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INSTALLATION ON A Windows PC

Pre-installation checklist

THE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS

5Software

Installation

Software needed for playing back movies, etc.
Launches the FinePixViewer
software when a camera is
connected.
Software used to read PDF-format documents on a personal computer. This software is needed to read the User’s
Guides for FinePixViewer. (Macintosh only)
Creates a FinePix CD Album. Converts CCD-RAW files to
Exif-TIFF format.
Used for videoconferencing (Windows only).
Allows you to display thumbnail lists of the images stored on your PC or in the camera, print the images
individually or as an index, display the images at full size and perform some basic image processing.
✽ Note that the software configuration differs slightly depending on your operating system.
Connect the camera
with “DSC” selected as
the USB setting
(➡P.84).
Connect the camera
with “PC CAM”
selected as the USB
setting.
Allows a digital camera to be used
as USB Mass Storage (removable
disk drive, card reader).
Allows a digital camera to be
used as a PC Camera.
ImageMixer VCD
for FinePix
RAW FILE
CONVERTER LE
Acrobat Reader
R
QuickTime
USB PC Camera
Driver
Exif Launcher
USB Mass Storage
Driver
FinePixViewer
PictureHello
To run this software, you must have the hardware and software described below. Check your
system before you begin the installation.
✽1 Models with a USB interface as a standard feature and one of the above operating systems preinstalled.
✽2 When you install the software, log in using a system administrator account (e.g. “Administrator”).
✽3 Required to use the FinePix Internet Service and videoconferencing. The software can still be installed even if you do not
have an Internet connection.
✽4 Sound functions are required for videoconferencing.
Compatible PCs IBM PC/AT or compatible✽1
Operating System
CPU
Windows 98 (including the Second Edition)
Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
Windows 2000 Professional✽2
Windows XP Home Edition✽2
Windows XP Professional✽2
200 MHz Pentium or better recommended (800 MHz Pentium IIIor better
recommended for Windows XP)
RAM 64MB minimum (128 MB minimum for Windows XP)
Minimum 256 MB when RAW FILE CONVERTER LE is used
Hard disk space Amount required for installation: 140 MB minimum
Amount required for operation: 300 MB minimum
(When FinePix CD Album Maker is used: 2 GB or better)
Minimum 1 GB when RAW FILE CONVERTER LE is used
Display 800 ×600 pixels or better, 16-bit color or better
Internet connection✽3iTo use the FinePix Internet Service or mail attachment function:
An Internet connection and e-mail transmission software
iConnection speed: 56k or better recommended
Sound functions✽4Speakers, microphone and sound card
◆NOTE ◆
iConnect the camera directly to the computer using the special USB cable. The software may not
operate correctly if you use an extension cable or connect the camera via a USB hub.
iIf your computer has more than one USB port, the camera can be connected to either port.
iPush the USB connector fully into the socket to ensure that it is securely connected. The software
may not operate correctly if the connection is faulty.
iAdditional USB interface board is not guaranteed.
iWindows 95 and Windows NT cannot be used.
iOperation is not guaranteed on home-built computers or on computers running updated operating
system software.
iIf your Internet connection is via a router or via a LAN (connecting machines on the LAN to the
Internet), you cannot use videoconferencing.
iIf you are using Windows XP and you tick the “Protect my computer and network by limiting or
preventing access to this computer from the Internet” checkbox in the Internet connection firewall
settings, videoconferencing cannot be used.
iWhen you reinstall or remove FinePixViewer, the Internet menu and your user ID and password for
the FinePix Internet Service are deleted from your computer. Click the [Register now] button, enter
your registered user ID and password and download the menu again.