Sony MVC-FD200 Operating Instructions - Page 27

B Playback Viewing images using a computer You can view or edit image data recorded with your camera using software installed in your computer. You can also attach the image data to e-mail. Viewing images using a floppy disk drive Example: For Windows Me users 1 Turn on your computer and insert a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive of your computer. 2 Open " My Computer" and double-click " 3 1/2 Floppy (A:)." 3 Double-click a file to be viewed. See "Image file storage destinations and image file names" (page 38) for details. It is recommended that you copy a moving image file to the hard disk of your computer before viewing it. If you view the file directly from a floppy disk, the image may break off. Viewing images on a computer using the USB cable This section describes the method for viewing images on a computer using the supplied USB cable. The USB cable is used to connect the camera to a computer so that operations can be performed on image files recorded in a floppy disk or a "Memory Stick" from the computer. In order to use the USB cable, a USB driver must be installed in the computer beforehand. Be sure to also refer to the operation manuals for your computer and the application software. Viewing images on Windows: page 28 Viewing images on Macintosh: page 34 Notes on using your computer: page 37 Notes • Data recorded with your camera is stored in the following formats. Make sure that applications that support these file formats are installed on your computer. -Still images (other than TEXT mode, uncompressed mode, and Clip Motion): JPEG format -Moving images: MPEG format -Uncompressed mode still images: TIFF format -TEXT mode/Clip Motion: GIF format • Depending on your application software, the file size may increase when you open a still image file. 27