I was a bit frustrated by the information included in the Canon instruction manual relative to getting the clips you've shot onto your PC. Canon recommends you use the Pixela software that comes with the camcorder for this, but if you've got a reasonably recent PC with an up-to-date version of Windows,there's a much easier way. Follow these steps to connect you camcorder to your PC:
- Plug the power adapter into the camcorder. It took me a bit to figure out that this is required! There’s a picture at the end of this post showing you where to plug the power adapter into the camera.
- Power on the camcorder
- Make sure the camcorder is in the movie playback mode.
- Attach the camcorder to a USB port on your computer using the cable provided.
With any luck, your PC will recognize your camera as just another hard drive. See pictures of the USB cable at the end of this post. - Open the LCD and look at it. You may have to indicate that you want to copy to a computer. Use the joy stick for this.
- Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder containing the videos. Take a look at this post
for more guidance. - Copy and paste or cut and paste the clips onto your computer.
Find more general information on copying and pasting in Windows here.
Plugging in the Power Adapter
See below where to plug your camcorder into the power adapter.
USB Cable
A USB cable comes with your camcorder and looks like this:
Plugging the USB Cable into the Camcorder
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