I know this is not much help to you but at this site you probably find your answers
Goto this site and just look around and e-mail Kim
http://www.komando.com/I can give you a basic startup you need to plug your camcorder into your computer, by a usb port,or firewire port,Once you plug your camcorder in you need a program to copy the film to a avi file format or wmp.etx take a look at the site, should get you started atleast