Panasonic SDR-SW21 Operating Instructions Manual

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70 VQT2A30 71VQT2A30With acomputer 3 Operating environment A computer with the specifications below is required to use this software.Operating environment required for VideoCam SuitePC IBM® PC/AT compatible personal computer with an Intel ® Pentium ® 1.0 GHz or higherCPU (including compatible CPU)( When using Playback function and the MPEG2 conversion function, Intel ® Pentium ® 41.8 GHz or higher is recommended. )OS PreinstalledMicrosoft ® Windows Vista ® Home Basic or Service Pack 1Microsoft ® Windows Vista ® Home Premium or Service Pack 1Microsoft ® Windows Vista ® Ultimate or Service Pack 1Microsoft ® Windows Vista ® Business or Service Pack 1Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Home Edition Service Pack 2/Service Pack 3Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Professional Service Pack 2/Service Pack 3Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 Professional Service Pack 4RAM 512 MB or more (1 GB or more recommended)Display High Colour (16 bit) or more (32 bit or more recommended)Desktop resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or more(1280 x 1024 pixels or more recommended)Video card complying with DirectX ® 9.0cDirectDraw ® overlay supportPCI Express™ x 16 is recommendedHard disk Ultra DMA-33 or higher450 MB or more free space for installing softwareRecording to optical discs or SD cards requires twice the amount of free space as thesize of the disc or SD card to be created.If the compression setting is enabled, errors will occur during recording. Clear thecheck for [Compress this drive to save disk space] in [Properties] for the hard diskdrive.●●NecessarysoftwareWindows Vista ®: Microsoft ® DirectX ® 10(preinstalled in Windows Vista ®)Microsoft ® DirectX ® 10.1 (preinstalled in Windows Vista ® SP1)Windows ® XP/2000: Microsoft ® DirectX ® 9.0c(preinstalled in Windows ® XP SP2)Installing the software on a computer that is not compatible with these versionsDirectX ® may cause the computer to stop operating normally. If you are unsure if yourPC is compatible, contact the manufacturer.●Sound DirectSound ® supportDrive CD-ROM drive (for installation)(When writing to DVD, a compatible drive and media are necessary.)Interface USB port (Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0))Video camerasconnected viaUSBPanasonic digital video cameras this software is provided with (SD card/Hard disk)Content Content captured using Panasonic digital video cameras this software is provided with(SD card/Hard disk)OtherrequirementsMouse or equivalent pointing device, SD card reader/writer (required for reading andwriting to SD cards; performing these operations with SD cards 4 GB or larger requiresan SDHC-compatible SD card reader/writer), and an environment with Internet access(required for online functions “YouTube Uploader”)Even if the system requirements mentioned in these operating instructions are fulfilled, some personalcomputers cannot be used.Supplied CD-ROM is available for Windows only.This software is not compatible with Microsoft ® Windows ® 3.1, Windows ® 95, Windows ® 98, Windows ® 98SE, Windows ® Me, and Windows NT ®.Operation is not guaranteed on Microsoft ® Windows Vista ® Enterprise, Windows ® XP Media Center Edition,Tablet PC Edition and not compatible with 64 bit operation systems.●●●●When 2 or more USB devices are connected to a PC, or when devices are connected through USB hubs orby using extension cables, proper operation is not guaranteed.Operation on an upgraded OS is not guaranteed.Operation on an OS other than the one pre-installed is not guaranteed.This software does not support the multi-boot environments.Windows Vista ®: Log on with an administrator account or a standard user account before using thissoftware. The software will not function with a Guest account.Windows ® XP/2000: Log on with an administrator account before using this software. (Installation anduninstallation of the software requires an administrator account.)This software does not support the multi-monitor environments.For fonts and screen settings, use the standard Windows ® settings. Characters may not display properlydepending on the settings.This software cannot be used simultaneously with other time-shifting image editing software or videocapture products. Note that other software running background processes, timer recording in particular, maycause this software to malfunction.This software operates only when the built-in clock on the PC is set to a value within the following range.From 0:00 on January 1, 1970, to 23:59 on December 31, 2037.If the built-in clock is set to a value outside this range, this software may not be activated or operatedproperly.This software can only handle images recorded with this software or a Panasonic video camera that thissoftware accompanied. Images created with other video cameras, DVD recorders, software and commercialDVD videos are not supported.Operating environment for the card reader function (EB/EP only),the card reader/writer function (GC/GN only) (Mass storage)SupportedcomputersIBM PC/AT or compatible preinstalled with the OS belowOS Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 Professional SP4Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Home Edition/ProfessionalMicrosoft ® Windows ® Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/BusinessCPU Windows 2000 / XP : Intel ® Pentium ® III 450 MHz or higher or Intel ® Celeron ® 400 MHzor higherWindows Vista : Including compatible CPUs. Intel ® Pentium ® 4 1.6 GHz or higherrecommendedRAM Windows 2000 / XP : 128 MB or more (256MB or more recommended)Windows Vista Home Basic : 512 MB or moreWindows Vista Ultimate, Business, Home Premium : 1 GB or moreInterface USB portOtherrequirementsMouse or equivalent pointing deviceUSB connection: Data can be written to a computer.●●●●●●●●●●●Microsoft ®, Windows ®, Windows Vista ®, Windows Media ®, DirectX®, DirectDraw ® and DirectSound ® are eitherregistered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.IBM® and PC/AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation of the U.S.Intel ® and Pentium ® and Celeron ® are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation in the UnitedStates and other countries.Other names of systems and products mentioned in these instructions are usually the registered trademarks ortrademarks of the manufacturers who developed the system or product concerned.●●●●