What you can do with a Windows computer

When you install the “Picture Motion Browser” on a Windows computer from the supplied CD-ROM, you can enjoy the following operations.

xCreating a disc with images taken with

your camcorder by one simple operation

By pressing DISC BURN on the Handycam Station (p. 16), you can save images recorded on your camcorder to a disc on your computer.

xImporting images taken with your camcorder to a computer

xViewing imported images on a computer

xCreating a disc with edited images

For details on “Picture Motion Browser,” see “Picture Motion Browser Guide.”

Attention

This camcorder captures high definition footage in the AVCHD format. Using the enclosed PC software, high definition footage can be copied onto DVD media. However, DVD media containing AVCHD footage should not be used with DVD based players or recorders, as the DVD player/ recorder may fail to eject the media and may erase its contents without warning. DVD media containing AVCHD footage may be played on a compatible Blu-ray Disc™ player/recorder or other compatible device.

xUsing a Macintosh computer

The supplied software “Picture Motion Browser” is not supported by Macintosh computers. To use a Macintosh computer connected to your camcorder, see the following website for details. http://guide.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/mac/ ms/us/

System requirements

xWhen using “Picture Motion Browser”

OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

SP4/Windows XP SP2*/Windows

Vista*

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

Standard installation is required. Operation is not assured if the above OS has been upgraded or in a multi-boot environment.

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or faster (Intel Pentium 4 3.6 GHz or faster, Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz or faster, Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, or Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster is recommended.)

Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster enables the following operations:

–Importing the contents to the computer

–One Touch Disc Burn

–Creating an AVCHD format disc/DVD- video

–Copying a disc

–Processing only the contents in SD (standard definition) image quality

Memory: For Windows 2000/Windows XP: 512 MB or more (1 GB or more is recommended.)

For processing SD (standard definition) image quality content only, 256 MB of memory or more is necessary.

For Windows Vista: 1 GB or more

Hard disk: Disk volume required for installation: Approximately 800 MB (10 GB or more may be necessary when creating AVCHD format discs.)

Display: DirectX 7 or later-compatible video card, Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots, High Color (16 bit color)

Others: USB port (this must be provided as standard), Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compatible is recommended),

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