Sonnet FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter (FAD-824)

by Sonnet Technologies

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3.2 x 0.8 inches ; 0.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000CDJPQ
• Item model number: FAD-824
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 30, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Sonnet FAD-824 FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter allows you to use your old FireWire 400 devices with newer FireWire 800 ports.

Avoid Hassles--Just Adapt!
Which cable should you get? What length? Why bother? Use your existing FireWire 400 cables with this FireWire adapter from Sonnet to connect FireWire 400 devices to a FireWire 800 port, without going through the trouble of purchasing yet another cable. Just plug it in between a FireWire 800 port and a standard FireWire 400 cable's 6-pin male connector (the other end of the FW400 cable plugs into your FireWire device). It can't get any simpler.

Key Benefits:

• 9-pin male (FW800) to 6-pin female (FW400) connector adapter
• Works with standard 6-pin male FW400 cables
• Connect legacy FireWire 400 devices to FireWire 800 ports used on the Allegro FW800, as well as the latest computers that feature FireWire 800
• IEEE 1394 compliant

The Sonnet FAD-824 FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter is compatible with any Mac or Windows computer with FireWire 800 ports and is backed by a 1-year limited warranty.

Product Description

Sonnet Technologies FW800 to FW400 FireWire Adapter FAD-824 Cable Adapters

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly, December 22, 2005

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J. Romkey (Upper Valley, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sonnet FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter (FAD-824) (Personal Computers)

After reading the pair of "doesn't work" reviews from the same person, I decided to try it anyway, figuring that Amazon would do an easy refund if it really didn't work (also, I've had good experiences with other Sonnet products in the past).

It works just fine for me. I've used it to connect an iPod and an iSight to the Firewire800 port on my Powerbook, both work fine. It seems a decent value and I'm happy with it.

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor design - not recommended, September 27, 2009

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Tugsan Topcuoglu (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sonnet FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter (FAD-824) (Personal Computers)

I purchased this adapter couple weeks ago to connect a firewire audio device to my new Mac Book. It works fine, so no complaints there. However, when you attach the firewire 400 cable end to this adapter, the two becomes pretty long, so it gets really easy to tilt it up/down/right/left when it's connected to the laptop. So, it becomes really difficult to move your laptop when this is connected. Not only it can get disconnected easily, which I've already experienced couple times, it can actually DAMAGE your firewire 800 port if you don't be too careful.

After having this problem, I made more search and found another similar adapter built by Moshi, where the two jack are separated by a short cable, so it can give much more flexibility, so I'm about to buy that. I do not recommend this product of Sonnet.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little adapter, November 18, 2008

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HookEmHorns (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sonnet FireWire 400 to 800 Adapter (FAD-824) (Personal Computers)

I recently purchased the latest MacBook Pro, which omits the firewire 400 port. This adapter is just what I needed so that I can still plug my firewire 400 devices into a firewire 800 port. Works great and is well made.