Panasonic PV-GS80 - Manual (Page 50)

With a PC
I Installing USB Driver
* For Windows XP users, the USB equipment
operates with the driver installed as standard on
your OS,
• For Windows 2000 users, download the USB
driver if you have Internet access,
1 Download the USB driver from:
(For U.S.A. consumers)
http://www.panasonic.com/
consumerdownloads
(For Canadian consumers)
http://www.panasonic.ca/english/
customercare/downloads.asp
2 (For U.S.A.consumers)
Click [Camcorders].
(For Canadian consumers)
Click [software, drivers & firmware] and the
page changes.
Select [Windows 2000] and enter the model
number [PVGS85] and then click [Search].
3 Click [USB Driver (for Web Camera)] to
download the USB driver.
4 Decompress the downloaded data.
5 Double click the M icon.
• The setup program starts running.
6 Complete the installation by following the
on-screen instructions.
• Click [Next] and proceed with the installation.
• When the installation is completed, click
[Finish].
7 Re-start the computer after the USB Driver
is installed.
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I Connecting the Camcorder to a
personai computer
(For Use as a Web Camera)
1 Install the USB Driver.
2 Set to Tape Recording Mode or Tape
Playback mode.
When you use the Camcorder as a Web
camera in the Tape Playback Mode, the
indication of the operation icon is different
from the one in usual operation.
io:
O In usual operation
© In the WEB CAMERA mode (Tape Playback
Mode)
• Even if you move fhe joysfick up/down/right/left
(iy„, the selected direction on
the operation icon is not lit in yellow.
• The operation icon blinks on instead of
appearing from the side of the screen when you
press the center of the joystick,
3 Connect the Camcorder to a personal
computer with the USB cable.
• When the Camcorder and the personal
computer (with Windows 2000) are
connected via a USB cable, a message, such
as the one below, is displayed. However,
testing by the manufacturer has confirmed
the functionality of this Camcorder with
Windows 2000. Click [Yes] and proceed.
4 Start Windows Messenger (for Windows XP
users), MSN Messenger (for Windows 2000/
XP users) or Windows Live Messenger (for
Windows XP users).
• Click [start] » [Programs] »
[Windows Messenger], [MSN Messenger] or
[Windows Live Messenger].
• You may not be able to communicate with the
other parties via the network if they are not
using the same Messenger application
(software) as you are. (The only exception is the
combination of MSN Messenger and Windows
Live Messenger.)