SANYO Software Pack 7.8
For Digital Movie Camera
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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for later reference.
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This manual and the software are copyrighted materials from Sanyo Electric 
Co., Ltd.
PowerPC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. 
(USA)
Macintosh and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. 
in the USA and other countries.
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All other brand or product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS .............................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION  ....................................................................................3
About this manual ............................................................................3
The software ....................................................................................4
CD-ROM directory map ...................................................................4
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT  ...............................................................5
Windows ..........................................................................................5
Macintosh  ........................................................................................5
BEFORE MOUNTING YOUR CAMERA .................................................6
Cautions when using the camera as an external drive ....................6
Operating environment ....................................................................6
Data file formats  ..............................................................................6
Configuration of directories in the card ............................................7
Setting to the card reader mode ......................................................8
Concerning recharging while connected to the USB terminal  .........9
For Windows XP users ....................................................................9
For Windows 2000 users ...............................................................10
For Mac OS 9.xx users ..................................................................11
For Mac OS X users ......................................................................11
INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE  ..................................12
Windows ........................................................................................13
Macintosh  ......................................................................................14
HOW TO USE Photo Explorer ..............................................................15
Set up the environment  .................................................................15
Copying image data to a computer  ...............................................17
USING AS A PC CAMERA ...................................................................19
Before connecting your camera to a computer  .............................19
Connect your camera to a computer  .............................................20
ABOUT MotionDirector  .........................................................................21
Importing  .......................................................................................21
Output format and playback  ..........................................................21
ABOUT MovieFactory ...........................................................................22
Main features .................................................................................22
Additional features .........................................................................23
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INTRODUCTION
This manual describes how to install and operate the SANYO Software Pack. 
Please read this manual carefully, in order to use the images and audio 
recordings captured with your camera in a wide range of applications. 
About this manual
The explanations in this manual conform to the following conventions.
i The examples given in this manual are generally based on a Windows 
environment. For Macintosh users, while the menu names and screen 
indications may be different, this is no impediment to understanding the 
operation. In those places where the operations for Macintosh users and 
Windows users differ, specific explanations are provided.
i In this manual, the SD Memory Card is referred to as “card”.
h This manual is designed for users with the following computer skills:
h Knowledge of basic computer operations
h Knowledge of basic mouse operations
h Knowledge of how to open, close, move, minimize and maximize 
windows
h Knowledge of how to move from one folder to another folder
Detailed information about the operations listed above can be found in the 
printed or online manuals accompanying the computer or operating system 
software.
Symbols used in this manual
HINT 
CAUTION Points requiring special attention.
(page xx)  Refer to the page indicated for detailed information.
Extra information about software or cautionary notes.
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The software
The following software applications are in the SANYO Software Pack.
Please see page 12 for a summary of each software program.
i QuickTime 7.1
In this manual, referred to as QuickTime.
i iTunes 6
In this manual, referred to as iTunes.
i Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 SE Basic (Windows)/Photo Explorer for Mac 2.0 
(Macintosh)
In this manual, referred to as Photo Explorer.
i MotionDirector SE 1.1 (Windows)
In this manual, referred to as MotionDirector.
i Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5.0 SE (Windows)
In this manual, referred to as MovieFactory
* Photo Explorer and MovieFactory both support the MPEG-4 format. 
Installing these application software will allow you to view MPEG-4 files.
CD-ROM directory map
Below is a directory map of the SANYO Software Pack contents. 
h Disc1
Sanyo Disc1 (D:)*
h Disc2
Sanyo Disc2 (D:)*
iTunes
MotionDirector
Photo Explorer
DVD MovieFactory
* The drive name (D:) may be different on your computer.
h Disc1
Sanyo Disc
Photo Explorer
iTunes
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OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Windows
Software
CPU
Memory
Hard drive
OS
iTunes
QuickTime*
Photo
Explorer
Motion
Director
Movie
Factory
Pentium III 
500 MHz 
or faster
Pentium 
or faster
Pentium III 
800 MHz 
or faster
Pentium III 
1 GHz 
or faster
Pentium III 
800 MHz 
or faster 
Other
* Including iTunes.
Macintosh
256 MB or more
—
128 MB or more
11 MB 
or more
256 MB or more
256 MB or more 
(512 MB 
recommended)
256 MB or more 
(512 MB or more 
recommended)
Windows 
2000/XP
950 MB
or more
(5 GB or more 
recom-
mended)
Direct X9.0 or later
Software
CPU
Memory
iTunes
500 MHz 
G3 or later
256 MB  
or more
Hard 
drive
—
Photo Explorer
Power PC 
or later
64 MB 
or more
20 MB 
or more
OS
Mac OS X 10.2.8 
or later
Mac OS 9.0 or 
later (CarbonLib 
1.4 or more); 
Mac OS X 10.1 
or later
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BEFORE MOUNTING YOUR CAMERA
The following is an explanation of the format of data recorded by your 
camera, as well as the configuration of directories in the card.
Cautions when using the camera as an external 
drive
i Do not alter files or folders in your camera in any way. Doing so may result 
in your camera not recognizing that data.
If you want to edit files, first copy them to your computer’s hard drive.
i Cards formatted on your computer cannot be used by your camera. Format 
all cards to be used by your camera with your camera.
Operating environment
Windows
A computer with a standard-equipped USB port, and preinstalled with 
Windows 2000, XP or later is required. Correct operation cannot be 
guaranteed for models with upgraded Windows systems.
Macintosh
A model with a standard-equipped USB port, and preinstalled with Mac OS 
9.0, 9.1, 9.2, Mac OS X 10.1 or later is required.
Data file formats
The format of the files saved on the card and the method in which the file 
names are determined are explained below.
Type of data
Data format 
Still image 
data
JPEG
Video clip 
data
Audio 
recording 
data
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 Audio 
(AAC compression)
File name structure
File name begins with SANY.
Extension is “.jpg”.
SANY****.jpg
File name begins with SANY.
Extension is “.mp4”.
SANY****.mp4*
File name begins with SUND.
Extension is “.m4a”.
SUND****.m4a*
* Consecutive numbers assigned in the order the data was saved.
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