Operating systems

• Windows 8
• Windows 8 Pro
• Windows 7 Ultimate Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows 7 Home Basic Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows 7 Starter Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows Vista Home Basic Service Pack 2 or higher
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Service Pack 3 or higher
• Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Service Pack 3 or higher (*)
• Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 3 or higher (*)
• Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 or higher
• Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 or higher
• Mac OS X (v10.3.9-v10.8)

Pre-installed

^* Excluding China

Note

• One of the above operating systems should be by default pre-installed. Any operating system other than those indicated above (Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Linux, etc.), upgraded operating systems or multi-boot environment are not supported.
• 64 bit versions of Windows XP are not supported.
• For the latest version information and compatibility with your operating system, please access the support home page for the IC recorder (see “Customer support websites”).

Hardware environment

• Sound board: Sound boards compatible with any of the supported operating systems
• Port: USB port
• Disk drive: To create a music CD, you need a CD-R/RW drive.

Note

The following systems are not supported:

• Operating systems other than the ones indicated in this topic
• Personally constructed computers or operating systems
• Upgraded operating systems
• Multi-boot environment
• Multi-monitor environment