Radio Shack PC Camera Owner's Manual page 9

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Bandwidth
Your camera and other USB devices con-
nected to your computer use differing
amounts of bandwidth (an amount of infor-
mation per unit of time) as they work with the
computer. The USB controller in your com-
puter has a fixed amount of bandwidth,
which all attached USB devices must share.
Your camera's default bandwidth setting is
You might need to adjust this value in either
of the following circumstances:
USB Controller Bandwidth Ex-
ceeded
appears in Windows. If this
happens, select
to reduce the amount
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of USB bandwidth used by the camera.
Note: Selecting
might reduce the cam-
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era's frame rate.
• The camera's frame rate is too slow for
your needs. If this happens, select
increase the amount of USB bandwidth
used by the camera.
Auto Exposure
Adjust these values in any of the following
circumstances.
Type:
• Select
source's frequency is 50 Hz.
• Select
source's frequency is 60 Hz (most AC
power in the United States is 60 Hz).
• Select
set the camera to its auto exposure
mode.
Speed:
• Select
• Select
light at fast speed.
• Select
to light at medium speed.
• Select
light at slow speed.
Color Correction
.
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Adjust these values in any of the following
circumstances.
(Auto White Balance):
AWB
• Select
balance.
• Select
balance.
• Select
auto white balance.
to
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• Select
balance.
Light Source:
• Select
ture of light sources, or if you are not
sure what type of light source will be
available.
Software Operation
if your AC power
Band 50Hz
if your AC power
Band 60Hz
(Auto Exposure) to
Normal AE
to stop auto exposure.
Stop AE
to expose the image to
Fast
to expose the image
Medium
to expose the image to
Slow
to turn off auto white
Stop AWB
to turn on fast auto white
Fast
to turn on medium
Medium
to turn on slow auto white
Slow
for images using a mix-
Overall
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