Panasonic DMC-FZ8, DMC-FX10, DMC-LZ6, DMC-FX30, DMC-FX12 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 therefrom.

VQT1D49

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.

• 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.

2

VQT1D49

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

Advanced ......................................................................................................................... 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

VQT1D49

3

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 explanations of these operating instructions are subject to change without prior
notification.

• No part of these operating instructions may be reproduced without permission.

• Microsoft product 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.

Ter m Explanation

Introduction

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.

4

VQT1D49

Introduction

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.

• Please confirm compatibility with Windows Vista on the following website.

http://panasonic.co.jp/pavc/global/cs

(This Site is English only.)

¢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.
¢4: If using Mac OS X 10.2.x or earlier versions, slide the Write-Protect switch on the

SDHC Memory Card to the [LOCK] side when acquiring images from it.

98 98SE Me 2000 XP

— ≤

≤

≤ —

P6, 8

¢2

¢3

P27 P24

P6– P7–

OS 9 OS X

—

≤ ≤¢4

—

VQT1D49

5

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].

6

VQT1D49

Setting up

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.

VQT1D49

7

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.

• When the connection is established
correctly, Simple Viewer automatically
starts to open the screen for starting
acquisition. (P9)
If Windows 98 is used, refer to P23.

A: USB connection cable
B: AC Adaptor

• The illustrations show examples of those
of the DMC-FX12/DMC-FX10.

• AC adaptors may be optionally supplied
depending on the model.

Preparations on the digital camera side

When you connect the digital camera to
the PC, use batteries with sufficient
battery power or the AC adaptor. If the
remaining battery power is exhausted
during communication, the recorded data
may be damaged.

• If you use the AC adapter, connect it.

• Turn on the digital camera.

1. Connect the digital camera

to the PC via the supplied
USB connection cable.

• Set the digital camera for connecting to a
PC. (For details, refer to the operating
instructions for the digital camera.)

• 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.

8

VQT1D49

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\My Documents\My Pictures\
PHOTOfunSTUDIO

Windows 98SE/Me

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\
PHOTOfunSTUDIO

• 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.

9

VQT1D49

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 [ Advanced], 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.

10

VQT1D49

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 pictures:

• QuickTime must be installed in the PC
used.

• Depending on the efficiency of your PC,
the picture or audio may be interrupted
when playing back motion pictures.

Using Simple Viewer

How to use the [ View] screen

12 3

1. Folder display

Folders containing acquired pictures
are displayed. Folders are created on
a date basis.

[M/D/Y] This option displays by the

day of recording.

[M/Y] This option displays by the

month of recording.

2. Thumbnail display

The pictures within a selected folder
are displayed in thumbnail view.
For motion pictures, the mark ( )
appears on the top left of its thumbnail.

• [ Recording date]
Click to change the date order of
the folder display and the thumbnail
display.

Click this button to display
pictures in descending order
of the recording date.

Click this button to display
pictures in ascending order
of the recording date.

• [ Add]
Click this button to register pictures
already saved in the PC so that
Simple Viewer can handle them.
(P19)

• [ Open folder]
Click this button to open the folder
where the selected pictures are
saved.

45 6 7 8

9121013 1114

3. Picture View

The picture selected in the thumbnail
view is displayed a little larger.
When motion picture is selected, it is
automatically played back repeatedly
until another picture is selected.

4. [ ]

Click this button to select the previous
picture.

5. [ ]

Click this button to select the next picture.

6. [ 90 degs.]
Each click of this button rotates the
picture 90° clockwise.

7. [ My favorite]

When clicking this button, the mark
( ) is added to the picture, and it is
registered in Favorites. When clicking
the button again, the picture is
excluded from Favorites.
The pictures registered in Favorites
can be viewed by selecting [My
favorites] at the top of the Folder
display.

8. [ Delete]

Click this button to delete a selected
picture.

• Pictures taken in Baby mode are

15

displayed in folders created on a date
basis and other folders such as the
Baby mode folder. In this case, deleting
a picture in one of the folders deletes
the same picture in all the folders.

11

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

456721 3

9. [ Enlarge]

Click this button to enlarge a selected
picture to full screen. (P12)

10. [ Print 1 by 1]

When you click this button, the
selected picture is printed.
When you want to print multiple
pictures, click [ Print] on the main
menu. (P13)

11. [ Send by e-mail]

Click this button to attach a selected
picture to an e-mail. (P16)

12. [ Menu]

Click this button to return to the main
menu of Simple Viewer.

13. [ Back]

Click this button to return to the
previous menu. (P10)

14. [ Exit]

Click this button to exit Simple Viewer.

15. Picture information

[Name] Name of the file on

[Type] File format.

[Location] Place where acquired

[File Name]

[File size] Capacity of the file.

In addition, [Picture size], [Recording
date], [Manufacturer], [Model name],
[Shutter speed], [Aperture value], [ISO
sensitivity], [Exposure +/-], [White
balance], [Flash], [Print compensation
information], and [Recording mode]
are displayed.

Simple Viewer.

files are stored.

Name of the file on the PC.

12

VQT1D49

∫ Full screen display

1. [ ]

Click this button to select the previous
picture.

2. [ ]

Click this button to select the next
picture.

3. Picture show

• [Start]
Click this button to start the picture
show. In the main menu, click
[ Advanced] >> [ Setting...] to
change the picture show duration. (P21)

• [ Stop]
Click this button to stop the picture
show.

4. Switching the display size of
pictures

• [ Fit to screen]

Enlarges or reduces the picture to
the PC screen.

• [ Full scale]

Displays the picture in its original size.

5. [ Menu]

Click this button to return to the main
menu of Simple Viewer.

6. [ Back]

Click this button to return to the
[ View] screen. (P10)

7. [ Exit]

Click this button to exit Simple Viewer.

If the operating buttons disappear:

Move the mouse and the operating buttons
appear again.

Using Simple Viewer

Printing pictures ( Print)

• 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 [ Print].

• When the above main menu is not
displayed, click [ Menu] and then click
[ Print].

2. Select any location where

pictures are saved.

[On the PC]

Select this option when printing the
pictures acquired to the PC.

• If pictures are added by [ Add pictures]
in [ Advanced], you can print pictures
stored in the PC other than the ones
acquired by Simple Viewer. (P19)

[ On the memory card]

Click this button when printing a picture on
the Card connected using the USB
connection cable.

3. Select any folder to display

the pictures in it in
thumbnail view, and select a
one.

• When you select [ On the memory
card] in step 2, no folders are displayed.

13

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

4. Click [ Add] and then click

[ Next].

• The selected picture will be added to
[List of pictures to be printed].

• To remove any picture from [List of
pictures to be printed], click it in [List of
pictures to be printed] and then click

Cancel

[

].

5. Set up printing, and click

[ Next].

[Please select the printing type]
( One sheet)

Used to print one picture on one sheet.

( Two sheets, Four sheets,

Eight sheets)

Used to print pictures on one sheet by the
number of pictures corresponding to the
mode selected.
(Example: [ Two sheets])

(Index)

The selected pictures are printed in list
form.
(Example: When 16 pictures are selected.)

• Depending on the printer you are using,
“Print without borders” cannot be
selected or the sizes and types of paper
you can use may be restricted. In such
cases, click [ Set] and then set up
printing.

14

VQT1D49

• About 36 pictures can be printed one
A4-size sheet of paper.

Using Simple Viewer

[Please select the printer]

Set up the printer you are using.

[Choose border setting]

Select “No” or “Yes”.

[Please select the paper size]

Set the size of paper used for printing.

[Please select the paper type]

Set the type of paper used for printing.

[Detail printer settings are available]

Set up the printer in detail.
(For details, refer to the operating
instructions for the printer.)

6. Check the layout, and set up

printing.

[Date printing]

Used to print the date at the right bottom
of the picture.
Depending on the digital camera function,
the date display will differ. (For details,
refer to the operating instructions for the
digital camera.)

• If you used the travel date function to
take the pictures, the number of days
that have passed at the travel destination
can be added.

• If you used [BABY] or [PET] mode to
take the pictures, the age of the baby or
the pet in months and years can be
added.

[Trimming]

([ One sheet] only)
Used to print the picture in alignment with
the paper size.

• Without trimming a picture, the entire
picture is printed. If the aspect ratio of
paper is different from that of a picture,
blank spaces are left in the upper and
lower parts or the left and right parts.

[Position adjustment]

Used to fine-adjust the printing position for
trimming.

[Title]

([ Index] only)
Used to print the name of the picture folder
(e.g., 12/05/2007) at the top of the picture.

[Picture name]

([ Index] only)
Used to print the date and time of recording
the picture at the bottom of the picture.

[Print correction]

Used to enable the print correction
function of the printer.

• This function is compatible with “PRINT
Image Matching” and “Exif Print”. Refer
to the operating instructions for your
printer.

7. Click [ Print start].

02/21/2007

02/21/2007

21/02/2007

21/02/2007

Printing cannot be cancelled when it is
under way.

15

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

Sending pictures by e-mail ( Send by e-mail)

• 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.

• Compatible e-mail programmes are Outlook

®

Express and Microsoft® Outlook® only.

1. Select [ Send by e-mail].

• When the above main menu is not
displayed, click [ Menu] and then click
[ Send by e-mail].

2. Select any location where

pictures are saved.

[On the PC]

Select this option when sending by e-mail
the pictures acquired to the PC.

• If pictures are added by [ Add pictures]
in [ Advanced], you can attach to
e-mails pictures stored in the PC other
than the ones acquired by Simple
Viewer. (P19)

[ On the memory card]

Click this button when attaching to e-mails
pictures on the Card connected using the
USB connection cable.

3. Select any folder, and in

thumbnail view, select any
picture.

• Each click of [ 90 degs.] rotates the
picture 90° clockwise.

• When you select [ On the memory
card] in step 2, no folders are displayed.

16

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

4. Click [ Add] and then click

[ Send by e-mail].

• Up to 20 pictures can be added at one
time.

5. When the confirmation

message appears, select
[Yes], [No] or [Cancel].

• Select [Yes] to change the file size of the
picture to be attached to the maximum
file size before sending it.
Click [ Advanced] >> [ Setting...] to
change the maximum file size. (P21)

• Click [No] if you do not want to change
the file size of the picture before sending
it.

The picture is attached to an e-mail and
the e-mail programme starts automatically.
Enter an address, body text, etc. in the
e-mail and send it.

The e-mail programme does not start
automatically.

Check the settings of the standard e-mail
programme according to the following
procedures.

• The method of checking it varies
depending on the OS you are using.

1 Click [start] >> ([Setup] >>) [Control

Panel], and click [Internet Options].

2 Click the [Programs] tab, then click

[E-mail] to confirm the e-mail software

in use.
Only the following e-mail programmes are
guaranteed on operation.

• Outlook

•Microsoft

To change the maximum file size of
pictures to be attached to e-mails:

• In the main menu, click [ Advanced]

®

Express

®

Outlook

>> [ Setting...]. You can change the file
size. (P21)

®

17

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

Advanced

• You can add pictures to enable using them on Simple Viewer, write the pictures
acquired to the PC on the Card, and so on.

1. Select [ Advanced].

• When the above main menu is not
displayed, click [ Menu] and then click
[ Advanced].

2. Select any function to be

used.

[ Add pictures]

Click this button to register pictures
already saved in the PC so that Simple
Viewer can handle them. (P19)

[ Export to the card]

Click this button to write pictures saved in
the PC to the digital camera. (P20)

[ Setting...]

Click this button to make various settings
of Simple Viewer. (P21)

[ About...]

Click this button to display the version of
Simple Viewer.

18

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

Enabling the pictures stored in the PC to be used on
Simple Viewer ( Add pictures)

1. Select [ Add pictures].

2. Select a folder containing

pictures to add, and click
[Next].

• Click [Browse] to open the [Select
Folder] dialogue box, and select a
desired folder.

3. Specify whether or not to

add the pictures stored in
the sub-folders (folders
within the folder).

• After specifying it, click [Next].

4. Click [Start].

• When there are many pictures to add or
the file size of pictures is large, it may
take time to add them.

5. Click [OK], and then click

[Completion] to complete
the addition.

19

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

Viewing pictures on the PC with the digital camera
( Export to the card)

• Write pictures on the PC to the Card to enable them to be reproduced by the digital
camera.

1. Select [ Export to the

card].

2. Select any folder, and in

thumbnail view, select any
picture.

3. Click [ Add].

4. Click [ Write].

• Writing to the card is carried out.

• The pictures will be converted
automatically to the format that the
Panasonic digital camera can reproduce.

• Use a Card with sufficient free space. In
case of inadequate free space, a part of
the pictures is written.

• The pictures processed on the PC and
the ones recorded with digital cameras
other than the LUMIX may be displayed
coarsely.

The selected picture is added to the list at
the bottom of the screen.

• To remove any picture from the list at the
bottom of the screen, click the picture in
the list at the bottom of the screen, and
then click [

Cancel

].

20

VQT1D49

Setting...

Using Simple Viewer

1. Select [ Setting...].

2. Set the settings and click

[OK].

[The folder to be acquired]

Select a desired folder used when
acquiring pictures from the card to the PC.

• Click [Open folder] and you can see the
pictures in the selected folder.

• Click [Browse] to open the [Select
Folder] dialogue box, and select a
desired folder.

• Even if you change the size setting, files
of large sizes cannot be sent depending
on Internet service providers.

[Full Screen]

Set the duration of the picture show and
whether or not it is repeated.

• If motion pictures are played back, the
following screen appears after playback
is finished.

[Automatic acquisition]

Specify whether to automatically start
Simple Viewer and acquire pictures when
the digital camera is connected.

[Updating for the folder list]

Click [Updating] to delete empty folders in
the Folder display.

[Default]

Clicking this button resets every setting to
the state when you purchased.

[Maximum file size per picture to be
attached to an e-mail]

Set the maximum file size of the picture to
be attached to an e-mail. (1 MB by default)

• Only the pictures with a name of
“XXXX.JPG” can be reduced in size. If
you do not change the size, set this item
to [Not specified].

21

VQT1D49

Using Simple Viewer

After Using Simple Viewer

∫ To exit Simple Viewer:

1. Click [ Exit].

• When the [ Exit] button is not
displayed, click [ Menu] to return to the
main menu.

• When you try to exit on any screen other
than the main menu screen, the
confirmation message appears.

∫ To disconnect the USB

connection cable safely:

2. Select [USB Mass Storage

Device], and click [Stop].

3. Confirm that [USB Mass

Storage Device] is selected,
and click [OK].

1. Double-click the icon

displayed at the right bottom
(in the task tray) of the PC
screen.

The message for notifying hardware
removal is displayed.

22

VQT1D49

4. Click [Close].

You can remove the USB connection cable
safely.

• Depending on the OS (or OS settings)
such as Windows 98/98SE, the icon for
removing hardware safely is not
displayed in the task tray. In this case,
make sure that [ACCESS] is not shown
on the LCD monitor of the digital camera,
and then disconnect the USB connection
cable.

Others

Others

To Acquire Picture without Using Simple Viewer

• Even if you use Windows 98 on which Simple Viewer cannot run, you can acquire
pictures to your PC by connecting the digital camera and PC using the USB connection
cable.

1. Connect the digital camera

to the PC via the supplied
USB connection cable. (P8)

2. Double-click [Removable

Disk] in [My Computer].

3. Double-click [DCIM] folder.

What is a drag-and-drop operation?

Refers to pressing the mouse button,
moving the mouse with the mouse button
pressed, and releasing the mouse button.

To disconnect the USB connection
cable safely:

Refer to P22.

4. Using a drag-and-drop

operation, move the pictures
you want to acquire or the
folder storing those pictures
to any different folder on the
PC.

23

VQT1D49

Others

How to Use on Macintosh

• If you use Mac OS 9/OS X, you cannot use Simple Viewer, but can acquire pictures to
your PC using the USB connection cable.

• If you use Mac OS 8.x or an earlier version, refer to P27.

1. Connect the digital camera

to the PC via the supplied
USB connection cable. (P8)

2. Double-click [NO_NAME] or

[Untitled] displayed on the
desktop.

3. Double-click [DCIM] folder.

4. Using a drag-and-drop

operation, move the pictures
you want to acquire or the
folder storing those pictures
to any different folder on the
PC.

What is a drag-and-drop operation?

Refers to pressing the mouse button,
moving the mouse with the mouse button
pressed, and releasing the mouse button.

To make sure that the digital camera is
connected correctly:

Check that the [NO_NAME] or [Untitled]
disk icon is displayed on the desktop.

To disconnect the USB connection
cable safely:

Drag the [NO_NAME] or [Untitled] disk
icon to the [Trash], and then disconnect
the USB connection cable.

24

VQT1D49

Others

How to Remove the USB Driver and Simple
Viewer (Uninstall)

• Usually, it is unnecessary to uninstall these programmes. When these programmes go
out of order, uninstall and install them again (P6).

1. Click [start] >> ([Setup] >>)

[Control Panel].

2. Double-click [Add or

Remove Programs].

3. Select a software

programme to be remove,
and click [Change/Remove].

• To remove other drivers and software
programmes, repeat these step 3.

• When removing the USB driver, select
[Panasonic USB Storage Driver].

• When removing Simple Viewer, select
[LUMIX Simple Viewer].

• The procedure for uninstalling may vary
depending on the PC. For details, refer to
the operating instructions for the PC you
are using.

25

VQT1D49

Others

When Pictures cannot be Acquired

• When pictures cannot be acquired though you connect your digital camera and PC
using the USB connection cable, use the following procedures.

∫ Check the following items

first.

When Windows 98/98SE is used, install
the USB driver (P6), then connect the
cable.

If the PC in use has two or more USB
ports, connect the USB connection cable
to other USB ports in turn.

• If you connect the digital camera to a
USB port of the PC’s keyboard, normal
operation may not result.

• If you connect the digital camera using
a USB hub or USB extension cable,
normal operation is not guaranteed.

Is any Card inserted into your digital
camera? Or, are there pictures on it?

Are the pictures already acquired to the
PC?

• You are not allowed to acquire the
same pictures.

∫ Pictures cannot be acquired

even after the above checks.

Make sure that [Removable Disk] is added
in [My Computer].

• Drive letters (e.g., H:) may vary
depending on PC.

If the Removable disk is not added,
perform the following operations.

1 Click [start] >> ([Setup] >>) [Control

Panel], and double-click [System].

2 Click ([Hardware] >>) [Device

Manager], and check that [Other
Devices] is displayed.

3 If [Other Devices] is displayed, delete it.

• If it is not displayed, check the
connection. (P8)

4 Return to the original screen, and turn

off the PC.

5 Disconnect the USB connection cable

from the PC.

6 Turn on the PC to start it.
7 Install the USB driver again. (For

Windows 98/98SE only)

8 Connect the USB connection cable to

the PC.

• Check that a [Removable Disk] is
added again. If any [Removable Disk]
is not added, repeat the above steps.

26

VQT1D49

Troubleshooting

About connection/acquisition

Question Answer

How to acquire pictures on
Windows 95, Mac OS 8.x,
or earlier versions.

Pictures cannot be acquired
from the internal memory of
the digital camera.

About Simple Viewer

Question Answer

Simple Viewer does not
start automatically.
To view acquired pictures
again after exiting Simple
Viewer.

Memory Card

• If the PC has a built-in PC card slot, use the PC card
adaptor (optional) for SD memory card to acquire
pictures.

Internal memory
(This is applicable only to digital cameras having the
internal memory.)

• Copy the pictures stored in the internal memory to the
Card and then acquire them by using the PC card
adaptor (optional) for SD memory card. For the details of
copying, refer to the operating instructions for your digital
camera.

Remove the Card from the digital camera, and reconnect it
with the PC.

Double-click the short-cut icon of the LUMIX Simple
Viewer on the desktop.
If the short-cut icon does not exist on the desktop, click
[start] >> [All programs] >> [Panasonic] >> [LUMIX Simple
Viewer] >> [LUMIX Simple Viewer].

Only when Simple Viewer does not start automatically:

• Click [ Advanced] >> [ Setting...] and set [Automatic
acquisition] to [Yes]. (If you do not wish to allow it to start
automatically, set to [No].)

Others

27

VQT1D49

Others

About printing

Question Answer

No picture can be printed. Is the printer set up correctly? Refer to the operating

I wish to change the print
position, character size, or
character colour of the date.

The top and bottom parts or
left- and right-end parts of a
picture are trimmed.

Blank spaces are left in the
top and bottom parts or the
left- and right-end parts.

A date is printed over the
existing date.

The date is not printed. If the picture was recorded with the digital camera of which

Others

Question Answer

Pictures added onto the PC
are not normally displayed.

How should I change folder
names or file names?

instructions for your printer.

The print position, character size, or character colour for
date printing are fixed. They cannot be changed.

Set [Trimming] to [No] on the occasion of printing.
A trimmed picture is printed with its edges trimmed off if its
aspect ratio is different from that of printing paper.

Set [Trimming] to [Yes] on the occasion of printing.
If trimming is not applied, the whole picture is printed. If the
aspect ratio of the paper is different from that of the
picture, blank spaces are left in the top and bottom parts or
the left- and right-end parts.

The pictures have been imprinted with the date.
Set [Date printing] to [No] when printing.

the clock was not set, or if it was recorded with any digital
camera other than Panasonic ones, its date may not be
printed correctly.

If you change folder names or file names, the pictures
concerned may not be displayed.

• To view on Simple Viewer the pictures associated with a
change in folder name or file name, register those
pictures by use of [ Add pictures] function. (P19)

You can change folder names or file names on the PC.

• The location where folders and files are stored can be
found at [Location] indicated in the picture information.
(P12)

• To view on Simple Viewer the pictures associated with a
change in folder name or file name, register those
pictures by use of [ Add pictures] function. (P19)

28

VQT1D49

Others (continued)

Question Answer

When acquiring motion
pictures, two identical
pictures are displayed.

Motion pictures are not
played back.

The PC has come not to
operate when plugging and
unplugging the USB
connection cable.

When you take motion pictures with the digital camera,
these are recorded as both motion pictures (MOV format)
and still pictures (JPEG format).
(When taking still pictures with audio, or files that are TIFF
or RAW format, two images are also recorded.)
To delete pictures related in this way with Simple Viewer,
delete each picture individually.

Install QuickTime.

By default, Simple Viewer starts automatically when
connecting the digital camera and PC using the USB
connection cable. (Setting at the time of purchase)
Change the setting so that Simple Viewer does not start
automatically and the situation may be improved.

• Select [ Advanced] >> [ Setting...] and set
[Automatic acquisition] to [No]. Simple Viewer comes not
to start automatically.

To start Simple Viewer manually, double-click the short-cut
icon of LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop.

Others

29

VQT1D49

Others

Operating Environment

∫ USB-connectable environment

Compatible OS: Microsoft

Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
and Mac OS 9.x/Mac OS X
(Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 9.x/Mac OS X do not
require the USB driver to be installed.)

∫ LUMIX Simple Viewer

Compatible PC: IBM

Intel
CPU)

Compatible OS: Microsoft

Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft

Memory: 128 MB or more (256 MB or more recommended)

Display: High Colour (16 bit) or more

Desktop resolution of 800k600 pixels or more
(1024k768 or more recommended)

Hard disk: [For install] 200 MB or more

[For use] 200 MB or more

Required software: QuickTime 6.1 or later

Sound: Windows compatible sound device

Drive: CD-ROM drive (required to install this program)

Interface: USB port

(When devices are connected through USB hub or by using USB
extension cable, operation is not guaranteed.)

File format: JPEG, TIFF (still picture), RAW (pictures of this format can be

acquired or written, but cannot be displayed.)
MOV (motion picture)

• Even if the system requirements mentioned in these operating instructions are fulfilled,
some personal computers can not be used.

• Operation on an upgraded OS is not guaranteed.

30

VQT1D49

®

Windows® 98

®

Windows® 98 Second Edition

®

Windows® Millennium Edition

®

Windows® 2000 Professional

®

Windows® XP Home Edition

®

Windows® XP Professional

®

PC/AT compatible PC having Intel® Pentium® III 450 MHz,

®

Celeron® 400 MHz or higher CPU (including compatible

®

Windows® 98 Second Edition

®

Windows® Millennium Edition

®

Windows® 2000 Professional

®

Windows® XP Home Edition

®

Windows® XP Professional

Others

• Operation on an OS other than the one pre-installed is not guaranteed.

• Multi-boot environment is not supported.

• Only available when the user is logged in as the system administrator.

• This software may not run properly on user-built computers.

• If the size of the character is set larger than the standard size on [Appearance] or
[Settings] in [Display Properties], some buttons are displayed beyond the screen and
cannot be operated. In this case, restore the font size to the normal size on [Display
Properties].

• This software can not be used on 64-bit OS.

• Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

• IBM and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation of the U.S.

• Adobe, the Adobe logo and Adobe Reader are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and other countries.

• Intel, Pentium and Celeron

are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation

in the United States and other countries.

• Other names of systems and products mentioned in these instructions are usually the
trademarks or registered trademarks of the manufactures who developed the system or
product concerned.

31

VQT1D49

B

VQT1D49

F1206Kd0 ( 30000 A)

C

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Web Site: http://panasonic.net

B