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V iewCa m User ’ s manual Model :PK-335 ww w .a4tech.com[...]
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1 Conten t s p age Introducti on 2 S y stem ’ s R e q u ir e m e n ts 2 Pa c kage In c l u d e 2 USB PC C a me ra 3 S p e cificatio n 3 Ins t alling C a mera ’ s D r i v er 4 Ch ec king c o nn e cti o n of y our c a mer a 10 U n ins t alling D r i v er 1 1 VP - EYE pr o gr a m 1 1 T ro u blesh o oti n g 19[...]
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2 l Introduction W e lc o me to the W o rld o f Digi t al I ma g ing. The f o llowi n g i n fo r mati o n will g u ide y ou to ins ta ll a n d use the PC C a mera to i t s full c ap a b ilities. l S y stem ’ s requireme n ts Pers o n a l C o mpute r , Lapt o p, De s k t o p, or IBM C o m p atible C o mputer with Penti u m 1 66 M H z minim u m, an[...]
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3 l USB PC Camera l S pecification Image Sens o r: 1/4 〃 C MOS , 6 40 × 48 0 pix e ls Frame R ate: 30f p s@640x 4 80, @6 0 0x800, @3 2 0x24 0, @1 6 0x120 Lens: F=2. 0 , f =3.6 m m V ie w A ngle: 72 d egree Focus Range: Auto m atic f ocus, 10c m to in f ini t y Exposure Control: Auto m atic White Balan c e: Auto m atic S till Imag e Captur e Res.[...]
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4 Micro p ho n e B u ilt in M icro p ho n e Computer P o rt USB port ● Ins t alling came ra ’ s d r i v er Dri v er ’ s Ins ta lla t ion Instr u ction for W i n dows 9 8/ME / 2000/XP NOTE: Please Uninstall All Previous Installed WEBCAM BEFORE Installing A4 TECH V iewCAM. DO NOT CONN E CT A4 TECH V i ewCAM TO THE COM P UTER UNTIL IT S DRIVER I[...]
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5 2. Plea s e sel e ct y our Vi e wC AM m o d e l and cli c k on the produc t ima g e to ins ta ll ( As t h e right image). Th e n d i a l o gue b ox will app e ar on the c o mputer s creen as b elow: 3. Follow the on s cre e n instruc t ion to c o mplete t h e ins t allatio n proce s s[...]
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6 4. W h en t h e Ins ta lla t io n Proc e ss is c o m p let e d, res t art th e C o mpute r .[...]
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7 6. Cli c k “ Fi n ish ” to c o mplete ins ta llati o n. No w , the shortcu t Amc a p im a ge will a pp e ar on the c o m p uter de s k t o p 7. Pl u g the PC C a mera ’ s USB c a ble to the c o mputer ’ s USB Port, and res t art y our c o mpute r . A mcap Us a ge After ins ta llati o n of Vi e wC AM dri v e r , y ou can pre- v iew im a g [...]
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8 if Amca p image f a ils to ap pear ， pleas e go t o “ Opti ons ” and select “ Pre v iew ” (R e fer to the diagr a m b el o w) De v i c e desc r iption Go to “ De v ices ” a nd s e le c t “ A4 T ech USB PC C a m e ra ” . (R e fer to below diagr a m )[...]
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9 Properties pa ge c onfiguration Go to “ Options ” , then s e l e ct “ V ideo Captu r e Filter …” (R e fer to below diagr am ） The Properties c o nfi g uration pa ge as b elow wills p o p-up:[...]
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10 Most settings c an be a dj u sted here. ● Checking con n ectio n of y our camera 1. Plug the USB ca b le to th e computer ’ s USB Port. 2. Res t art y our com p uter when Ins t alla t ion is c o m p let e d. 3. Do u ble cli c k “ M y Co m pute r ” icon-> Control P a nel -> S y stem -> De v ic e Manager -> Im a ging De v ice ;[...]
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1 1 For W i n dows 2 000 /XP: Do u ble cli c k “ M y Co m puter ” ic o n-> Cont r ol P a nel -> S y stem -> Ha r dware -> De v ice Man a ger -> Imag i ng De v ice ; if y ou see “ A 4 T ech USB PC Ca m era ” , then y our c a mera is i n s t alled. ● Unins t alling Dri v er 1. Cli ck “ S t art ” f ro m the t a s k b ar an[...]
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12 1. Enter the setup inte r f a ce of the ViewC a m dri v er installation 2. Cli c k " VP - EYE" for inc re ment ap p li c ati o n inst a llatio n , the below inte r face a s shown in the p icture will au to maticall y pop up for y our setup, ac c ordi n g to the f o ur rotun d ity buttons d is p la y ed b y the interfa c e. Note: plea s[...]
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13 l Cli c k " progr a m a s s e m b l y nam e s " b y mo v ing m o use cursor , now , y ou can n a me or m o dif y the defa u lt name under " M y C o mputer - St a rt -all Prog ra ms " for the con v enien c e to run. l W he n y ou cli c k " " VP-E Y E ap p lication " b y mo v ing the m o use c ursor ,this m e an [...]
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14 1. Monitoring a view (Vide o Monitor 2.0) The V i deo Monitor can be u s ed in many ways, such a s video monitoring, r ecording and playback. Close – close t he V ideo M onitor Message i ndicator – sho w whether you have ne w messages Securi t y indicator – sho w w h ether security mode is w orking Minim i ze – minimize the V ideo M onit[...]
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15 Securi ty – enter in t o secu r ity mode 2. Recording a Video (Video E-Mail) The Video E-Mail is your digital recorder. Set the v i deo size an d start record i ng. y ou ma y atta c h the player program mmvem.exe while sending the e-mail. This program decompres s es the video and audio data, s hows the video on y our screen. It is eas y to dow[...]
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16 Gophers: Requires a c amera to p l ay. Object of the game is to hit the gophers. Beware of s nakes. Black Jack: Requires a c amera to play. Ob j ect of the game is to get 21 or less. Be careful, you have to have more po i nts than the dealer to win. Same rule s as Las Vegas 21.[...]
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17 Fishing: Requires a came r a and a mouse to play. Object of the game is to find match i ng photo c ards. Use the c ame r a to ma k e your own photo c ards, then send y our game to a friend. 4. Making a photo album (Photo EZ) Use Photo EZ to c r eate one or more photo albums. Each photo can include addit i onal i nfo r mation like date, author, p[...]
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18 5. Sending a g r eeting card (Photo Greeting Cards ) Use Photo G r eeting Cards to create ele c tronic card s . Photo Greeting Cards has 20 categories contain i ng over 100 different cards. Give it a try! Select a card, add s ome text, add y our voice then ma k e some final changes. T here y ou have it, an electronic c ard! Next, send i t to y o[...]
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19 • Save – save your card to a file • Print – print your card on paper • Email – send your card to a friend 6. Having fun with your p hotos (Photo Special Effects)[...]
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20 Use Photo Spec i al Effect s to add specia l effects to your photo s . Photo Special Effect s has m ore than 50 different special effect s . The effect s are s epa r ated i nto c olor manipulation, t r ansformation and blurring categories. It is fun, eas y and fa s t to add s pecia l effect s to y our favourite photos. Give it a try! 7. Digital [...]
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21 If you need more infor m ation about VP-EYE please log onto website : http://ww w .mmedia.com.tw l T roubleshooting Question 1: Computer can ’ t detect the View Cam Solving Method: Check if computer ’ s OS (Operat i ng System), BIOS, U SB Port or installat i on errors oc c urs. Steps: Windows 95 doesn ’ t support USB port. Y ou have to upd[...]
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22 Question 3: Color is d efective Problem: After installation, if you found the image is not as expected as you want. Is the c olor part defective? Solving Method: Adjust the co l or setting s related to v i de o snapping course option s or have the c olor setting s related set a s “ default “ Question4: Blank screen or black screen Symptom: D[...]
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23 problem will occu r . Y ou m ay use another computer to test it. Method 2: Check if the driver conflicts with other co m puter hardware devices. Method 3: Check the ViewCam driver and match it w ith ViewCam model; in addition also u s e other video c ards to confirm if the current video ca r d and its driver are incompatible with ViewCam. Questi[...]
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24 modify the conference properties to decrease the v i deo occupying bandwidth or to r edu c e the contemporaneou s windows numbers 2) Please c heck the computer CPU space occupying rate and if it is too high then p l ease decrease it to reduce the contemporaneou s windows numbers. Question 8 ： How co m e I couldn ’ t hear any sound via MSN Me[...]
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25 2. Uninstall the former AMCAP driver 3. Restart y our co m puter; 4. Install the driver; 5. Restart y our co m puter; 6. Plug the ViewCam into you r computer and l et i t search the hardware; 7. Restart y our co m pute r , and y ou s hou l d find it is o k now! Question 10: There hasn ’ t any prompt authentication through the Microsoft micro s[...]