Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX7 Operating Instructions Manual page 86

∫ PC
[Windows]
The drive appears on the [My Computer]
folder.
• If it is the first time you are connecting the
camera to a PC, the required driver is
installed automatically so that the camera
can be recognized by the Windows Plug
and Play, then it appears on the
[My Computer] folder.
[Macintosh]
The drive is shown on the screen.
∫ PictBridge (PTP)
[Windows]
The camera icon appears on the
[My Computer] folder.
• If it is the first time you are connecting the
camera to a PC, the required driver is
installed automatically so that the camera
can be recognized by the Windows Plug
and Play, then the camera icon appears
on the [My Computer] folder.
[Macintosh]
You can read pictures with image capture
or iPhoto.
• If the remaining battery power is
exhausted during communication, the
recorded data may be damaged. When
you connect the camera to the PC, use a
battery with sufficient battery power (P13)
or the AC adaptor (DMW-CAC2; optional).
• If the remaining battery power becomes
low during communication, the status
indicator turns red, starts to blink (P13)
and the alarm beeps. In this case, stop
the communication immediately. Then
turn the camera off and charge or replace
the battery.
• Refer to P84 when connecting to the OS
except for Windows XP and Mac OS X
when setting [USB MODE] to [PictBridge
(PTP)].
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Connecting to a PC or Printer
• While [ACCESS] is being displayed, do
not disconnect the USB connection cable.
• Do not use any other USB connection
cables except the supplied one.
• Refer to the operating instructions of the
PC, too.
∫ About PictBridge (PTP) setting
• It may take time to display the
communication screen depending on the
PC.
• You can only load pictures from the
camera and cannot write them on the card
or delete them.
• When there are 1000 or more pictures on
a card, the pictures may not be imported.
• When the PC recovers from the standby
mode while connecting it to a camera with
USB connection cables, they may not
properly communicate with each other.