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EN User manual Register your pr oduct and get support at www .philips.com/w elcome SPC2050NC[...]
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2 Contents / Things y ou should know Contents 1 Things you should kno w 2-4 Safety pr ecautions 2 Cop yright 3 Disclaimer 3 FCC compliance 3 Envir onmental information 3-4 System requir ements 4 Disclaimer of warranty 4 Limitations of damages 4 2 Y our W ebCam 4 W elcome 4 3 What’ s i n the box? 5 4 Functional o verview 5 5 Installation 6-7 5.1 I[...]
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3 Things you should know Cop yright Cop yright © 2008 by Philips Consumer Electronics B.V . All rights reserved. No par t of this publication ma y be repr oduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a r etrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, che[...]
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4 Things you should know / Y our W ebCam Please inform y ourself about the local separate collection system for electrical and electr onic products. Please act according to y our local rules and do not dispose of your old pr oducts with your normal household waste. The correct disposal of your old pr oduct will help prev ent potential negative cons[...]
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5 What’ s in the box? / Functional over view 3 What’ s in the bo x? Please check that the following items ar e packed in the Philips SPC2050NC box. They ar e provided to help y ou set up and use your Philips SPC2050NC. Philips SPC2050NC W ebCam Installation CD-R OM including user manual SPC2050NC Installation CD v.1.00 9082 100 03367 4 Function[...]
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6 Installation 5 Installation 5.1 Installing the W ebCam software The software supplied onl y works on PCs with the operating systems Microsoft ® Windows ® XP (SP2) and Vista. Also refer to 1 ‘Things you should know’ - ‘System r equirements’. Notes • Unplug all your USB devices (except USB k eyboard and USB mouse) befor e you start. •[...]
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7 Installation Or : If there ar e cer tain items y ou do not wish to install, check the box es before these items. Select at least ‘W ebCam Driver SPC2050NC’ and ‘Philips CamSuite’. Click the ‘Next’ button. • The following softw are license agreement appears . Click on ‘Y es’ to continue the installation. • The follo wing screen[...]
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8 W ebCam settings 6 W ebCam settings All SPC2050NC W ebCam settings can be adjusted in the property pages. The Philips CamSuite application how ever , enables you to easily acces a number of the most used settings (properties). When activating instant messaging or V oIP service (Skype , Windo ws ® Live Messenger ,Y ahoo! Messenger , etc.), the Ph[...]
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9 W ebCam settings 6.2.1 Change Y our Background Enables you to r eplace the actual (real-time) background image b y one from the W ebCam background list or b y one of your own pictur es. Open the Change Y our Backgr ound control panel (‘ 2 ’). • In the contr ol panel, a background image is shown in a pr eview window . The background name is [...]
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10 W ebCam settings 6.2.2 Fun frame Enables you to place an o verla y (frame) over the curr ent video stream. Open the Fun frame control panel (‘ 2 ’). • In the contr ol panel, a frame imag e is shown in a previe w window . The frame name is displayed abo ve the window . By default, the last selected frame is sho wn. When this option is enabl[...]
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11 W ebCam settings 6.3 Imag e settings menu Enables you to optimize image quality . • Click the ‘ ’ button in the Philips CamSuite control panel to open the Image settings menu. • Check the box befor e an item to activate that item. • Click the ‘ 2 ’ button to open the control panel for that item. • Click the ‘ 4 ’ button to cl[...]
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12 W ebCam settings 6.3.3 Pix el Plus This option enables Philips patented Pix el Plus technology and helps you to enhance the image and video quality of the W ebCam, giving you natural-looking, razor sharp pictures with incredible detail. Use the slider to adjust the lev el of Pixel Plus, added to the live video of your W ebCam. Use the slider to [...]
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13 W ebCam settings 6.5 Property pag es In the Property pages you can adjust all possible SPC2050NC W ebCam settings (properties): General, Video , Audio and Features. Note! For easy access to the most used W ebCam settings (Fun, Image , Audio), open the Philips CamSuite control panel and mak e settings as described in the pre vious chapters. • C[...]
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14 W ebCam settings 5 Demo mode Select ‘Demo mode’ to see a 'live pr eview' video image on your monitor so y ou can see the effect of the adjustment on your scr een. The lower part of the screen will be split in two halfs; on the left you see the cur rent picture, on the right you see the enhanced pictur e . In order to see the ‘liv[...]
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15 W ebCam settings 14 Contrast Contrast enables you to contr ol the ratio between dark and light accor ding to your own pref erence. Use the slider to find your pr eferr ed setting. 15 Gamma Gamma enables you to brighten dark ar eas within the displa yed image or video and visualize more details without o ver -exposing already light areas. Use the[...]
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16 W ebCam settings / Operating the W ebCam 6.5.4 F eatures settings • Click the Featur es tab. • The ‘Features settings’ screen appears . • Y ou can now adjust the follo wing features settings: 23 Face tracking Refer to 6.3.2 ‘Face tracking’ for an explanation of the featur e and information on how to activate it via the Philips CamS[...]
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17 T echnical data / Frequently asked questions 8 T echnical data Sensor 2.0 MP CMOS Real video resolution (Max.) 2.0 MP Real still image resolution (Max.) 2.0 MP Interpolated still image resolution (Max.) 8.0 MP Frames per second 90 fps F-number 2.0 Lens view angle 70 degrees, wide-angle Lens construction 5 elements, glass Autofocus Y es Minimum s[...]
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18 Frequently asked questions Click ‘OK’ to sa ve y our settings. Click the Video tab. • The Video settings screen appears . Adjust the gamma value of the displa yed image or video . The gamma setting enables you to visualize mor e details. • Use the slider to find y our preferr ed setting. Slide to the left to see more details; slide to th[...]
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19 Frequently asked questions Click ‘OK’ to sa ve y our settings. 9.3 Using m y Philips W ebCam makes m y PC / laptop run slow . What should I do? Close software a pplications that do not necessarily need to run. Open the Philips CamSuite control panel b y double clicking the Philips CamSuite icon in the Windows taskbar (bottom right of your sc[...]
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20 Frequently asked questions Note! The maximum frame rate (frames per second (fps) produced b y the W ebCam) and the maximum image r esolution depend on the specifications of your PC / la ptop. The W ebCam software will automaticall y adjust frame rate and resolution as g ood as possible for your particular situation. It might be possible that the[...]
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© 2008 K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited without the prior written consent of the cop yright owner . The information pr esented in this document does not form par t of an y quotation or contract, is believed to be accurate and r eliable and may be changed without notice. No [...]