External Connections 131• When restoring to the camcorder video files that were previously savedto the computer, do not disconnect the USB cable or turn off the cam-corder or computer. Doing so may result in scenes that cannot beplayed back on the camcorder.NOTES• Refer also to the computer’s instruction manual.• Users of Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X: Your cam-corder is equipped with the standard Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP)allowing you to transfer photos (JPEG only) simply by connecting thecamcorder to a computer using the supplied USB cable, without havingto install the supplied software Photo Application.• If you have no intention to use the optional DW-100 DVD Burner, youcan set 8 8 [USB Connection Type] to [N Computer/Printer] sothe selection screen does not appear every time you connect the cam-corder to a computer.• If you connect the camcorder to the computer while it is set tomode, the process of creating scene thumbnails will start automatically.If your intention was to save photos to the computer, you can touch[Skip] to stop the process and use the computer’s Safely Remove Hard-ware function (Windows) or Eject function (Mac OS) to end the connec-tion to the camcorder. Disconnect the USB cable, set the camcorder tomode and restore the connection.Saving Movies onto High-Definition Discs (AVCHD/Blu-ray Discs)You can save your video recordings in high definition by creatingAVCHD or Blu-ray discs in your computer using the supplied softwareImageMixer 3 SE.InstallationSee ‘PIXELA Applications’ Installation Guide.Using the softwareSee ‘ImageMixer 3 SE Software Guide’ (PDF file).Even without a computer, you can save your video recordings in highdefinition by creating AVCHD discs using the optional DW-100 DVDBurner. Refer to this section along with the relevant sections in theinstruction manual of the DW-100.
