Pentax OPTIO33 User Manual
(PC Connection Manual)
Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio 33L on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 33L that are for anything ot her than personal
enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases where
limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment during
demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images taken with
the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside the scope of
use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care should be taken
here also.
Regarding trademarks
• CompactFlash and CF are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks of registered trademarks of
their respective companies.
• The USB driver uses software developed by inSilicon Corporation.
Copyright © 2002 inSilicon Corporation. All rights reserved.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enabled digital still
cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images more
faithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on your
model.
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Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................2
Contents ..................................................................................... 3
Viewing Images on a Windows PC 4
Software Provided ..................................................................... 4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the Software ............................................................... 5
Installing the USB Driver ..................................................................5
Installing ACDSee™ ......................................................................... 7
Installing ACD photostitcher ............................................................. 7
Displaying and Copying Images Using ACDSee™................. 8
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher............... 9
Disconnecting your Camera from your PC............................ 12
Windows 2000/Me .......................................................................... 12
Windows XP ................................................................................... 13
Windows 98/98 SE ......................................................................... 13
Viewing Images on a Macintosh 14
Software Provided ................................................................... 14
System Requirements ............................................................. 14
Installing the Software ............................................................. 14
Installing the USB Driver (Mac OS 8.6 only) .................................. 15
Installing ACDSee™ ....................................................................... 15
Displaying and Copying Images Using ACDSee™............... 16
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 17
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Viewing Images on a Windows PC
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader to
transfer your images to the PC, and you can edit and print your images
using the image viewing software. Here, the method for viewing images
with the provided software (S-SW8) is explained.
WINDOWS
Software Provided
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW8) provided.
• USB driver
• Image viewing software (ACDSee™)
• Panorama software (ACD photostitcher)
ACD photostitcher is only for the English version and the
Japanese version.
System Requirements
• OS: Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000
Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 15MB minimum
• USB port must be standard equipment
To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media
Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 3.0 or higher.
(Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me/XP)
You can download DirectX and QuickTime from the following websites.
www.microsoft.com/japan/directx
www.apple.co.jp/quicktime
• The software cannot be used on Windows 95/NT.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting your
camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if your
batteries run out during image transfer.
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Installing the Software
1 Install the required software as follows.
On Windows 2000 or Windows XP, login as an administrator before
installing the software. See your PC user's manual for login instructions.
1 Turn on your PC.
2 Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW8) in your PC
CD-ROM drive.
The [PENTAX Software Installer] screen is displayed.
When the [PENTAX Software Installer] screen is not displayed
Display the [PENTAX Software Installer] screen as follows:
1) Double-click [My Computer] on the Desktop screen.
2) Double-click the CD-ROM drive (S-SW8) icon.
3) Double-click the [Setup.exe] icon.
3 Click your applicable language.
The software installation selection
screen is displayed.
You can choose a languages from the
following: English, French, German,
Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
Installing the USB Driver
4 Click [USB Driver].
The Setup screen is displayed.
Follow the instructions on the screen
to install the software.
5 Click [Finish].
After the setup screen closes, reboot
your computer.
WINDOWS
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6 With the camera turned off, connect the camera to the
PC using the USB cable.
Confirm that the CF card is inserted in the camera.
WINDOWS
7 Turn on the camera.
The desktop screen will display [Found new hardware] (Windows XP)
or [New Hardware Found] (Windows 98/98SE/2000), and the USB
driver will be installed.
8 Double-click [My Computer] on the Desktop screen.
When the installation is complete, the camera is recognized as a
[Removable disk]. Open [My Computer] and confirm that [Removable
Disk] is displayed.
In Windows XP, if the CF card has a volume label, the volume label
name will be displayed instead of [Removable disk]. A new CF card
unformatted on the camer a may show the manufacturer name or model
number.
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