Sony Digital Video Camera Recorder TRV940, TRV950 Operating Instructions

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Viewing Images Using your Computer
Connecting your camcorder to your computer using the USB cable
– For Windows users
If you cannot install the USB driver
The USB driver has been registered incorrectly as your computer was connected to your
camcorder before installation of the USB driver was completed. Perform the following
procedure to correctly install the USB driver.
Viewing images recorded on a tape
Step 1: Uninstall the incorrect USB driver
1Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load.
2Connect the AC power adaptor, and set the POWER switch to VCR.
3Connect the USB connector on your computer to the 
 (USB) jack on your
camcorder using the USB cable supplied with your camcorder.
4Open your computer’s “Device Manager.”
Windows XP Home Edition/Professional:
Select “Start” t “Control Panel” t “System” t “Hardware,” and click the
“Device manager” button.
If there is no “System” inside “Pick a category” after clicking “Control Panel,”
click “Switch to classic view” instead.
Windows 2000 Professional:
Select “My Computer” t “Control Panel” t “System” t “Hardware” tab,
and click the “Device Manager” button.
Windows 98 SE/Windows Me:
Select “My Computer” t “Control Panel” t “System,” and click “Device
Manager.”
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Windows 2000 Professional
Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
Connecting your camcorder to your computer using the USB cable
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Windows 98SE Windows Me
5Select and delete the underlined devices below. 
						

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6Turn the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) on your camcorder, and then
disconnect the USB cable.
7Restart your computer.
Step 2: Install the USB driver on the supplied CD-ROM
Perform the entire procedure described in “Installing the USB driver” on page 188.
Viewing images recorded on a “Memory Stick”
Step1: Uninstall the incorrect USB driver
1Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load.
2Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder.
3Connect the AC power adaptor, and set the POWER switch to MEMORY/
NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
4Connect the USB connector on your computer to the 
 (USB) jack on your
camcorder using the USB cable supplied with your camcorder.
5Open your computer’s “Device Manager.”
Windows 2000 Professional:
Select “My Computer” t “Control Panel” t “System” t “Hardware,” and
click the “Device Manager” button.
Other OS:
Select “My Computer” t “Control Panel” t “System,” and click “Device
Manager.”
6Select “Other devices.”
Select the device prefixed with the “?” mark and delete.
Ex: (?)Sony Handycam
7Turn the POWER switch to OFF (CHG) on your camcorder, and then
disconnect the USB cable.
8Restart your computer.
Step2: Install the USB driver on the supplied CD-ROM
Perform the entire procedure described in “Installing the USB driver” on page 188.
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Capturing images with “PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony”
You need to install the USB driver and “PIXELA ImageMixer” to view taped images on
your computer (p. 188).
To install and use the software in Windows 2000 Professional, you must be authorized
as Power Users or Administrators. For Windows XP Home Edition/Professional, you
must be authorized as Administrators.
Viewing images recorded on a tape
(1)Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load.
(2)Connect the AC power adaptor, and insert a tape into your camcorder.
(3)Set the POWER switch to VCR.
Select USB STREAM in 
 to ON in the menu settings (p. 215).
(4)Select “Start” t “Programs” t “PIXELA” t “ImageMixer” t “PIXELA
ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony.”
The “PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony” startup screen appears on your
computer. The title screen appears.
(5)Click 
 on the screen.
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your computer
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(6)Select .
(7)Connect the 
 (USB) jack on your camcorder to the USB connector on your
computer using the supplied USB cable.
(8)Press N to start playback.
The picture from the tape appears on your computer.
Preview window
USB connector
 (USB) jack
USB cable (supplied)
Push into the end
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Viewing pictures live from your camcorder
(1)Follow the steps 1, 2 on page 194.
(2)Set the POWER switch to CAMERA.
Select USB STREAM in 
 to ON in the menu settings (p. 215).
(3)Follow the steps 4 to 7 on page 194, 195.
The picture from your camcorder appears on the preview window on your
computer.
Capturing still images
(1)Select.
(2)Looking at the preview window, move the cursor to
and press it at the
point you want to capture.
The still image on the screen is captured.
Captured images are displayed in the thumbnail list window.
Preview windowThumbnail list widow
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Capturing moving pictures
(1)Select.
(2)Look at the preview window and click on 
at the first scene of the movie
you want to capture.
changes to.
(3)Look at the preview window and click on
at the last scene you want to
capture. The captured images appear in the thumbnail list window.
Notes
•The following may occur while using your camcorder, and are not due to any
malfunction.
– The image shakes up and down.
– Some images are not displayed correctly due to noise, etc.
– Images of different color systems to that of the camcorder are not displayed correctly.
•When your camcorder is in the standby mode with a cassette inserted, it turns off
automatically after five minutes.
•We recommend setting DEMO MODE to OFF in the menu settings when your
camcorder is in the standby mode, and no cassette is inserted.
•Indicators in the camcorder LCD screen do not appear on images that are captured into
your computer.
Viewing images recorded on a tape on your computer
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If image data cannot be transferred by the USB connection
The USB driver has been registered incorrectly as your computer was connected to your
camcorder before installation of the USB driver was completed. Reinstall the USB driver
following the procedure on page 191.
If any trouble occurs
Close all running applications, then restart your computer.
Carry out the following operations after quitting the application:
–Disconnect the USB cable.
–Change the POWER switch to the other position or set the POWER switch to OFF
(CHG) on your camcorder.
Seeing the on-line help (operating instructions) of “PIXELA
ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony”
A “PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony” on-line help site is available where you can
find the detailed operating method of “PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony.”
(1)Click  located in the upper-right corner of the screen.
The ImageMixer’s Manual screen appears.
(2)You can find the information you need from the list of contents.
To close on-line help
Click  at the top right of the screen.
If you have any questions about “PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony”
“PIXELA ImageMixer Ver.1.0 for Sony” is a software product produced by PIXELA
corporation. For more information, refer to the instruction manual of the CD-ROM
supplied with your camcorder.
Notes on using your computer
Communications with your computerCommunications between your camcorder and your computer may not recover after
recovering from Suspend, Resume, or Sleep.
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Viewing images
Before operation
•You need to install the USB driver to view “Memory Stick” images on your computer
(p. 188).
An application such as Windows Media Player must be installed to play back moving
pictures in Windows environment.
•Set USBCONNECT in 
 to NORMAL in the menu settings. (The default setting is set
to NORMAL.)
(1)Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load.
(2)Insert a “Memory Stick” into your camcorder, and connect the AC power
adaptor to your camcorder.
(3)Set the POWER switch to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV950 only).
(4)Connect the 
 (USB) jack on your camcorder to the USB connector on your
computer using the supplied USB cable.
USB MODE appears on the LCD screen of your camcorder.
(5)Open “My Computer” on Windows and double-click the newly recognized
drive (Example: “Removable Disk (E:)”).
The folders inside the “Memory Stick” are displayed.
(6)Select and double-click the desired image file from the folder.
For the detailed folder and file name, see “Image file storage destinations and
image files”(p. 200).
Desired file type Double-click in this order
Still image “Dcim” foldert“100msdcf” foldertImage file
Moving picture* “Mssony” foldert“Moml0001” foldertImage file*
*Copying a file to the hard disk of your computer before viewing it is recommended. If
you play back the file directly from the “Memory Stick,” the image and sound may
break off.
Viewing images recorded on a “Memory
Stick” on your computer
– For Windows users
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USB cable
 (USB) jack 
						

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Image file storage destinations and image files
Image files recorded with your camcorder are grouped in folders by recording mode.
The meanings of the file names are as follows. ssss stands for any number within
the range from 0001 to 9999.
For Windows Me users
(When your camcorder is recognized as the drive [E:])
Folder File Meaning
100MSDCF DSC0ssss.JPG Still image file
MOML0001 MOV0ssss.MPG Moving picture file
Folder containing moving picture data
Folder containing still image data
Viewing images recorded on a “Memory Stick” on your computer
– For Windows users
Disconnect the USB cable and eject the “Memory Stick” or set
the POWER switch to OFF (CHG)
– For Windows 2000 Professional/Me, Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
users
To disconnect the USB cable, eject the “Memory Stick” or set the POWER switch to OFF
(CHG) following the procedure below.
(1)Move the cursor to the “Unplug or Eject Hardware” icon on the Task Tray and
click to cancel the applicable drive.
(2)After the “Safe to remove” message appears, disconnect the USB cable and
eject the “Memory Stick” or set the POWER switch to OFF(CHG).