Operating Clips With A Computer; Using The Expresscard Slot Of A Computer; Usb Connection With A Computer - Sony PMW-500 Operation Manual

Operating Clips with a
Computer
The clips recorded on SxS memory cards with
this camcorder can be controlled on a computer or
edited using the optional nonlinear editing
software.
For these purposes, the clips on an SxS memory
card can be operated by directly loading the card
in a computer or by connecting the camcorder or
the optional SBAC-US10 SxS Memory Card
USB Reader/Writer to the computer, using an
USB cable as shown below.
Using the ExpressCard Slot of a
Computer
If the computer is equipped with an ExpressCard/
34 or ExpressCard/54 slot, you can directly insert
the SxS memory card containing clips recorded
with this camcorder and access to the files.
Notes
• The SxS Device Driver Software and the UDF Driver
Software must be downloaded and installed on your
computer. For details, see "Software downloads"
(page 12).
• Operation is not guaranteed with all computers.
For support information for the driver software, visit
the following URL:
http://www.sony.net/SxS-Support/
To the ExpressCard slot
SxS memory card
With a Windows computer
Check that a Removable Disk appears in My
Computer. This indicates normal status.
With a Macintosh computer
An icon is displayed on the menu bar.
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Operating Clips with a Computer

Computer with SxS
Device Driver
Software installed

USB Connection with a Computer

Preparations
When you connect the camcorder to a computer
using a USB cable (not supplied), the memory
card in the slot is acknowledged as an extended
drive by the computer.
When two memory cards are mounted in this
camcorder, they are acknowledged as two
independent extended drives by the computer.
USB cable
(not supplied)
Notes
• When connecting the USB cable to the computer, be
careful to check the form and direction of the USB
connector.
• The camcorder does not work on the bus power from
the computer.
To start USB connection
Note
When a computer is connected to the PC connector of the
camcorder and at the same time an optional PHU-220R
Professional Harddisk Unit (powered from a battery) is
connected to the computer, battery exhaustion on the
PHU-220R (indicated by a Battery End warning)
disables the following.
• To guard the PHU-220R against access from the
computer
• To disconnect the PHU-220R's cable from the
memory card slot or plug again the cable into the slot
• To turn on the tally indicator on the viewfinder screen
to warn the operator