With a PC
• Installing USB Driver
eFor Windows XP users, the USB equipment operates with the driver installed as standard on your OS.
eFor Windows 2000 users, download the USB
driver if you have Internet access.
1 Download the USB driver from:
(For U.S.A. consumers) http:llwww.panasonic.coml consumerdownloads
• Connecting the Camcorder to a personal computer
(For Use as a Web Camera) 1 Install the USB Driver.
2 Set to Tape Recording Mode or Tape Playback mode.
When you use the Camcorder as a Web camera in the Tape Playback Mode, the indication of the operation icon is different from the one in usual operation.
(For Canadian consumers)
htt p://www.panasonic.ca/english/ customercare/downloads.asp
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2 (For U.S.A.consumers)
Click [Camcorders].
(For Canadian consumers)
Click [software, drivers & firmware] and the page changes.
Select [Windows 2000] and enter the model number [PVGS85] and then click [Search].
3 Click [USB Driver (for Web Camera)] to download the USB driver.
4 Decompress the downloaded data.
5 Double click the _ icon.
=The setup program starts running.
6 Complete the installation by following the
•Click [Next] and proceed with the installation. =When the installation is completed, click
[Finish].
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0 In usual operation
I_ In the WEB CAMERA mode (Tape Playback Mode)
•Even if you move the joystick up/down/right/left (l_m, II, I_1_, 44), the selected direction on the operation icon is not lit in yellow.
•The operation icon blinks on instead of appearing from the side of the screen when you
press the center of the joystick.
3 Connect the Camcorder to a personal computer with the USB cable.
•When the Camcorder and the personal computer (with Windows 2000) are connected via a USB cable, a message, such as the one below, is displayed. However, testing by the manufacturer has confirmed
the functionality of this Camcorder with
Windows 2000. Click [Yes] and proceed.
4 Start Windows Messenger (for Windows XP users), MSN Messenger (for Windows 2000/
XP users) or Windows Live Messenger (for Windows XP users).
•Click [start] >> [Programs] >>
[Windows Messenger], [MSN Messenger] or [Windows Live Messenger].
•You may not be able to communicate with the other parties via the network if they are not using the same Messenger application (software) as you are. (The only exception is the combination of MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.)
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