How to use a Motorola DVR/Firewire

Transferring Recorded or Live Programs to a Computer
The cable companies have not disabled the firewire output on the 6412 -- it was only intended to be used for connecting to D-VHS recorders. In the United States, the federal government (FCC) has ruled that the firewire output must be enabled. As a result, the firewire output will NOT display any IPG or DVR menus. This is the normal, expected behavior.

One can emulate a D-VHS recorder on a PC or Mac through various software programs. Note that a computer will not be able to emulate the copy protection scheme of a D-VHS recorder if 5C DTCP is enabled (on a per-channel or per-program basis). These resources have instructions:
 * HowTO record via 1394/Firewire to WindowsXP
 * ExDeus' STB Firewire Driver Package - Frequently updated for the newest STBs.