Operating Instructions

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Setting up Connecting a digital camera to a PC
Setting up
Connecting a digital camera to a PC
When a digital camera compatible with this software is
connected, a picture can be acquired from the memory
card of camera, or a picture can be recorded on a memory
card from a PC.
 When you connect a digital camera to the PC, use batteries
with sufficient battery power or the AC adaptors. If the
remaining battery power is exhausted during data transfer, the
recorded data may be damaged.
1 Prepare the digital camera.
• If you use the AC adaptor, connect it.
• Turn on the digital camera.
2 Connect the digital camera to the PC via the USB
connection cable.
• Set the digital camera for connecting to a PC. (For details,
refer to the operating instructions for the digital camera.)
3 Make sure that the digital camera is properly
recognized by the PC.
You may judge that the digital camera is properly
recognized if a [Removable Disk] is added in [My
Computer].
 When acquiring from DVD or recording to DVD/CD, use a DVD
drive or CD drive.
 Data cannot be output from this software to some digital
cameras. In such cases, please use SD card reader/writer etc.
 PHOTOfunSTUDIO or LUMIX Simple Viewer may start
automatically. For details, refer to 13.
 When removing the USB connection cable, double click the
task tray [ ] icon after confirming that the digital camera is
not accessing the card and click on [Stop] after selecting USB
connection cable ([USB Mass Storage Device]) to remove the
cable without any error messages.
 Do not operate the digital camera or disconnect the USB
connection cable while transferring data from the digital
camera. The software may not function correctly and damage
the data being transferred.
 The shape of the terminal varies depending on the digital
camera used. For details, refer to the operating instructions for
the digital camera.
DIGITAL
AV OUT
DC IN
AC adaptor
USB connection cable