User manual PHILIPS SPC600NC

[. . . ] Philips SPC 600NC PC Camera Instructions for use 2 ENGLISH Introduction Philips SPC 600NC PC Camera The Philips SPC 600NC PC Camera you have just purchased is manufactured to the highest standards and will give you years of trouble-free use. Brilliant images and blazing colours, that's what you get with the SPC 600NC PC Camera. Forget about installing interface cards and separate power supplies, because you don't need them any more. Power is supplied direct to the camera through the USB cable and the camera returns audio and video straight to your PC! [. . . ] Most applications can show a 'live preview' video image on your monitor. Always use this option to see the effect of changed settings on your screen. General controls 1 2 1 Flickerless The Flickerless option should only be used under flickering light conditions (e. g. fluorescent or neon lamps) to prevent flickering or strangely coloured video images. If this option is used under normal lighting conditions the video image may be overexposed. 2 Region If you are using the Philips SPC 600NC in Europe, select '50 Hz' and if you are using the Philips SPC 600NC in North America, select '60 Hz'. For Asia this setting is dependent on the local mains output. for China, select `50 Hz' and for Taiwan, select `60Hz'. Please check your local mains output to find the correct `Region' setting. ENGLISH 11 Picture controls 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 !@ # $ % ^ 3 Full automatic control: on/off This full automatic control mode provides a very easy way to get the best out of your Philips SPC 600NC PC Camera. Or you can choose to have maximum manual control over the camera settings by switching the full automatic control mode off. Full automatic control 'on' is the preferred setting for normal use. Use the slider to find your preferred setting. @ Gamma Gamma enables you to brighten dark areas within the displayed image or video and visualize more details without over-exposing already light areas. Use the slider to find your preferred setting. # Saturation Saturation enables you to set the colour reproduction from black and white to a full colour image or video according to your own preference. Use the slider to find your preferred setting. $ Black and white The 'Black and white' checkbox is used to switch from colour images to black and white and back. ENGLISH 13 % Backlight compensation 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 are sitting in front of a bright light). ^ Mirror Clicking the 'Mirror Image' checkbox flips the image horizontally. You can use this feature when you want to use the Philips SPC 600NC and monitor as a mirror, or to take pictures of mirrored images. Audio controls & & Volume slider This slider provides manual control over the microphone volume. 14 ENGLISH 5. Using the applications VLounge · For quick and easy start-up of the VLounge software, press the camera's QuickLaunch button. · For additional support read the 'Help' documentation within the 'Help' option of the menubar of VLounge. MSN messenger You can download and install MSN Messenger via Microsoft MSN Messenger websites. In the list below you will find the website address for your country for downloading MSN Messenger: USA - http://messenger. msn. com Germany - http://messenger. msn. de France - http://messenger. msn. fr United Kingdom - http://messenger. msn. co. uk Spain: - http://messenger. msn. es Portugal - http://messenger. msn. com Italy - http://messenger. msn. it Belgium (Dutch) - http://messenger. msn. be Belgium (French) - http://messenger. fr. msn. be Norway - http://messenger. msn. no Finland - http://messenger. msn. fi Sweden - http://messenger. msn. se Denmark - http://messenger. msn. dk The Netherlands - http://messenger. msn. nl Austria - http://messenger. msn. at Swiss (German) - http://messenger. msn. ch Swiss (French) - http://messenger. fr. msn. ch Please follow the on-screen instructions during downloading and installation of MSN Messenger. ENGLISH 15 Yahoo!Messenger You can download and install Yahoo!In the list below you will find the website address for your country for downloading Yahoo! [. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · · · · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ]