For KY-F550 Version: ver 1.0 Last updated: October 1, 2004

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DV-Link is a standard tool provided to the KY-F550 users for use with the camera. The application is based on KY-F550 1394 SDK supplied by JVC. DV-Link Major Functions: Control KY-F550 through IEEE1394 bus including function menu mode. Display video data on PC with provision for recording View recorded AVI files Provision for captures of still images (bmp format) during live and off-line viewing for AVI files. Device control provision for BR-DV3000/BR-DV6000 Professional DV Recorder/BD-X200 DVD Recorder

[Recommended operating environment]

OS Microsoft Windows XP (Home Edition or Professional) Windows 2000 Professional with important updates that can be obtained from Microsoft Security website. CPU Intel Pentium 4, 2.4GHz or higher RAM 256MB or more HDD IDE disc with 7200rpm or more (RAID system is recommended for recording the live image) Graphic Card AGP graphic card with NVIDIA GeForce4MX chip or GeForceFX chip mounted. (GeForce4MX420/GeForce FX5700) ATI RADEON 9600/9800 chip or higher IEEE-1394 Host Adapter* Matrox Meteor2-1394(PCI), Ratoc REX-CFW3 (CardBus) Others DirectX9 End-user Runtime Library, Internet Explorer 5.01 or later Hard disc space for installation Windows XP: 5.5MB Windows 2000: 9.5MB Connectable Equipment JVC KY-F550, BR-DV3000/6000, BD-X200

* The JVC proprietary driver is required. Windows genuine drivers are unavailable.

Click either the Download button at the bottom of this page according to the camera model you are using. For KY-F550U users, choose [Download for KY-F550U] For KY-F550E users, choose [Download for KY-F550E]

2-1  Double-click "InstDVLink_forKY-F550U.exe" (or InstDVLink_forKY-F550E.exe) file to open it. The self-extraction program activates. 2-2  Click [Unzip] to start extraction. When message window appears, click [OK] to complete the extraction. InstDVLink_forKY-F550U folder has been created.

3-1  Double-click "Setup.exe" in InstDVLink_forKY-F550U folder and installation starts. Start the installation according to the instructions on your screen. (Screen images are for KY-F550U.) 3-2  Click [Next >]. Setup wizard is displayed. 3-3  Click [Next >]. The usage license contract menu is displayed. 3-4  Read the software usage license contract. If you agree to its terms, check [I Agree], then click [Next >]. If you do not agree to the terms, select [Cancel], which terminates installation. 3-5  Specify the folder to install DV-Link. If you do not specify a folder, a folder named "JVC\DV-Link" is created automatically in the "Program Files" folder. Click [Next >]. 3-6  Confirm the conditions to operate DV-Link, then click [Next >]. 3-7  This completes the preparations for installing. Click [Next >]. 3-8  DV-Link is being installed. 3-9  The DV-Link installation is complete. Click [Close].

Select [Start] -> [All Programs] -> [JVC] -> [DVLink] -> [DVLink for KY-F550U (or DVLink for KY-F550E)] to start up the DVLink. When the software starts normally, then the installation is complete successfully. A shortcut icon is automatically created on the desktop. Clicking the icon is another way to check that the software starts normally. For operation instructions of DV-Link, read the "User's Guide" from [Start] -> [All Programs] -> [JVC] -> [DVLink for KY-F550U] folder or from the "Help" menu of the DV-Link application.

After checking all the steps above, click the button below to start Download.