
Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to a PC
You can acquire recorded pictures to a PC by connecting the camera and the PC. The software [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or
(for Windows®) on the
If you use “Windows 98/98SE”, install the USB driver and then connect it to the computer.
For information about installing [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or
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A: USB connection cable (supplied)
B: AC adaptor (supplied)
C: This message appears during data transfer.
•Use a sufficiently charged battery (P19) or the AC adaptor.
•Turn the camera off and then insert or remove the cable for the AC adaptor.
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1 Turn on the camera and the PC.
2 Connect the camera to a PC via the USB connection cable (supplied).
•Align the [1] mark on the USB
connection cable and the [ ] mark on the terminal of the adaptor when connecting.
•Hold the USB connection cable at D and insert straight in or take straight out. (If you forcibly insert the USB connection cable at a slant or upside down you can deform the connection terminals and damage the camera or the connected equipment.)
3 Press 3 to select [PC] and then press [MENU/SET].
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•If you set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP] menu to [PC] in advance, it is not necessary to set this every time you connect to a PC. (P29)
•If you set [USB MODE] to
[PictBridge (PTP)] and then connect the camera to the PC, messages may appear on the screen of the PC.
Select [CANCEL] to close the messages and disconnect the camera from the PC. Set [USB MODE] to [PC] again.
[Windows]
The drive appears in the [My Computer] folder.
•If you are connecting the camera to a PC for the first time, the required driver is installed automatically so that the camera can be recognized by “Windows Plug and Play”. The drive then appears on the [My Computer] folder.
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