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 this driver if you wish to use JPEG stills recorded 
on a DVD-RAM disc, on your PC.
lDVD-MovieAlbumSE 3 
(see page 138 for installation)
You can use DVD-MovieAlbumSE to edit the images 
recorded on a DVD-RAM disc and create a 3D title.
lMyDVD 4.0 
(see page 140 for installation).
You can use MyDVD to create a DVD-Video disc from 
movies edited on DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
lAcrobat Reader
If Acrobat Reader is not installed in your PC, you will 
need to install it in order to open the on-line manuals 
(instruction manual files) for DVD-MovieAlbumSE and 
DVD-RAM driver.
Note:If any trouble has occured while installing USB driver 
or DVD-RAM driver :
(Using other than Windows
® 98 Second Edition/Me)
When “Driver Signing” is selected in the “Hardware” tab in 
“System Properties”, the installation procedure will not be 
completed. Select “Warn” and try again.
To check and change the setting, open “Control Panel” from 
the Windows “Start” menu select, “System Properties”, and 
then click the “Hardware” tab.
Click
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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 Menu screen.
lMyDVD
•After installing MyDVD, open “Programs” or “All 
Programs” from the Windows “Start” menu, choose 
“Sonic” and “MyDVD”, and then open the electronic 
instruction manual in “Documentation” folder.
To read the above manual, a Web browser (Internet 
Explorer, Netscape Communicator, etc.) must be set up 
in your PC.
If you cannot open the electronic instruction manual for 
MyDVD, consult the manufacturer of your PC about the 
setup method for the Web browser.
lDVD-RAM Driver
•After installing the DVD-RAM Driver, open 
“Programs” or “All Programs” from the Windows 
“Start” menu, choose “Panasonic DVD-RAM” and 
“DVD-RAM Driver”, and then open “Using DVD-
RAM disc”.
No electronic instruction manual is provided with the 
USB Driver.
Note:Although the above software programs can be used on 
Windows®98 Second Edition or later is needed to fully 
utilize all functions of DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
Read the electronic instruction manuals (on-line manuals) on PC for complete information on using each 
software program. 
						

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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” button.
3When using Windows® XP Home Edition/XP 
Professional, click “OK”: A message will appear, 
read the message, and then click “OK”.
When using OS other than Windows
® XP Home 
Edition/XP Professional, skip this step.
4When using Windows® XP Home Edition/XP 
Professional, click “Continue Anyway”.
When using OS other than Windows
® XP Home 
Edition/XP Professional, skip this step.
5Click “Quit”.
6Set the power switch of DVD Video Camera to 
“ “, and then use the provided USB cable to 
connect the DVD Video Camera to the USB port of 
PC.
The Found New Hardware icon will appear.
When using OS other than Windows
® XP Home 
Edition/XP Professional, installation of the USB 
driver is completed. If any message will appear, 
follow instructions on screen.
When using Windows
® XP Home Edition/XP 
Professional, proceed to the next step.
7When the “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen 
appears, make sure that “Install the software 
automatically (Recommended)” has been checked, 
and then click “Next”.
Click
Click
Click
Click
Check
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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 viewfinder 
of DVD Video Camera when it is connected to PC:
Make sure that the DVD Video Camera is properly 
connected to PC: the ACCESS/PC indicator should 
show access to DVD-RAM or DVD-R disc, the beep 
sound indicates start/end of PC connection. (When 
disc is not accessed, the ACCESS/PC indicator will 
not blink or light.).
•If still images are recorded on disc, use Windows 
Explorer to double-click the drive icon of DVD Video 
Camera (DVD_CAMERA), and then click the 
“\DCIM\@CDPFP” folder: The still JPEG files will 
appear.
Click
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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 setup screen will appear: Click the “Driver 
and Formatter Setup” button.
One of the messages below may appear. 
In this case, follow the message and continue the 
installation procedure.
3Click “Next”.
4Check the contents of License Agreement: If you 
accept it, click “Yes” (The contents displayed on 
actual screen may differ from those in the figure.).
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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 
prompts you to restart will appear: Follow the on-screen 
instructions and then click “Finish”.
Installing the DVD-RAM driver is now complete.
If your PC uses Windows
® 2000 Professional, 
proceed with step 10.
10If your PC uses Windows® 2000 Professional, a 
message announcing the start for detecting device 
will appear. The detection of device will start, after 
which it will take several minutes for PC to detect the 
device. When detecting the device is complete, a 
message that prompts you to restart will appear: Click 
“Yes” and then restart the PC.
Installing the DVD-RAM driver is now complete.
Click
ClickConfirm
Click
Click
Click 
						

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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 Manager”. Verify that the following 
items are listed on the screen.
When using disc:
•
“MATSHITA DVD-CAMERA M5070 USB Device” 
under “DVD/CD-ROM drives” *1
*1:When using Windows® 98 Second Edition or Me, 
“MATSHITA DVD-CAMERA M5070” is listed under 
“CDROM” and “Disk drives” respectively.
•“Panasonic DVD CAMERA DVD Mode USB Interface” 
under “Universal Serial Bus controllers”
When using card:
•“MATSHITA DVD-CAMERA M5070 USB Device” 
under “Disk drives”
•“Panasonic DVD CAMERA SD Mode USB Interface” 
under “Universal Serial Bus controllers”
Example for using disc 
						

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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, click 
“Next”.
5If you do not change the folder where the software is 
installed, click “Next”.
Click
Click
ClickCheck
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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 option, and then click “Finish”.
Note:•If your PC uses Windows® 2000 Professional/
XP Home Edition/XP Professional, set the user name 
to “Administrator (computers manager)”  (or user 
name with equivalent authorization), log on to PC, and 
then install the software (if you do not have 
authorization, consult your system manager.).
•When using DVD-MovieAlbumSE software on 
Windows® 2000 Professional/XP Home Edition/
XP Professional, log on to your PC as Administrator 
with a login name equally authorized. If you log on with 
a login name other than Administrator, you can not 
use DVD-MovieAlbumSE.
•You can not use DVD-MovieAlbumSE to handle an 
AVI file in DV format with no sound.
•When starting DVD-MovieAlbumSE, Mount 
Information window may appear or the recorded 
movies may not be shown. If this has occured, try the 
following procedure.
1. Click “Preference”, and then “Device setting”. 
2. Select the drive in which the DVD-RAM disc is 
inserted in the “Drive Select” column, click OK.
Click
Click
Click
Click
“Preference” tab 
						

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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 Agreement, 
“Choose Destination Location” will appear. If you do 
not wish to change the folder where the software is 
installed, click “Next”.
5Check the contents, and then click “Next”. 
Installation will start.
6Click “Finish”, and then restart the PC.
Click
Click
Click
Click
Click