Copying images to your computer

— For Windows users

Recommended computer environment

OS: Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP Home Edition or 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: MMX Pentium 200 MHz or faster

USB connector: Provided as standard

Display: 800 × 600 dots or more

High Color (16-bit color, 65,000 colors) or more

•This camera conforms to USB 2.0.

•Use with a USB 2.0 (High-Speed USB) compatible computer environment allows high- speed data transfer.

•If you connect two or more USB equipment to a single computer at the same time, some equipment, including your camera, may not operate depending on the type of USB equipment.

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•Operations are not guaranteed when using a USB hub.

•Operations are not guaranteed for all the recommended computer environments mentioned above.

USB mode

There are two modes for connecting to a computer, [Normal] and [PTP]* modes. The factory setting is the [Normal] mode. This section describes the [Normal] mode as an example.

*Compatible only with Windows XP. When connected to a computer, only the data in the folder selected by the camera is copied to the computer. To select a folder, perform the procedure on page 60.

Communication with your computer

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

When a USB connector is not provided on your computer

When neither a USB connector nor a “Memory Stick” slot is provided, you can copy images using an additional device. See the Sony Website for details. http://www.sony.net/

Contents of the CD-ROM

xUSB Driver

This driver is needed in order to connect the camera to a computer.

•When using Windows XP, you need not install the USB driver.

xImage Transfer

This application is used to easily transfer images from the camera to a computer.

xImageMixer

This application is used to display and edit images that are stored in a computer.

•The required operations may differ depending on your OS.

•Close down all applications running on the computer before installing the USB driver and application.

•When using Windows XP or Windows 2000, log on as Administrators.

•The display settings should be 800 × 600 dots or more and High Color (16-bit color, 65,000 colors) or more. When set to less than 800 × 600 dots or 256 colors or less, the model selection screen does not appear.

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