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Fle x iCa m User ’ s manual Model :PK-5 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 4 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 13 U n ins t alling D r i v er 14 VP - EYE pr o gr a m 15 T ro u blesh o oti n g 24[...]
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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 H o w to use ?[...]
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4 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. 4 , f =4.9 m m V ie w A ngle: 54 d egree Focus Range: Auto m atic f ocus, 30c 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.: 800 x 600 ， [...]
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5 l 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: Plea s e Uni n s ta ll All Pre v i o us Ins ta ll e d W EBCAM BEF O RE Ins ta lli n g A4 TECH V ie w CAM. DO NO T C O NNEC T A4 TECH V iewCAM T O THE CO M PUTER UNT I L ITS DRIVER IS INS T AL L E D ! 1. Insert the incl u ded[...]
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6 3. Follow t h e on scre e n inst r uctio n to c o mplete the in st allati on proce s s[...]
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7 4. W h en the Ins ta llati o n Process is c o m p let e d 5. Cli c k “ Fi n ish ” to c o mplete ins ta llati o n. No w , the shortcu t Amc a p a n d Zo o m ima g es will a pp e ar on t h e c o mpute r de s k t o p 6. 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 m cap Usage Afte[...]
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8 set the a d jus t m e n t s for t h e proper t ies s heet thr o u g h the imag e ap p li c ati o n s o ftware whi ch comes with the pr o duct. Image-pre v ie w Cli c k button on the de s k t op and the Amc a p im a ge ap p li c ati o n will pop - up or from “ s t art ” to “ ap p li c ati on ” “ A4TECH USB PC C a me r a H ” ， a nd cl[...]
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9 if Amcap ima g e f a ils to a p pear ， please s el e ct the pre v iew belo w “ Options “ sho w n as foll o ws : De v ice description Go to “ De v ices ” a nd s e le c t “ A4 T ech USB PC C a m e ra H ” . (R e fer to below diagr a m )[...]
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10 Properties p age configuration Go to “ Options ” , then s e l e ct “ V ideo Captu r e Filter …” (R e fer to below di a gr a m) The Properties c o nfi g uration pa ge will p o p-up a s below:[...]
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1 1 Most settings c an be a dj u sted here A d vanced settings PK-5 o f fers the im a ge s pecial e f f e ct and v ideo special e f f e ct settings for the users, our desi g n en g in e ers ha v e defin e d 1 5 spe c i a l e f f e ct settin g s, b y usi n g th e m, it will a llow y ou to ope r at e easil y and e d it the im a ge s more ef fi c ien [...]
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12 Digi t al V iew C a m a d jus tab le focus d esc r iption PK- 5 c a n pro v i d e 1 0 tim e s a d j u s t a b le f o cus f u nctio n u n de r CIF( 3 52 × 2 8 8) resoluti on , accom p an y ing di g i ta l adjus ta ble control p o le 。 Le v el-sli d i n g z oom im a ge a nd th e spe c i a l filter m a k e ima g es more clea r , See the contr o [...]
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13 adjus t a b le fo c us contr o l p ole B e fore a dj u stment after adjusted NOTE ： It to t all y suppor t s QQ 、 MSN … .etc v ide o c hat s o ftwar e under 352 * 288 、 3 2 0*2 40 、 176 * 144 、 1 60*1 2 0 … etc res o lutions .[...]
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14 l Checking con n ectio n of y our camera 1. Pl u g the USB c a b le to the c o m p uter ’ s USB Port. 2. Res t art y our c o mputer when Ins ta lla t ion is c o mpleted. 3. Do u ble c li c k “ M y C o m p uter ” icon- > Contr o l Pa n el- > S y stem- > De v ice Manager ->Ima g ing D ev ice; if y ou see “ A4 T e ch USB PC C a [...]
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15 l VP - EYE The latest version of VP-EYE offers a ne w loo k that makes image editing m uch more fun and intuitive. T here are a l ot of improvement s and enhan c ement s that comes with VP-EYE 4.0 ， here are s ome o f the new features that y ou c an e x pect in VP - EYE 4.0. 1. Enter the setup inte r f a ce of the ViewC a m dri v er installati[...]
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16 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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17 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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18 not. Setting – change the video monitor set t ings (Gene r al, T ime r , S ecu r it y , M essage, Alarm) Pl a y back – retrieve cap t ured image da t a Help – e x plain ho w to use V ideo Player Message – s t art recording a video message Securi ty – enter in t o secu r ity mode 2. Recording a Video (Video E-Mail) The Video E-Mail is y[...]
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19 Important: For best re s ults playing any of these game s , move the camera to a position where you can easily move your hands i n front of the camera. Before the game logo appears, the ca m era will be calibrated. During the calib r ation, it is important not to move the camera. After proper calib r ation, the c amera will be mo r e capable of [...]
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20 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. 3. Making a photo album (P h oto 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,[...]
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21 comments. Looking for a certain photo in all y our albums? Search will look for all photos matching your s earch criteria. In addition, you can apply bas i c and special effects to your photos. 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 co[...]
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22 • Record – add background music or r ecord your voice • Flip – f lip your photo side to side • Scale scroll bar – adjust t he size of your photo • Opaci t y scroll bar – adjust the backg r ound of your pho t o • Save – save your card to a file • Print – print your card on paper • Email – send your card to a friend 6. [...]
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23 Use Photo Spec i al Effect s to add specia l effects to your photo s . Photo Special Effect s has more than 50 different spe cial 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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24 It is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and con v erting video data. The u s er interface is simple. It may c on v ert the photo s acquired b y d i gital c amera into a video file. Y ou ma y a l so add photo in the video strea m or put two video st r eams into one. It allow s yo u to add music and record the sound into the video fil[...]
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25 Question 2 ： My vi d eo image is too dim or too li g ht. Solving Method: Adjust the brightness and contrast background. Steps: Be c ause the V i ewCam can be easily affected by light, therefore, we suggested proceeding from u s age environment and screen object s uch as increasing object brightness or moving light source. Question 3: Color is [...]
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26 need to update the OS to WIN98 SE or abo v e or download DirectX8.0 or v ersion abo v e patch application from site then reset your compute r . Question 5: Bloom sc r een occu r s during the cou r se of usa g e Method 1: Check if USB power is clean, becau s e the ViewCam is easily affected. If the USB power wa v e is too large, then su c h probl[...]
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27 windo w , p l ease c heck the tab "resource ” to find the conflict information. If it is c onflicted with other video c ard, y ou s hould try to change an IRQ of them. Question 7 ： Remote video isn ’ t smooth as expected This issue is caused by t w o reasons: The actual net band with is not enough and you a r e suggested to modify the[...]
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28 messenger to s upport your ViewCam and s ound card. Question 9: How come t he system always asks m e to install the driver while I have successfully i n stalled? A: Be c ause you have p l ugged the ViewCam before installation. Please follow the steps below to do the installation aga i n. 1. Unplug the ViewCam f r om your computer 2. Uninstall th[...]
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29 computer system. TECH SUPPORT For tech support, please v isit our website at ww w .a4tech. c om o r email us at support@a4te c h.com[...]