HP Pavilion Media Center m7600 HP Media Center PC - Getting Started Guide - Page 19

Connecting a Digital Video Camera to the PC, Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System

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Connecting a Digital Video Camera to the PC The following instructions only apply to digital cameras. See the documentation that came with your digital camera or your digital video camera. To connect a digital camera or a digital video camera: If the PC does not recognize your digital camera or your digital video camera: 1 Turn on the PC, and wait for Windows XP to start. 2 Connect the 6-pin video camera transfer cable into the camera and then into an open port on the front or back of the PC. Most digital video cameras use either the FireWire (IEEE 1394) or the USB port. 1 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Control Panel. 2 Click Performance and Maintenance, if available, and then double-click the System icon. 3 Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. 4 Click the plus sign (+) next to imaging devices. If the name of the camera appears under imaging devices the device is ready. If the name is not there, try the following: ■ Click Action, and then Scan for hardware changes. Look in Device Manager for a new addition under imaging devices. ■ Unplug the video camera's transfer cable from the PC, and plug it into a different port. Look in Device Manager for a new addition under imaging devices. n When connecting an analog video camera to the PC, use the Video and Audio In connectors on the front or back of the PC. n If a Digital Video Device Auto Play window appears when you connect your camera, click Cancel. n You must use a 6-pin (not a 4-pin) FireWire (IEEE 1394) cable with the 6-pin FireWire (IEEE 1394) connector on your HP Media Center PC. 3 A Found New Hardware message appears. Wait 2 or 3 minutes for Windows to make the necessary settings for the new device. When installation is complete, a message appears telling you the camera is ready to use. . Setting Up the PC 15

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Setting Up the PC
15
Connecting a Digital Video Camera to the PC
The following instructions only apply to digital
cameras.
See the documentation that came with your digital
camera or your digital video camera.
To connect a digital camera or a digital video
camera:
1
Turn on the PC, and wait for Windows XP
to start.
2
Connect the 6-pin video camera transfer cable
into the camera and then into an open port on
the front or back of the PC. Most digital video
cameras use either the FireWire (IEEE 1394)
or the USB port.
3
A
Found New Hardware
message appears.
Wait 2 or 3 minutes for Windows to make the
necessary settings for the new device. When
installation is complete, a message appears
telling you the camera is ready to use.
.
If the PC does not recognize your digital camera or
your digital video camera:
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar, and then click
Control Panel
.
2
Click
Performance and Maintenance
,
if available, and then double-click the
System
icon.
3
Click the
Hardware
tab, and then click the
Device Manager
button.
4
Click the plus sign (
+
) next to
imaging
devices
. If the name of the camera appears
under imaging devices the device is ready. If
the name is not there, try the following:
■
Click
Action
, and then
Scan for
hardware changes
. Look in Device
Manager for a new addition under
imaging devices.
■
Unplug the video camera’s transfer cable
from the PC, and plug it into a different
port. Look in Device Manager for a new
addition under imaging devices.
n
When connecting an
analog video camera
to the PC, use the
Video and Audio In
connectors on the
front or back of
the PC.
n
If a Digital Video
Device Auto Play
window appears
when you connect
your camera, click
Cancel
.
n
You must use a
6-pin (not a 4-pin)
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
cable with the 6-pin
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
connector on your
HP Media Center PC.