My F505 just arrived, the camera works great, I love it, but ... I CAN NOT GET THE USB WORKING. I followed the instructions to the letter, and the drivers do install successfully (I think). There is no new drive assigned to the camera as the manual shows. My computer is a new Dell, so the problem is not with the computer. Can anyone help? Has anyone had anything like this happen? I can get the serial transfer working, but the 16 MB Memory Stick takes forever to load. Please help me. I have tried to contact Sony, but it seems I would have a better chance if I just yelled really loud out my window.
Thank You,
Geary Beyler
If you have the factory load on the computer, that could be part of the problem. The factory loads on systems are usually not done in a way you would normally load them, and make the system run slower also. That's usually the first thing I do when I get a new system... reload it.
Another thing is... have you used USB devices on the system previously? Some manufacturer's(for whatever reason) ship the systems with USB disabled in the Cmos settings. Windows will install the drivers and stuff for it, but it won't work without being enabled in the systems setup.
I don't know if I'll be much help, but I own a Dell also. I have an older Dell, it's a Pentium II 300 XPSD3000. When I first installed the driver, it recognized the camera and I was able to copy the images off of it. But when I unplugged the USB cable, or turn the camera off, my computer froze. After trying everything, I resorted to fromatting my drive and reinstalled Windows 98. Everything works great now! No more freezing after I remove the USB cable, or turn the camera off. I also use a Dell at work. It's a Pentium II 450 and it seems to work fine with the camera.
I'm not suggesting you format your hard drive and start over, but if it's your last resort, you might want to try it. Get some help if you're uneasy about doing it.
First you should try these steps though:
1. Remove the USB drivers you had previously installed.
2. Take at least one picture with your camera.
3. Connect the USB cable to the computer and your camera (with the camera turned off).
4. Put the driver cd in the cd-rom and turn the camera on.
The computer should detect a new device and ask for drivers.
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*NOTE: DO NOT connect the camera to your computer before installing the software.*
To install the software, insert the Logitech camera software CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive.
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You can download the latest vista drivers from here, this link will give you the instructions on how to download the drivers with the images.
http://tinyurl.com/6ruwav
Using the CD :
The Setup screen should appear. If it does not, please perform the following steps:
Click Start and then Run.
Type D:\Setup.exe and press the Enter key.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Using the Downloaded file :
Double click on the setup file.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
After the computer reboots, the driver installation for the camera will start. Do not connect the camera until the setup prompts you to connect the camera cable to your computer.
While the driver installation progresses, remove the camera and camera base from the packaging and mount the camera on the camera base.
When prompted, plug the camera into the USB port. You should see the following diagram to let you know where to plug the camera in:
After the installation is complete, the camera should be ready to use.
We have done the drivers installation which are needed by the computer to ecognize the camera.
Had the serial port working before? If not, try this, disable the infered port and click start choose IBM Thinkpad 760 open it and locate the com1 (serial) and enable it. It should work fine.
Goodluck.
Do not use Picture Gear Lite to open your pictures. If you have Windows 98 and have installed the drivers from your CD supplied with the camera then open the pictures from your Windows Explorer. When you hook up the USB cable to your 505 from the PC then turn on the cameras power. At that point you will have a new drive letter appear in Windows Explorer. That is if your drivers are installed correctly. Once you see the new drive letter appear, just open files from it just as you would if you were doing so from a floppy disk. Copy/Paste or what ever. Go on and give it a shot! Have fun.............
I use my Sony camaras (F55) with the PCMCIA card adapter. It works great. But now I'm switching from a powerbook to an iBook so I have to get a PCMCIA USB reader!! For you, I'd get the USB PCI card that goes into your mac and then find drivers for the Sony camara if they have them for the mac. Otherwise, go the PCMCIA reader route.
USB is not available with NT4.0 It will be available with Windows2000 however. I'm running NT on both my workstation and laptop and am buying the F505 myself as soon as I find a dealer that stocks them.
SInce the only storage option on the F505 is Memorystick, you would need a memorystick reader. Sony has a MemoryStick/PCMCIA adapter card that would fit in standard PCCard slots. Once the images are in your computer they are standard JPEGs. Go to the Cybershot forum on http://www.mavican.com and ask what the F55 Mac users do. It also uses only memorysticks.
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