Panasonic DMC-L1K User Guide

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Connecting to other equipment
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Connecting to other equipment
Connecting to a PC
You can acquire recorded pictures to a PC 
by connecting the camera and the PC.
The software [LUMIX Simple Viewer] or 
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] 
(for Windows
®
) on the CD-ROM (supplied) 
allows you to easily acquire pictures 
recorded with the camera to a PC, print 
them and send them by e-mail.
If you use “Windows
 
98/98SE”, install 
the USB driver and then connect it to 
the computer.
For information about installing [LUMIX 
Simple Viewer] or 
[PHOTOfunSTUDIO-viewer-] etc., refer to 
the separate operating instructions for PC 
connection.
A: USB connection cable (supplied)
B: AC adaptor (supplied)
C: This message appears during data 
transfer.
• Use a sufficiently charged battery (P19) or 
the AC adaptor.
• Turn the camera off and then insert or 
remove the cable for the AC adaptor.
1 Turn on the camera and the PC.
2 Connect the camera to a PC via 
the USB connection cable 
(supplied).
• Align the [
1] mark on the USB 
connection cable and the [
] mark 
on the terminal of the adaptor when 
connecting.
• Hold the USB connection cable at 
and insert straight in or take straight 
out. (If you forcibly insert the USB 
connection cable at a slant or upside 
down you can deform the connection 
terminals and damage the camera or 
the connected equipment.)
3 Press 
3 to select [PC] and then 
press [MENU/SET].
• If you set [USB MODE] in the [SETUP] 
menu to [PC] in advance, it is not 
necessary to set this every time you 
connect to a PC. (P29)
• If you set [USB MODE] to 
[PictBridge (PTP)] and then connect the 
camera to the PC, messages may 
appear on the screen of the PC.
Select [CANCEL] to close the messages 
and disconnect the camera from the PC. 
Set [USB MODE] to [PC] again.
[Windows]
The drive appears in the [My Computer] 
folder.
• If you are connecting the camera to a PC 
for the first time, the required driver is 
installed automatically so that the camera 
can be recognized by “Windows Plug and 
Play”. The drive then appears on the 
[My Computer] folder.
V OUT /
REMOTE
USB
B
C
A
D
ACCESS
USB MODE
PictBridge(PTP)
SELECT
SET
MENU
PC
SET
MENU
PLEASE SELECT 
THE USB MODE