FujiFilm 50i manuale d’uso

Install the FinePix Viewer software Install Acrobat Reader Install the USB Mass Storage Driver Install the USB PC Camera Driver Set up RealJukebo x2 Plus Set up the cradle / P. 1 1 / P. 1 6 / P. 1 7 / P. 2 2 / P. 2 9 / P. 5 6 / P. 8 3 / P. 1 7 Windows Macintosh / P. 8 0 T o connect the FinePix50i to your PC for the first time using the special USB [...]

3 2 IMPOR T ANT Be sure to read this page before using the Software. Please note that this Guide is written on the assumption that you already have a basic understanding of how to use your PC (personal computer), Windows and Macintosh. For basic information on using your PC, Windows and Macintosh, refer to the respective manuals supplied with your [...]

5 4 Introduction Glossar y of T erms This section provides explanations of the minimum basic operations you must be familiar with in order to use your personal computer, along with an introduction to some other operations that will help you to use your computer more efficiently. For more detailed information on using your computer, refer to the use[...]

7 6 ■ Drag & drop An operation used to move, copy or store files and folders. ■ Drive A peripheral device used by a personal computer to store and access files. A disk drive into which removable media can be loaded is referred to as a removable disk drive. Typical examples include CD-ROM drives and floppy disk drives. Digital cameras are al[...]

9 8 FinePixViewer QuickTime DP Editor Acrobat Reader FinePix Inter net Ser vice Exif Launcher VideoImpression Launches the FinePixViewer software when a camera is connected. Allows y ou to display thumbnail lists of the images stored on your PC or in the camera, print the images individually or as an index, displa y the images at full size and perf[...]

11 Windows Pre-installation Checklist Installation on a Windows PC ■ Hardware and software requirements To run this software, you must have the hardware and software described below. Check your system before you begin the installation. Compatible PCs : IBM PC/AT or compatible ✽ 1 Operating System : Windows 98 (including the second edition) Wind[...]

13 Windows 12 Windows Installing the Software 1. Switch on your PC and start up Windows. ✽ If you had already switched on your PC, restart your PC at this point. 2. Quit all other active applications until no applications are shown in the taskbar. 1 Click the right mouse button on the application icon in the taskbar. 2 Click “Close” in the me[...]

15 Windows 14 Windows 4. Next, install QuickTime. 5. If you are using Windows 98 (excluding SE), install NetMeeting as directed by the on-screen instructions. 6. Install VideoImpression as directed by the on-screen instructions. 7. Install RealJukebox2 Plus. A serial number card is enclosed with the product. Position the cursor at the first “0”[...]

17 Windows 16 Windows 10. Install Acrobat Reader. ✽ You must install Adobe Systems’ Acrobat Reader software to read the FinePixViewer User’s Guide (PDF). 1 Open the “My Computer” window, right-click the CD-ROM icon and select “Open” to view the contents of the CD-ROM. 2 Double-click “SETUP” or “SETUP.exe”. 3 In the installer w[...]

19 Windows 18 Windows Card Reader (DSC) Connection – Viewing Images and Downloading Audio Files – 1. Load the SmartMedia. To download music, you must use a SmartMedia with ID. 2. Remove the connection socket cover on the side of the camera. ✽ When you remove the camera from the cradle to take pictures, replace the connection socket cover on t[...]

21 Windows 20 Windows 1. Exit FinePixViewer or VideoImpression. 2. Check that the CHARGE/ACCESS lamp (red) on the cradle is not flashing. 3. Switch the camera off. Check that the POWER lamp (green) is off. 4. Remove the camera from the cradle. 5. To prevent dust buildup on the socket, replace the connection socket cover. NOTE PC Camera Connection ?[...]

22 23 Windows Windows 7. The “ Add New Hardware Wizard ” dialog appears. Click the [Next >] button. If the dialog box does not appear, uninstall (See P.63) and then re-install the Mass Storage Driver. (See P.22.) 8. Select “ Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) ” and click the [Next >] button. 9. Tick the “ CD-RO[...]

24 25 Windows Windows 7. The “ Add New Hardware Wizard ” dialog opens. Click the [Next >] button. • It may take a few minutes for the dialog box shown at right to appear after USB Mass Storage is detected. • If the dialog box does not appear, uninstall (See P.63) and then re-install the Mass Storage Driver. (See P.22.) 8. Select “ USB [...]

26 27 Windows Windows 7. The “ Found New Hardware Wizard ” dialog opens. Click the [Next >] button. If the dialog box does not appear, uninstall (See P.63) and then re-install the Mass Storage Driver. (See P.22.) 8. Select “ Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) ” and then click the [Next >] button. 9. In “ Option[...]

28 29 Windows Windows Installing the PC Camera Driver Installing PC Camera Driver allows you to import live images from the camera. ✽ Use PictureHello (see P.46) or VideoImpression (see P.52) to actually view live images. ✽ Here, “live images” refers to the video images shown on the LCD monitor when the camera is set to photography mode. Th[...]

30 31 Windows Windows 9. Check that VC4CB104.INF has been detected and then click the [Next >] button. The Windows 98 CD-ROM may also be required during installation. In this event, switch CD-ROMs as directed by the on- screen instructions. 10. Click the [Finish] button. 11. FinePixViewer starts up and the “ PictureHello ” window automatical[...]

32 33 Windows Windows 6. The “ Found New Hardware Wizard ” dialog opens. Click the [Next >] button. If the dialog box does not appear, uninstall (See P.63) and then re-install the PC Camera Driver. (See P.29.) 7. Select “ Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended) ” and then click the [Next >] button. 8. In “ Optional [...]

34 35 Windows Windows 10. When the “ Digital Signature Not Found ” message appears, click the [Yes] button. The Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM may also be required during installation. In this event, switch CD-ROMs as directed by the on-screen instructions. 11. Click the [Finish] button. 12. FinePixViewer starts up and the “ PictureHello ?[...]

If you are not running Exif Launcher Select “ Programs ” / “ FinePixViewer ” / “ FinePixViewer ” in the “ Start ” menu. FinePixViewer then starts up. 5. The camera is connected as a removable disk drive. The images on the SmartMedia are contained in the “ DCIM ” folder on the removable disk. <As shown in the My Computer windo[...]

39 Windows 38 Windows 1. Click the “ Automatic Save ” button. ☞ A folder with the date the shots were taken (“2001_0702” etc.) is created in the FinePixViewer installation folder and the images are saved in the new folder. Saving Camera Images on Y our PC and Checking the Details 2. When you click a folder containing saved images in the f[...]

41 Windows 40 Windows ■ Attaching Images 1. Launch FinePixViewer. In the “ Start ” menu, select “ Programs ” / “ FinePixViewer ” / “ FinePixViewer ” . 2. Click the folder containing the images you want to attach. 3. Click the thumbnails for the images to select them. ✽ Up to 10 images can be sent with one e-mail message. 4. With[...]

To use the FinePix Internet services, users must first register. ✽ Follow the steps below to register. Users can be registered for free. 1. Select “ Programs ” / “ FinePixViewer ” / “ FinePixViewer ” in the “ Start ” menu to launch FinePixViewer. 2. Click the “ User ’ s Registration ” button. The “ Operation Selection ” [...]

45 Windows 44 Windows 4. The User ’ s Registration dialog box opens. Select the country or area where you are living and click the [OK] button. ✽ The actual user registration page may differ slightly in appearance from the sample shown here. ✽ If the country or area where you are living does not appear in the pull-down list, select “OTHERS?[...]

47 Windows 46 Windows ■ Picture Descriptions Other par ty ’ s image P op-up menu Y our image 9 Portrait images are inset composite images. Name Explanation q Connection icon Indicates whether you are logged in to the server. w Login button Logs in to the server. e Logout button Logs out from the server. r Start Call button Notifies the other pa[...]

49 Windows 48 Windows ■ Starting the call 1. Click the [ ] (Address Book) button to open the Address Book. 2. Click the Update Status button in the Address Book to check the status of the party you are calling. If the other party is available Click the information column for the other party to select him or her and then click the [ ] (Start Call)[...]

51 Windows 50 Windows You can use the address book to check the status of other parties and to store addresses. To view the address book, click the [ ] (Address Book) button. ■ Checking the status Click the Update Status button to check the latest status details. Update Status button Click the [ ](Capture) button to store or update. 1 Other party[...]

53 Windows 52 Windows ■ Add a storyboard In the storyboard, you select the files to be used in the movie and set the order in which the files are played. 1. Add files to the movie by dragging them from the album window and dropping them onto the storyboard. 2. If necessary, you can drag items around in the storyboard to change the playback sequen[...]

55 Windows 54 Windows 6. Display switches to the capture window and the live image is displayed. If the live image does not appear, click the Live button 1 . ✽ Recording has not yet started. 7. Use the Drives button 2 to select “ USB PC Camera ” . 8. Click the Record button 3 to start recording. 9. Click the Record button 3 again to end recor[...]

57 Windows 56 Windows Listening to Music on Y our FinePix50i This section describes the settings and the procedure for using your FinePix50i with the RealJukebox software. (You must select this option.) 1 Registering online when you first launch RealJukebox ( / P.56) 2 MP3 file settings ( / P.56) 1 Creating MP3 files from a music CD ( / P.58) 2 Mod[...]

Recorded songs include track information consisting of the CD title, track title and artist name. Of that track information, the FinePix50i can display track titles and artist names. However, the FinePix50i can only display alphanumeric characters. It cannot display special symbols (ü, é, %, *, ;, <, =, >, “, , ”, ^, _, ` or |). Also, [...]

3 In the right-hand pane, select the tracks to be downloaded. You can select multiple images by using the Shift key or Ctrl key. 4 Click the [Add Tracks >>] button. 5 Click the [Close] button. 7. Check that the selected tracks are displayed. ☞ At this point, the data has not been downloaded to the camera. TIP 3. Select “ Go to ” / “ D[...]

63 Windows When the software does not run properly (uninstalling on a Windows PC) Uninstalling the Driver ■ Uninstall the USB Driver in the following situations: • When you have installed Mass Storage Driver but the camera still does not appear as a removable disk icon • When you have installed the driver but it does not work. (Uninstall the [...]

65 Windows 64 Windows T r oubleshooting If the software does not operate correctly but the problem does not match any of those listed below, check that you are using the correct hardware and software. (See P.11.) If the problem persists even though you are using the correct hardware and software, refer to the table below and then see the reference [...]

Audio Date Downloading 67 Windows 66 Windows Solution ■ I was asked for a disk labeled “ FINEPIX ” during Mass Storage Driver installation. 1 Click the [Browse] button in the “Copy files” dialog box. 2 In the dialog box that then appears, select the CD-ROM icon in the drive display area, refer to the information in the table below and spe[...]

69 Windows 68 Windows ■ The camera is connected to my PC but the Mass Storage Driver installation will not start. Possible cause Solution Is the camera switched on? Is the camera ’ s lens cover closed? Is the special USB cable connected to the cradle and to the computer? Are you using a compatible operating system? If you are using Windows 2000[...]

71 Windows 70 Windows Possible cause Solution ■ FinePixViewer automatic startup is slow. Are you running too many background applications? Click the “Start” button and select “Programs” / “Startup” from the Start menu. Click the right mouse button on any shortcuts for infrequently used applications from the “Startup” window. Click[...]

73 Windows 72 Windows Possible cause Solution ■ The PC hangs when I access the SmartMedia. When opening the Device Manager, there is a yellow “ ! ” mark next to the driver in “ Universal Serial Bus controllers ” . When opening the Device Manager, there is a yellow “ ! ” mark next to USB Mass Storage. Is an older version of the Mass St[...]

75 Windows 74 Windows Possible cause Solution ■ I clicked the Login button in PictureHello (videoconferencing), but I can ’ t log in. Are you able to connect to the Internet? Is the FinePix Internet Service undergoing maintenance? Have you completed the user registration process? Check your PC hardware and software setup. Log in after the maint[...]

77 Windows 76 Windows Possible cause Solution ■ I can make calls but I cannot use videoconferencing. Is the other party able to make or accept calls? Are you or the other party trying to call outside from an in-house LAN? Are you or the other party trying to call outside from a home-office LAN? Open the address book and click the Update Status bu[...]

78 Windows Possible cause Solution ■ Live images do not appear in the VideoImpression Capture window. Do you have Windows Media Player installed? Is the camera ’ s lens cover open? Is the special USB cable connected to the cradle and PC? Are you using a compatible operating system? Is the PC Camera Driver running? Is another video input device [...]

81 Macintosh 80 Macintosh 1. Switch on your Macintosh and start up Mac OS. 2. Check whether File Exchange is active. To use a SmartMedia that is supported by the camera, the File Exchange utility supplied with Mac OS must be running. Select the Extensions Manager in the Control Panels and check that the File Exchange check box is ticked. If not, cl[...]

83 Macintosh 82 Macintosh ■ Selecting the installation destination 1 Click the [Open] button to open the installation destination folder. 2 To install the software in the displayed folder, click the [Save] button. Notes on Installing QuickTime 6. Use the same procedure to install “ Acrobat Reader ” . ✽ To read the FinePixViewer User’s Gui[...]

85 Macintosh 84 Macintosh Connecting the Camera and Macintosh and Viewing Images Using the Software on a Macintosh For detailed information on using FinePixViewer and DP Editor, refer to “English.pdf” in the folder where the software was installed. See P.84 for information on how to view “English.pdf”. • Always use the correct procedure w[...]

87 Macintosh 86 Macintosh You can quickly and easily save the shots stored on a SmartMedia onto your Macintosh by clicking the “Automatic Save” button. ☞ A folder with the date the shots were taken (“2001_0702” etc.) is created in the FinePixViewer installation folder and the images are saved in the new folder. You can use “Automatic Sa[...]

89 Macintosh 88 Macintosh 4. With the images selected, click “ Mail Sending ” in the “ File ” menu. ✽ You can send a total of up to 1 MB of image data at one time. If the total exceeds 1 MB, a warning message appears when you click “Mail Sending”. If this occurs, reduce the number or size of the images until the message no longer appe[...]

91 Macintosh 90 Macintosh 4. The User ’ s Registration dialog box opens. Select the country or area where you are living and click the [OK] button. ✽ The actual user registration page may differ slightly in appearance from the sample shown here. ✽ If the country or area where you are living does not appear in the pull-down list, select “OTH[...]

93 Macintosh Once user registration is completed, you can use the FinePix Internet services. ■ Selecting services 1. Click the menu button for the service you want to use. ☞ If you are not already connected to the Internet, the software automatically attempts to connect (for dial-up connections). ☞ Operation after you click the menu button di[...]

95 Macintosh 94 Macintosh ■ Add a storyboard In the storyboard, you select the files to be used in the movie and set the order in which the files are played. 1. Add files to the movie by dragging them from the album window and dropping them onto the storyboard. 2. If necessary, you can drag items around in the storyboard to change the playback se[...]

97 Macintosh 96 Macintosh 6. The Capture window appears and the live image is displayed. ✽ Recording has not yet started. 7. Click the [Capture Video] button to begin recording the movie. ☞ The name of the button changes to [Stop Capture]. During recording, only the [Stop Capture] button can be pressed. 8. Click the [Stop Capture] button to sto[...]

99 Macintosh 98 Macintosh Listening to Music on Y our FinePix50i This section describes the settings and the procedure for using your FinePix50i with the MacMP3 software. MP3 file settings ( / P.98) 1 Create MP3 files from a music CD. ( / P.99) 2 Modify the track titles and artist names so that they can be displayed on the FinePix50i. ( / P.101) 3 [...]

100 Macintosh 101 Macintosh 5. Load a music CD into the CD-ROM drive. 6. Drag the music CD icon onto the MacMP3 player. ☞ A playlist is created showing the contents of the CD. ✽ If the CD contains data other than music, drag the audio track icons onto the MacMP3 player. 7. Click any tracks in the playlist that you do not want to make MP3 files [...]

103 Macintosh 102 Macintosh Downloading MP3 Files 1. Check that the Audio Downloading Software is running. If it is not running, click the ADS button in the MacMP3 player to start it up. The tracks could not be downloaded because there was insufficient free space on the SmartMedia. There are 3 ways to overcome this problem: • Download the tracks [...]

105 Macintosh 104 Macintosh Uninstalling the Software on a Macintosh Use this procedure only when the installed software is no longer required or when software installation fails. NOTE Uninstalling Mass Storage Driver and PC Camera Driver 1. Check that the camera is not connected to your Macintosh. 2. Open the “ Extensions ” folder inside the S[...]

107 Macintosh 106 Macintosh Possible cause Solution ■ The Macintosh hangs when I access the SmartMedia. Is the software installed? Install the software on your Macintosh. ■ When I connected the USB cable, Mac OS displayed the “ Initialize disk? ” message. Possible cause Solution Is the SmartMedia formatted? Remove the camera from the cradle[...]

109 Macintosh 108 Macintosh Possible cause Solution ■ I can ’ t sign on as a “ FinePix Internet Service ” user. Have you already signed on under the same e-mail address? You cannot sign on twice with the same user ID or e-mail address. Possible cause Solution ■ I can ’ t log in to the “ FinePix Internet Service ” . Are you able to c[...]

111 Macintosh 110 Macintosh Possible cause Solution ■ Live images do not appear in the VideoImpression Capture window. Is the cradle switched on? Is the camera ’ s lens cover open? Is the special USB cable connected to the cradle and to the computer? Are you using a compatible operating system? Is PC Camera Driver enabled? Is another video inpu[...]

Printed in Japan FGS - 103106 - FG This brochure uses recycled paper. North America and others 46601 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 U.S.A. Tel: +1-510-440-9901 Fax: +1-510-440-1270 Web site: www.arcsoft.com E-Mail: support@arcsoft.com Europe Unit 14, Shannon Industrial Estate Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 61-702087 Fax: +353 (0) 61-702[...]