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Summary of Contents for Creative inPerson
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Welcome We are pleased to present the latest Video Conferencing experience from Creative. Read on to get the most out of your new inPerson™. Key Features Usage Scenarios • High video quality (up to VGA resolution and 2 Mbps bit-rate) •...
Table of Contents A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control ......3 Power Options ................. 8 Getting Started ................ 9 During a Call ................13 Connecting Your inPerson to a TV .......... 14 Managing Photos ..............15 Managing Your Contact List ............ 16 Managing Your Calls ...............
A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control 3 A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control...
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4 A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control Back 5V DC IN NETWORK AV OUTPUT White - Power Audio In (Left) jack Network port Yellow - Red - Video In jack Audio In (Right) jack Bottom Removable Battery Battery Release switch...
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A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control 5 The color selectors Press the red, green, blue or yellow selector on inPerson corresponding to the same color button you want to select on your inPerson’s LCD. Entering characters To enter a number, press and hold the numeric button.
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6 A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control We use the term “Highlight“ in this manual to mean the following action: To move up and down a menu to highlight an item, press the up and down arrows button Using the Arrows and OK buttons to edit menu items Highlight the menu item that you want.
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A Tour of Your inPerson and Remote Control 7 Using the Options button Pressing the Options button displays additional options in the following menu screens. To exit from the Options menu, press the Back button or press the Options button again.
Up to five hours (connected to TV). To use the removable battery Attach the battery to your inPerson before proceeding to "Getting Started". You can charge the battery and use your inPerson at the same time. To remove your battery later...
You do not need to connect the ethernet cable if you are using a Wi-Fi connection. Connect the ethernet cable as shown below. Connect your inPerson to a power outlet using the power adapter. Your inPerson turns on and the LCD lights up after the power adapter is plugged in. 5V DC IN NETWORK...
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10 Getting Started Step 2: Set Date & Time After your inPerson turns on for the first time, you need to set the date and time. Using the Arrows button , set the date and time and then select Next. After setting the date and time, the Network Settings screen appears.
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Step 4: Sign-in to your account Please wait as your inPerson automatically signs in to your account. This may take up to a few minutes. The following will appear: User ID: your ID. This can also be viewed User Details in the CVC conferencing screen.
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12 Getting Started Step 5: Making a call To automatically send and receive video for all future calls, select Main Menu→ System→ User Settings→ Default Conferencing Mode→ Audio/ Video On. If you already have a contact list in your SightSpeed account, your existing contacts will appear. If you want to add contacts, see “Add a contact”...
During a Call 13 During a Call Adjust volume Press the Volume +/- buttons Activate Privacy options NOTE By default, the outgoing video is turned off when video conferencing starts. To turn the outgoing audio on or off, press the Audio On/Off button To turn the outgoing video on or off, press the Video On/Off button Switch display views •...
14 Connecting Your inPerson to a TV Connecting Your inPerson to a TV NOTE If you were video conferencing, your inPerson will continue to stream video and audio even if the lid is closed. Connect your inPerson to a TV as shown. Press the TV/LCD button The LCD will be turned off.
Managing Photos 15 Managing Photos View photos From the User Account or Video Conferencing screen, select Main Menu. Highlight Photos and press the OK button Thumbnails of your photos are displayed. To switch display view, press the Options button, highlight Switch View and press the OK button Highlight the photo that you want and press the OK button To return to the thumbnails view, press the Back button Delete photos...
16 Managing Your Contact List Managing Your Contact List Add a contact Make sure you are logged in to your SightSpeed account. From the Main Menu or Video Conferencing screen, select Contacts. Select Add. Press the OK button to enter your contact’s User ID. Using the keypad, enter your contact’s SightSpeed ID (not your contact’s email address).
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Managing Your Contact List 17 Attach a photo to your contact Make sure you are logged in to your SightSpeed account. From the Main Menu or Video Conferencing screen, select Contacts. Highlight the contact you want. Select Edit. Highlight Photo. Press the OK button Highlight the photo you want.
18 Managing Your Calls Managing Your Calls Add speed dial From the User Account or Video Conferencing screen, select Speed Dial. Highlight the keypad number you want to assign the speed dial. Press the OK button or select Assign. Your contact list appears. Highlight the contact you want assigned to the speed dial.
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To ignore a call, select No. Enable Auto Answer This would be useful for remotely monitoring your home or office as your inPerson will automatically answer all calls. From the User Account or Video Conferencing screen, select Main Menu. Highlight System and press the OK button...
NOTE Your inPerson will go into Screen Saver mode after a period of time of non-activity. This time can be changed. You can still receive calls in Screen Saver mode. Make sure you are logged in to your SightSpeed account.
Settings→ Power Frequency. Check that the correct power frequency is selected. For North America, it should be 60 Hz. Tips for great audio • Ensure the openings of the dual-microphones on your inPerson are not blocked by any objects, especially when your inPerson needs to be tilted at an angle.
22 Managing Network Settings Managing Network Settings NOTE • If your inPerson is connected to the network using both Ethernet and Wi-Fi, the Ethernet connection will be used. • Wi-Fi networks requiring a webpage login are not supported. Set up a Wi-Fi connection From the User Account or Video Conferencing screen, select Main Menu.
Alternatively, you can check if a new firmware version is available, select Main Menu→ System→ Firmware Upgrade. Follow the instructions to download and install the new firmware. You will be prompted to restart your inPerson for the changes to take place. After restarting, your inPerson will automatically attempt to login to your account.
What does incoming and outgoing video quality depend on? The video quality depends on the device, video resolution and network bandwidth used by yourself and your contact. In addition, your inPerson supports the h.264 (higher quality) and h.263 video codecs. If your contact’s device only supports the h.263 video codec, you may experience lower video quality.
My time display is blinking. What does it mean? When your time display is blinking, your inPerson is trying to connect to the Internet to retrieve the current time. The time display will stop blinking when your inPerson is connected to the Internet and the current time has been retrieved.
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26 Recovery Menu To exit the recovery menu From the Recovery Menu screen, select Restart.
Specifications 27 Specifications Dimensions (W x D x H) 7.6’’ x 5.9’’ x 1.9’’ (194.3 mm x 150.5 mm x 48 mm) Color VGA CMOS (5.04 µm active square pixels) Image Sensor Lens Precision glass lens, F/2.0 Field of View 76°...
28 Safety Safety Refer to the following information to use your product safely, and to reduce the chance of electric shock, short-circuiting, damage, fire, hearing impairment or other hazards. Improper handling may void the warranty for your product. For more information, read the warranty available with your product.
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. inPerson For body operation, has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used directly against the body. Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR is a measurement of radio frequency energy.
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Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
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