• I have a Laptop with Firewire port but cannot connect the Pyro Webcam.
The PYRO Web Cam requires 6 pin Firewire port. Most Laptops that comes with Firewire port have the 4 pin port instead of 6 pin port. The two extra pins in the 6 pin Firewire port provides BUS power to for the Web cam from the computer and the 4 pin port wont. Adding a self powered Firewire hub will allow you to connect the PYRO Web Cam to the laptop. If you are using a 1394 Cardbus card, use a power supply (if available) instead. Some manufacturers of the 1394 card provide an option to add the power supply for the card. Please contact your manufacturer for
power supply option.
•Audio from the Microphone is out of sync or video is choppy when you record from the Pyro Webcam.
Audio format (audio bit rate) settings could be too high. A good setting is PCM 11000hz 8 bit Stereo. In Windows, make sure that the DMA is enabled in the hard drive properties from the Device Manager. Enabling the DMA will make video less choppy. We don‘t recommend using the USB microphone to record your audio with the video. Use an ordinary microphone that connects to the
•When I start the any webcam application, my image is black and white. How can I fix it? (Windows)
While the cam is connected, go to “Device Manager” and click on the plus sign (+) next to the category “Imaging Devices”. Highlight “Sony 1394
“Device Manager” and click on the plus sign next to “Imaging Devices” a listing of “PYRO WEBCAM
•I have the Powerbook G3 with built in Firewire (Pizmo). In the video window, there‘s a line near the bottom. What can I do?
At this time there is an incompatibility between all Texas Instruments based web cams (PYRO Webcam) and the
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