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VideoPhone Operation (continued)
VideoPhone Operation (continued)
Camera range: People and objects
from oneto nine feet away from the
camera should appearin acceptable
focus. To include several people in
the scene, move back five to seven
-
feet from the telephone for a wider
field of view.
Image motion: Avoid excessive
motion during video calls. Because
the video signal is transmitted as a
series of images, you may notice a
slight delay under certain circum-
stances, so that a person'slips are
slightly out of synchronization with
To Make a Video Call
son's screen, and you may notice a
slight change in sound.)
For a two-wayvideocall, the VIDEO
button on both VideoPhones must
be pressed. Before you can see a:
speech.
Movement appears most natural and
smooth whena personissitting still
and talking normally. The transmission
picture, the other person must also
press (VIDEO) .
To end a videocall, hang up as you
would to end a normalcall. To stop
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FOCUS
rate slows — and motion appears less
smooth —— when there is more action
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talking, press
(see below).
DEF
Desc
OEF
within the camera's field of view; for
example, if a person wavesor walks
around. You can minimize this effect
by adjusting the camera focus (see
page 25).
Sound quality: Because soundis
transmitted differently during video
operation, you may notice a slight
change in sound quality when you
first press the VIDEO button to
switch to a video call. During normal
circumstances, this change should
be barely noticeable.
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To Cancel Video During a Call
During a video call, you can press
at any time to stop sending and
receiving video images.
Whenyou press the FLASHbutton,
the following messagewill appear on
both screensto notify you that the
picture has beenlost: "Video has
been canceled", After a slight delay,
you can continue the conversation as
a normal, non-video call.
lf either person presses the FLASH
button, the picture will be canceled
on both screens. To resume sending
and receiving images, both you and
the other person must press (VIDEO).
(Continued)
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