Thanks Paul but as I said, I have tried EVERYTHING and so have the Ion
support group. Mine will not work on Win 7 or XP. However, I have got it to
work on a Vista PC!
I will just have to go with that as the conversion is soooo useful. I
appreciate your kindness.
Q
"Paul" wrote in message
Has anyone bought the ION VHS2PC gadget with ARCSOFT software and got it
to work on Windows 7 64 bit?
I have tried everything you can think of to get it working including three
phone sessions with the support line.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Q
Find reviews for the product, and you'll usually find instructions
for any driver issues.
http://www.amazon.com/ION-Audio-Video-Computer-Converter/dp/B0017PJ5FI
For example, there are 132 reviews by customers here.
http://www.amazon.com/ION-Audio-Vid...=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
"here are the steps i took:
1. plug VCR2PC into outlet
2. insert cd into PC
3. plug usb cable into PC and VCR2PC
3. a at this point it should have auto installed but i just got a
message box in the tray that said your hardware was not installed
correctly.
3.b i went to Device Manager and there a yellow exclamation on VCR2PC, i
right
clicked on it, updated the driver and pointed to the CD
3.c the driver installed successfully but Windows Vista/7 x64 disabled
the
driver because it was not digitally signed by the publisher
3.d i went to
www.ion-audio.com/vcr2pc click on Documents & Downloads
and
downloaded the following:
3.d.1 VCR 2 PC - NTSC Hardware Driver [v1.43.07.50]
3.d.2 VCR 2 PC - Driver Update Instructions
3.e i unzipped the NTSC Hardware Driver zip file to a temp folder
C:\Temp
3.f i went back to Device Manager right clicked on VCR2PC and updated
the driver again this time pointing to C:\Temp
4. from the CD i ran the setup file on the root of the CD and ran the
default settings
5. i opened EZ VHS Converter (ArcSoft product, excellent software
package that is
compatible with Media Center remotes)
5.a i got an error that said there is a problem with my sound device,
i ignored this error
6. i put in Rush Hour VHS tape which wasn't rewound so it started
automatically in the middle. i got audio perfectly and in sync so i
figured the error about the sound device wasn't worth looking into
6.a i rewound the tape and played from the beginning
7. the movie box says approx 97 minutes so i set EZ VHS Converter to
record for 1 hour 40 minutes
8. when the tape got to the point where i wanted to start the recording
i just clicked Record
8.a 1 hour and 40 minutes later i had my MPEG version of my VHS in my
Videos folder. (My Documents/My Videos) "
In addition to those instructions, I would add to that procedure,
dumping the "NTSC Hardware Driver" onto virustotal.com and scanning
it for malware, before doing the install. One person mentions the
possibility of adware being put on your computer, while working
with that product. There are certain kinds of products, such as
cheap webcams, where the website with the driver will have
stuff like that on it (adware or malware). Safety first.
Paul
