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RD-175 Digital Camera MINOLTA RD-175 Program Description

RD-175 Digital Camera 10 3. Preparing the RD-175 Digital Camera 3.1 Selecting the SCSI ID The RD-175 Digital Camera is set at the factory to SCSI ID

RD-175 Digital Camera 11 3.2 Setting the power supply for the terminator The RD-175 Digital Camera features only one SCSI port and is thus always the

RD-175 Digital Camera 12 3.3 Inserting the PC card Slide the PC card into the card slot as specified in the instructions on Page 27 of the User Manua

RD-175 Digital Camera 13 4. Preparing the PC c Install MS-DOS, Windows and the TWAIN-compliant image-editing software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Corel P

RD-175 Digital Camera 14 h Copy file “RD-175.DS” from the supplied diskette to the TWAIN subdirectory which is a subdirectory of the Windows director

RD-175 Digital Camera 15 5. Connecting the RD-175 Digital Camera to the PC c Switch off the camera by sliding the master switch to LOCK. d Switch

RD-175 Digital Camera 16 6. Using the software 6.1 Selecting the source You will need TWAIN-compliant image-editing software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop,

RD-175 Digital Camera 17 6.2 Displaying the images stored on the PC card c Choose the “Fetch Image” or “Import” command from the File menu again and

RD-175 Digital Camera 18 6.3 Saving displayed images on your PC’s hard disk c Click on the required image - it will then be displayed with a border.

RD-175 Digital Camera 19 6.4 Copying displayed images to your PC’s hard disk You can copy a single image, several images or all images on the PC card

RD-175 Digital Camera 2 This Manual describes neither the procedure for operating your PC nor the procedure for operating the image-editing software w

RD-175 Digital Camera 20 e You may also name the individual images in order to better distinguish between them. If you choose “Yes”, you can select t

RD-175 Digital Camera 21 6.5 Opening and saving images stored in Minolta format Please proceed as follows in order to open the images stored on your

RD-175 Digital Camera 22 6.6 Deleting images from your PC’s hard disk You may also delete individual images, several images or all images stored on yo

RD-175 Digital Camera 23 6.7 Deleting images from the PC card You may delete individual images, several images or all images from the PC card with the

RD-175 Digital Camera 24 6.8 Setting the camera functions with the PC 6.8.1 Setting exposure compensation You can set exposure compensation (from +3.0

RD-175 Digital Camera 25 e Check the box next to “Exposure Compensation” with an "X" and choose the required compensation setting for the e

RD-175 Digital Camera 26 6.8.2 Setting the system time of the RD-175 The system time can be transferred from PC to the RD-175 camera. Before making th

RD-175 Digital Camera 27 6.8.3 Initialising the PC card PC cards which are not standard accessories must be initialised. If you use PC cards which are

RD-175 Digital Camera 28 f Click on the “Camera etc...” button g Click on the “Initialise” button next to “Format HDD Card” in the top third of the

RD-175 Digital Camera 29 6.9 Quitting the software Click on the “Quit” button at the bottom right in order to quit the main menu window of the RD-175’

RD-175 Digital Camera 3 USER LICENCE AGREEMENTS Please read through the terms below carefully before you use the enclosed product. By using the produc

RD-175 Digital Camera 30 7. Disconnecting the camera from the PC c As is the conventional procedure for all SCSI devices, you should switch off your

RD-175 Digital Camera 31 8. Error messages You may see the following error messages when you are working with the program: 8.1 No host adapter rd175

RD-175 Digital Camera 32 8.3 File error! Cannot find WINASPI.DLL rd175_21.bmp File WINASPI.DLL has not been found. • Check that the driver is insta

RD-175 Digital Camera 33 8.5 Image information unavailable rd175_23.bmp It has not been possible to read the image information. • Check the cable co

RD-175 Digital Camera 34 Minolta GmbH, Business Equipment Operations, Minoltaring 11, D-30855 Langenhagen

RD-175 Digital Camera 4 4. to use the trademarks present on the software and the corresponding note relating to the name of the trademark owner solely

RD-175 Digital Camera 5 4. OTHER WARRANTIES EXCLUDED On no account shall MINOLTA be liable for loss of prospective profits, loss of possible savings,

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RD-175 Digital Camera 7 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 9 3. PREPARING THE RD-175 DIGITAL CAMERA 10 3.1

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RD-175 Digital Camera 9 1. BRIEF OVERVIEW The software for the RD-175 Digital Still Camera allows you to: • View images stored on the PC card • Cop