfservice/documentLink.do?externalId=C111893

I hope this information is useful.

Thank you

Mary
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