Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DCR-SR90E Sony
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2-672-704- 11 (1) Printed in Japan Computer Application Gui de DCR-SR100/SR90E/ SR100E © 2006 Sony Cor poration Getting Starte d 6 One T ouc h DVD Bur n 9 Copy ing/ vi ewin g image s on a comp uter 1.
2 This “Comput er Ap plication Guid e” describes the basic oper ations for c onnecting the camc order to a co mputer by using the software on the supplied CD-ROM. The CD- R OM includes “ImageMix er for HDD Camcord er” software. For more details about the softwar e functions, re fer to t he help in t he supplied software.
3 Use a s pecial cau tion f or preven ting damages and malf uncti ons of th e camcor der • When connecting your camcorder with the USB cable or other cable, make sure you insert the connector i n the correct direction. Do not insert the connector f orcibly as it may damage the cable or your camcorder .
4 T able of Conten ts Read This Firs t....... .......... ................ ................ ................ ................. ........ 2 System req uirements ......... .......... ............. .......... ................ ................ .. 2 For i nquires abou t the softwar e .
5 If you in stall “Imag eMixer for HDD Camcorder” in the su pplied CD-ROM on your comput er (p.6), you ca n operate various funct ions by connecting the ca mcorder wit h your computer . Main fu nction s of th e su pplied software • Other functions are also av ailable other than described be low .
6 Y o u nee d to ins tall th e soft ware to your W indows computer . The installa tion is only require d once. 1 Confirm that your camcorder is not connected to th e computer . 2 T urn on the com puter . • Log on as Administr ators for ins tallation.
7 7 Read [License Agreement], check [I accept the terms of the license agreement] when yo u agree, then click [Nex t]. 8 Select where to save the software , then click [Ne xt]. 9 If you r camcorder’ s model name is the DCR-SR1 00, select “NTSC”.
8 3 Clic k [Fi nish]. 12 Make sure [Y es, I want to restart my computer no w.] is chec ked, then c lic k [Finish] . The comp uter tur ns of f once , then st arts up again au tomati cally (Res tart).
9 Y ou can sa ve images with ea se by pressing the DVD BUR N button on your cam corder (On e T ouch DVD Burn functi on) without any compl ex operation s of your compu ter . • Images that have not been s av ed to a DVD with One T ouch DVD Burn can automatically be saved.
10 • If you cannot copy all you r image data on a D VD, the image da ta is aut omatically saved on mor e than one DVD. The required number of DVDs is displayed in step 6 on the s creen. 1 Confirm that the camcorder is not connected to a c omputer . 2 T urn on the com puter .
11 E Remainin g time (approx.) Wh en you com plete cr eating DVD, i t is exit ed aut omati call y . • When you cannot store all the recordable data on a D VD, follo w the on-screen instructions, then insert a new D VD onto the disc dri ve.
12 Y ou can vi e w and edit i mage s cop ied f rom the camcord er to your compute r . Also, you can crea te a D VD with the copie d materi als. Y ou can choose either way to c opy images as follows. Copying the last saved diff files (Easy PC Back- up) (p .
13 3 Connect your camcorder to the wall ou tlet us ing the su pplied A C Adaptor , then turn on. • Y ou can perform this operation, whichever position of the (Movie) / ( Still) / (PLA Y/EDIT ) is lit. • For operating the POWER switch, s ee “Camera Operating Gui de”.
14 Imag es that have not bee n copi ed to a compu ter ar e au tomati call y co pied t o your comp uter . • While copying images, do not apply vibration on the camcorder . The copying may be terminated. 8 Once the comp letion dialog for copy appears, c lick [OK].
15 • If your computer has a USB keyboard a nd a USB mouse as standard equipment, leave them connected and connect the camcorder to an available USB jack with th e USB cable. 5 T ouch [ HDD] on the LCD screen of the camcorder . ImageM ixer Menu ap pear s on th e scree n of the comp uter.
16 Y ou can vi e w images copi ed to you r comput er . 1 Double-clic k [ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder] on the desktop. ImageM ixer Menu ap pears. • Y ou can also start up ImageMixer Menu by clicking [start] t [ All Progra ms] t [PIXEL A] t [ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder] t [ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder].
17 Stil l image Y o u can print and expand images using the buttons a t the to p of th e scree n. • For data compatible with Exif, click (Exif) to display the recording conditions such as shutter speed, exposure, aperture, etc. Click (Print) in step 5.
18 Y ou can de lete unn eces sary scenes from a movi e copi ed to you r compu ter . • The sound quality remains as it is when you edit a movie recorded in 5. 1ch surround sound. 1 T urn on the com puter . 2 Double-clic k [ImageMixer for HDD Camcorder] on the desktop.
19 8 Check [Cut the specified range]. 9 Search the scene you want to delete b y cli ckin g or . 10 Drag and drop the fir st frame of the scene you want to delete to [Star t]. 11 Display the last frame of the scene to d elete on the center frame by clic king or , t hen drag and drop the frame to [END].
20 Y ou can crea te a D VD with an inde x menu by putting image s on your comp uter as materi als. Y ou can al so u se ed ited im ages (p.18) o n the computer as D VD materi als. • F or av ailable D VD types, see page 9. • The sound quality remains as it is when you save a movie recorded in 5.
21 8 Cli c k [OK ]. Image Mixer3 D V D Authoring sta rts up. 9 Click [ Write] tab t [Wri te] on the ImageMixer3 D VD A uthoring scr een. [Write sett ings] screen appears.
22 Y ou can save images in a Playlist on the camcorde r to a D VD. • F or creating a Playlist, refer to “Camera Operating Guide”. 1 Confirm that your camcorder is not connected to th e computer . 2 T urn on the com puter . • Close all appl ications running on the computer .
23 9 Clic k [ Write] tab t [W rite] on the ImageMixer3 D VD A uthoring scr een. [Write sett ings] screen appears. 10 Click [OK]. DVD creati on starts up. • When you insert a b urned D VD-R W/ DVD+R W in the disc driv e in step 3, a message appears, asking if you want to delete images saved on a DVD.
24 Due to limitat ion of the hard di sk space of the comp uter , it is reco mmended that you delete the im age data on t he har d dis k once you s a v e it to a D VD or othe r med ia. • Before you delete images from your computer , check that the images saved on the D VD or other media can be played back properly .
25 Refer a lso t o “Came ra Op erati ng Guid e”. The computer do es not recognize your camcorder . • Install the suppli ed softw are “I m ageMix er for HDD Camcorder” (p.6). • Remove t he cabl e from the co mputer a n d camcorder , then c onnec t it a gain firml y .
26 The ima g e or sound on your ca mcor der c annot be pl aye d bac k correctl y . • Wh en you connect your cam corder to a comput er not compat ible with Hi-S peed USB (USB 2.0), it may not be a ble to be pl ayed back cor rectly . However , it does not aff ect the im ages or sounds cop ied to your compute r .
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