Sony NEX-VG30H Operating Guide

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Preparing a computer

Step 1 Checking the computer
system

Windows

OS*

Microsoft Windows XP SP3*

/Windows Vista

SP2*

/Windows 7 SP1

CPU
PlayMemories Home: 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 FX or

FH movies, and Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz

or faster is required when processing PS

movies.)

However, Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or faster is

sufficient for the following operations:

Importing the movies and photos to the

computer

Creating a Blu-ray disc/AVCHD recording

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).)

Processing only the movies with standard

definition image quality (STD)

Image Data Converter: Pentium 4 or faster

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Memory
PlayMemories Home:

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

Image Data Converter:

1GB or more
Hard disk
Disk volume required for installation:

Approximately 500 MB (10 GB or more

may be necessary when creating AVCHD

recording

discs. 50 GB maximum may be

necessary when creating Blu-ray discs.)

Display
Minimum 1,024 dots × 768 dots
Others
USB port (this must be provided as standard,

Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compatible)), Blu-

ray disc/DVD burner (CD-ROM drive is

necessary for installation) Either NTFS or

exFAT file system is recommended as the

hard disk file system.

Mac

OS*

USB Connection: Mac OS X (v10.3, v10.4,

v10.5, v10.6, v10.7, v10.8) “Image Data

Converter Ver.4.2”: Mac OS X (v10.5,

v10.6 (Snow Leopard), v10.7 (Lion), v10.8

(Mountain Lion))
Image Data Converter Ver.4
CPU: Intel Core Solo/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo

or faster

Memory: 1 GB or more is recommended.

Display: 1,024 dots × 768 dots or more

Standard installation is required. Operation is

not assured if the OS has been upgraded or in a

multi-boot environment.

64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not

supported. Windows Image Mastering API

(IMAPI) Ver.2.0 or newer is required to use disc

creation function, etc.

Starter (Edition) is not supported.

Notes

Operation with all computer environments is

not assured.

Step 2 Installing the supplied
software “PlayMemories Home”

Install “PlayMemories Home” before

connecting your camcorder to a computer.

When you purchase this camcorder, install

the supplied PlayMemories Home to the

newest state.

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