User manual PHILIPS PCA62CR

[. . . ] Congratulations on purchasing the Philips USB PC Camera PCA62CR. This new digital camera is the most advanced way of recording high-quality movies or still pictures quickly and easily on your PC or laptop computer. After installation, the new camera can be used for all sorts of applications, such as: Video e-mail: This new digital camera uses the patented compression technology of the `Videogram Creator' software. Thanks to this compression algorithm, the video files remain very small so they can be sent via the corporate network or the Internet. Video conferences: The camera and the driver software are suitable for many popular video conferencing packages, including NetMeeting by Microsoft, VDOPhone and ProShare by Intel. Snapshots and video photos: Use photos and images in presentations, create postcards, or send them via e-mail or on diskette. Add sound to the snapshots to add a personal message or to explain the picture. [. . . ] With the colour enable checkbox, you can switch from colour images to black&white and back. Turn on the backlight compensation to improve the image quality when you have a scene where the background has a high illumination level (for instance when you sit in front of a window). 10 Defaults If you like a particular setting for one application or light condition, and another setting for a different one, you can use the Restore and Save buttons to save and restore these preferred settings. Should you wish to restore all standard settings, click on the Restore button under Factory Defaults. 5. 2. 1. 3 Capture Source The third tab is `Capture Source'. Usually this setting has only one option when the USB PC Camera is the only video source connected to your computer. However, if more than one video source is connected to your system, then this is where you switch between them. 11 6 TWAIN applications The Philips PCA62CR USB PC Camera is TWAIN compatible (like most scanners are), so you can use the camera as an input device for application software that uses TWAIN as a data source. photo editing software). 6. 1 Capturing images from within applications In TWAIN compatible applications you will see the Philips PC Camera listed as an available TWAIN data source among your other TWAIN sources (e. g. Just pick the Philips PC Camera as your source to acquire camera pictures directly into your application. Then choose `Acquire' to launch the camera viewfinder that displays the moving video picture. Now the colour setting remains constant. When light conditions change it is recommended that you put the white balance mode on auto again. In auto mode the control speed setting determines the speed of automatic adjustment to changing light conditions. The set of framerates from which the user may choose depends on the currently selected video image format and the available bandwidth on the USB bus (the number of devices connected to your USB port and the amount of data they transport). The buttons for invalid framerates will be automatically greyed out and cannot be selected. 17 7 Q: A: Q: A: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) My system "hangs" during the reboot phase when Windows 98 tries to set up personalized settings for Multimedia. You probably plugged in your camera before running the install procedure. Unplug the camera, restart your computer and start the installation Wizard. My PC does not start any more when the camera is connected. It is very likely that your BIOS is not compatible with the USB standard. Contact your PC supplier for an updated BIOS. With additional USB peripherals installed my PC seems to be unstable (blue screens). Check if Phoenix Plugworks is one of your applications. You need to have version 1. 1 or higher for proper operation with Windows98. Where can I find application software for this camera?The Videogram Creator application is included on the CD-ROM. With this application, you can create off-line video-messages and pictures. For Internet video connections, you can use Microsoft's NetMeeting (downloadable from the Internet or available on the Microsoft Windows98 Installation CD-ROM). [. . . ] Do not connect the camera to a USB port before installing the Philips drivers. Should you do this, Windows98 will install its own drivers that might be less compatible with the camera than the Philips drivers. You must have Windows98 running and have the Windows98 CD-ROM at hand. Your USB controller should be working correctly. You can check this in the Windows98 Device Manager (Click on the My Computer icon on your desktop, click on Properties with your right mouse-button, then click on the Device Manager tab). A section with the name `Universal serial bus controller' should be visible. Click on this device and Windows98 will tell you if this part of your computer system is operating correctly. · About USB You can connect the camera to any USB port on your computer. You do not have to switch off the computer. [. . . ]