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But there are MANY selectors that must be in the correct position to get the FireWire to control the deck.

Here’s a setting that must be made via the MENU.

This is a cut from the User Manual pg. 67-

Non-Linear Edit System-Control with IEEE1394
•Set the INPUT SELECT switch located
on the front panel to HDV/DV.
• Set the IEEE1394 switch located on
the front panel to match the video format.
• Set to DV position for DV mode, and to
HDV position for HDV mode.
• Set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch on the
front panel to the position matching
the REMOTE menu below.
• REMOTE [1/2] Menu screen
• Set REM SEL HDV/DV to ON or LOC+REM.
Set this item to ON if it is to become
enabled only when the REMOTE/LOCAL
switch on the front panel is set to REMOTE.
Set this item to LOC+REM if it is to become
enabled regardless of the position of the
REMOTE/LOCAL switch.

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[nick matheson] “it works fine…i just dont wanna burn out my camera”

I’m not telling you that you SHOULD.

I was trying to narrow down the problem.

It is obviously the DECK.

Do you have the deck in the proper “remote” condition (DV. FiewWire, iLink, etc. ?)

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What happens when you are connected to a different DV device (say a camcorder?)

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[Jared Callan] “do you think that placing mics in various places will work?”

I guess if that’s your only choice, it’ll have to.
But it will sound “off-mic” and hollow compared to the close-mics.

Having an experienced audio tech who can ride the levels and EQ the entire time will help.

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Make sure the vertical position is on a whole EVEN integer setting.

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What song?

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The judge and witness stand will be stationary desk mics (cardioid directional,) no biggie.

And the two-sides of lawyers, while at their respective desks, can be the same kind of mics.

But, if the lawyers stand up and walk around during their sections of questions and statements, that will be your biggest problem,

Will they (the judge, the lawyers themselves) allow wireless mics worn by the lawyers?

If its a jury trial, you’ll want a floor-stand mic for the foreperson of the jury for the telling of the verdict.

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If you want to put this on an AUDIO CD that will play in a standard CD player, you must edit the LENGTH of the program as the audio CD format is always burned at 44.1 kHz 16 bit, regardless of how you compress the original file.

150 minutes will fill two 80 min. audio CDs.

If you want to convert this to mp3 format and burn a CD ROM (or on a CDRW), that will work fine. You’ll have plenty of room for the whole lecture (and much more) on a single CD.

But,
You will have to play that disc in a CD player that can play mp3 files (there are many) and/or in a computer CD ROM player.

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I doubt that you will be getting the TC from the audio recorder INTO the camera via FW.
Cameras that DO accept external TC (many don’t) only do so via special jacks marked “TimeCode” built into the camera.

BUT, you DON’T WANT to take the timecode FROM the audio recorder to the camera for each take.

Why?

Because then your tape would have the SAME SECTION of TIMECODE,
Repeated, over-and-over on the tape (each new take would have the identical TC to the previous take…
WOW, what a mess!
You’d never get the tape captured correctly (couldn’t tell takes apart from each other) and you could never “batch capture” that tape again.

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Yes.

It may need a few small parts and a full lube-job.

Its very common with these decks.
Find an authorized service tech.