Installing the “First Step Guide” and software

Before connecting your camcorder to the computer, you need to install the “First Step Guide” and software to your Windows computer. The installation is required only for the first time.

Contents to be installed and procedures may differ depending on your OS.

zTips

•See page 88 when you use a Macintosh computer.

Installing the “First Step Guide”

1 Confirm that your camcorder is not connected to the computer.

2 Turn on the computer.

bNotes

•Log on as Administrators for installation.

•Close all applications running on the computer before installing the software.

4 Click [FirstStepGuide].

5 Select the desired language and the model name of your camcorder from the pull-down menu.

6 Click [FirstStepGuide(HTML)].

Installation starts.

When [Save is complete] appears, click [OK] to finish the installation.

To install the First Step Guide in PDF

In step 6, click [FirstStepGuide(PDF)].

3 Place the supplied CD-ROM in the disc drive of your computer.

The installation screen appears.

To install the software “Adobe Reader” to display the PDF file

In step 6, click [Adobe(R) Reader(R)].

If the screen does not appear

1Click [Start], then click [My Computer]. (For Windows 2000, double-click [My Computer].)

2Double-click [SONYPICTUTIL (E:)] (CD-ROM) (disc drive).*

*Drive names (such as (E:)) may vary depending on the computer.

Installing the software

1 Perform steps 1 to 3 in “Installing

the “First Step Guide”” (p. 86).

2 Click [Install].

3 Confirm the language for the application to be installed, then click [Next].

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