Panasonic Lumix VQT0R46 ( ) User manual

VQT0R46

Operating Instructions

For Digital Camera

PC Connection

QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks

or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.,

used under license.

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VQT0R46

1. Installing Simple Viewer,

first of all.

2. Acquiring recorded pictures

to the PC.

3. Printing pictures and

attaching them to e-mails.

Connection with the PC Offers much more

Enjoyment

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

to the PC, print them, attach them to e-mails, and so on.

Please use the digital camera more pleasantly with “LUMIX Simple Viewer”.

• In these operating instructions, “LUMIX Simple Viewer” is referred to as “Simple

Viewer”.

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Contents

Connection with the PC Offers much more Enjoyment ..................................................... 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

Acquiring 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

Advance ........................................................................................................................... 18

Enabling the pictures stored in the PC to be used on Simple Viewer

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

Viewing pictures on the PC with the digital camera

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

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

Others

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

How to Use on Macintosh ................................................................................................ 24

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

When Pictures cannot be Acquired ................................................................................. 26

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

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

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Introduction

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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 explanaitons of these operating instructions are subject to change without prior

notification.

• No part of these operating instructions may be reproduced without permission.

• 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 programmes to be used for various

purposes such as word processing, spread sheet

operation, picture editing, and e-mail sending/receiving.

Install/Uninstall “Install” refers to incorporating software into the PC and

making it ready for use, and deleting the installed software

is referred to as “Uninstall”.

Drive/Driver A “Drive” refers to a PC peripheral device (CD-ROM drive,

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”.

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.

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

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Is Simple Viewer compatible with any PC?

Using a USB connection, you can acquire 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.

¢1: You can acquire them if the PC has a PC card slot.

¢2: To learn how to acquire pictures, refer to P23.

∫Macintosh

¢3: You can acquire them if the PC has a PC card slot.

95 and

earlier

versions

98 98SE Me 2000 XP

Possible to use Simple

Viewer? —≤

Can I acquire the

pictures held in the

digital camera to the

PC using the USB

connection cable?

¢1

≤

Necessary to install the

USB driver? ≤—

Which page should I

refer to? P27 P6, 8

¢2P6– P7–

OS 8.x and earlier

versions OS 9 OS X

Possible to use Simple

Viewer? —

Can I acquire the

pictures held in the

digital camera to the

PC using the USB

connection cable?

¢3

≤

Necessary to install the

USB driver? —

Which page should I

refer to? P27 P24

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Setting up

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Setting up

Installing the Software 1

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]

dialogue 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].

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.

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Setting up

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Installing the Software 2

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.)

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.

Installing Simple Viewer

• This installation is not required on the 2nd and later connections.

• Before inserting the CD-ROM, close all running applications.

C:\Program Files\Panasonic\

LUMIXSimpleViewer

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Setting up

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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 adaptors. If the

remaining battery power is exhausted

during communication, the recorded data

may be damaged.

• If you use the AC adaptor, connect it.

• Turn on the digital camera.

• Set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP] menu

to [PC].

1. Connect the digital camera

to the PC via the supplied

USB connection cable.

• When the connection is established

correctly, Simple Viewer automatically

starts to open the screen for starting

acquisition. (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 in 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.

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

acquire pictures to the PC by use of Simple Viewer.

DIGITAL

AV OUT

DC IN

ACCESS

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Using Simple Viewer

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Using Simple Viewer

1. When the message for

inquiring whether to start

acquisition is displayed,

click [Yes].

2. Click [OK].

Pictures will be acquired from the card to

the PC and the [ View] screen will be

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 acquire them.

Acquire destination folder:

• The pictures acquired to the PC are

saved in the following folder.

• When you wish to change the current

acquire destination folder, refer to P21.

When you click [Cancel] during

acquisition:

• Acquisition will be aborted halfway, and

the pictures already acquired will be

displayed in thumbnail view.

Acquiring pictures to the PC ( Acquire to PC)

• When you have once exited Simple Viewer or view the pictures already acquired,

double-click the short-cut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop to start

Simple Viewer.

Windows 2000/XP

C:\Documents and Settings\

All Users\Documents\My Pictures\

LUMIXSimpleViewer

Windows 98SE/Me

C:\My Documents\My Pictures\

LUMIXSimpleViewer

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Using Simple Viewer

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Viewing pictures ( View)

1. Select [ View].

• When the above main menu is not

displayed, click [ Menu] and then click

[View].

2. Select any location where

pictures are saved.

[OnthePC]

Select this option when viewing the

pictures acquired to the PC.

• If pictures are added by [ Add pictures]

in [ Advance], you can view pictures

stored in 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 any 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 images:

• QuickTime must be installed in the PC

used. Place the supplied CD-ROM in the

CD-ROM drive and install QuickTime

using the setup menu.

• When you have once exited Simple Viewer or view the pictures already acquired,

double-click the short-cut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop to start

Simple Viewer.

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