Viewing Images On Your Computer - Introduction - Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD500 Operating Instructions Manual

Viewing images on
your computer
— Introduction
There are two methods for viewing
images on a computer.
– Viewing images using a CD-ROM drive
(page 85). (Windows only)
– Copying images into your computer
through a USB connection (page 91, 97).
(Windows and Mac OS X only)
84
Recommended computer
environment
Recommended Windows
x
environment
OS: Microsoft Windows 98, Windows
98SE, Windows 2000 Professional,
Windows Millennium Edition, Windows
XP Home Edition, or Windows XP
Professional
The above OS must be installed at the
factory. Operation is not assured in an
environment upgraded to the operating
systems described above or in a multi-boot
environment.
CPU: MMX Pentium 200 MHz or faster
USB connector: Provided as standard
Display: 800 × 600 dots or more
High Color (16-bit color, 65,000 colors) or
more
x Recommended Macintosh
environment
OS: Mac OS X (v10.0/v10.1/v10.2)
Only USB connection is possible.
You cannot view the contents of discs using
the CD-ROM drive.
USB connector: Provided as standard
Display: 800 × 600 dots or more
32,000-color mode or more
• If you connect two or more USB equipment to
a single computer at the same time, some
equipment, including your camera, may not
operate depending on the type of USB
equipment.
• Operations are not guaranteed when using a
USB hub.
• Operations are not guaranteed for all the
recommended computer environments
mentioned above.
Communication with your
computer
When your computer resumes from the
suspend or sleep mode, communication
between your camera and your computer
may not recover at the same time.
When a USB connector is not
provided on your computer
You can copy images using a CD-ROM
drive. Finalize the disc beforehand
(Windows only).