Panasonic Vdr M50pp Operating Instructions Manual

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Contents on Provided CD-ROM
Upon inserting the provided CD-ROM into the PC, the “Setup Menu” screen will appear. You can install the 
included software.
If the “Setup Menu” screen does not appear, double-click the CD-ROM drive icon.
lUSB Driver 
(see page 133 for installation)
Install this driver when using the provided USB cable to 
connect this DVD Video Camera to PC.
•Be sure you do not connect the USB cable before 
installing the USB driver.
lDVD-RAM Driver
(see page 135 for installation)
Install...

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lDVD-MovieAlbumSE
You can read the instruction manual using either of the 
following procedures:
•After installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE, open 
“Programs”or “All Programs” from the Windows 
“Start” menu, choose “Panasonic” and “DVD-
MovieAlbumSE”, and then open “On-line Manual”.
To read the above manual, you will need Adobe Acrobat 
Reader.
If Adobe Acrobat Reader has not been installed in your 
PC, you can install it from the Setup Menu 
screen. Click any language from the Acrobat Reader 
on the Setup...

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Installing USB Driver
Use the following procedure to install the USB Driver. The following instructions are an example for installing  the 
USB driver from the supplied CD-ROM. It is necessary to repeat steps 6-9 for using the card (Select “ “ in step 6).
1Insert the provided CD-ROM into the PC, and Click 
“USB Driver” on the “Setup Menu” screen.
If the “Setup Menu” screen does not appear, double-
click the CD-ROM drive icon.
2The driver setup screen will appear: Click the “USB 
Driver Installation”...

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8A warning message will appear, but click “Continue 
Anyway”.
9When installation of the USB driver is finished, click 
“Finish”.
After the installation of the USB Driver is finished, 
make sure to restart your PC.
lOperation with DVD Video Camera 
connected
•The following operations are not possible when 
connected to PC:
-Camera recording and playback using operation 
buttons on DVD Video Camera
-Power off using the power switch on DVD Video 
Camera
•No image will appear on the LCD screen or...

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Installing DVD-RAM Driver
lBefore Installing DVD-RAM Driver
If another DVD-RAM driver has already installed in your PC, confirm the original DVD-RAM driver.
If the packet writing software which supports the DVD-RAM disc is installed, it is necessary to uninstall it, and then 
install the provided DVD-RAM driver.
1Insert the provided CD-ROM into the PC, and Click 
“DVD-RAM Driver” on the “Setup Menu” screen.
If the “Setup Menu” screen does not appear, double-
click the CD-ROM drive icon.
2The driver...

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5Check the folder in which the DVD-RAM driver will 
be installed, and then click “Next”.
6Check the program folder to be installed, and then 
click “Next”.
7Click “Next”.
8Installation will start. When installation is complete, 
some notes will appear: Check the contents, and then 
click “x” at the top right of window.
The contents displayed on actual screen may differ 
from those in the figure.
9If your PC uses Windows® Me / 98 Second Edition / XP 
Home Edition / XP Professional, a message that...

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lTo confirm the installation of the USB Driver and the DVD-RAM Driver 
You can check whether these installations have been completed successfully. Use the following procedure.
1Process for getting to Device Manager as follows.
Windows
® XP : Start - Control Panel - System  -
 Hardware - Device Manager
Windows
® 2000 : Start - Settings -Control Panel - 
System  - Hardware - Device Manager
Windows
® Me/98 Second Edition : Start - Settings -
Control Panel - System - Device Manager
2Click “Device...

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Installing DVD-MovieAlbumSE
 “DVD-MovieAlbumSE” software is used to edit movies that conform to DVD Video Recording format.
1Insert the provided CD-ROM into the PC, and Click 
“DVD-MovieAlbumSE 3” on the “Setup Menu” 
screen.
If the “Setup Menu” screen does not appear, double-
click the CD-ROM drive icon.
2The screen for installing “DVD-MovieAlbumSE” 
will appear: Click “Next”.
3Carefully read the Software License Agreement: If 
you accept it, click “Yes”.
4Choose “NTSC” for the TV broadcast system,...

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6If you do not change the program folder name, click 
“Next”. 
7Check the contents, and then click “Next”.
If your PC uses Windows
® 2000 Professional a 
message announcing “READ ONLY FILE 
DETECTION MESSAGE” will appear: Click “No”.
Proceed with installation, following the instructions 
on screen.
8A message for verifying whether a shortcut icon is to 
be created on desktop will appear:
If you want to create one, click “Yes”. If not , choose 
“No”.
Installation will start.
9Choose the restart...

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Installing MyDVD
MyDVD included in the provided CD-ROM does not contain the slideshows function. Therefore, you can not edit 
stills on MyDVD.
1Insert the provided CD-ROM into the PC, and Click 
“MyDVD 4.0” on the “Setup Menu” screen.
If the “Setup Menu” screen does not appear, double-
click the CD-ROM drive icon.
2The screen for installing “MyDVD” will appear: 
Click “Next”.
3Carefully read the Software License Agreement: If 
you accept it, click “Yes”.
4After you accept the Software Licence...