ViewCam User’s manual Model :PK-335 www.a4tech.
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 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 10 11 11 19
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. Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, CD-ROM drive, color monitor, mouse and keyboard. For videoconference, Internet connection must be equipped.
l USB PC Camera Microphone 5-Layer Lens l Specification Image Sensor: 1/4〃CMOS, 640×480pixels Frame Rate: 30fps@640x480, @600x800, @320x240, @160x120 Lens: F=2.0, f=3.6mm View Angle: 72 degree Focus Range: Automatic focus, 10cm to infinity Exposure Control: Automatic White Balance: Automatic Still Image Capture 800x600，640X480，352x288，320x240，176x144， Res.
Microphone Built in Microphone Computer Port USB 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”.
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.
4. When the Installation Process is completed, restart the Computer.
6. Click “Finish” to complete installation. Now, the shortcut 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. Image-preview Click on the icon on the desktop and the Amcap image application will pop-up.
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”.
Properties page configuration Go to “Options”, then select “Video Capture Filter…” (Refer to below diagram） The Properties configuration page as below wills pop-up: 9
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 Manager ->Imaging Device; if you see “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”, then your camera is now installed.
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” and follow the instructions. l VP-EYE The latest version of VP-EYE offers a new look that makes image editing much more fun and intuitive.
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.
l l l l 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" for the default installation.
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– minimize the Video Monitor window to an icon on the toolbar On top/Not on top– force Video Monitor always on top of the desktop or not.
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. It is easy to download the player from our web site if someone can not open the VEM file created by Video E-Mail program. 3.
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. Same rules as Las Vegas 21.
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. Each photo can include additional information like date, author, place and other comments. Looking for a certain photo in all your albums? Search will look for all photos matching your search criteria.
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. Select a category then select a card.
• Save– save your card to a file • Print– print your card on paper • Email– send your card to a friend 6.
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. Give it a try! 7. Digital Movie Producer It is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and converting video data. The user interface is simple.
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.
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 “ default “ Question4: Blank screen or black screen Symptom: During the usage course after the image frame pops up, the Blank screen or black screen will occur? Method 1: Make sure that the ViewCam driver is installed fine.
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.
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.
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. How deal with it? Method: please still click " continue to install" .
