Sony DRC-SR100E, DCR-SR90E, DCR-SR100 User Manual

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Computer Application Guide

DCR-SR100/SR90E/ SR100E

Getting Started

One Touch DVD Burn

Copying/viewing images

on a computer

Creating a DVD with

edited images

Others

Troubleshooting

Additional information on this product and answers to frequently asked qu estions can be found at our Customer Support Website.

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See “Camera Operating Guide” for the operation for recording/ viewing of the camcorder.

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Read This First

This “Computer Application Guide” describes the basic operat ions for connecting the camcorder to a computer by using the software on the supplied CD-ROM. The CDROM includes “ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder” software. For more de tails about the software functions, refe r to the help in the supplied software.

System requirements

When using the supplied software, you need the following system requirements below.

OS : Windows 2000 Professional (Service

Pack 3 or later) /Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional

• Standard installation is required. Operation is not assured if the above OS has been upgraded.

CPU : Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or faster

(Pentium 4 1.7 GHz or faster recommended), or the equivalent CPU

Application : DirectX 9.0c or later (This

product is based on DirectX technology. It is necessary to have DirectX installed.)

Sound system : 16 bit stereo sound card

and stereo speakers

Memory : For Windows 2000 Professional:

128 MB or more (256 MB or more recommended)

For Windows XP Home Edition / Professional Edition: 256 MB or more (512 MB or more recommended)

Hard Disk : Available me mory required for

installation: 300 MB or more

Available free hard disk space for operations required: 14 GB or more (for dual layer DVD system, 28 GB or more required)

• When copying images to a computer, more available disk space required for saving image data than shown above.

Display : 4MB VRAM video card,

Minimum 1024 × 768 dots, High color (16 bit color, 65 000 co lors). This product will not operate correctly at less than 800 × 600 dots, and 256 colors or less.

USB port : As standard equipment (USB

2.0 recommended)

• The camcorder is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 standard). You can transfer data at a faster rate using a computer compatible with High-Speed (USB 2.0). When you connect a USB interface not compatible with Hi-Speed USB, the data transfer ratio will be that of USB 1.1 (USB full speed).

Disc Drive :A DVD writable drive

• Operations are not guaranteed on any computers fulfilling the above system requirements.

The supplied CD-ROM is not compatible with Macintosh. The functions offered by the software in the supplied CD-ROM, like One Touch DVD Burn, cannot be used on Macintosh.

For inquires about the software

Pixela User Support Center

Pixela Home Page ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder: http://www.pixela.co.jp/oem/sony/e/

– North America (Los Angeles)

Telephone: (Toll-Free) +1-800-458-4029 +1-213-341-0163

– Europe (U.K.) Telephone:

(Toll-Free) UK, Germany, France and Spain: +800-1532-4865 Other countries: +44-1489-564-764

– Asia (Philippines) Telephone:

+63-2-438-0090

Use a special caution for preventing damages and malfunctions of the camcorder

• When connecting your camcorder with the USB cable or other cable, make sure you insert the connector in the correct direction. Do not insert the connector forcibly as it may damage the cable or your camcorder.

• Do not delete files on the camcorder through the computer, it may cause a malfunction.

On screenshots in this “Computer Application Guide”

• The screenshots in this “Computer Application Guide” are from Windows XP. The scenes may vary depending on the operating system of the computer.

• On screenshots in this manual, the application for English version is used. When you install the application, you can select other language (p.6).

On copyrights

Music works, sound recording or other third party musical contents yo u may acquire from CDs, the Internet or other sources (the “Music Contents”) are the copyrighted work of the respective owners thereof and are protected by copyright laws and other applicable laws of each country/region. Except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable laws, you are not permitted to use (including, without limitation, copying, modifying, reproducing, uploading, transmitting or placing to the external network accessible to the public, transferring, distributing, lending, licensing, selling and publishing) any of the Music Contents without obtaining authorization or approval of the respective owners thereof. License of ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder by Sony Corporation would no t be construed as conferring to you by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use the Music Contents.

On trademarks

• “Handycam” and are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

• “ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder” is a trademark of Pixela Corporation.

• DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW logo are trademarks.

• Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

• Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator and Dolby Digital Stereo Creator are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

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

• Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

• Pentium is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Furthermore, ™ and “ not mentioned in each case in this manual.

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Table of Contents

Read This First..........................................................................................2

System requirements ............................................................................2

For inquires about the software .............................................................. 2

What you can do with the camcorder by connecting to your computer .... 5

Getting Started

Installing software ..................................................................................... 6

One Touch DVD Burn

Creating a DVD with One Touch............................................................... 9

What kinds of DVD can you use?............................................................9

Saving images on a DVD with One Touch (One Touch DVD Burn)..............9

Removing the USB cable.....................................................................11

Copying/viewing images on a computer

Copying images to a computer ...............................................................12

Destination of saved images ................................................................12

Copying the last saved diff files (Easy PC Back-up)................................. 12

Copying selected images.....................................................................14

Viewing copied images on a computer ...................................................16

Printing still images.............................................................................17

Creating a DVD with edited images

Editing images ........................................................................................ 18

Creating a DVD with selected images .................................................... 20

Others

Saving images in the Playlist to a DVD...................................................22

Deleting image data from a computer..................................................... 24

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting ...................................................................................... 25

Index ....................................................................................................... 27

What you can do with the camcorder by connecting to your computer

If you install “ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder” in the supplied CD-ROM on your computer (p.6), you can operate various functions by connecting the camcorder with your computer.

x DVD creation with One Touch (p.9)

By pressing DVD BURN button of the camcorder, you can save images recorded on the camcorder to a DVD automatically. You can use easy DVD creation.

x Copying and viewing images on the computer (p.12)

You can view images recorded on the camcorder by copying them to your computer. You can print still images on a computer.

x Creating a DVD with edited images (p.18)

You can edit copied movies on a computer. Also, you can create DVD by selecting the copied images on a computer.

Main functions of the supplied software

• Other functions are also available other than described below. For details, see the help in the s upplied software.

Create a DVD with One Touch

View copied

Copy images to a computer.

Edit images

• You can also view the images on the hard disk of the camcorder on the computer.

images on a computer

Create a DVD with selected images

,:Image data flow

DVD

Getting Started

Installing software

You need to install the software to your Windows computer. The installation is only required once.

1 Confirm that your camcorder is not

connected to the computer.

2 Turn on the computer.

• Log on as Administrators for installation.

• Close all the applications running on the computer before installing the software.

3 Place th e CD-ROM (supplied) in the

disc drive of your computer.

The installation screen appears.

4 Click [Install].

5 Select the language for the

application to be installed, then click [Next].

If the screen does not appear, follow the steps below.

1 Click [start], then click [My Computer]

(If you are using Windows 2000, doubleclick [My Computer] on the desktop.)

2 Double-click [IMAGEMIXER (E:)]

(CD-ROM)*

* Drive names (such as (E:) vary depending

on the computer.

3 Double-click [install.exe].

6 Click [Next].

7 Read [License Agreement], check

[I accept the terms of the license agreement] when you agree, then click [Next].

10Click [Install] on the [Ready to

Install the Program] screen.

The installation of “ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder” starts.

8 Select where to save the software,

then click [Next].

9 If your camcorder’s model name is

the DCR-SR100, select “NTSC”. If your model name is the DCRSR90E/SR100E, select “PAL,” then click [Next].

• To check the model name of your camcorder, see the cover page of “Camera Operating Guide”.

11If the [Installing Microsoft (R)

DirectX (R)] screen is displayed, follow the steps below to install DirectX 9.0c. If not, skip to step

12.

1 Read [License Agreement], then click

[Next].

2 Click [Next].

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Installing software (continued)

3 Click [Finish].

12Make sure [Yes, I want to restart

my computer now.] is checked, then click [Finish].

The computer turns off once, then starts up again automatically (Restart).

When you complete the installation, the shortcut icons for [ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder] and [ImageMixer destination folder] appears on the desktop of your computer.

13Remove the CD-ROM from the

disc drive of your computer.

One Touch DVD Burn

Creating a DVD with One Touch

You can save images with ease by pressing the DVD BURN button on your camcorder (One Touch DVD Burn function) with out any complex operations of your computer.

• Images that have not been saved to a DVD with One Touch DVD Burn can automatically be saved.

• The history of each saved image is recorded according to the user account. If you use a different user account, the image that has already been saved to a DVD is recorded on the DVD again.

• You can play back the created DVD on a DVD player or other devices.

• Still images are recorded first on a DVD. When you save images on several DVDs, the still images are recorded on the first DVD.

• Still images on a DVD created by One Touch DVD Burn function cannot be played back on a DVD player. Play them back on a computer.

What kinds of DVD can you use?

The kinds of DVD that you can use for the supplied software are as follows. Available DVDs differ, depending on the computer you use. For details on the DVDs compatible with your computer, refer to the supplied operational manual. Some DVD types may not be able to be played back, depending on the device you have. Refer to the specifications of your playback equipment for additional compatibility information.

DVD compatible with the supplied software

DVD types Characteristics

• Unrewritable

• Fairly inexpensive. Mainly

DVD-R

DVD+R

DVD+R DL

DVD-RW

DVD+RW

• Only the 12cm DVD can be used. The 8cm DVD cannot be used.

• When creating a DVD with One Touch DVD Burn function, there is no operational difference among DVD types except that DVD-RW/DVD+RW are both reusable.

• When you create a DVD by editing images copied to your computer, some of the operations may differ depending on the DVD type.

• When saving data on a DVD+RW, the data is recorded in VIDEO format. You cannot add more data on the DVD+RW.

• Use a DVD produced by a reliable manufacturer. You may not save images correctly when using a low quality DVD.

used for saving data

• Compatible with most DVD players

• Unrewritable

• Using the dual layer DVD+R system containing more recordable capacity

• Unrewritable

• Rewritable and reusable

Saving images on a DVD with One Touch (One Touch DVD Burn)

Among the image data recorded on the hard disk of the camcorder, save the images that have not been stored on a DVD using this operation.

• The image data saved on DVD in this operation cannot be saved after the second time. To save images on the DVD after the second time, copy the images to the computer (p.12) to create DVD.

• The sound quality remains as it is when you save a movie recorded in 5.1ch surround sound on a DVD.

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