Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX55 Operating Instructions Manual page 93

∫ About the PTP connection
If the OS is "Windows XP",
"Windows Vista" or "Mac OS X", you can
connect in PTP mode if you set the camera
to [ ] mode and then connect to your
PC.
• Pictures can only be read on the camera.
They cannot be written to a card or
deleted.
• When there are 1000 or more pictures on
a card, the pictures may not be imported.
• Do not use any other USB connection
cables except the supplied one.
• Do not disconnect the USB connection
cable while [ACCESS] is displayed.
• When there are many pictures on the
built-in memory or the card, it may take
some time to transfer them.
• You may not be able to play back motion
pictures on the built-in memory or the card
correctly when the camera is connected to
a PC. Import the motion picture files to the
PC and then play them back.
• If battery power is exhausted while the
camera and the PC are communicating,
the recorded data may be damaged.
When you connect the camera to the PC,
use a battery with sufficient battery power
or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC5PP;
optional).
• If the remaining battery power becomes
low while the camera and the PC are
communicating, the status indicator blinks
and the alarm beeps. In this case, stop
the communication at once on the PC.
• When connecting the camera to a
"Windows 2000" OS PC with the USB
connection cable, do not replace the
card while the camera and the PC are
connected. The information on the card
may be damaged. Use "Safely Remove
Hardware" in the task tray on your PC
when replacing the card.
• Pictures edited or rotated with a PC may
be displayed in black in playback mode,
multi playback and calendar playback.
• Read the operating instructions for the
PC.
• If a card is not inserted when the camera
is connected to the PC, you can access
the picture on the built-in memory. If a
card is inserted, you can access the
picture data on it. (If the camera is
connected in clipboard mode, the built-in
memory data is displayed even if a card is
inserted.)
• You cannot switch between the built-in
memory and the card while the camera is
connected to the PC. When you want to
switch between the built-in memory and
the card, disconnect the USB connection
cable, insert (or remove) the card and
then connect the USB connection cable to
the PC again.
• The message [PLEASE RE-CONNECT
THE PRINTER.] appears if you change
the mode dial to print mode [
this unit is connected to a PC. If
connecting the printer again, change the
mode to a mode other than [
check that no data is being transferred.
[ACCESS] appears on the LCD monitor of
this unit while data is being transferred.)
Connecting to other equipment
] while
] and then
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