User manual JVC GR-DX97EK

[. . . ] Digital Photo Navigator ImageMixer 1. 7 ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS LYT1282-001A 2 EN CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Reading this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meanings of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Digital Photo Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Video CDs can also be played back on most DVD players, so they are useful when you want to send video to someone who does not own a PC. If you are using a Windows® PC, refer to the following web site for a drive that is compatible with Windows®: http://www. imagemixer. com If you are using a Macintosh, the application ToastTM by Roxio, Inc. is also necessary. Add a camera to your PC You can transform your camcorder into a peripheral for your PC. For example, when you are shooting a video, you can record on your PC instead of on a cassette. You can also use Windows® NetMeeting®, Windows® Messenger (Windows® XP only) (or similar software) in combination with this software to hold a video conference over the Internet. (In order to conduct a video conference over the Internet with Windows® NetMeeting® or Windows® Messenger, you must register with MSN Messenger and Microsoft HotMail. ) IMPORTANT: Differences from Digital Photo Navigator Unlike Digital Photo Navigator, ImageMixer only registers the location of an image file and its thumbnail image in albums. When images are handled by ImageMixer, the original file is affected by the operation. For example, if an image is deleted from an album, the original file is deleted. Therefore, file operations should be conducted carefully. Help This manual only provides an overview of ImageMixer. To display the help, click the [?] button located in the upper right corner of the ImageMixer screen. Clicking this button launches the web browser and displays the help. PIXELA User Support Center For more details on how to use ImageMixer, refer to the following User Support Center. North America (Los Angeles) Telephone: +1-213-341-0163 Europe (U. K. ) Telephone: +44-1489-564-764 Asia (Philippines) Telephone: +63-2-438-0090 24 EN Capturing video in real time CAPTURING VIDEO When a camcorder is connected to the PC with a USB cable, the video from the camcorder can be recorded on the PC's hard drive instead of on tape or in a memory card (Only for D. S. C. NOTE: There are differences in the following procedures whether your camcorder is equipped with D. S. C. (Digital Still Camera) features or not. 1 Make sure that no cassette is in the camcorder. non-equipped models) 2 Connect the camcorder to the PC with a USB cable. Refer to "Connections (Windows ®)" or "Connections (Macintosh)" in "SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND USB CONNECTION GUIDE". 3 Set the camcorder's VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to "MEMORY". equipped models) 4 Set the camcorder's Power Switch to "A" or "M" while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch. The camcorder is now on. If " " does not appear, install [USB Video Streaming driver]. Refer to "Software Installation (Windows ®)" and "Software Installation (Macintosh)" in "SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND USB CONNECTION GUIDE". NOTE: The procedure is different when reading or writing a memory card. equipped models) 5 Click [Start], go to [All Programs] or [Programs] ­ [PIXELA] ­ [ImageMixer], and then click [ImageMixer Ver. 1. 7]. For Macintosh, double-click the [ImageMixer] icon on the PC. ImageMixer starts up. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE CAPTURING VIDEO (cont. ) 6 Click the Input button. Input EN 25 The input mode screen appears. 7 Click the USB input (USB) button. USB input (USB) Capture Video Information display panel The USB input mode screen appears. 8 Click the Video button. The amount of available storage space is displayed in the information display panel. 9 Click the Capture button. The capture operation begins. 10 Click the Capture button again. Once conversion ends, the video file (MPEG1) is registered in the album. NOTE: If the MPEG1 files cannot be converted to MPEG4 files with ImageMixer, install Windows MediaTM Player (version 7 or later). Windows MediaTM Player can be loaded from Microsoft's web site: http://www. microsoft. com/ CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 26 EN Capturing still images CAPTURING VIDEO (cont. ) Still image Capture Information display panel 1 Click the Still image button. [. . . ] · Make sure that a file with the same name does not already exist where you are trying to copy or save a file. · Either use a USB hub that has its own power supply, or connect the USB cable directly to the PC's USB connector. Cannot load still images into Digital · Sometimes the format of the still image data prevents it from being Photo Navigator. Use other graphics drawing or processing software to convert the file to either bitmap format or JPEG format. · Make sure that there is enough free space available in the drive in which Digital Photo Navigator is installed. [. . . ]