Sony Handycam DCR-PC115 Service Manual page 56

DCR-PC115/PC115E/PC120BT/PC120E
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(6) Insert a "Memory Stick" into your camcorder,
connect the AC power adaptor and set the
POWER switch to MEMORY.
USB MODE appears on the LCD screen of
your camcorder. Your computer recognises
the camcorder, and the Windows Add
Hardware Wizard starts.
(7) Follow the on-screen messages to have the
Add Hardware Wizard recognise the
hardware. The Add Hardware Wizard starts
twice because two different USB drivers are
installed. Be sure to allow the installation to
complete without interrupting it.
USB connector/
Notes
• You cannot install the USB driver if a "Memory
Stick" is not in your camcorder.
Be sure to insert a "Memory Stick" into your
camcorder before installing the USB driver.
• The USB driver has been registered incorrectly
as your computer was connected to your
camcorder before installation of the USB driver
was completed. Re-install the USB driver
following the procedure on page 199.
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Step 2 Install the USB driver on the
CD-ROM
Perform the entire procedure listed in "Installing
the USB Driver" on the page 197.
Example: For Mac OS 8.5.1/8.6/9.0
users
(1) Turn on the power of your computer and
allow the Mac OS to load.
(2) Insert the supplied CD-ROM in the CD-ROM
drive of your computer.
(3) Double-click the CD-ROM drive icon to open
the window.
(4) Double-click the icon of the hard disk
containing the OS to open the window.
(5) Move the following two files from the
window opened in step 3 to the System Folder
icon in the window opened in step 4 (drag
and drop).
•Sony Camcorder USB Driver
•Sony Camcorder USB Shim
(6) When "Put these items into the Extensions
folder?" appears, click OK.
(7) Restart your computer.
For Mac OS 9.1/Mac OS X
The USB driver need not be installed. Your Mac
is automatically recognised as a driver just by
connecting your Mac using the USB cable.
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(USB) jack/
USB cable/
Push into the end/
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Image data cannot be transferred by
the USB connection
The USB driver has been registered incorrectly as
your computer was connected to your camcorder
before installation of the USB driver was
completed. Perform the following procedure to
correctly install the USB driver.
Step 1 Uninstall the incorrect USB
driver
1 Turn on the power and allow Windows to
load.
2 Connect the USB jack on your computer to the
(USB) jack on your camcorder using the
USB cable supplied with your camcorder.
3 Insert a "Memory Stick" into your camcorder,
connect the AC power adaptor, and set the
POWER switch to MEMORY.
4 Open your computer's "Device Manager".
Windows 2000 Professional:
Open "My Computer" t "Control Panel" t
"Hardware" tab, and click the "Device
Manager" button.
Other OS:
Select "My Computer" t "Control Panel" t
"System", and click "Device Manager".
5 Select "Other devices".
Select the device prefixed with the "?" mark
and delete.
Ex: (?)Sony Handycam
6 Set the POWER switch to OFF (CHG), and
then disconnect the USB cable.
7 Restart your computer.
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For Windows users
(1) Turn on the power of your computer and
allow Windows to load.
(2) Connect one end of USB cable to the
jack on the camcorder and the other end to the
USB connector on your computer.
(3) Insert a "Memory Stick" into your camcorder,
and connect the AC power adaptor to your
camcorder and then to a wall socket.
(4) Set the POWER switch to MEMORY.
USB MODE appears on the screen of the
camcorder.
(5) Open "My Computer" on Windows and
double click the newly recognised drive
(Example: "Removable Disk (E:)").
The folders inside the "Memory Stick" are
displayed.
(6) Select and double-click the desired image file
from the folder.
For the detailed folder and file name, see
"Image file storage destinations and image
files" (p. 203).
USB connector/
Desired file type/
"Dcim" folder t "100msdcf" folder t
Still image/
"Mssony" folder t "Moml0001" folder t
Moving picture*/
* Copying a file to the hard disk of your
computer before viewing it is recommended. If
you play back the file directly from the
"Memory Stick," the image and sound may
break off.
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