Transferring Video Recordings

You can transfer recordings to a computer using the DV terminal.

Equipment and System Requirements

A computer equipped with an IEEE1394 (DV) terminal or an IEEE1394 (DV) capturing board.

ADV cable (commercially available). Video Editing Software.

The appropriate driver

A driver is preinstalled on Windows operating systems later than Windows 98 Second Edition and Mac operating systems later than Mac OS 9, and will be installed automatically.

Connecting

1Start the computer.

2Set the camcorder to mode.

3Connect the camcorder to the computer using the digital connection –connection type 1

( 68)– shown in the previous section PC Connection Diagrams.

4Start the video editing software. Refer to the instruction manual of the editing software.

IMPORTANT

The video transfer may not work correctly depending on the software and the specifications/settings of your computer.

If the computer freezes while the camcorder is connected to it, disconnect the DV cable and turn off the camcorder and the computer. After a short while, turn them on again, set the

camcorder to mode and restore the connection.

Before connecting the camcorder to the computer using a DV cable, make sure that the camcorder and computer are not connected

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with a USB cable, and that no other IEEE1394 device is connected to the computer.

Depending on the video editing software, you

may need to set the switch on the camcorder to a mode other than PLAY. Refer to the instruction manual of the editing software.

NOTES

We recommend powering the camcorder using the compact power adapter.

Refer also to the instruction manual of the computer.

The programs ZoomBrowser EX and Image Browser included with the supplied CD-ROM can only be used to transfer still images recorded on the memory card. Video recordings on the tape cannot be transferred to the computer using the software included with the supplied CD-ROM.

Transferring Still Images or Movie Clips – Direct Transfer

You can transfer still images and movie clips recorded on the memory card to a computer using the supplied USB cable and the Digital Video Software included in the software CD-ROM.

Preparations

The first time you connect the camcorder

 

 

to the computer, you need to install the

External

need to connect the camcorder to the

software and set the auto-launch setting.

 

From the second time on, you will only

 

computer to transfer images.

Connections

1 Install the supplied Digital Video

 

Software.

 

See Installing the Digital Video

 

Software in the Digital Video Software

 

instruction manual (electronic version

 

on PDF file).

 

2 Set the camcorder to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.