I'm looking for a cable to connect my JVC GR-D290 camcorder to a TV or video recorder. The old one got damaged. I've tried Maplin and Amazon to no avail. Where could I find one?

Open and close it a few times. Maybe tap the side a little bit as the lens cap switch may be sticking.

JVC GR D290 Manual

Fixya does not sell spares or accessories. Were these items not included in the package when you purchased the camcorder ? They should be available either from JVC Spares themselves, or on Ebay

Go to the nearest JVC Service Center near you.

Use Firewire cable connected to firewire port of Your computer. Even Windows movie maker can capture images from any DV camcorder. After capture it´s easy to burn DVD with any burning software. For more questions email me.
Good luck!

ditch the usb cable and use the firewire. If Vista correctly detects AVC-compliant devices (pretty much EVERY firewire-equipped camcorder on the market!) it should "just work"

JVC has the support page for the GR-SXM260U here: http://support.jvc.com/consumer/product.jsp?modelId=MODL027120&pathId=25&page=3&archive=true. This camcorder can be connected to a TV with the S-video connection (JVC recommends their YTU94146A S-Video cable) or two RCA connections. If you use an RCA composite cable, you use only one of the two audio connections (white) and the yellow video cable.

To connect this camcorder to a computer, you need a USB video capture device and some type of video capture software. Here are two examples: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Multimedia-VC500-Video-Capture/dp/B001FAE8MA and https://www.amazon.com/ION-Analog-Digital-Converter-Composite/dp/B002MT7JFQ .

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

sorry but I can'nt give my cradit card information in the internet
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johanan

Dirty video head! Playback newly opened blank tape for five minutes, after that eject, reinsert, playback then eject again five times, these will serve as your video head cleaner, never use "video head cleaning cassette tape" for it will only damage your camera. Most camera has built in video head cleaner installed inside and activates only when you insert, initial play/rec, and ejects a tape. If the problem is still there you need pro fix then.[:0)

No spare and no repair now you have opened it. Water damage is likely to have done more than you describe any way.

Hi, Since videos are taped in DV format, you need a firewire card (IEEE-1394) and cable. These are cheap. May be your PC already has a firewire card. Just check. Windows XP recognises automatically the camcorder. Moreover, its integrated video capture/editing module, Windows Movie Maker, is very userfriendly. USB connection is only good for downloading still images (photos) to your PC. For more information, go to http://www.videohelp.com/. good luck