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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS This symbol denotes a hazard that can result in death or serious injury if the indication WARNING is ignored and the product is not properly operated. This symbol denotes a hazard that can result in personal injury and/or damage to property only if CAUTION the indication is ignored and the product is not properly operated. Meaning for the picture display This symbol denotes prohibited action. This symbol denotes compulsory action or instruction.
Safety Precautions • Do not use charged and uncharged nickel-cadmium batteries together. • Use the batteries with same capacity. • Use the batteries of the same manufacturer and the same type. • Do not use manganese battery. The power provided by manganese battery is insufficient for this product. • Oxyride battery may not be used for this product. • This product consists of precision electronic components.
Table of Contents Safety Precautions……………………………………………… 3 Table of Contents ……………………………………………… 5 Accessories ……………………………………………………… 6 Connectable Personal Computers ………………………… 7 Parts Identification and Function …………………………… 8 R2-D2 (Web camera) ……………………………………… 8 Lightsaber (USB phone) ………………………………… 9 Stand (Controller) ……………………………………… 11 Install Software ……………………………………………… Software To Be Installed ……………………………… Check Before Installation ……………………………… Installation Procedures ………………………………… New Hardware Search Wiz
Accessories The following accessories are provided with the product. Please check if all accessories are included in the package. If any of the accessories is not provided, contact your dealer or Nikko Co., Ltd.
Connectable Personal Computers The system requirements for use of this product are as outlined below. ¯ Meeting the following requirements does not guarantee all performance of this product. ¯ System specifications meeting or exceeding the recommended requirements may be required depending on environment for use of this product, number of contents and/or capacity.
Parts Identification and Function R2-D2 (Web camera) Camera: CMOS sensor. MIC LED indicator: Lit in blue when the power is on. ¯ It turns red when the battery is low. Speaker: R2-D2 voice comes out of this speaker. Battery cover Battery cover stopper button: Press this button to open the battery cover. Power switch: Switches power ON/Standby/OFF. (Refer to “Turn on R2-D2 Power” on page 41) Fall prevention sensor: The sensor to prevent R2-D2 from falling off the table edge, etc.
Parts Identification and Function Lightsaber (USB Phone) LED indicator: Lit in red when the lightsaber is connected to the stand and computer with USB cable. Lit in blue when the power is on. It is also used as the battery cover. LED indicator stopper button (2 places): Press this button to remove the LED indicator. Speaker: The speaker for Skype calls. Microphone: The microphone for Skype calls. Power switch: Switches sound action on/off.
Parts Identification and Function Button List Up/Down button Off button Talk button Button Name Talk button Up/Down button Skype button Clear button Off button + button Numeric buttons Skype button + button Clear button Display Contact List R2-D2™ Skype Web Cam Numeric buttons Function Start dialing once this button is pressed after key in the phone number by using numeric buttons. Press this button when receiving call to enter talk mode.
Parts Identification and Function Stand (Controller) Arm: Insert into the stand. Narrower side of the hook comes to the grip side of the lightsaber. Please change the installing position as you like. Memo Place the lightsaber on the stand in a horizontal position. If you are right-handed USB connector: Connects to computer with USB cable. R2-D2™ Skype Web Cam Lamp: The letters lights up if connected to computer. ¯ The lamp may not turn off even if computer power is turned off.
Install Software Install the software necessary for use of this product into computer. Memo Before installing the software, perform the followings referring to “Preparation Before Use” on page 38.
Install Software Software To Be Installed Software listed below needs to be installed to use this product. Skype • Memo For download, installation and operation method of Skype, refer to Skype website (http://www.skype.com/). Viewer and driver • USB device driver • • • Camera viewer Software to display the images taken with R2-D2 camera on computer MPEG4 codec • Dialer Dialing software to make a call using lightsaber.
Install Software Check Before Installation Make sure that your version of DirectX is 9.0c or higher. 1 2 3 Startup the computer. Click [Start] – [Specify File Name and Execute].
Install Software 4 1) Make sure that “DirectX9.0c” is displayed 2) Click If your version of DirectX is older than 9.0c, download and install the latest version from Microsoft homepage (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx).
Install Software Installation Procedures Install driver and software from the provided installation CD. Note: 1 • Before starting installation, close all applications on your computer. Startup the computer and insert the installation CD into CD-ROM drive. Installer starts. Memo When installer does not start automatically Double-click and open the CD-ROM drive icon on [My Computer], then double-click the “R2D2MENU.exe” file.
Install Software For further Skype installation procedures, refer to Skype website (http://www.skype.com/). 3 Install USB driver and viewer.
Install Software 4 Install driver. Click File will be copied. Memo Click [Yes] if the screen below is displayed.
Install Software 5 Install camera viewer.
Install Software 7 Click Memo If you wish to change destination folder, click on the [Change] button and specify the desired location. 8 Click File will be copied onto the computer.
Install Software 9 Click 10 Install MPEG4 codec.
Install Software 11 1) Select installer language (Default is English) 2) Click 12 Click R2-D2™ Skype Web Cam 22
Install Software 13 Confirm the contents Click 14 Click R2-D2™ Skype Web Cam 23
Install Software 15 Configure the settings of video decoder and video filter.
Install Software Click Click R2-D2™ Skype Web Cam 25
Install Software 16 Click Memo If you wish to change destination folder, click on the [Browse] button and specify the desired location. 17 Click File will be copied onto the computer.
