Connecting to other equipment
98
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Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to a PC
You can acquire recorded pictures to a PC
by connecting the camera and the PC.
The software [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-]
(for Windows
®
) on the CD-ROM (supplied)
allows you to easily acquire pictures
recorded with the camera to a PC, print
them and send them by e-mail.
If you use “Windows
98/98SE”, install
the USB driver and then connect it to
the computer.
For information about installing [LUMIX
Simple Viewer] or
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] etc., refer to
the separate operating instructions for PC
connection.
A
: USB connection cable (supplied)
B
: AC adaptor (supplied)
C
: This message appears during data
transfer.
• Use a sufficiently charged battery (P19) or
the AC adaptor.
• Turn the camera off and then insert or
remove the cable for the AC adaptor.
1
Turn on the camera and the PC.
2
Connect the camera to a PC via
the USB connection cable
(supplied).
• Align the [
1
] mark on the USB
connection cable and the [
] mark
on the terminal of the adaptor when
connecting.
• Hold the USB connection cable at
D
and insert straight in or take straight
out. (If you forcibly insert the USB
connection cable at a slant or upside
down you can deform the connection
terminals and damage the camera or
the connected equipment.)
3
Press
3
to select [PC] and then
press [MENU/SET].
• If you set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP]
menu to [PC] in advance, it is not
necessary to set this every time you
connect to a PC. (P29)
• If you set [USB MODE] to
[PictBridge (PTP)] and then connect the
camera to the PC, messages may
appear on the screen of the PC.
Select [CANCEL] to close the messages
and disconnect the camera from the PC.
Set [USB MODE] to [PC] again.
[Windows]
The drive appears in the [My Computer]
folder.
• If you are connecting the camera to a PC
for the first time, the required driver is
installed automatically so that the camera
can be recognized by “Windows Plug and
Play”. The drive then appears on the
[My Computer] folder.
V OUT /
REMOTE
USB
B
C
A
D
ACCESS
USB MODE
PictBridge(PTP)
SELECT
SET
MENU
PC
SET
MENU
PLEASE SELECT
THE USB MODE