Dear Simon,
First of all I would like to thank you for your interest.
When the camera connected with the laptop(via firewire cable) I heard the sound of detection but I didn't see any similar window in my screen.
Other attempts
a) I downloaded the Nero 9 and when I reached the capture section the only thing that I could do was : put the camera on "play position" and saw the tape content on the laptop which I could not transfer it.
In addition there was an info message from Nero that the program is free till 18/02/12.
b)I was trying to download the "Picture Motion Browser Ver.2.0.13" program(proposed by SONY official site) but
I could not found it free in any site.
Is there any program free of charge that I can downloaded in order to transfer the tape content on the laptop?
Thanks again for your help
Thanos