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Installing the pc software – Olympus PEN E-PL8 User Manual

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Connecting the camera to a computer and a printer

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• Select [MTP] in Step 3 to use Windows Photo Gallery.
• Data transfer is not guaranteed in the following environments, even if your computer is

equipped with a USB port.

Computers with a USB port added by means of an extension card, etc.
Computers without a factory-installed OS
Home-built computers

• Camera controls cannot be used while the camera is connected to a computer.
• If the dialog shown in Step 2 is not displayed when the camera is connected to a

computer, select [Auto] for [USB Mode] (P. 91 ) in the camera custom menus.

Installing the PC software

OLYMPUS Viewer 3 is software for importing to your computer, and then viewing,
editing and managing the photographs and movies you have shot on your camera.

• You can also download OLYMPUS Viewer 3 from “http://support.olympus-imaging.com/

ov3download/”. You must enter the product’s serial number to download OLYMPUS
Viewer 3.

Windows

1

Insert the supplied CD-ROM in a CD-ROM drive.

• An Autorun dialog will be displayed. Click “OLYMPUS

Setup” to display the “Setup” dialog.

• If the “Setup” dialog is not displayed, open CD-ROM (OLYMPUS Setup) in Windows

Explorer and double-click “LAUNCHER.EXE”.

• If a “User Account Control” dialog is displayed, click “Yes” or “Continue”.

2

Connect the camera to your computer.

• When the camera is connected to another device via USB, a message will be

displayed prompting you to choose a connection type. Select [Storage].

3

Register your Olympus product.

• Click the “Registration” button and follow the on-screen instructions.