Panasonic DMC-FX8GN User Manual
Operating Instructions
For Digital Camera
PC Connection
QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.,
used under license.
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Connection with the PC Offers much more
Enjoyment
Using “LUMIX Simple Viewer” on the supplied CD-ROM, you can easily acquire pictures
to the PC, print them, attach them to e-mails, and so on.
Please use the digital camera more pleasantly with “LUMIX Simple Viewer”.
• In these operating instructions, “LUMIX Simple Viewer” is referred to as “Simple
Viewer”.
1. Installing Simple Viewer,
first of all.
2. Acquiring recorded pictures
to the PC.
3. Printing pictures and
attaching them to e-mails.
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Contents
Connection with the PC Offers much more Enjoyment ..................................................... 2
Introduction
Read Before Use ...............................................................................................................4
Key terms ....................................................................................................................4
Is Simple Viewer compatible with any PC? .................................................................5
Setting up
Installing the Software 1 ................................................................................................... 6
Installing the USB driver (Windows 98/98SE only) ...................................................... 6
Installing the Software 2 ................................................................................................... 7
Installing Simple Viewer .............................................................................................. 7
Connecting the Digital Camera to PC ................................................................................ 8
Using Simple Viewer
Acquiring pictures to the PC (Acquire to PC) ..................................................................... 9
Viewing pictures (View) ...................................................................................................10
Printing pictures (Print) ....................................................................................................13
Sending pictures by e-mail (Send by e-mail) ...................................................................16
Advance ...........................................................................................................................18
Enabling the pictures stored in the PC to be used on Simple Viewer
(Add pictures) .......................................................................................................... 19
Viewing pictures on the PC with the digital camera
(Export to the card) .................................................................................................20
After Using Simple Viewer ...............................................................................................22
Others
To Acquire Picture without Using Simple Viewer ............................................................. 23
How to Use on Macintosh ................................................................................................ 24
How to Remove the USB Driver and Simple Viewer (Uninstall) ......................................25
When Pictures cannot be Acquired .................................................................................26
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................... 27
Operating Environment .................................................................................................... 30
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Introduction
Introduction
Read Before Use
• Please note that some of the explanations and screens covered in these operating
instructions may differ from actual ones depending on the operating environment of the
PC.
• The explanaitons of these operating instructions are subject to change without prior
notification.
• No part of these operating instructions may be reproduced without permission.
• Screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
• Explanations about Windows in these operating instructions are based on Windows XP
screens.
• In these operating instructions, a Card refers to an SD memory card, including the built-in
memory.
Key terms
• Key terms you should know at the minimum when using the PC are listed below. Refer to
the operating instructions for the PC too.
Term Explanation
Application software Refers to software programmes to be used for various
Install/Uninstall “Install” refers to incorporating software into the PC and
Drive/Driver A “Drive” refers to a PC peripheral device (CD-ROM drive,
File Refers to a document, picture, or other data.
Folder Refers to a place where a grouping of files are stored.
Click/Double-click “Click” refers to pressing and releasing the mouse button.
purposes such as word processing, spread sheet
operation, picture editing, and e-mail sending/receiving.
making it ready for use, and deleting the installed software
is referred to as “Uninstall”.
digital camera, etc.) that files are written in and read from,
and the software to operate such a drive is referred to as a
“Driver”.
Clicking the mouse button twice in rapid succession is
referred to as “Double-click”.
• In these operating instructions, description is made on the
basis of left-click.
• If double-clicking cannot be performed well, change the
interval of the clickings.
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Is Simple Viewer compatible with any PC?
Using a USB connection, you can acquire the pictures held in the digital camera to the PC.
With Simple Viewer, however, you can save them to the PC more easily.
∫ Windows
• To identify the OS (PC type), select [Start] >> ([Setup] >>) [Control Panel]
(>> [Performance and Maintenance]), and then (double-) click [System]. You can see the
OS.
95 and
earlier
versions
Possible to use Simple
Viewer?
Can I acquire the
pictures held in the
digital camera to the
PC using the USB
connection cable?
Necessary to install the
USB driver?
Which page should I
refer to?
¢1: You can acquire them if the PC has a PC card slot.
¢2: To learn how to acquire pictures, refer to P23.
¢1
P27
∫ Macintosh
OS 8.x and earlier
versions
Possible to use Simple
Viewer?
Can I acquire the
pictures held in the
digital camera to the
PC using the USB
connection cable?
Necessary to install the
USB driver?
Which page should I
refer to?
¢3: You can acquire them if the PC has a PC card slot.
98 98SE Me 2000 XP
— ≤
≤
≤ —
P6, 8
¢2
¢3
P27 P24
P6– P7–
OS 9 OS X
—
≤
—
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Setting up
Setting up
Installing the Software 1
Installing the USB driver (Windows 98/98SE only)
• If Windows 98/98SE is used, install the USB driver (software for operating the digital
camera through a PC) before connecting the digital camera to the PC.
• This installation is not required on the 2nd and later connections.
• If any OS other than Windows 98/98SE is used, this installation is not required.
• Before inserting the CD-ROM, close all running applications.
1. Insert the CD-ROM.
The setup menu will start.
2. Click [USB Driver].
3. Click [Next].
• Installation of the USB driver starts.
4. If the [Restarting Windows]
dialogue box appears, click
[OK].
After the PC is restarted, installation of the
USB driver will be completed.
If the setup menu does not start
automatically:
• Double-click [My Computer] on the
desktop, double-click or open
[VFFXXXX] (part No. XXXX varies by
model), and double-click [InstMenu.exe].
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Installing the Software 2
Installing Simple Viewer
• This installation is not required on the 2nd and later connections.
• Before inserting the CD-ROM, close all running applications.
1. Insert the CD-ROM.
The setup menu will start.
2. Click [LUMIX Simple
Viewer].
3. Proceed with installation
according to messages
appearing on the screen.
• Only when Windows 98SE is used,
MDAC2.8 (Microsoft Data Access
Components 2.8) may also be installed.
Install it according to messages shown
on the screen.
• Before first use following the completion
of installation, be sure to select
[Readme] from [Start] >> [All programs]
>> [Panasonic] >> [LUMIX Simple
Viewer] to read additional information.
• Simple Viewer is installed in the following
folder. (It cannot be changed.)
C:\Program Files\Panasonic\
LUMIXSimpleViewer
If the setup menu does not start
automatically:
• Double-click [My Computer] on the
desktop, double-click or open
[VFFXXXX] (part No. XXXX varies by
model), and double-click [InstMenu.exe].
If Simple Viewer cannot be installed:
• If Windows 2000/XP is used, you cannot
install when you have logged on to the
PC as a Limited Account user. Log on as
an Administrator Account user and install
again. For details, refer to the operating
instructions for the PC.
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Setting up
Connecting the Digital Camera to PC
• When Windows 98/98SE is used, install the USB driver (P6) before connection.
• If the PC has a built-in SD memory card slot, insert a Card into the slot and you can
acquire pictures to the PC by use of Simple Viewer.
1. Connect the digital camera
to the PC via the supplied
USB connection cable.
• When the connection is established
correctly, Simple Viewer automatically
DIGITAL
AV OUT
DC IN
ACCESS
A: USB connection cable
B: AC adaptor (optional)
C: This message appears during data
transfer.
Preparations on the digital camera side
When you connect the digital camera to
the PC, use batteries with sufficient
battery power or the AC adaptors. If the
remaining battery power is exhausted
during communication, the recorded data
may be damaged.
• If you use the AC adaptor, connect it.
• Turn on the digital camera.
• Set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP] menu
to [PC].
starts to open the screen for starting
acquisition. (P9)
If Windows 98 is used, refer to P23.
• When the following screen appears, click
[Cancel] to close it.
• If Simple Viewer does not start
automatically, refer to P27.
• Do not operate the digital camera or
disconnect the USB connection cable
while transferring data in the digital
camera. The software may not function
correctly and damage the data being
transferred.
• The shape of the terminal varies
depending on the digital camera used.
For details, refer to the operating
instructions for the digital camera.
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Using Simple Viewer
Using Simple Viewer
Acquiring pictures to the PC ( Acquire to PC)
• When you have once exited Simple Viewer or view the pictures already acquired,
double-click the short-cut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop to start
Simple Viewer.
1. When the message for
inquiring whether to start
acquisition is displayed,
click [Yes].
2. Click [OK].
• When there are many pictures to acquire
or the file size of pictures is large, it may
take time to acquire them.
Acquire destination folder:
• The pictures acquired to the PC are
saved in the following folder.
Windows 2000/XP
C:\Documents and Settings\
All Users\Documents\My Pictures\
LUMIXSimpleViewer
Windows 98SE/Me
C:\My Documents\My Pictures\
LUMIXSimpleViewer
• When you wish to change the current
acquire destination folder, refer to P21.
When you click [Cancel] during
acquisition:
• Acquisition will be aborted halfway, and
the pictures already acquired will be
displayed in thumbnail view.
Pictures will be acquired from the card to
the PC and the [ View] screen will be
opened to display the acquired pictures in
thumbnail view.
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Using Simple Viewer
Viewing pictures ( View)
• When you have once exited Simple Viewer or view the pictures already acquired,
double-click the short-cut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop to start
Simple Viewer.
1. Select [ View].
• When the above main menu is not
displayed, click [ Menu] and then click
[View].
2. Select any location where
pictures are saved.
[On the PC]
Select this option when viewing the
pictures acquired to the PC.
• If pictures are added by [ Add pictures]
in [ Advance], you can view pictures
stored in the PC other than the ones
acquired by Simple Viewer. (P19)
[ On the memory card]
Click this button when viewing pictures on
the Card connected using the USB
connection cable.
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3. Select any folder, and in
thumbnail view, select any
picture.
• When you select [ On the memory
card] in step 2, no folders are displayed.
To view motion images:
• QuickTime must be installed in the PC
used. Place the supplied CD-ROM in the
CD-ROM drive and install QuickTime
using the setup menu.
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