— Viewing/dubbing discs/ editing the recordings on your computer —

Connecting your camcorder to your computer – Introduction

You can enjoy the following with your camcorder by connecting it to your computer:

Viewing scenes on your computer

Copying recorded scenes to your computer

Duplicating a disc

Editing scenes copied to your computer

Making original DVD recorded scenes on

your computer.

The USB driver installation is required to connect your camcorder to your computer.

Install the USB driver before connecting the camcorder to your computer. If you connect the camcorder to the computer first, you will not be able to install the USB driver correctly.

Tips

The USB driver can be found on the CD- ROM supplied, along with the application software required for viewing scenes.

Your camcorder is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 Specification).

You can transfer data at a faster rate using your camcorder with a computer compatible with Hi-Speed USB.

System requirements

OS:

Microsoft Windows Me,

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

The above OS must be installed at the factory. Operation is not assured in an environment upgraded to the operating systems described above or in a multi-boot environment.

CPU:

Minimum: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or faster (1 GHz Intel Pentium III or faster recommended)

Application:

DirectX 8.0a or later

Sound system:

16 bit stereo sound card and stereo speakers

Memory:

64 MB or more

Hard disk:

Available free space required for installation: at least 250 MB

Available hard disk space recommended:

at least 2 GB (depending on the size of the files edited)

Display:

Video card with 4 MB of VRAM, Minimum 800

600 Hi color (16 bit color, 65 000 colors), Direct Draw display driver capability (At 800 ⋅ 600 or less, 256 colors and less, this product will not operate correctly.)

USB port:

Must be provided as standard.

Consult the computer manufacturer for the details on connectors and editing software of your computer.

The supplied CD-ROM does not support to connect your camcorder to a Macintosh computer.

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