Toshiba PDR-M21 User Manual

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IMPORTANT

You should read this first before you use this software.

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Before Reading This Manual

This Instruction Manual describes how to install the software provided and a brief explanation of how to use the Software Application. To ensure that you use this Software Application correctly, read this Instruction Manual carefully before you start using the Software Application. This document has been written assuming that you basically understand how to use the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera and your personal computer that the Software Application is running on. For basic details on the PDR-M21 and your personal computer, refer to the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera’s Instruction Manual or the Instruction Manual for your personal computer.

Trademark Information

• Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation of the U.S. registered in the USA and other countries. Windows is an abbreviated term referring to the Microsoft Windows Operating System.

• Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

• Image Expert is a registered trademark of Sierra Imaging Inc.

• SmartMedia

• FlashPath is a registered trademark of SmartDisk Corporation of the USA.

• Other companies or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies.

Conventions Used In This Manual

IMPORTANT

• Indicates items or details that you should observe to prevent loss of data, malfunction and impaired performance. Also indicates information relating to specifications and functions.

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• Indicates extra useful information.

is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation.

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Before Reading This Manual (continued)

Abbreviations Used In This Manual

• Windows 98

• Windows 2000

• Windows ME

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• Images

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This refers to the Microsoft This refers to the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional operating system. This refers to the Microsoft® Windows® ME operating system. This refers to still images.

Windows® 98 operating system.

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Before Reading This Manual (continued)

Make sure that you have all of the items below before you start using your software application.

USB cable (1.8 m <5.9 ft>)CD-ROM (1 disk)

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Contents

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■ Before Reading This Manual........................ 1

■ Contents ....................................................... 4

■ Features of This Software Application.......... 5

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■ About Files ................................................... 6

■ About the Software....................................... 8

■ Pre-installation Checks ................................ 9

When Using Windows

■ Installation Procedure (for Windows) ......... 10

Windows

■ Using USB Cables

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(Windows 98/2000/ME).............................. 12

■ Using the Floppy Disk Adapter

(Windows 98/2000/ME).............................. 17

■ Using the PC Card Adapter

(Windows 98/2000/ME).............................. 20

■ Changing the Camio Viewer Settings......... 22

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■ Button Functions ........................................ 24

■ Pasting Images to Other Applications

(Windows) .................................................. 26

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Features of This Software Application

If you install the software and drivers on your personal computer, you can perform the following:

• Importing Images

You can import images taken on the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera into your personal computer. To import images, you need to use the USB cable (packaged with this camera), or the FlashPath floppy disk adapter, or PC card adapter.

• Editing Images

You can edit imported images using Image Expert, or print them out on a printer connected to the personal computer you are using.

• Saving Images

You can save imported images or edited images on the personal computer you are using.

When You Use SmartMedia™ on Your Personal Computer

• When you use SmartMedia™ on your personal computer, do not change or delete the folder or names of files (image data) on the SmartMedia™. Otherwise, you may no longer be able to use the SmartMedia™ on the PDR-M21.

• Format the SmartMedia™ on the PDR-M21.

• To edit image data, first copy the image data to the personal computer’s hard disk, and edit the copied image data.

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About Files

File Structure of SmartMedia™

The images taken on the Toshiba PDR-M21 Digital Still Camera are stored to the SmartMedia™ as shown below.

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root

DCIM 100TOSHI

101TOSHI

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PDRM0001.JPG PDRM0002.JPG PDRM0003.JPG PDRM0004.JPG

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Picture data

About Files (continued)

About Picture Data

On the PDR-M21, image data is saved in Exif format. This format is JPEG data that includes a thumbnail image and the photographic settings. Image data is saved as follows as shown on page 6:

Folder name : XXXTOSHI (XXX is any number within the range 100 to 999) File name : PDRMXXXX (XXXX is any number within the range 0001 to 9999)

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About the Software

You can install the following software from the CD-ROM:

• Image Expert

This software allows you to edit and print imported still images.

• USB driver

Install this driver when you use the USB connector on your personal computer to import images.

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Install this driver when you are using the USB Software Application (CD-ROM).

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Pre-installation Checks

Compatible

Personal

Computers

Windows

Windows 98/2000/ME pre-installed PC

Compatible

Personal

Computers

Windows

Windows 98/2000/ME pre-installed PC

To install the software supplied on the CD-ROM, your personal computer must conform to the system requirements in the table below. Check the following items before you install the software.

Minimum system requirements

Windows

CPU

i486 or higher processor

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Memory

Free space on

hard disk

Color monitor

CD-ROM drive

Windows 98/2000/ME 16 MB min.

20 MB min. 256 or more colors (640 x 480 dot min.)

32,000 or more colors recommended Required

When connecting by USB cable

When using the floppy disk adapter or PC Card adapter

When you handle images, first make sure that you have enough free space on hard disk.

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Installation Procedure (for Windows)

Installing Image Expert

Insert the CD-ROM supplied with this software package into the CD-ROM drive.

The screen for selecting the display language appears.

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Click “English”.

Click “Install Image Expert”.

Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the setup.

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• To install Image Expert from floppy disk, click the “Make Image Expert Disks” button in the screen at step 3. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the setup.

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Installation Procedure (for Windows) (continued)

Installing the USB Driver (for Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows ME)

Install this driver when the USB cable (provided) is used.

Insert the CD-ROM supplied with this software package into the CD-ROM drive.

The screen for selecting the display language appears.

Click “English”.

Click “Install PDR-M21 driver”.

Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the setup.

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Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME)

To enable importing of images on the PDR-M21 to your personal computer, the PDR-M21 must be connected to your personal computer by USB cable (provided). When you connect the PDR-M21 to your personal computer by USB cable, the connection can only be made with both the PDR-M21 and your personal computer turned ON. The PDR-M21 Mode Dial must be turned to the PC Connection Setting for the computer to recognize the camera USB connection.

IMPORTANT

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• If the camera’s power is turned OFF while image data is being transferred to the PC, the data may be damaged. When the PDR-M21 is connected to the personal computer, use the AC adapter.

• When the camera is in the [

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Connectable personal computer: Windows 98/2000/ME pre-installed machine

] PC mode, the Auto Power OFF function does not work.

Connect the small end of the USB cable to the DIGITAL terminal on the PDR-M21.

Connect the large end of the USB cable to the USB port on your personal computer.

Connect the USB cable with Windows already booted up.

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Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

Set the mode dial to [ ].

The “Add New Hardware Wizard” screen appears.

Perform the following operation with Windows 98/2000/ME already booted up. When the Camio Viewer applet (the small camera icon on the Windows task bar) recognizes that the USB cable is connected, the “Camio Viewer Startup Options” screen appears. If this is the first time for an image to be imported using the USB cable, the Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears. Install the USB driver.

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☞ Installing the USB driver

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P.11

Start up Image Expert.

Click [Start] - [Program] - [Image Expert] on the Windows task bar.

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Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

Click “Connection” in the Camera menu.

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Set Connect Via to “Serial/USB”, Port in Connection Settings to “USB” and click OK.

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Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

Download the images.

In the “Camio Viewer Startup Options” screen, make sure that “Copy all images from the Camera to the Computer” check box is checked, and click OK. All images stored on the PDR-M21 are downloaded to the personal computer.

When downloading is completed, the screen on the right appears asking you whether or not to delete all pictures in the camera. To delete all pictures, click Yes. To leave all pictures as they are, click No.

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Using USB Cables (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

After the images are downloaded to the album, they are displayed on the right side of the monitor. An album folder is created in the \MyDocuments\Image Expert Images folder using the current date as the folder name (standard setting).

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In the Camio Viewer Startup Options screen, make sure that “View images in the Camera” check box is checked, and click OK.

The images stored on the PDR-M21 are displayed on screen without being downloaded to the personal computer’s hard disk. If you double-click an image, the Select Album screen appears. Either select an album, or enter a new album name and click OK. When you do either of these, the image you double-clicked is downloaded to the selected album and displayed.

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Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME)

You can use a sold separately floppy disk adapter (FlashPath) to import images stored on SmartMedia™ to your personal computer from the floppy disk drive. The floppy disk adapter is a 3.5" adapter for SmartMedia™ that is to be inserted into the floppy disc drive on your personal computer.

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☞ For details

Instruction Manual for Floppy Disk Adapter

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Starting Up Image Expert and Importing Images

Insert the SmartMedia™ containing the images into the floppy disk adapter. Insert the floppy disk adapter into the floppy disk drive on your personal

computer. Start up Image Expert.

Click [Start] - [Program] - [Image Expert] on the Windows task bar.

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Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

Click “Connection” in the Camera menu.

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Set Connect Via to “FlashPath” and click OK.

The camera icon on the tool bar changes to the FlashPath

icon.

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JPEG images taken with another camera or stored under a different folder name can also be downloaded using this method. This can be done by adding the name of the folder where the images are stored in the removable storage device to the “Search Path for Removable Media” within the “Connection Settings”. Please separate each folder name with a semi-colon “;”.

Please keep in mind that if any folder besides DCIM exists within the same storage device, the contents of the other folder will not be downloaded. This will be so, even if the DCIM folder does not contain any JPEG images.

Click or .

The images in the SmartMedia™ are displayed.

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Using the Floppy Disk Adapter (Windows 98/2000/ME) (continued)

Double-click that image you want to import, and click Open in the Select Album screen.

The images are imported and downloaded to the album you selected.

Starting Up Camio Viewer and Importing Images

In Windows, you can also start up Camio Viewer to import images.

Perform steps 1 to 5 of “Starting Up Image Expert and Importing Images” (P. 17 to P. 18).

Double-click the icon on the task bar. Make sure that “Copy all images from

FlashPath to the Computer” check box is checked, and click OK.

All images are copied to your personal computer.

All images are automatically downloaded to the album on your personal computer. The album folder is created in the Image Expert Images folder using the current date as the folder name (standard setting). Camio Viewer displays images on the right side of the desktop screen. To confirm all images in the album, either manipulate the scroll bars or maximize the screen.

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Using the PC Card Adapter (Windows 95/98/2000/ME)

You can use a sold separately PC Card Adapter to quickly import images stored on SmartMedia™ into your personal computer from the PC Card. The PC Card Adapter is an adapter for the SmartMedia™ that is to be inserted into the PC Card slot on your personal computer.

☞ For details

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Starting Up Image Expert and Importing Images

Please refer to the instructions of your PC Card adapter.

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Insert the SmartMedia™ containing the images into the PC Card Adapter. Insert the PC Card Adapter into the PC Card slot on your personal computer. Start up Image Expert.

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Click “Connection” in the Camera menu. Set Connect Via to “PC Card” and click OK.

The camera icon on the tool bar changes to the PC Card

icon.

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Using the PC Card Adapter (Windows 95/98/2000/ME) (continued)

Click or .

The images in the SmartMedia™ are displayed.

Double-click that image you want to import, and click Open in the Select Album screen.

The images are imported and downloaded to the album you selected.

Starting Up Camio Viewer and Importing Images

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Insert the SmartMedia™ containing the images into the PC Card Adapter. Insert the PC Card Adapter into the PC Card slot on your personal computer.

If the PC Card Adapter is correctly inserted, a tone sounds to indicate that your personal computer recognizes the PC Card. The Camio Viewer Startup Options screen appears when the Camio Viewer applet (the small camera

on the Windows task bar) recognizes that the PC Card Adapter is inserted.

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☞ When the Add New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed

➲ Please refer to the instructions of your PC Card adapter.

Make sure that “Copy all images from the Camera to the Computer” check box is checked, and click OK.

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Changing the Camio Viewer Settings

You can change the Camio Viewer settings by right-clicking the icon on the Windows task bar and selecting “Options...” from the pop-up menu.

Floppy Disk Adapter (sold separately: FlashPath)

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The images stored on the PDR-M21 are displayed on screen without being downloaded to the personal computer’s hard disk. If you double-click one of the images, the Select Album screen appears. In this screen, you can select the album to download the image to or create a new album. Clicking Open transfers the images to the album. After transferring, you can display the images at full size by double-clicking the images in the album.

Copy all images from FlashPath to the computer

All images in the PDR-M21 are displayed after they are automatically downloaded to the album.

Copy all images and delete them from FlashPath

All images in the PDR-M21 are displayed after they are automatically downloaded to the album, and all images recorded to the SmartMedia™ in the FlashPath are deleted.

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Changing the Camio Viewer Settings (continued)

PC Card Adapter (sold separately)

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View images in the PC Card Adapter

Copy all images from the PC Card Adapter to the computer

All images in the PDR-M21 are displayed after they are automatically downloaded to the album.

Copy all images and delete them from the PC Card Adapter

All images in the PDR-M21 are displayed after they are automatically downloaded to the album, and all images recorded to the SmartMedia™ in the PC Card Adapter are deleted.

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Button Functions

• New Album button ( )

This button displays the New Album screen. When you create a new album name, a window opens so that you can add images.

• Open Album button ( )

This button displays the Open Album screen.

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It allows you to open any specific album from the albums currently saved on your personal computer. You can also easily browse albums on other drives or devices connected on a network.

• Open Image button (

This button allows you to open any specific image from the images currently saved on your personal computer. You can also easily browse images on other drives or devices connected on a network.

You can use these functions for editing images only.

• Cut/Copy/Paste button (

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This button is used to cut, copy or paste images.

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• Drag-and-drop an image to copy it to another album.

• To move an image to another album, drag-and-drop the image with the Shift key held down.

• Slide Show button ( )

This button successively displays all images in an opened album using the slideshow feature. You can start and stop the slideshow and set slideshow options using the buttons on the tool bar.

• Quick Fix button ( )

This button is used for automatically fixing images or creating even better-looking images. This button is ideal for when you do not know which type of correction to make to improve an image or when you are unfamiliar with how to correct images.

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Button Functions (continued)

• Corrections button ( )

Pressing this button displays a menu tab dialog box in which you can fine-adjust images. This button allows you to correct Contrast/Brightness, Color and Hue/Saturation, and adjust Sharpness and Equalization. Before you apply the results of editing an image, you can check the differences between “before” and “after” images using the sliders in split windows. To confirm a correction on an image at full size without quitting correction, click Apply. To return an image to its original state, click the Undo button in the Edit menu.

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• Crop button (

This button allows you to trim unwanted parts of an image and leave only the required part. This is called “cropping.” First, open the image you want to edit using the Open Album or Open Image buttons. To select the required part of the image, drag across the image using the drawing tool (Select Rectangle, Select Ellipse, Select Freehand). The area you selected will be indicated by a dotted frame. To change the size of the dotted frame area, click the outside of the currently selected area to cancel the selection, and repeat the above operation. When you have decided on the selected area, click the Crop button. The unwanted part of the image will be cropped and the required part of the image will remain on screen.

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Pasting Images to Other Applications (Windows)

If you have another application that is OLE-compatible, you can easily paste images in the Image Expert and Camio Viewer album’s into that application by dragging-and-dropping them. If you double-click the image pasted into the OLE-compatible application, the application will be replaced with the Image Expert menu bar and tool bar, and you can correct the image. If the application is not OLE-compatible, you can paste the images in the Image Expert and Camio Viewer album’s by using the Copy/Paste command.

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IMPORTANT

• “OLE” stands for Object Linking and Embedding.

Left-click the image to copy from among the images in the album. Drag the image to another application with the left mouse button held down. Move the mouse cursor to the copy destination, and release the left mouse button

to drop the image in the application.

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For customers outside of the United States and Canada, please contact the nearest Toshiba company for assistance.

Country/Region

United Kingdom Germany Italy France Switzerland Singapore China Hong Kong

Company name

Toshiba (UK) Ltd. Toshiba Europe Gmbh Toshiba Consumer Products (Italia) Toshiba Systèmes France Toshiba Europe Gmbh Swiss Branch Toshiba Singapore Pte Toshiba Hong Kong Ltd

Phone number

for inquiry (01932) 828828 (02131) 158 01 (039) 6099342 01 47 28 28 28 01-946 07 77 270-7776 2956-0222

e-mail address for inquiry

enquiries@toshiba-tuk.com consumer@toshiba-teg.com toshiba.italia@toshiba-tuk.com consommateur@toshiba-tsf.com info@toshiba.ch NA NA

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website

www.toshiba.co.uk www.toshiba.de/consumer www.toshiba.it/ www.toshiba.fr/ www.toshiba.ch/ www.cp.toshiba.com.sg www.toshiba.com.hk

NOTICE

This CD-ROM contains the following important items:

• USB Drivers for the PDR-M21 Digital Camera.

• The complete Operation Manual for the PDR-M21 in PDF file format.

The complete operation manual is provided as an Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF file. Please install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the operation manual, unless it is already installed in your system.

Recommended Battery Options for Maximum Performance and Enjoyment

T o extend the use of the camera, we strongly recommend that you only use the following types of batteries:

- Nickel Metal Hydride [NiMh] (Extended Life, Rechargeable)

- Lithium (Extended Life, Not Rechargeable)

- Alkaline (Not Rechargeable) Battery performance in general (especially Alkaline) may vary

depending on individual brand, length of storage since manufacture, temperature, and operating mode of the digital camera, such as play back using LCD and strobe. The use of manganese type batteries is not suitable for this product due to the low number of pictures that can be taken with this type of battery. Low temperatures (50 degrees Fahrenheit/10 degrees Celsius or below) can also affect the performance of the battery and decrease the number of pictures taken when compared to picture taking in warmer conditions. When the

camera is not in use for an extended period, please remove the batteries from the camera to extend battery life, and to prevent damage from battery leakage. (Once the batteries have been removed from the camera, you will need to re-set the date and time within the SET-UP menu.)

There are many advantages to being a member of the Toshiba Digital Camera community. Toshiba provides free firmware upgrades for applicable models, allowing you to get the latest technology and enhancement for your camera direct from the web site. There are links, updates and notices for special options available to the Toshiba Digital Community , like special adapter mounts for Tele-photo, Wide-angle, and other filters and lenses designed specifically for your digital camera. There are frequent discounts and promotions on printing services, carrying cases, service plans, and digital camera accessories. To find out more, visit the Toshiba Digital Community at www.toshiba.com/taisisd

Technical Support Telephone Number

If you need technical assist with the hook-up or operation of your T oshiba Digital Camera, please contact the Toshiba Digital Resource Center at (800)829-8318.

Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.

Imaging Systems Division

9740 Irvine Boulevard, Irvine, California 92618-1697

For customers in the U.S.A.

For technical support, please contact:

(800)829-8318

5:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST, Monday to Friday except holidays,

or e-mail us at: dsc.support@tais.toshiba.com

* Address and telephone number are subject to change without notice.

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