Philips PCVC740K99 User Manual page 29

Indicator LED
The LED on top of the camera will be illuminated when it is delivering video images to your
computer, and not illuminated when it is not. It will flash before a timed snapshot is taken. One
second before the snapshot countdown ends, it will flash more rapidly to warn you of the
impending event.
Philips installation program
A standard installation program that runs from the CD-ROM. Normally, this program starts
automatically after the installation CD-ROM has been inserted into the CD-ROM drive, and will
guide you through the whole installation process. The program can be started manually by
running 'setup.exe' from the CD-ROM drive.
Pixel
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.
Plug & Play
An operating system principle for connecting hardware to your computer. The idea is to recognize
the new hardware automatically and to load the appropriate drivers without restarting your
computer. With USB devices this usually means that you will have to perform an installation
procedure only once, i.e. the first time you connect the new hardware. After the initial set-up, you
will not have to restart the computer when connecting the camera to the USB port. The USB
driver will detect the camera as newly connected hardware. It can then be used within a few
seconds without the need to restart the computer.
Preview Window
The window within the capture application that is used to display live, or moving, video.
Property page
A window with camera setting tabs that appears when you click on a setting menu item within an
application. This setting menu item can have different names in different applications, but is
usually called 'Settings', 'Preferences', 'Video settings' or similar.
Rebooting
Restarting your PC to initialize all original settings and finalize all settings changed during an
installation procedure.
Resolution
Typically given in the context of pixels, this is used to describe overall video size. This is related
to quality in that the higher the resolution, the better the quality and the more pixels.
Snapshot button
The hardware button on top of the camera which fulfils the same function as the software
'Capture' button in the TWAIN viewfinder window. If the viewfinder displays the camera's view on
your screen in the TWAIN viewfinder window, pressing this button will capture a still image.
TWAIN
Standard software interface for imaging applications. If a hardware device has a TWAIN driver, it
can be used as an image source for TWAIN-compatible imaging applications. Choose your
TWAIN source in the imaging application itself. Then choose 'Acquire' to start the TWAIN driver
for the TWAIN source.
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