Sony A 230 Manual

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Viewing images on a computer
Copying images to your computer
This section describes how to copy images in a memory card to a computer 
connected using a USB cable.
The following environment is recommended for a computer connected to 
the camera to import images.
xWindows
OS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4/ Windows 
XP*
1 SP3/Windows Vista*2 SP1
 Operation is not assured in an environment based on an upgrade of the 
operating systems described...

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Stage 1: Connecting the camera and your computer
1Insert a memory card with recorded images into the camera.
2Select the type of memory card you want to copy images from 
using the memory card switch.
3Insert the sufficiently charged battery pack in the camera, or 
connect the camera to a wall outlet (wall socket) with the AC 
Adaptor (sold separately).
 When you copy images to your computer using an insufficiently charged 
battery pack, copying may fail or image data may become corrupted if the...

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For Windows
This section describes an example of copying images to a “Documents” 
(For Windows XP: “My Documents”) folder.
When you use the supplied “PMB” software, you can copy images easily 
(page 129).
Stage 2: Copying images to a computer
1Click [Open folder to view files] 
(For Windows XP: [Open folder to 
view files] t [OK]) as the wizard 
screen appears automatically on 
the desktop.
 When the wizard screen does not 
appear, click [Computer] (For 
Windows XP: [My...

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For Macintosh
4Double-click the [Documents] 
folder. Then, right-click on the 
“Documents” window to display 
the menu and click [Paste].
The image files are copied to the 
“Documents” folder.
 When an image with the same file 
name exists in the copy destination 
folder, the overwrite confirmation 
message appears. When you overwrite 
an existing image with a new one, the 
original file data is deleted. To copy an 
image file to the computer without 
overwriting, change the file name to a 
different...

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Viewing images on your computer
This section describes the procedure for viewing copied images in the 
“Documents” (For Windows XP: “My Documents”) folder.
To view RAW images, the supplied “Image Data Converter SR” software 
is required (page 132).
Double-click the hard disk icon t the desired image file to open 
the image file.
Perform each procedure for Windows or Macintosh listed below 
beforehand when:
 Disconnecting the USB cable.
 Removing the memory card.
 Turning...

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xFor Windows
Double-click   on the tasktray, then click   (USB Mass Storage Device) 
t [Stop]. Confirm the device on the confirmation window, then click 
[OK].
The device is disconnected.
xFor Macintosh
Drag and drop the drive icon or the icon of the memory card to the 
“Trash” icon. 
The camera is disconnected from the computer. 

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The image files recorded with your camera are grouped as folders on the 
memory card.
Example: viewing folders on Windows Vista
This section describes the process using a Windows computer as an 
example. Step 1 is not necessary if the file name has not been changed.
When you use the supplied “PMB” software, you can copy images easily 
(page 129).
Image file storage destinations and file names
AFolders containing image data recorded 
using this camera. (The first three...

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Notes You may be unable to play back some images depending on the image size.
 When an image file has been processed by a computer or when the image file was 
recorded using a model other than that of your camera, playback on your camera is 
not guaranteed.
 When there is no folder, first create a folder with your camera (page 111) and then 
copy the image file.
1Right-click the image file, then 
click [Rename]. Change the file 
name to “DSC0ssss.”
 Enter a number from 0001 to 9999 for 
ssss.
 If the...

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Using the software
To utilize images recorded with the camera, the following software is 
provided:
 Sony Image Data Suite
“Image Data Converter SR”
“Image Data Lightbox SR”
 Sony Picture Utility
“PMB” (Picture Motion Browser)
Note “PMB” is not compatible with Macintosh computers.
Recommended computer environment
xWindows
Recommended environment for using “Image Data Converter SR Ver.3”/
“Image Data Lightbox SR”
OS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows XP*
1 SP3/Windows...

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xMacintosh
Recommended environment for using “Image Data Converter SR Ver.3”/
“Image Data Lightbox SR”
OS (pre-installed): Mac OS X (v10.4/v10.5)
CPU: Power PC G4/G5 series (1.0 GHz or faster is recommended)/Intel 
Core Solo/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo or faster
Memory: 1 GB or more is recommended.
Display: 1024 × 768 dots or more
xWindows
 Log on as Administrator.
Installing the software
1Turn on your computer, and insert 
the CD-ROM (supplied) into the 
CD-ROM drive.
The installation menu screen appears....