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7 Transferring files to your PC
After you install the drivers, you can transfer your photos, videos and
sound recordings to the PC using the USB cable, and view, play and
edit them on your PC. The camera switches to USB mode.
1
Switch your PC on. If necessary, set your camera’s driver
mode to MASS (see page 31).
2
Connect the digital camera to your PC by inserting the end of
the supplied USB cable into the USB port of your PC and
connecting the other end of the USB cable to the USB terminal
of your camera.
3
If the driver was installed correctly, the camera is identified by
the computer as a mass storage device (removable media). If
you use Windows XP, you can access the contents of the
camera memory immediately. In other Windows versions, open
the Windows Explorer or double-click My Computer. Double-
click the media symbol for the camera and, where applicable,
the folders within it to view the files.
4
Now press and hold the left mouse button to drag the required
files (images, sound or video) to a suitable folder on your PC,
e.g. the “My Files” folder. You can also select the files and use
the “Copy” and “Paste” Windows commands.
The files have now been transferred and saved to your PC. You can
now view, play and edit the files using the application software.
USB power supply and webcam function
The camera is supplied with power via the USB port. This allows you to
transfer data from the camera to the PC using the USB cable even
when there are no batteries in the camera. You can use the camera as
a webcam if you set the driver type of the camera to TWAIN. This
allows you to use functions such as video capture, video monitoring or
internet video conferences (netmeeting.
