User manual PHILIPS PCVC720B

[. . . ] That's what you get with the Philips USB PC Camera. Forget about installing grabber cards and separate power supplies. Power is supplied direct to the camera through the USB cable and the camera returns video straight to your PC!This USB PC Camera has several unique features: · The universal camera base supports both free-standing and hanging use (for laptops), with perch included for stable footing on top of your monitor. [. . . ] the Environment setting compensates for the specific colour spectrum of these types of lighting. Only switch off the automatic white balance control when you have a colourful scene and stable lighting conditions. The current colour setting will remain frozen and will not be influenced by the camera's internal controls. ([SRVXUH The exposure setting determines the amount of light that will fall onto the video sensor chip by controlling the gain and shutter speed. in Auto exposure mode the camera automatically adjusts the gain and shutter speed. In manual mode (no check mark in the Auto checkbox) you can control the setting for gain and shutter speed manually. 'HIDXOWV If you like a particular setting for particular lighting conditions, you can use the Save and Restore buttons to save and restore this preferred setting. Should you wish to restore all standard settings, then click the Default button under Factory. 0DLQV IOLFNHUOHVV The Flickerless control will be switched on automatically if you have chosen to engage Auto White Balance in combination with fluorescent light conditions (the option FL under Environment) to prevent flickering or strangely coloured video images. Please indicate under Mains whether your mains power frequency is 50 Hz (Europe) or 60 Hz (USA) so the Flickerless control will work correctly. 6RXQG 6HWWLQJV Access to the sound settings is dependent on the application software. But usually it will look something like this when you open a 'Sound Settings' option. The camera has no built-in microphone, so a microphone (not included) connected to your sound card will be used as a sound input for your video application. Check your sound recording capabilities with a recording application, e. If you can record sound through your sound card with such an application, you should also be able to record sound and camera images together in any video application. )UHTXHQF\ 6L]H &KDQQHOV These are the standard parameters of the audio data. You can change these parameters to suit your application in the same way as the resolution setting, for example. &DSWXUH $XGLR Determines whether or not you want to record sound with your video stream. &DSWXUH VRXUFH Some applications may offer you an extra tab marked '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. Applications that don't show this extra tab will offer video source switching under a different menu item within the application itself. [. . . ] Usually, this program starts automatically after inserting the installation CDROM into your CD-ROM drive, and guides you through the whole installation process. The program can be started manually by running 'setup. 3L[HO The smallest square or round element in an image. These are the 'building blocks' that are only one colour in their individual state, but combine with others to form complete images. [. . . ]