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USING THE CAMERA
W
ITH A COMPUTER
Transfer of Images from the Camera and
Management of Images on the Computer
To manage images on yo
u
r comp
u
ter, yo
u
need to install the
Photo Loader
w
ith HOT ALBUM application from the CD-ROM
that comes
w
ith the camera.
Photo Loader
w
ith HOT ALBUM lets yo
u
import images from the
camera to yo
u
r comp
u
ter a
u
tomatically, to arrange images
b
y
recording date, and to display images in a calendar format.
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Installing Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM
1.
Start up your computer, and place the bundled
CD-ROM into its CD-ROM drive.
•
Normally, this sho
u
ld ca
u
se the men
u
screen to appear
a
u
tomatically. If yo
u
r comp
u
ter does not display the men
u
screen a
u
tomatically, na
v
igate to the CD-ROM on yo
u
r
comp
u
ter and then do
ub
le-click the “A
u
toMen
u
.exe” file.
2.
On the menu screen, click the “Language”
down arrow button and then select the
language you want.
3.
Click “Photo Loader with HOT ALBUM 3.1” to
select it and then click “Read me.”
•
“Read me” files contain important information a
b
o
u
t
installation, incl
u
ding installation conditions and comp
u
ter
system req
u
irements.
4.
Click “Install” for Photo Loader with HOT
ALBUM.
5.
Follow the instructions that appear on your
computer screen to install Photo Loader with
HOT ALBUM.
Checking Your Computer’s DirectX Version
In order to manage images
u
sing Photo Loader
w
ith HOT
ALBUM, yo
u
r comp
u
ter also needs to ha
v
e Microsoft DirectX 9.0
or higher installed. Yo
u
can check the installed
v
ersion of
Microsoft DirectX
u
sing yo
u
r PC’s DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
