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Managing videos on your computer
Computer system requirements
• Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows
Vista™
• USB Port (2.0 recommended)
• Internet Access (broadband recommended)
• 16-bit color video card
• Mac®: Mac OS® X version 10.4.11 or later. To view
videos on your Mac, copy the video files to your
computer and use Quicktime® for viewing
(plugin may be required)
PC Hardware:
• Pentium 4, 800 MHz or better
• At least 512MB system RAM
• Video card with 64 MB of RAM (128 MB
recommended)
Connecting to a PC
1. Open the USB cover.
2. Connect the supplied USB cable to the
connection jack.
•
USB connector standard: mini-B
3. Connect the other end of the cable to the
computer.
Lift up the cover
USB port of
your computer
USB cable
4. The first time you connect the camcorder to a PC,
the RCA application** will start
installation automatically. Follow the instructions
on screen for installation.
•
Camcorder will not record when it is connected
to computer.
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If the installation does not start automatically,
open My Computer and double-click the
SmallWonder icon. Double-click
rcasw_setup
to
start the installation.
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The installation sequence will only appear the
first time you connect your camcorder to a PC.
Each subsequent time you connect the
camcorder to that PC, the RCA Memory Manager
application should open automatically.
•
Certain video codecs required to
view videos on a PC are licensed
under GPL Version 2. Please refer
to www.gnu.org/licenses/old-
licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
•
Memory Manager® is proprietary software
licensed by Audiovox Corporation. Text for
the Memory Manager End User License
agreement for this product can be found in
the Help Section of the Memory Manager
application.
* Available for free download at www.microsoft.com
** The application is also available for free download at www.rcaaudiovideo.com
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
For more detailed instructions on using
RCA Memory Manager, please refer to
the help section in the software.
About RCA Memory Manager
The included RCA Memory Manager application lets
you:
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Browse and play videos
• Delete
videos
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Save videos to your computer
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Edit videos by simply drag-and-drop
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Capture video screens as photos
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Send videos as email attachments
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Upload videos to YouTube or Box.net
Viewing videos on PC
To ensure that videos can be managed and
played on your PC:
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Make sure to install the included Memory
Manager application.
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Use the SHARE functions of the Memory
Manager for sharing videos with friends and
family. The native files from the camcorder may
not play in other computers.
The AVI files recorded by the camcorder
complies to the H.264 standard.