Sony MVC-CD300 User Manual

3-067-952-91(1)

DirectCD

™

Software Operating Instructions

MVC-CD200/CD300

©2001 Sony Corporation

Notice for users

Program © Copyright 1999 Adaptec,
Inc. All rights reserved./
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software described herein, in whole or
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THEREOF.

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make any modification to this manual
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any time without notice.

Trademarks

• Adaptec is a registered trademark of

Adaptec, Inc.

• Easy CD Creator and DirectCD are

trademarks of Adaptec, Inc.

• Microsoft and Windows are

trademarks of Microsoft Corporation,
registered in the U.S.A. and other
countries.

• Macintosh and Power PC

trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
registered in the U.S.A. and other
countries.

• All other product names mentioned

herein may be the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their
respective companies. Furthermore,
“™” and “®” are not mentioned in
each case in this manual.

are

The software described herein may
also be governed by the terms of a
separate user license agreement.

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Table of cont ents

Notice for users ...............................2

Introduction .....................................4

Notes on using DirectCD ................6

When using a CD-R.................. 6

When using a CD-RW .............. 7

Installing DirectCD .........................8

Using DirectCD .............................10

Starting DirectCD ................... 10

Writing data to a disc .............. 11

Removing the disc .........................12

When using a CD-R................ 12

When using a CD-RW ............ 13

Modifying data in a disc ................14

Writing more data to a disc..... 14

Deleting a file from a disc....... 14

Some of the operation procedures is different according to whether you use a CD-R
or you use a CD-RW. For details on each operation, see “Notes on using DirectCD”
on page 6 or “Removing the disc” on page 12.

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Introduction

This manual describes how to install the application software, DirectCD supplied
with the camera, and how to use it. If explanations described in this manual are
different from the PDF file in the CD-ROM, followexplanations described in this
manual.

Note

You cannot install DirectCD into a Macintosh computer. Toread the disc that has been

finalized, copy Adaptec UDF Volume Access included in the CD-ROM (SPVD-006) supplied
with the camera to System folder of your computer and restart your computer.

What DirectCD does

Once you install DirectCD into your computer, and connect the camera and the
computer with the USB cable, you can do the following operations:

• You can send images shot with the camera to your computer and play them back on

your computer. (The finalization is not required.)

• You can directly read and write images shot with the camera on a CD-R/RW-

equipped computer without executing the finalization.

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Recommended Windows environment for DirectCD

• MMX Pentium 1 66 MHz or faster (When using DirectCD with the camera: MMX

Pentium 200 MHz or faster)

• 32 MB or more of RAM

• 45 MB or more of free hard-disk space

• Monitor with 800×600-resolution and 256-color

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later

• OS: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows

2000 Professional

Recommend Windows environment for USB connection with
the camera

• OS: Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98SE, WindowsMe, Windows2000

Professional
The above OS is required to be installed at the factory. Operation is not assured in
an environment upgraded to the operating systems described above.

• CPU: MMX Pentium 200 MHz or faster

• The USB connector must be provided as standard.

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Notes on using DirectCD

When using a CD-R

The supplied writing software, DirectCD v3.01c_S55, is required to connect the
camera and a computer using the USB connector.If any other CD-R/RW writing
software has been installed on your computer, check the chart below.

Start

Any writing software
has been installed
on your computer

Yes

The type of

The type of

The type of The type of
writing software

writing software

writing software writing software
installed on your

installed on your

installed on your installed on your
computer

computer

computercomputer

A version of
DirectCD earlier

Yes

than v3.01c_S55

No

A version of

Yes

DirectCD t h at is the
same or later than
v3.03a_S2

No

A version of
DirectCD not

Yes

described above

No

Writing software
other than Dir ectCD

Yes

No

Before installing DirectCD

Before installing DirectCD

Before installing DirectCDBefore installing DirectCD

DirectCD is not required to only view images on
the finalized disc in a CD-ROM drive. If you read or
write images on the disc which is not finalized, you
have to connect the camera to your computer with
the USB cable and install DirectCD into your
computer. For details on USB connection, refer to
the operating instructions of the camera.

Install the supplied version of DirectCD on your
computer without uninstalling the current
version of DirectCD. USB functionality is
established automatically.

When any of th es e types of writing sof t wa r e ha s
been installed, do not install the supplied DirectCD
on the computer. A malfunction may occur.

You can use the version of DirectCD now installed
on your computer. Please do not install the
supplied DirectCD. USB functionality is
established automatically.

A USB connection between the camera and your
computer cannot be established. Insert the disc
directly into the drive of your computer. It is not
necessary to finalize the disc.

If you install the supplied DirectCD, it may conflict
with the existing writing software. We cannot
guarantee the performance of the supplied DirectCD
software when other writing software has already
been installe d. Pl ea se check the documentation of th e
other writing softwa re before attempting to install the
supplied DirectCD. If DirectCD cannot be installed
without conflict, USB connection may not be available,
and it may be necessary to finalize the disc before it
can be read by the PC’s CD drive.

6

To check the version of your DirectCD software

Click in the following order: [Start]t[Program]t[Adaptec DirectCD]
[DirectCD Wizard]. You can check the version on the start up screen.

When using a CD-RW

• You cannot use the CD-RW which was formatted with other equipment than the

camera. Format it with the camera again.

• To view images on the CD-RW using a CD-ROM drive or CD-R drive, the drive

must conform to the MultiRead type.

• When using a CD-RW drive, you can use DirectCD in the same way you would be

using a CD-R.

Note

You may not be able to use DirectCD depending on your CD-R drive or CD-RW drive.

t

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Installing DirectCD

When connecting the camera to your computer using the
USB cable, be sure to install the USB driver before
connecting the USB cable. For details, refer to the operating
instructions of the camera.

E.g., for Windows Me users

Followthese steps below to install DirectCD. English version illustrations are used in
this manual.

Turn on your computer and insert the supplied CD-ROM (SPVD-

1

006) into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

The following window appears on the screen.

Click here.

If the window above is not displayed, start up “SETUP. EXE” in the CD-ROM.

Select the language.

2

8

Click [DirectCD].

3

The “Welcome” window appears on the screen.

Click [Next].

4

Read the text on the window car efully, and if you accept i t, click

5

[Yes].
Check the folder in which DirectCD will be installed.

6

When you install DirectCD into another folder other than the default one, click
[Browse...], and select the folder.

Click [Next].

7

The setup of the program starts. When the installation is complete, the screen
returns to the window displayed in step

Click [Exit].

8

The “Setup Complete” window appears on the screen.

1

.

DirectCD will be availableafter you restart your computer. Check the option [Yes...,]
then click [Finish].

Note on Easy CD Creator

You cannot use E asy CD Creator with the camera connected to your computer with the USB
cable.

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Using DirectCD

You have to install the USB driver into your computer to connect the camera to your
computer with the USB cable.

Do not connect your camera to your computer before
installing the USB driver.

For details on the installation of the U SB driver and on the directory, refer to the
operating instructions of the camera.

Note

When you write new data onto the disc, before removing

the disc from the camera, be sure to follow the procedure

for removing the disc (page 12). If you remove the disc or

disconnect the USB cable, without following the

procedure, data on the disc may be broken.

Starting DirectCD

Do not initialize discs using DirectCD (this means that
selecting [Format] from the DirectCD screen). Be sure to
initialize discs using your camera.

Initialization described in the o perating instructions of the camera or selecting
[Format] on the DirectCD screen is required for using a disc, however, these do not
have compatibility each other. And “format” described in the operating instructions
of the camera is to erase all the files in the CD-RW, and this is different from
[Format] on the DirectCD screen.

After starting up your computer, insert a disc into the camera, and

1

connect to your comput er with th e USB cable.

to the USB connector

USB cable

Computer

to the USB jack

Push the connector
as far as it will go

10

Turn on the camera and your computer.

2

“DirectCD Disc Ready” appears on the screen.
If this screen does not appear, double-click the CD icon on the Windows
taskbar, in the lower corner of your screen.

Click [OK].

3

Writing data to a disc

Once your disc is formatted as a DirectCD disc, you can write data to it in several
different ways:

• To drag and drop files from Windows Explorer onto the disc drive icon.

• To select [Save As] from the File menu of a Windows application and select the

driveletterofthecamera.

• To use the [Send To]command.

• To use MS-DOS command prompts from a DOS window in Windows.

Notes

• If the file name format of images does not correspond to the following format,

ssss

DSC0
operating instructions of the camera.

• Depending on the file type, the file may not be able to be played back on the camera.

.JPG, you cannot play them back on the camera. For details, refer to the

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Removing the disc

Note

When you write new data onto the disc, before removing

the disc from the camera, be sure to follow the procedure

below. If you remove the disc or disconnect the USB cable,

without following the procedure, data on the disc may be

broken.

When you open the file in the disc with your application

software, quit it before starting the procedure below.

When using a CD-R

Right-click th

1

from the drop-down list box.

The “Eje ct Disc” window appears.

Check the appropriate option.

2

• If you do not execute the fina lization, click the upper option on the

window.

• If you execute the finalization to view images on a CD-ROM drive,

click the lower option on the window. When you will not add or modify data
on the disc any more, also, check the “Protect disc so it cannot be written to
again” option.

Check that the ACCESS lamp is not lit, then open the disc cover

3

and remove the disc.

e DirectCD icon on the taskbar and select [Eject]

12

When using a CD-RW

Right-click th

1

from the drop-down list box.
Check t hat the ACCESS lamp is not lit, click [OK] on the scree n,

2

then open the disc cover and remove the disc.

e DirectCD icon on the task bar and s elect [Eject]

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Modifying data in a disc

Writingmoredatatoadisc

After you have formatted a blank disc for DirectCD use, you can keep adding data to
the disc until it is full. To do so, follow these steps:

Insert the disc into the camera and connect the camera to your

1

computer with the USB cable.
After the “DirectCD Disc Ready” window appears, click [OK], then

2

write data to the disc.

Deletingafilefromadisc

If you delete files from a disc, the files become invisible to the file system (that is,
they cannot be seen in Windows Explorer) but the space they occupy is not available
for other files.
Thus, deleting filesfrom a disc does not increase the availablefree space on the disc.
Todelete the contents on a disc, follow these steps:

While in Windows Explorer, selec t the file(s) you want to dele te.

1

Select [Delete] from t h e File menu, or pres s the Delete key.

2

Click [Yes] to confirm that you want to delete the files from the

3

disc.

The selected files will be deleted.

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