Vivitar 3765 - Manual (Page 31)

Switching to Playback Mode
to access and view your images (photos), whereas the PC
camera mode is for live video.
Which mode do you use?
• If you are interested in retrieving your digital images
(images) from your camera you will need to use the
mass-storage mode.
• If you wish to use your digital camera as a video
camera where live (real-time) video is displayed on
your computer use the PC camera mode.
Mass Storage Device. MSD is a name given to a USB product
(like a digital camera) that works with your computer as if it
was a removable disk. In essence the computer “sees” your
camera as if it were a floppy disk or a CD ROM. The concept
is simple. Think of the memory inside your camera as if it were
a floppy disk (or a Zip disk, or a CD ROM). Think of the camera
as a “reader’.
When you connect an MSD device to a computer it will
appear as a new “drive.” Go to My Computer and observe
the various drives. For example:
• 3-1/2” floppy drive (A:)
• Local disk (C:)
• CD ROM (D:)
• Removable disk (E:)
This is the Camera Memory
PC Camera. The 3765 allows you to view live video from your
camera on your computer using optional (third-party) video
software. This mode is supported on Windows PCs only.
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