Panasonic DMC-FX50 - Manual (Page 94)

Connecting to other equipment
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w About the PTP conection
If the OS is “Windows XP” 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
card, it may take some time to transfer
them.
• You may not be able to play back motion
pictures on 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
(P13) or the AC adaptor (DMW-AC5;
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. Disconnect the USB
connection cable before replacing the
card.
• Pictures edited or rotated with a PC may
be displayed in black in playback mode
(P32), multi playback (P64) and calendar
playback (P65).
• For information about this, refer to the
separate operating instructions for PC
connection.
• Read the operating instructions for the
PC.
• The message [PLEASE RE-CONNECT
THE PRINTER.] appears if you change
the mode dial to [
] while the camera
and the PC are connected. Set the
camera to a mode other than [
] mode,
check that no data is being transferred
and then connect to the printer again.
([ACCESS] appears on the LCD monitor
of the camera while data is being
transferred.)