ShawnFumo
18th December 2005, 17:41
Hey.. I have a question here. I just bought a Panasonic PV-GS31 digital camcorder. It came with a separate sheet (seems like a manual addendum) saying that you could damage your Camera and/or PC if you don't follow the steps.
Then it describes turning off both of them, connecting the cable to the computer first, then the camcorder. Then to turn on the computer and then the camcorder last.
Usually I'd dismiss this as being paranoid "cover yourself" documentation, but I did have a motherboard that got fried some time ago. My memory is sketchy on exactly what I was doing back then, but I have used a friend's camera on and off the last couple of years to do some filming and analogue pass-through (old digital-8 sony). Hopefully it has nothing to do with the camera and was just a power surge or something, but it is enough to make me a bit more cautious.
What are people's thoughts on this? I've tried searching online and on the forum, but haven't found anything addressing it either way. I'll shut off my PC first if I have to, but I'm one of those that keeps mine on all the time, so this would be pretty annoying.
Thanks,
Shawn
Then it describes turning off both of them, connecting the cable to the computer first, then the camcorder. Then to turn on the computer and then the camcorder last.
Usually I'd dismiss this as being paranoid "cover yourself" documentation, but I did have a motherboard that got fried some time ago. My memory is sketchy on exactly what I was doing back then, but I have used a friend's camera on and off the last couple of years to do some filming and analogue pass-through (old digital-8 sony). Hopefully it has nothing to do with the camera and was just a power surge or something, but it is enough to make me a bit more cautious.
What are people's thoughts on this? I've tried searching online and on the forum, but haven't found anything addressing it either way. I'll shut off my PC first if I have to, but I'm one of those that keeps mine on all the time, so this would be pretty annoying.
Thanks,
Shawn