A4 Tech. ViewCam PK-335 User Manual

A4 tech. viewcam user's manual pk-335

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Model :PK-335
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  • Page 1 ViewCam User’s manual Model :PK-335 www.a4tech.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction System’s Requirements Package Include USB PC Camera Specification Installing Camera’s Driver Checking connection of your camera Uninstalling Driver VP-EYE program Troubleshooting page...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    l Introduction Welcome to the World of Digital Imaging. The following information will guide you to install and use the PC Camera to its full capabilities. l System’s requirements Personal Computer, Laptop, Desktop, or IBM Compatible Computer with Pentium 166MHz minimum, and with an active USB (universal serial bus) port.
  • Page 4: Usb Pc Camera

    l USB PC Camera 5-Layer Lens l Specification Image Sensor: Frame Rate: Lens: View Angle: Focus Range: Exposure Control: White Balance: Still Image Capture Res.: Flicker Control: 1/4〃CMOS, 640×480pixels 30fps@640x480, @160x120 F=2.0, f=3.6mm 72 degree Automatic focus, 10cm to infinity Automatic Automatic 800x600,...
  • Page 5: Installing Camera's Driver

    Microphone Computer Port Installing camera’s driver ● Driver’s Installation Instruction for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP NOTE: Please Uninstall All Previous Installed WEBCAM BEFORE Installing A4 TECH ViewCAM. DO NOT CONNECT A4 TECH ViewCAM TO THE COMPUTER UNTIL ITS DRIVER IS INSTALLED! 1. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM: The Autorun Menu Window will popup, move the mouse cursor to and click on “Install viewCAM”.
  • Page 6 2. Please select your ViewCAM model and click on the product image to install (As the right image). Then dialogue box will appear on the computer screen as below: 3. Follow the on screen instruction to complete the installation process...
  • Page 7 4. When the Installation Process is completed, restart the Computer.
  • Page 8 6. Click “Finish” to complete installation. Amcap image will appear on the computer desktop 7. Plug the PC Camera’s USB cable to the computer’s USB Port, and restart your computer. Amcap Usage After installation of ViewCAM driver, you can pre-view image and set the adjustments for the properties sheet through the included image application software.
  • Page 9 if Amcap image fails to appear, please go to “Options” and select “Preview” (Refer to the diagram below) Device description Go to “Devices” and select “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”. (Refer to below diagram)
  • Page 10 Properties page configuration Go to “Options”, then select “Video Capture Filter…” (Refer to below diagram) The Properties configuration page as below wills pop-up:...
  • Page 11: Checking Connection Of Your Camera

    Most settings can be adjusted here. Checking connection of your camera ● 1. Plug the USB cable to the computer’s USB Port. 2. Restart your computer when Installation is completed. 3. Double click “My Computer” icon->Control Panel->System->Device you see “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”, then your camera is now installed.
  • Page 12: Uninstalling Driver

    For Windows 2000 /XP: Double click “My Computer”icon->Control Panel->System-> Hardware->Device Manager->Imaging Device; if you see “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”, then your camera is installed. Uninstalling Driver ● 1. Click“Start”from the task bar and choose “Programs”. 2. Select “A4 Tech USB PC Camera ”->“Uninstall”...
  • Page 13 1. Enter the setup interface of the ViewCam driver installation 2. Click "VP-EYE" for increment application installation, the below interface as shown in the picture will automatically pop up for your setup, according to the four rotundity buttons displayed by the interface. Note: please wait 20—60 seconds in working order if you click "VP-EYE", because your computer need time to read the date of this program.
  • Page 14 Click " program assembly names " by moving mouse cursor , now ,you can name or modify the default name under " My Computer -Start -all Programs " for the convenience to run. When you click " " VP-EYE application " by moving the mouse cursor ,this means that you can start to install 7 usual applications in "VP-EYE"...
  • Page 15 1. Monitoring a view (Video Monitor 2.0) The Video Monitor can be used in many ways, such as video monitoring, recording and playback. Close– close the Video Monitor Message indicator – show whether you have new messages Security indicator – show whether security mode is working Minimize–...
  • Page 16 Security– enter into security mode 2. Recording a Video (Video E-Mail) The Video E-Mail is your digital recorder. Set the video size and start recording. you may attach the player program mmvem.exe while sending the e-mail. This program decompresses the video and audio data, shows the video on your screen.
  • Page 17 Gophers: Requires a camera to play. Object of the game is to hit the gophers. Beware of snakes. Black Jack: Requires a camera to play. Object of the game is to get 21 or less. Be careful, you have to have more points than the dealer to win.
  • Page 18 Fishing: Requires a camera and a mouse to play. Object of the game is to find matching photo cards. Use the camera to make your own photo cards, then send your game to a friend. 4. Making a photo album (Photo EZ) Use Photo EZ to create one or more photo albums.
  • Page 19 5. Sending a greeting card (Photo Greeting Cards) Use Photo Greeting Cards to create electronic cards. Photo Greeting Cards has 20 categories containing over 100 different cards. Give it a try! Select a card, add some text, add your voice then make some final changes. There you have it, an electronic card! Next, send it to your family or a friend.
  • Page 20 Save– save your card to a file Print– print your card on paper Email– send your card to a friend 6. Having fun with your photos (Photo Special Effects)
  • Page 21: Digital Movie Producer

    Use Photo Special Effects to add special effects to your photos. Photo Special Effects has more than 50 different special effects. The effects are separated into color manipulation, transformation and blurring categories. It is fun, easy and fast to add special effects to your favourite photos.
  • Page 22: Troubleshooting

    If you need more information about VP-EYE please log onto website : http://www.mmedia.com.tw l Troubleshooting Question 1: Computer can’t detect the View Cam Solving Method: Check if computer’s OS (Operating System), BIOS, USB Port or installation errors occurs. Steps: Windows 95 doesn’t support USB port. You have to update your OS to Windows 98 or above to support USB port and ensure BIOS Setup and USB settings are available.
  • Page 23 Question 3: Color is defective Problem: After installation, if you found the image is not as expected as you want. Is the color part defective? Solving Method: Adjust the color settings related to video snapping course options or have the color settings related set as “...
  • Page 24 problem will occur. You may use another computer to test it. Method 2: Check if the driver conflicts with other computer hardware devices. Method 3: Check the ViewCam driver and match it with ViewCam model; in addition also use other video cards to confirm if the current video card and its driver are incompatible with ViewCam.
  • Page 25 modify the conference properties to decrease the video occupying bandwidth or to reduce the contemporaneous windows numbers 2) Please check the computer CPU space occupying rate and if it is too high then please decrease it to reduce the contemporaneous windows numbers. Question 8:How come I couldn’t hear any sound via MSN Messenger even after the successful installation of the driver? 1.
  • Page 26: Tech Support

    2. Uninstall the former AMCAP driver 3. Restart your computer; 4. Install the driver; 5. Restart your computer; 6. Plug the ViewCam into your computer and let it search the hardware; 7. Restart your computer, and you should find it is ok now! Question 10: There hasn’t any prompt authentication through the Microsoft micro sign in the installation process, the system maybe unstable if continue installing possibly.

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