Connection and recognition (Windows)

When the unit is connected to a computer, the operation mode cannot be changed and its power cannot be turned off.

In this case, disconnect the USB cable (l 108).

When the unit is connected to a computer in disc playback mode, no image will appear on the LCD monitor or viewfinder.

When this unit is connected to a computer, you cannot use this unit’s DISC EJECT lever to remove a disc. Use Windows Explorer to right-click the drive icon for this unit and select [Eject].

When a computer is accessing a disc or card in this unit, the ACCESS/PC lamp or card access lamp

lights. (When a card is being accessed, appears on the LCD monitor.) Do not disconnect the USB cable or AC adaptor while the disc or card is being accessed as it may damage the data.

The disc and card cannot be accessed simultaneously.

It may be necessary to reboot the computer after connecting this unit to it for the first time.

About the computer display

When the unit is connected to a computer, it is recognized as an external drive.

Depending on the operating environment of the computer, the shape of the drive icon and the drive name (Example: E:) will differ.

In disc playback mode (When accessing the disc)

Windows XP:

Optical disc drive is displayed in [My Computer].

Windows 2000:

[Removable Disk] and optical disc drive are displayed in [My Computer].

When a DVD-RAM or DVD-RW (VR format) is inserted in this unit, it can be accessed from the removable disk drive.

When a DVD-RW (Video format) or DVD-R is inserted in this unit, it can be accessed from the optical disc drive.

-D200 only)

Example folder structure of a DVD-RAM or DVD-RW (VR format):

DVD_CAMERA*

DVD_RTAV

Example folder structure of a DVD-RW (Video format) or DVD-R:

DVD_CAMERA*

VIDEO_TS

computer (VDR

≥ DVD video recording format motion pictures

DVD-Video format motion pictures are stored

are stored in the [DVD_RTAV] folder.

in the [VIDEO_TS] folder.

*Depending on the maker of the disc and the device used to format it, the name displayed will differ.

Be sure to finalize DVD-RW (VR format), DVD-RW (Video format) and DVD-R on this unit, before using them on the computer. Un-finalized discs will not be recognized by the computer.

Do not copy, move or change the name of the folders and files recorded on this unit by Windows Explorer etc.

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Panasonic VDR-D100 operating instructions About the computer display, 107, Disc playback mode When accessing the disc