Sony DCR-TRV38 - Manual (Page 140)

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Complete installation of the USB driver before connecting your camcorder to
a computer. If you connect your camcorder to a computer first, you will not
be able to install the USB driver correctly.
When connecting to a computer with the USB port
You must install a USB driver onto the computer in order to connect your camcorder to
the computer’s USB port. The USB driver can be found on the CD-ROM supplied, along
with the application software required for viewing images.
If you connect your camcorder and a computer using the USB cable, you can view
pictures live from your camcorder and pictures recorded on the tape on a computer
(USB Streaming function).
Furthermore, if you download pictures from your camcorder to a computer, you can
process or edit them in image processing software and append them to e-mail.
You can view images recorded on the “Memory Stick” on a computer.
Recommended computer usage environment when connecting
with the USB cable and viewing tape pictures on a computer
OS:
Microsoft Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
Home Edition or Windows XP Professional
Standard installation is required.
However, operation is not assured if the above environment is an upgraded OS.
You cannot hear sound if a computer is running Windows 98, but you can read still
images.
CPU:
Minimum 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or faster (800 MHz or faster recommended)
Application:
DirectX 8.0a or later
Sound system:
16 bit stereo sound card and stereo speakers
Memory:
64MB or more
Hard disk:
Available memory required for installation:
at least 250MB
Available hard disk memory recommended:
at least 1GB (depending on the size of the image files edited)
Display:
4MB VRAM video card, Minimum 800
×
600 dot High color (16 bit color, 65,000 colors),
Direct Draw display driver capability (At 800
×
600 dot or less, 256 colors and less, this
product will not operate correctly.)
Others:
This product is based on DirectX technology, so it is necessary to install DirectX.
The USB port must be provided as standard.
You cannot use this function in the Macintosh environment.
Connecting your camcorder to a
computer using the USB cable
(For Windows users)