Sony MVC-CD200 Operating instructions

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DirectCD

™

Software Operating Instructions

MVC-CD200/CD300

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Notice for users

Corporation

software described herein, in whole or

in part, may not be reproduced,

translated or reduced to any machine

readable form without prior written

approval from Sony Corporation.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY

CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR

ANY INCIDENTAL,

CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL

DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON

TORT, CONTRACT, OR

OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR

IN CONNECTION WITH THIS

MANUAL, THE SOFTWARE OR

OTHER INFORMATION

CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE

THEREOF.

Sony Corporation reserves the right to

make any modification to this manual

or the information contained herein at

any time without notice.

The software described herein may

also be governed by the terms of a

separate user license agreement.

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 are

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.

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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.

Table of contents

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

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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, follow explanations described in this

manual.

Note

You cannot install DirectCD into a Macintosh computer. To read 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 166 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, Windows Me, Windows 2000

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

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.

When using a CD-R

Start Before installing DirectCD

Before installing DirectCDBefore installing DirectCD

Before installing DirectCD

DirectCD is not required to only view

imageson 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.

Anywritingsoftware

has been installed

on your computer

The type of

The type ofThe type of

The type of

writing software

writing softwarewriting software

writing software

installed on your

installed on yourinstalled on your

installed on your

computer

computercomputer

computer Install the supplied version of DirectCD on

your computer without uninstalling the

current version of DirectCD.

A version of

DirectCD earlier

than v3.01c_S55

When any of these types of writing software has

been installed, do not install the supplied

DirectCD on the computer. A malfunction may

occur.

A version of

DirectCD that is the

same or later than

v3.03a_S2

A version of

DirectCD not

described above

You can use the version of DirectCD now

installed on your computer.

A USB connection between the camera and

your computer cannot be established. Insert

the disc directly into the drive of your

computer. The finalization is not required.

A USB connection between the camera and

your computer cannot be established.

Insert the disc that was finalized using the

camera directly into the drive of your

computer.

Yes

Writing software

other than DirectCD

Yes

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To check the version of your DirectCD software

Click in the following order: [Start] t[Program] t[Adaptec DirectCD] t

[DirectCD Wizard]. You can check the version on the start up screen.

•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.

When using a CD-RW

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Installing DirectCD

E.g., for Windows Me users

Follow these steps below to install DirectCD. English version illustrations are used in

this manual.

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.

1Turn on your computer and insert the supplied CD-ROM (SPVD-

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

The following window appears on the screen.

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

2Select the language.

Click here.

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DirectCD will be available after you restart your computer. Check the option [Yes ...,]

then click [Finish].

Note on Easy CD Creator

You cannot use Easy CD Creator with the camera connected to your computer with the USB

cable.

3Click [DirectCD].

The “Welcome” window appears on the screen.

4Click [Next].

5Read the text on the window carefully, and if you accept it, click

[Yes].

6Check the folder in which DirectCD will be installed.

When you install DirectCD into another folder other than the default one, click

[Browse...], and select the folder.

7Click [Next].

The setup of the program starts. When the installation is complete, the screen

returns to the window displayed in step 1.

8Click [Exit].

The “Setup Complete” window appears on the screen.

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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.

For details on the installation of the USB driver and on the directory, refer to the

operating instructions of the camera.

Initialization described in the operating 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.

Do not connect your camera to your computer before

installing the USB driver.

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.

1After starting up your computer, insert a disc into the camera, and

connect to your computer with the USB cable.

to the USB connector

Computer USB cable

to the USB jack

Push the connector

as far as it will go

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