What cable to connect to PC?

[pearcw]

I have a DCR-HC26E which is not recognised by my Microsoft Surface Pro. DO I need a different cable?

[Anonymous]

Hey there,

I look into this, and hopefully a community member will get back to you soon.

Best wishes,

M

[darkframe]

Hi @pearcw,

well, I'm using a Windows 10 PC but have got no experience regarding those Surface tablets.

Anyhow, even on a desktop PC you will most likely might have problems connecting such a rather old camera (13 years old or so) via USB. Simply spoken it'll be hard to find any working USB driver for a rather new operating system working together with such an old camera. That'll most likely be the reason for your problem.

You might have a chance when installing and using PlayMemories Home on your tablet. Sorry, can't link you to the download page as I'm always re-directed to the German site. Anyhow, I neither know whether you'll be able to install it on your tablet nor whether it would really solve your problem, sorry.

Cheers

darkframe

[Blencogo]

Support for USB transfer finished with Windows XP.

You will need to transfer using the AV Cable supplied with the camera and shown on page 33 of your manual here:

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/2659/26598121M.pdf

You will need to buy a ‘USB Video Capture Device’ to connect the AV Cable to a USB port on your PC. There cost around £20 - try Amazon.

There may be some help available here:

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/camcorders-tape-camcorders/dcr-hc26e

[IamNic]

Hello @pearcw and @Blencogo,

I too would recommend to get a so called "video grabber".

I though would recommend the one from Magix, since it also comes with a very easy to use video editing software: https://www.magix.com/gb/video/rescue-your-videotapes/

- Nic