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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 Connecting Manual

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions For Digital Camera PC Connection QuickTime and the QuickTime logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc., used under license therefrom. VQT1H06...

  • Page 2: Pc Connection For Sharing And Printing

    PC Connection for Sharing and Printing Using “LUMIX Simple Viewer” on the supplied CD-ROM, you can easily transfer pictures to the PC, print them, attach them to e-mails, and so on. • In these operating instructions, “LUMIX Simple Viewer” is referred to as “Simple Viewer”.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Advanced ... 18 Enabling pictures stored on the PC to be used with Simple Viewer (Add pictures) ... 19 Viewing pictures stored on the PC with the digital camera (Export to the card) ... 20 After Using Simple Viewer ... 22 To Transfer Picture without Using Simple Viewer ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    “Uninstall”. A “Drive” refers to a PC peripheral device (CD-ROM drive, digital camera, etc.) that files are written in and read from, and the software to operate such a drive is referred to as a “Driver”.

  • Page 5: Is Simple Viewer Compatible With Any Pc

    Is Simple Viewer compatible with any PC? Using a USB connection, you can transfer the pictures held in the digital camera to the PC. With Simple Viewer, however, you can save them to the PC more easily. ∫ Windows • To identify the OS (PC type), select [start] >> ([Setup] >>) [Control Panel] (>>...

  • Page 6: Setting Up

    Installing the USB driver (Windows 98/98SE only) • If Windows 98/98SE is used, install the USB driver (software for operating the digital camera through a PC) before connecting the digital camera to the PC. • This installation is not required on the 2nd and later connections.

  • Page 7: Installing The Software 2

    • Before first use following the completion of installation, be sure to select [Readme] from [start] >> [All programs] >> [Panasonic] >> [LUMIX Simple Viewer] to read additional information. • Simple Viewer is installed in the following folder. (It cannot be changed.)

  • Page 8: Connecting The Digital Camera To Pc

    • Turn on the digital camera. Connect the digital camera to the PC via the supplied USB connection cable. • Set the digital camera for connecting to a PC. (For details, refer to the operating instructions for the digital camera.) Setting up •...

  • Page 9: Using Simple Viewer

    Using Simple Viewer Transferring pictures to the PC Acquire to PC) • To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop. When the message for inquiring whether to start transfer is displayed, click [Yes].

  • Page 10: Viewing Pictures (View)

    Viewing pictures ( • To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop. Select [ View]. • When the above main menu is not displayed, click [ Menu] and then click View].
  • Page 11 How to use the [ View] screen 1. Folder display Folders containing acquired pictures are displayed. Folders are created on a date basis. [M/D/Y] This option displays by the day of recording. [M/Y] This option displays by the month of recording. 2.
  • Page 12 9. [ Enlarge] Click this button to enlarged a selected picture to full screen. (P12) 10. [ Print 1 by 1] When you click this button, the selected picture is printed. When you want to print multiple pictures, click [ Print] on the main menu.

  • Page 13: Printing Pictures (Print)

    Printing pictures ( • To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop. Select [ Print]. • When the above main menu is not displayed, click [ Menu] and then click Print].
  • Page 14 Click [ Add] and then click Next]. • The selected picture will be added to [List of pictures to be printed]. • To remove any picture from [List of pictures to be printed], click it in [List of pictures to be printed] and then click Cancel ].
  • Page 15 [Date printing] Used to print the date at the right bottom of the picture. Depending on the digital camera function, the date display will differ. (For details, refer to the operating instructions for the digital camera.) • If you used the travel date function to...

  • Page 16: Sending Pictures By E-Mail (Send By E-Mail)

    Sending pictures by e-mail ( • To start Simple Viewer after the initial setup and installation, double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on your desktop. • Compatible e-mail programs are Windows ® ® Microsoft Outlook only. Select [ Send by e-mail].
  • Page 17 Click [ Add] and then click Send by e-mail]. • Up to 20 pictures can be added at one time. When the confirmation message appears, select [Yes], [No] or [Cancel]. • Select [Yes] to change the file size of the picture to be attached to the maximum file size before sending it.

  • Page 18: Advanced

    PC so that Simple Viewer can handle them. (P19) Export to the card] Click this button to write pictures saved on the PC to the digital camera. (P20) Setting...] Click this button to change various settings of Simple Viewer. (P21) About...]...

  • Page 19: Enabling Pictures Stored On The Pc To Be Used With Simple Viewer (Add Pictures)

    Enabling pictures stored on the PC to be used with Simple Viewer ( Select [ Add pictures]. Select a folder containing pictures to add, and click [Next]. • Click [Browse] to open the [Select Folder] dialog box, and select a desired folder.

  • Page 20: Viewing Pictures Stored On The Pc With The Digital Camera (Export To The Card)

    • Writing to the card is carried out. • The pictures will be converted automatically to the format that the Panasonic digital camera can reproduce. • Use a Card with sufficient free space. In case of inadequate free space, only some of the pictures are written.
  • Page 21 [Automatic acquisition] Specify whether to automatically start Simple Viewer and transfer pictures when the digital camera is connected. [Updating for the folder list] Click [Updating] to delete empty folders in the Folder display. [Default] Clicking this button resets every setting to the factory default settings.

  • Page 22: After Using Simple Viewer

    Windows 98/98SE, the icon for removing hardware safely is not displayed in the task tray. In this case, make sure that [ACCESS] is not shown on the LCD monitor of the digital camera, and then disconnect the USB connection cable.

  • Page 23: Others

    To Transfer Picture without Using Simple Viewer • Even if you use Windows 98 on which Simple Viewer cannot run, you can transfer pictures to your PC by connecting the digital camera and PC using the USB connection cable. Connect the digital camera to the PC via the supplied USB connection cable.

  • Page 24: How To Use With Macintosh

    Refers to pressing the mouse button, moving the mouse with the mouse button pressed, and releasing the mouse button. To make sure that the digital camera is connected correctly: Check that the [NO_NAME] or [Untitled] disk icon is displayed on the desktop.

  • Page 25: How To Remove The Usb Driver And Simple Viewer (Uninstall)

    [Change/Remove]. • To remove other drivers and software programs, repeat step 3. • When removing the USB driver, select [Panasonic USB Storage Driver]. • When removing Simple Viewer, select [LUMIX Simple Viewer]. • The procedure for uninstalling may vary depending on the PC. For details, refer to the operating instructions for the PC you are using.

  • Page 26: When Pictures Cannot Be Transferred

    If the PC in use has two or more USB ports, connect the USB connection cable to other USB ports in turn. • If you connect the digital camera to a USB port of the PC’s keyboard, normal operation may not result.

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    Double-click the shortcut icon of the LUMIX Simple Viewer on the desktop. If the shortcut icon does not exist on the desktop, click [start] >> [All programs] >> [Panasonic] >> [LUMIX Simple Viewer] >> [LUMIX Simple Viewer]. Only when Simple Viewer does not start automatically: •...
  • Page 28 Set [Date printing] to [No] when printing. If the picture was recorded with a digital camera with the clock not set, or if it was recorded with any digital camera other than a Panasonic, its date may not be printed correctly. Answer If you change folder names or file names, the pictures concerned may not be displayed.
  • Page 29 Manual] on the main menu? Others Answer When you take motion pictures with the digital camera, these are recorded as both motion pictures (MOV format) and still pictures (JPEG format). (When taking still pictures with audio, or files that are TIFF or RAW format, two images are also recorded.)

  • Page 30: Operating Environment

    Operating Environment ∫ USB-connectable Compatible OS: Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft and Mac OS 9.x/Mac OS X (Windows Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS 9.x/Mac OS X do not require the USB driver to be installed.) ∫ LUMIX Simple View Compatible PC: Intel CPU)
  • Page 31 Drive: CD-ROM drive (necessary for installation) Interface: USB port (When devices are connected through USB hub or by using USB extension cable, operation is not guaranteed.) File format: JPEG, TIFF (still picture), RAW (pictures of this format can be acquired or written, but cannot be displayed.) MOV (motion picture) •...

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