Ricoh CAPLIO G4 WIDE Installing Other Software, Installing Acrobat Reader, Installing DirectX

Chapter 2 Section 1 Installing Software

Installing Other Software

In addition to the Caplio Software, you can also install the following software from the CD-ROM pro- vided.

•Acrobat Reader

•DirectX

Do not install the software when the camera is connected to your computer with a USB cable.

Installing Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader is software to display the operation manual (PDF file). If the computer is running under Windows, Acrobat Reader can be installed. Acrobat Reader needs not be installed if already installed on your com- puter.

For Windows XP or Windows 2000, Adminis- trator privileges are required to install the software.

Start your computer and insert the Caplio CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

The screen shown below appears.

Click [Browse CD-ROM].

List of files included on the CD-ROM appears.

Double-click the [Acrobat] folder.

Double-click the [English] folder.

Double-click [ar500enu] (ar500enu.exe).

Install Acrobat Reader by following the messages displayed.

Installing DirectX

DirectX is software to play back movies. This camera requires DirectX 7.1 or later to play movie files in Windows. If you have an earlier version installed, please install the updated version available on the accompany- ing CD-ROM.

For Windows XP, the updated version is already installed.

For Windows 2000, Administrator privileges is required to install the software.

Insert the Caplio CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and select the [DirectX] folder under the CD-ROM drive using Explorer.

For Windows 98/98SE/Me, double-click [DX81xxx.exe] in the [Win98Me] folder. For Windows 2000, double-click [DX81NTxxx.exe] in the [Win2000] folder. (xxx differs depending on the language version being used.)

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