Enjoying your Windows computerRecommended computer environment

The following environment is recommended for a computer connected to the camera.

Recommended environment for copying imagesOS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows

2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP*

SP3/Windows Vista SP1*

•Operation is not assured in an environment based on an upgrade of the operating systems described above or in a multi-boot environment.

USB jack: Provided as standard

Recommended environment for using “Picture Motion Browser” and “Music Transfer”

OS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows

2000 Professional SP4, Windows XP*

SP3/Windows Vista SP1*

CPU: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or faster (When playing/editing High Definition movies: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or faster, Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz or faster,

Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.20 GHz or faster)

Memory: 512 MB or more (When playing/ editing High Definition movies: 1 GB or more)

Hard Disk: Disk space required for installation—approximately 400 MB

Display: Screen resolution: 1,024 × 768 dots or more

*64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not supported.

Note on playback of movie files (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264)

To play back and editing movie files (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264) recorded by the camera, you need to install the software compatible with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 or “Picture Motion Browser” on your computer.

•Even under a PC environment where operations are guaranteed, sometimes images cannot be played back smoothly due to dropped frames. Note that the transferred image itself is not affected.

•If you are using a notebook PC, be sure to use the PC with the AC adaptor plugged in. Sometimes normal operations are not possible due to the power savings function of the PC.

Notes on connecting the camera to a computer

•The computer environment must also satisfy the operating requirements of the OS.

•Operations are not guaranteed under some PC environments. For example, operations may be adversely affected by other software running in the background.

•If you connect two or more USB devices to a single computer at the same time, some devices, including the camera, may not operate, depending on the types of USB devices you are using.

•Operations are not guaranteed when using a USB hub.

•Connecting the camera using a USB interface that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant) allows advanced transfer (high speed transfer) as the camera is compatible with Hi- Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant).

•There are three modes for a USB connection when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default setting), [Mass Storage] and [PictBridge] modes. This section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage] as examples. For details on [PictBridge], see page 76.

•When your computer resumes from a suspend or sleep mode, communication between the camera and your computer may not recover at the same time.

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