Panasonic PC CONNEXION Operating Instructions

Operating Instructions

For Digital Camera

PC Connection

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PC Connection for Sharing and Printing

Using “LUMIX Simple Viewer” on the supplied CD-ROM, you can easily transfer 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

software.

2. Transfer recorded pictures

to the PC.

3. Print pictures and attach

them to e-mails.

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Contents

PC Connection for Sharing and Printing ............................................................................ 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

Transferring 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 pictures stored on the PC to be used with Simple Viewer

(Add pictures) .......................................................................................................... 19

Viewing pictures stored on the PC with the digital camera

(Export to the card) .................................................................................................20

After Using Simple Viewer ...............................................................................................22

Others

To Transfer Picture without Using Simple Viewer ...........................................................23

How to Use with Macintosh ............................................................................................. 24

How to Remove the USB Driver and Simple Viewer (Uninstall) ......................................25

When Pictures cannot be Transferred ............................................................................. 26

Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................... 27

Operating Environment ....................................................................................................30

Spanish Install Guide/Guía de instalación de españo .....................................................32

Instalación del controlador USB (sólo Windows 98/98SE) ........................................ 32

Instalación de Simple Viewer ....................................................................................33

Cómo quitar el controlador USB y Simple Viewer (Desinstalación) ................................. 34

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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.

Term Explanation

Application software Refers to software programs 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, spreadsheet 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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Introduction

Is Simple Viewer compatible with any PC?

Using a USB connection, you can transfer 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 P6, 8

98 98SE Me 2000 XP

No Yes

Yes

Yes No

¢2

P6– P7–

∫ 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.

¢3

P27 P24

OS 9 OS X

Yes

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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]

dialog 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 transfer pictures to the PC by use of Simple Viewer.

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 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.

2. Press 3 to select [PC] and

then press [MENU/SET].

USB MODE

PLEASE SELECT THE USB MODE

PC PictBridge(PTP)

SELECT SET

SET

• If you set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP] menu to [PC] in advance, it is not necessary to set this every time you connect to a PC.

• When the connection is established correctly, Simple Viewer automatically opens the screen to begin file transfer. (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 from 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

Transferring pictures to the PC ( Acquire to PC)

• To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop.

1. When the message for

inquiring whether to start transfer is displayed, click [Yes].

2. Click [OK].

opened to display the acquired pictures in thumbnail view.

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

Transfer destination folder:

• The pictures transferred 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 destination folder, refer to P21.

When you click [Cancel] during transfer:

• Transfer will be aborted halfway, and the pictures already acquired will be displayed in thumbnail view.

Pictures will be transferred from the card to the PC and the [ View] screen will be

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Using Simple Viewer

Viewing pictures ( View)

• To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop.

1. Select [ View].

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

2. Select the location where

pictures are saved.

[On the PC]

Select this option when viewing pictures stored on the PC.

• If pictures are added by [ Add pictures] in [ Advanced], you can view pictures stored on 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.

3. Select a 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 on the PC used. Place the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and install QuickTime using the setup menu.

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

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Using Simple Viewer

How to use the [ View] screen

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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.

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

3. Picture View

The picture selected in the thumbnail view is displayed a little larger. When a motion picture is selected, it is

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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

9. [ Enlarge]

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

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.

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