Sony HXR-MC2000U User Manual

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Sa
ving mo
vies and phot
os with a c
omput
er
US
Saving movies and photos with a computer
Preparing a computer 
(Windows)
You can perform following operations using 
“PMB (Picture Motion Browser).”
Importing images to a computer
Viewing and editing imported images
Creating a disc
Uploading movies and photos to websites
To save movies and photos using a 
computer, install “PMB” from the supplied 
CD-ROM beforehand.
Notes
Do not format the media of your camcorder 
from a computer. Your camcorder may not 
operate correctly.
This camcorder captures high definition footage 
in the AVCHD format. Using the enclosed 
PC software, high definition footage can be 
copied onto DVD media. However, DVD media 
containing AVCHD footage should not be used 
with DVD based players or recorders, as the 
DVD player/recorder may fail to eject the media 
and may erase its contents without warning.



Step 1  Checking the computer 
system
OS
*
1
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
*
2
/Windows Vista 
SP2
*
3
/Windows 7
CPU
*
4
Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or faster, or Intel 
Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or faster (Intel Core 
2 Duo 2.26 GHz or faster is required when 
processing HD FX/HD FH movies)
However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is 
sufficient for the following operations:
Importing the movies and photos to the 
computer
One Touch Disc Burn
Creating an Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD disc/
DVD-video (Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz or 
faster is required when creating a DVD 
video by converting high definition image 
quality (HD) to standard definition image 
quality (STD).)
Copying a disc
Processing only the movies with standard 
definition image quality (STD)


Application
DirectX 9.0c or later (This product is based 
on DirectX technology. It is necessary to have 
DirectX installed.)
Memory
For Windows XP: 512 MB or more (1 GB or 
more is recommended.) 
However, 256 MB or more is sufficient for 
processing only the movies with standard 
definition image quality (STD).
For Windows Vista/Windows 7: 1 GB or 
more
Hard disk
Disk volume required for installation: 
Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more may 
be necessary when creating AVCHD discs. 
50 GB maximum may be necessary when 
creating Blu-ray Disc.)
Display
Minimum 1,024 × 768 dots