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The following environment is
recommended for a computer connected to
the camera.
Recommended environment for
copying images
OS (pre-installed):
Microsoft Windows 98,
Windows 98SE, Windows 2000
Professional, Windows Millennium
Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, or
Windows XP Professional
• Operation is not assured in an environment
based on an upgrade of 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
Recommended environment for using
“PicturePackage”
• “Movie Player” (the playback application for
movies) can only be installed on Widows XP/
2000.
Software:
Macromedia Flash Player 6.0 or
later, Windows Media Player 7.0 or later,
DirectX 9.0b or later
Sound card:
16-bit stereo sound card with
speakers
Memory:
64 MB or more (128 MB or more is
recommended.)
Hard Disk:
Disk space required for
installation—approximately 500 MB
Display:
Video card (Direct Draw driver
compliant) with 4 MB of VRAM
• For automatic creation of a Slideshow (page 70),
a Pentium III 500 MHz or faster CPU is
required.
• This software is compatible with DirectX
technology. “DirectX” must be installed for use.
• A separate software application for operating
the recording device is required in order to write
to CD-Rs.
Note on playback of movie files
(MPEG-4)
To playback movie files (MPEG-4)
recorded by the camera, you need to install
the software compatible with MPEG-4 or
“PicturePackage” on your computer.
(When using Windows XP/2000, you can
use “PicturePackage” to playback movie
files (MPEG-4)).
Notes on connecting your camera to a
computer
• Operations are not guaranteed for all the
recommended computer environments
mentioned above.
• If you connect two or more USB devices to a
single computer at the same time, some devices,
including your camera, may not operate,
depending on the types of USB devices you are
using.
• Operations are not guaranteed when using a
USB hub.
• Connecting your camera using a USB interface
that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0
compliant) allows advanced transfer (high speed
transfer) as this camera is compatible with Hi-
Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant).
• There are three modes for a USB connection
when connecting a computer, [Auto] (default
setting), [Mass Storage] and [PTP] modes. This
section describes the [Auto] and [Mass Storage]
as examples. For details on [PTP], see page 58.
• When your computer resumes from a suspend or
sleep mode, communication between your
camera and your computer may not recover at
the same time.
Recommended computer
environment