User's Guide

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Using the Camera with a Computer
To play back a movie, first copy the movie to your computer and then double-click the
movie file.
. Minimum Computer System Requirements for Movie Playback
The minimum system requirements described below are necessary to play back
movies recorded with this camera on a computer.
• The above are recommended system environments. Configuring one of these
environments does not guarantee proper operation.
• Certain settings and other installed software may interfere with proper playback of
movies.
. Movie Playback Precautions
• Be sure to move the movie data to the hard disk of your computer before trying to
play it. Proper movie playback may not be possible for data accessed over a
network, from a memory card, etc.
• Proper movie playback may not be possible on some computers. If you experience
problems, try the following.
– Try recording movies with a quality setting of “STD”.
– Try upgrading Windows Media Player to the latest version.
– Quit any other applications you have running, and stop resident applications.
Even if proper playback is not possible on the computer, you can use an optionally
available AV cable (EMC-7A) to connect to the video input terminal of a TV or
computer and play back movies that way.
Playing Movies
Operating System : Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
CPU : Image Quality “HD”:
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or higher
Image Quality “STD”:
Pentium M 1.0 GHz or higher
Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or higher
Required Software: Windows Media Player