Anyone on the forum had any success with DV-In Enabling for the Panasonic NV-DS27B ? I bought mine a few months ago, not realising how important it was to have the DV-IN and I am already regretting it (depsite being delighted with the camera in every other way). Datavision has nothing on offer for that model and Lynx are saying that there are compatibility problems with certain models. Being a total technophobe I'm wary about altering the camera's configuration in the first place, but it seems this particular model is already known as being difficult to enable. Anyone got any thoughts or advice they can offer ?

Thanks

Doreen

[m@rk]

Do a search on Google for Panatest and you should have your answer.

[zbvif]

I have just bought a DS27, and have had it enabled by the guy at SmartDV.
The sell software and cable for £40, but there are apparently problems with enabling later models : what is the first letter in the serial number of you camcorder?

I actually drove up there (Finchley in London) to make sure it would work.

Thanks for that - the first letter of my serial number is "G" and I bought it a few months ago. If I could get it enabled then I would want to do the same you have done - take it in somewhere rather than mess around with it myself or even send it away.

Doreen

[zbvif]

Mine was G also. The system worked.
I don't know where you live but This guy lives in Finchley, North London.
The company is SMARTDV (www.smartdv.co.uk)
020 8346 8023
Phone first and make an appointment.
If you are interested, once this was done (last Tuesday) I went out and bought Pinnacle DVClip (firewire card and software) for £50 in Comet.
Good, simple, easy to use, and easily upgradeable if you want any extra features

I checked out the site you mentioned but I'm in Glasgow so the place is a bit of a distance. Still, at least I now know that it is possible to have my camcorder DV-In enabled :-)) I'll try and find somewhere a bit more local - failing that I'll have to order the software and attempt it myself - it does look fairly straightforward tho' from what they are saying on the site.

Thanks again

Doreen

[Desmo]

Mail order from SmartDV is fine.
I bough a kit for my Sony and it arrived within a few days.
It's a case of plug in the cable and run the software. Nothing more complicated than that.

Hey i own a panasonic ds 27b which i bought a few months ago and am very happy with the model (except i wish it was a little smaller so i could take it anywhere!) i bought a DV-IN enabler from jessops in the uk for around 90 quid and there are no problems with it watsoever, its perfect there is no comaptibilty problems with it,infact this enabler will work on any panasonic camcorder and some JVC and SONY models too!!! just go and buy one,,,,,email me at cuethebest@yahoo.co.uk if u need any help i shall be able to find u one!!!email me anyway and tell me how u get on!!!

Right, I went out today and bought the Jesspops enabler for £80 - followed the instructions (which are very simple) and it did what it was meant to do with the lights etc, but i still can't get my pc to output my edited video on to the camcorder. My capture card and cable were put in by a local pc shop a few weeks ago and it came with a cut-down version of MGI Videowave, so I don't know if the problem is with that, or if it's something very obvious that I just can't see. Between the upgrade for my pc and the enabler I have handed out over 300 quid and still can't get my edited footage out of the computer - anyone got any ideas ?

Doreen

[dazroome]

This is how i did it on my 27b i got last week. I used the cable from my daughters barbie photo designer(i kid you not) £20 from toys r us. downloaded panatest . hooked it all up. run panatest then change Page1, Adress 8F from 12 to 02 (enable).thats it dv/in voila. btw my serial number on the camera is j.

Does anyone know of a specific site where I can download Panatest. I 've searched in Google.

Also has anyone enables a DS27B serial "J".

[dazroome]

If you want panatest try here

http://www.volny.cz/mkrejcik/dvzone.htm

its dead easy to do
Change
Page1, Adress 8F from 12 to 02 (enable) it was so easy theres nothing to be worried about.

[richard plumb]

don't suppose anyones tried a pronto serial cable? That looks similar to the one in the picture on the panatest site.

[wiz]

Tried my pronto lead and it read the values ok, Haven't changed them yet ( working upto it!) so the answer is it won't do it any harm

anyone know if there's any versions of panatest for other makes?
I want to enable a jvcdvl150
cheers

[DigiStuff]

This JVC model can be done.

See www.datavision.co.uk

Mark T

thanks I've seen them for sale I wondered if there was anywhere to download the software on the net. live there is for the panasonic.

[Gary Lightfoot]

So you only need a standard 'D' plug and a stereo jack plug combined with the Panatest2 software?

I think I've got those things lying around somewhere if that's the case, and my DS27b arrives tommorrow.

Cheers.

Gary.

[Ekko Star]

Yes pronto cable does work with Panatest, wired the same configuration as required. I enabled my Panasonic EX-3 using it.