IMPORTANT!

•Never disconnect the USB cable without exiting the USB mode first. Doing so can corrupt image data. See “Disconnect the camera from the computer” on page 192 for the correct steps you need to perform to disconnect the camera from the computer safely.

■Connecting the Camera to Your Computer after the First Time

Since you need to install the USB driver and configure menu settings only the first time you connect the camera to your computer, later connections are much simpler.

1.Turn off the camera, and connect the USB cable that comes bundled with the camera to the camera and your computer.

2.Turn on the camera.

Pressing the camera’s [ON/OFF] button puts it into the USB mode, which is indicated by the camera’s operation lamp lighting green.

■Viewing Camera Images on Your Computer

After connecting the camera to your computer, you can view camera images on your computer screen.

1.Windows XP users: Click “Start” and then “My Computer”.

Windows Vista users: Click “Start” and then “Computer”.

Windows 2000/Me/98SE/98 users: Double- click “My Computer”.

2.Double-click “Removable Disk”.

•Your computer recognizes the memory card loaded in the camera (or built-in memory if there is no card) as a removable disk.

3.Double-click the “DCIM” folder.

4.Double-click the folder that contains the image you want to view.

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