Craig
December 9th 03, 01:48 PM
jeff,
That was the first place I went, however, It's from
Taiwan and the site is in Chinese....I tried using the
driver it came with on both XP and Win98/SE system with
the same results. Anything else I can try??
>-----Original Message-----
>I had the same problem with a scanner - where the
program
>it comes with works but the computer still doesn't think
>the device is there. So I would think the solution is
>similar to what I did...
>
>My first guess would be that you don't have the proper
>drivers for them, and thus your system has no idea what
is
>plugged into it. Usually when you plug some sort of
>imaging device into a USB port you'll get a little pop-
up
>saying that windows has detected it. I'm assuming that
>doesn't happen for you. Try going to the website for
the
>binoculars... they should have a download for Windows XP
>drivers and/or installation software. The photo manager
>software is just the program that allows for the easier
>manipulation of your photos, but without the right
drivers
>your computer won't know how to connect to the
>binoculars.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I just purchased the Viewcatcher VC-133 Binoculars
>>w/Digital camera. It uses 32 MB of SD media. I plugged
>>the USB cable into my computer and then the binoculars,
>>with the binocs set for PC (to download pics)and
nothing
>>happens. It came with Thalia photo manager and when I
try
>>to download using that it says device not found. My
>>regular digital camera works perfectly....Any ideas???
>>.
>>
>.
>
That was the first place I went, however, It's from
Taiwan and the site is in Chinese....I tried using the
driver it came with on both XP and Win98/SE system with
the same results. Anything else I can try??
>-----Original Message-----
>I had the same problem with a scanner - where the
program
>it comes with works but the computer still doesn't think
>the device is there. So I would think the solution is
>similar to what I did...
>
>My first guess would be that you don't have the proper
>drivers for them, and thus your system has no idea what
is
>plugged into it. Usually when you plug some sort of
>imaging device into a USB port you'll get a little pop-
up
>saying that windows has detected it. I'm assuming that
>doesn't happen for you. Try going to the website for
the
>binoculars... they should have a download for Windows XP
>drivers and/or installation software. The photo manager
>software is just the program that allows for the easier
>manipulation of your photos, but without the right
drivers
>your computer won't know how to connect to the
>binoculars.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I just purchased the Viewcatcher VC-133 Binoculars
>>w/Digital camera. It uses 32 MB of SD media. I plugged
>>the USB cable into my computer and then the binoculars,
>>with the binocs set for PC (to download pics)and
nothing
>>happens. It came with Thalia photo manager and when I
try
>>to download using that it says device not found. My
>>regular digital camera works perfectly....Any ideas???
>>.
>>
>.
>