i tried 2 seperate fire wires i have 4 pin to 4 and 4 to 6 that i have used with my canon gl1 wich work fine, but im worroied about my fx1 .. the 4 to 6 pin you really have to get it just perfect for it to work and the 4 to 4 work pretty well but you need to push it left or right at times..
has anyone encountered this? on both camcorders the 4 to 6 shows alot of jiggle room and the 4 to 4 stays in pretty solid, but im thinking if it was a fire wire problem the canon would have the same problem as the fx1!

what brand of fire wire are you guys using with your fx1? i wouldnt mind buying new wire , but would hate to waste money on it if its not the problem!

also the hd , dv ilink jack on the cam looks easy to replace if you could buy the part, sony wants 500 bucks for anything fixed i think.. anyone ever buy a replacement part and fix something themselves, is it possible to even buy that part?

does anyone know if beh photo does repair work on cams that werent bought at thier store, if so what are thier prices?

ok i called sony parts and the part cost 16 bucks but has to be soderd to the mounted c board, they also sell the c board with the jack already sodered for 35 bucks, now if you send it it to sony its gonna probally cost 500 bucks wich i dont have.
i would guess this is something i should not be trying to myself, so is there someplace that does repairs for say 100 bucks?

I can't find that board, i called sony and they didn't seem to be much help. Where did you call? What is the part number? Anything would help a ton!

for anyone who searched and searched as i did for the solution, you can get the part from partstore.com
a1073874a
cost is $35.98