A4Tech ViewCam PK-835 User Manual

A4Tech ViewCam PK-835 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ViewCam User’s manual Model :PK-835 www.a4tech.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents page 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 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

    USB PC Camera Lens Notebook clip l Specification 1/4〃CMOS, 640×480pixels Image Sensor: 30fps@640x480, @600x800, @320x240, Frame Rate: @160x120 Lens: F=2.4, f=4.9mm View Angle: 54 degree Focus Range: Automatic focus, 30cm to infinity Exposure Control: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Still Image Capture 800x600,...
  • Page 5: Installing Camera's Driver

    Flicker Control: 50Hz, 60Hz and None USB port Computer Port l 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.
  • Page 6 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 5. Click “Finish” to complete installation. Now, the shortcut Amcap and Zoom images will appear on the computer desktop 6. Plug the PC Camera’s USB cable to the computer’s USB Port, and restart your computer. Amcap Usage After installation of view cam driver, you can pre-view image and set the adjustments for the properties sheet through the image...
  • Page 8 Image-preview Click button on the desktop and the Amcap image application will pop-up or from “start” to “application” “A4TECH USB PC Camera H”,and click “Amcap” by mouse the application image will appear shown as below...
  • Page 9 if Amcap image fails to appear,please select the preview below “ Options “shown as follows : Device description Go to “Devices” and select “A4 Tech USB PC Camera H”. (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 will pop-up as below:...
  • Page 11: Advanced Settings

    Most settings can be adjusted here Advanced settings PK-5 offers the image special effect and video special effect settings for the users, our design engineers have defined 15 special effect settings, by using them, it will allow you to operate easily and edit the images more efficiently.
  • Page 12 Digital View Cam adjustable focus description PK-5 can provide 10 times adjustable focus function under CIF(352×288) resolution, accompanying digital adjustable 。Level-sliding zoom image control pole and the special filter make images more clear, See the control page and select the options after adjusted focus‘+’ ‘ —’ or select digital...
  • Page 13 adjustable focus control pole Before adjustment after adjusted NOTE : It totally supports QQ、 MSN ….etc video chat software under 352*288、320*240、176*144、160*120 …etc resolutions.
  • Page 14: Checking Connection Of Your Camera

    l 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 Manager ->Imaging Device; if you see “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”, then your camera is now installed.
  • Page 15 VP-EYE The latest version of VP-EYE offers a new look that makes image editing much more fun and intuitive. There are a lot of improvements and enhancements that comes with VP-EYE 4.0 , here are some of the new features that you can expect in VP-EYE 4.0. 1.
  • Page 16 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 17 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 18 not. Setting– change the video monitor settings (General, Timer, Security, Message, Alarm) Playback– retrieve captured image data Help– explain how to use Video Player Message– start recording a video message Security– enter into security mode 2. Recording a Video (Video E-Mail) The Video E-Mail is your digital recorder.
  • Page 19 Important: For best results playing any of these games, move the camera to a position where you can easily move your hands in front of the camera. Before the game logo appears, the camera will be calibrated. During the calibration, it is important not to move the camera.
  • Page 20 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 21 comments. Looking for a certain photo in all your albums? Search will look for all photos matching your search criteria. In addition, you can apply basic and special effects to your photos. 5. Sending a greeting card (Photo Greeting Cards) Use Photo Greeting Cards to create electronic cards.
  • Page 22 • Record– add background music or record your voice • Flip– flip your photo side to side • Scale scroll bar – adjust the size of your photo • Opacity scroll bar – adjust the background of your photo • Save–...
  • Page 23 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 24: Troubleshooting

    It is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and converting video data. The user interface is simple. It may convert the photos acquired by digital camera into a video file. You may also add photo in the video stream or put two video streams into one. It allows you to add music and record the sound into the video file.
  • Page 25 Question 2: My video image is too dim or too light. Solving Method: Adjust the brightness and contrast background. Steps: Because the ViewCam can be easily affected by light, therefore, we suggested proceeding from usage environment and screen object such as increasing object brightness or moving light source.
  • Page 26 Because the USB ViewCam can easily conflicts with video card, therefore, please follow this path: " my computer----> control panel -----> system-----> device management ----->Video Card And other pointing devices ------>A4tech View Cam “, then define and double-click “A4tech.port View Cam ". After opened a...
  • Page 27 window, please check the tab "resource” to find the conflict information. If it is conflicted with other video card, you should try to change an IRQ of them. Question 7:Remote video isn’t smooth as expected This issue is caused by two reasons: The actual net band with is not enough and you are suggested to modify the conference properties to decrease the video occupying bandwidth or to reduce the contemporaneous windows numbers...
  • Page 28 messenger to support your ViewCam and sound card. Question 9: How come the system always asks me to install the driver while I have successfully installed? A: Because you have plugged the ViewCam before installation. Please follow the steps below to do the installation again. 1.
  • Page 29 TECH SUPPORT For tech support, please visit our website at www.a4tech.com email us at support@a4tech.com...

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