When the camcorder is connected to a PC

Symptom

Cause and Correction

Reference

 

page

 

 

 

 

The PC does not

Check that the camcorder’s power switch is set to “HDD”

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recognize the

or “DVD”.

 

 

 

camcorder.

 

 

 

Turn the PC off and disconnect the USB cable. Then turn

—

 

 

 

 

the PC back on and reconnect the cable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the cable is connected properly to both the PC

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and the camcorder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An error occurs

If error occurs with the USB connection, the transfer rate

 

 

while playing back

is not sufficient. It is recommended that you use a USB

 

 

movies recorded on

terminal conforming to USB2.0 when connecting the

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the camcorder using

camcorder.

 

 

the PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The software does

Turn the PC and camcorder off, and try again.

 

 

not run correctly on

 

—

 

the PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An error occurs

The temperature of the camcorder is too high due to

 

 

during writing to a

continuous operation.

 

 

disc.

Disconnect the camcorder from the PC, remove the disc

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from the camcorder, and then turn it off. After a few

 

 

 

 

 

moments, connect them again and write to a brand-new

 

 

 

disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer of images

Connect the camcorder to another USB terminal of the

 

 

stops.

PC. If your PC is a desktop type, it is recommended that

 

 

 

you use a USB terminal on the back of the PC. If you are

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using USB2.0 extended card, it is also recommended that

 

 

 

 

 

you install the newest version driver provided by the

 

 

 

USB2.0 card maker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the disc scratched or dirty?

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Clean the disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The DVD drive of

Do you use another software application to edit/write

 

 

the PC cannot be

DVD? There may be a conflict between that software and

 

 

used after the

the ImageMixer 3 software. This problem may be solved

—

Additional

An error appears

Make sure that your PC display adapter (video card)

 

provided software

if you update the other DVD editing/creating software of

 

 

was installed.

your PC.

 

 

when starting

conforms to Direct X® 9.0c.

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Information

switch does not work

to right-click the camcorder drive icon and select “Eject”.

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ImageMixer 3.

 

 

 

The DISC EJECT

While the camcorder is connected to the PC, use Explorer

 

 

when the camcorder

 

 

 

is connected to a PC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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