How to connect a device with a 6-pin connector to a computer an iLink or 4-pin connector?
Sony and several other vendors use a 4-pin or iLink connector. Aside from being a smaller connector these ports do not provide power over the bus (pins 1 Power 2 Ground). This is not a problem UltiFire drives, as they require and come with an AC adapter. The exception is the Mini series, which provide the option of using bus power when available. All that is needed to connect a 6-pin device to a 4-pin host is a FireWire IEEE 1394 4pin To 6pin Cable 10′.
