Preparing A Computer; When Using A Macintosh - Sony HDR-PJ50 Operating Manual

Preparing a computer

Step 1 Checking the computer
system
Windows
OS
*
1
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
SP2 /Windows 7
* 3
CPU
* 4
Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, or Intel
Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster (Intel Core
2 Duo 2.26 GHz or faster is required when
processing FX or FH movies, and Intel Core
2 Duo 2.40 GHz or faster is required when
processing PS movies.)
However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is
sufficient for the following operations:
Importing the movies and photos to the

computer
One Touch Disc Burn

Creating a Blu-ray disc/AVCHD

disc/DVD-video (Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz
or faster is required when creating a DVD
video by converting high definition image
quality (HD) to standard definition image
quality (STD).)
Copying a disc

Processing only the movies with standard

definition image quality (STD)
Application
PMB/PMB Portable/Music Trasnfer
Memory
For Windows XP: 512 MB or more (1 GB or
more is recommended.)
However, 256 MB or more is sufficient for
processing only the movies with standard
definition image quality (STD).
For Windows Vista/Windows 7: 1 GB or
more
Hard disk
Disk volume required for installation:
Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more
may be necessary when creating AVCHD
recording
discs. 50 GB maximum may be
necessary when creating Blu-ray discs.)
US

/Windows Vista
* 2
recording
Display
Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots
Others
USB port (this must be provided as standard,
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compatible)),
Blu-ray disc/DVD burner (CD-ROM drive
is necessary for installation) Either NTFS or
exFAT file system is recommended as the
hard disk file system.
Macintosh
OS
PMB Portable: Mac OS X
Music Transfer: Mac OS X
Standard installation is required. Operation is
* 1
not assured if the OS has been upgraded or in a
multi-boot environment.
64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not
* 2
supported. Windows Image Mastering API
(IMAPI) Ver.2.0 or newer is required to use disc
creation function, etc.
Starter (Edition) is not supported.
* 3
Faster processor is recommended.
* 4
Macintosh computer with an Intel processor.
* 5

Notes
Operation with all computer environments is

not assured.

When using a Macintosh

The supplied software "PMB" is not
supported by Macintosh computers. To
import the movies and photos to the
computer, please contact Apple Inc.
(v10.5 - v10.6)
* 5
(v10.4 - v10.6)
5
*