untill your able to completely remedy the situation you might as well throw the mini-dv tape in another camera if you have one. somebody is bound to have a camera at home or something.. or the s-vid to a different tv. or a firewire capture to your computer..

but it sounds like your cameras got a problem. it should just be plug and play. maybe the tv is set to the wrong input?

Idk. I'm probably just tossing a bone to someone who doesn't need it. hope you get it figured out though.

cheers, dave