Windows, Macintosh Step 4

Setting Up Your Digital Camera

Setting the USB Connection Mode to [PC]

1Press the 3button.2Press the four-way controller (5) to display the [uSetting] menu.

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Use the four-way controller (23) to select [USB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

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Connection].

 

 

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Press the four-way controller (5).

 

Folder Name

Standard

 

 

A pull-down menu appears.

 

USB Connection

PC

 

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Video Out

PictBridge

 

Use the four-way controller (23) to select [PC].

 

Brightness Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Press the Qbutton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU Cancel

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• Do not connect the camera to your PC while [PictBridge] is selected for the USB Connection mode.

Do not connect the camera to your printer while [PC] is selected for the USB Connection mode.

Windows Step 5

Transferring Images to a Windows PC

When the digital camera is connected to your Windows PC and the camera is turned on, the PC automatically recognizes the camera and begins transferring images.

If the digital camera is connected to your PC in [PictBridge] USB Connection mode, the images cannot be transferred. Disconnect the USB cable from your camera and PC, follow the instructions in “Setting Up Your Digital Camera” to set the USB Connection mode to [PC], and then reconnect the USB cable.

Connecting the Camera and PC

1Turn your PC on.

2With your camera turned off, connect to your PC using the USB cable.

If there is no SD Memory Card in the camera, the images stored in the built-in memory will be transmitted to your PC.

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3Turn your camera on.

The Device Detector screen appears automatically.

If the Device Detector screen does not appear, display and copy the images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen does not appear”.

When the camera is connected to a PC with the USB cable, the power indicator blinks to indicate that the camera is communicating with the PC.

Transferring Images

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Confirm that [Acquire images from the device with

 

ACDSee] is checked and click [OK].

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Click [Next].

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Select an image to copy and click [Next].

When the Device Detector screen does not appear

4Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0] icon on the desktop.5Double-click [My Computer].6Double-click [Removable Disk].

If the SD Memory Card has a volume label, the volume label name appears instead of [Removable Disk]. A new unformatted SD Memory Card may show the manufacturer name or model number.

7Double-click the [DCIM] folder.

Images are stored in folder [xxxPENTX], where “xxx” is a three- digit folder number. When [Folder Name] on the

[uSetting] menu is set to [Date], folders are displayed with a folder name indicating the date the images were taken. Images taken on September 25, for example, are stored in folder [xxx_0925].

8Select the folders you want to copy to the PC.

Hold the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard while clicking on the folders in which the images you want to copy are stored.

Select folders

9Select [Copy To Folder...] from the [Edit] menu.

The Copy Files screen appears.

10Specify the destination folder.11Click [OK].

The image is copied to the PC.

Disconnecting the Camera from Your PC

Windows XP

1Double-click the [Safely Remove Hardware] icon in the task bar.

The Safely Remove Hardware screen appears.

2Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [Stop].

The Stop a Hardware device screen appears.

3Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [OK].

A message appears indicating that the hardware can be safely removed.

4Disconnect the USB cable from your PC and the camera.

Windows 2000/Me

1Double-click the [Unplug or eject hardware] icon in the task bar.
Macintosh Step 2

Installing the Software

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX, which lets you view and edit images transferred to your Macintosh.

1Turn your Macintosh on.2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW30) in the CD-ROM drive.3Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW30) icon.4Double-click the [Install ACDSee] icon.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears.

Double-click the [Master Installer] icon to display the PENTAX Software Installer screen.

5You can choose the languages from the displayed screen.

A selection screen to install your desired software appears.

6Click your applicable Mac OS.

The software selection screen appears.

7Click [ACDSee™].

The setup screen appears. Follow the on-screen guidance to input registration information and install the software.

Macintosh Step 5

Transferring Images to a Macintosh

Connecting the Camera and Macintosh

1Turn your Macintosh on.

2With your camera turned off, connect to your Macintosh using the USB cable.

If there is no SD Memory Card in the camera, the images stored in the built-in memory will be transmitted to your Macintosh.

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If the message [CarbonLib-xxxxx could not be found] appears during installation;

You must add the extension file “CarbonLib” to the Extension folder in the System folder in order to install the provided software in Mac OS 9.2.

This message appears when this extension file does not exist or when an older version of the file exists.

The latest version of the CarbonLib file is available on the Apple website. Download the file and then install it.

Apple website: http://www.apple.com/

Contact Apple for detailed information on how to use the CarbonLib file.

Installing ACD photostitcher

This section describes the procedures for installing ACD photostitcher, a software application that lets you join a number of images together to form a panorama picture.

1Click [ACD photostitcher].

The licensing agreement appears on the screen. After reading it, click [Agree] to accept the terms of the agreement.

2Select [Install Location] and click [Install].

Installation starts. When the message appears telling you that the software has been successfully installed, click [Quit].

When [Delete images from device] is checked, images are deleted from the camera after transfer is complete.

Even if camera images are not transferred, they can be directly displayed on the Macintosh from a camera connected to the Macintosh.

To edit images, first transfer them to your Macintosh.

Disconnecting the Camera from Your Macintosh

1Drag [NO_NAME] on the desktop to the trash.

If the SD Memory Card has a volume label, drag the icon of that name to the trash.

2Disconnect the USB cable from your Macintosh and the camera.

If the camera (removable disk) is being used by an application such as ACDSee for PENTAX, the camera cannot be disconnected until the application is closed.

The camera will automatically switch to the Playback Only mode when the USB cable is disconnected.

7 Specify the name and save destination of the image,

and click [Next].

The image is copied to the PC.

8Click [Finish].

The ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 Browser starts.

The first time ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 is run, “ACDSee has detected that you do not have the following software installed on your computer: Ghostscript 7.0 (or later)” may appear in the [Components missing] dialog box. If you will only display or edit images inside the digital camera, it is not necessary for Ghostscript 7.0 to support ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0. Click [Close] to close the message window.

The Unplug or Eject Hardware screen appears.

2Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [Stop].

The Stop a Hardware device screen appears.

3Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [OK].

A message appears indicating that the hardware can be safely removed.

4Click [OK].5 Disconnect the USB cable from your PC and the camera.

If the camera (removable disk) is being used by an application such as ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0, the camera cannot be disconnected until the application is closed.

The camera will automatically switch to the Playback Only mode when the USB cable is disconnected.

3Turn your camera on.

The camera is recognized as [NO_NAME] ([untitled] in Mac OS 9) on the desktop. The drive name can be changed.

If the SD Memory Card has a volume label, the volume label name appears instead of [untitled]. A new unformatted SD Memory Card may show the manufacturer name or model number.

When the camera is connected to a Macintosh with the USB cable, the power indicator blinks to indicate that the camera is communicating with the Macintosh.

Transferring Images

4Specify a save location, make sure that [Launch ACDSee] is checked, and click [Download].

After images are copied to your Macintosh, the browser for

ACDSee for PENTAX starts.

Product Registration on the Internet

Please click [Product Registration] on the software selection screen in Step 3 ( Step 2 for Macintosh).

A world map for Internet Product Registration is displayed.

If your PC is connected to the Internet, click the displayed country or region and then follow the instructions to register your product.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Only customers in displayed countries and regions can register their products on the Internet Product Registration.