Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PK-5 A4 Tech.
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Fle x iCa m User ’ s manual Model :PK-5 ww w .a4tech.com.
1 Conten t s p age Introducti on 2 S y stem ’ s R e q u ir e m e n ts 2 Pa c kage In c l u d e 2 USB PC C a me ra 3 S p e cificatio n 4 Ins t alling C a mera ’ s D r i v er 4 Ch ec king c o nn e c.
2 l Introduction W e lc o me to the W o rld o f Digi t al I ma g ing. The f o llowi n g i n fo r mati o n will g u ide y ou to ins ta ll a n d use the PC C a mera to i t s full c ap a b ilities.
3 l USB PC Camera l H o w to use ?.
4 l S pecification Image Sens o r: 1/4 〃 C MOS , 6 40 × 48 0 pix e ls Frame R ate: 30f p s@640x 4 80, @6 0 0x800, @3 2 0x24 0, @1 6 0x120 Lens: F=2. 4 , f =4.9 m m V ie w A ngle: 54 d egree Focus Range: Auto m atic f ocus, 30c m to in f ini t y Exposure Control: Auto m atic White Balan c e: Auto m atic S till Imag e Captur e Res.
5 l Ins t alling came ra ’ s d r i v er Dri v er ’ s Ins ta lla t ion Instr u ction for W i n dows 9 8/ME / 2000/XP NOTE: Plea s e Uni n s ta ll All Pre v i o us Ins ta ll e d W EBCAM BEF O RE Ins ta lli n g A4 TECH V ie w CAM. DO NO T C O NNEC T A4 TECH V iewCAM T O THE CO M PUTER UNT I L ITS DRIVER IS INS T AL L E D ! 1.
6 3. Follow t h e on scre e n inst r uctio n to c o mplete the in st allati on proce s s.
7 4. W h en the Ins ta llati o n Process is c o m p let e d 5. Cli c k “ Fi n ish ” to c o mplete ins ta llati o n. No w , the shortcu t Amc a p a n d Zo o m ima g es will a pp e ar on t h e c o mpute r de s k t o p 6. Pl u g the PC C a mera ’ s USB c a ble to the c o mputer ’ s USB Port, and res t art y our c o mpute r .
8 set the a d jus t m e n t s for t h e proper t ies s heet thr o u g h the imag e ap p li c ati o n s o ftware whi ch comes with the pr o duct. Image-pre v ie w Cli c k button on the de s k t op and .
9 if Amcap ima g e f a ils to a p pear ， please s el e ct the pre v iew belo w “ Options “ sho w n as foll o ws : De v ice description Go to “ De v ices ” a nd s e le c t “ A4 T ech USB PC C a m e ra H ” .
10 Properties p age configuration Go to “ Options ” , then s e l e ct “ V ideo Captu r e Filter …” (R e fer to below di a gr a m) The Properties c o nfi g uration pa ge will p o p-up a s bel.
1 1 Most settings c an be a dj u sted here A d vanced settings PK-5 o f fers the im a ge s pecial e f f e ct and v ideo special e f f e ct settings for the users, our desi g n en g in e ers ha v e def.
12 Digi t al V iew C a m a d jus tab le focus d esc r iption PK- 5 c a n pro v i d e 1 0 tim e s a d j u s t a b le f o cus f u nctio n u n de r CIF( 3 52 × 2 8 8) resoluti on , accom p an y ing di g.
13 adjus t a b le fo c us contr o l p ole B e fore a dj u stment after adjusted NOTE ： It to t all y suppor t s QQ 、 MSN … .etc v ide o c hat s o ftwar e under 352 * 288 、 3 2 0*2 40 、 176 * 144 、 1 60*1 2 0 … etc res o lutions .
14 l Checking con n ectio n of y our camera 1. Pl u g the USB c a b le to the c o m p uter ’ s USB Port. 2. Res t art y our c o mputer when Ins ta lla t ion is c o mpleted.
15 l VP - EYE The latest version of VP-EYE offers a ne w loo k that makes image editing m uch more fun and intuitive. T here are a l ot of improvement s and enhan c ement s that comes with VP-EYE 4.0 ， here are s ome o f the new features that y ou c an e x pect in VP - EYE 4.
16 l Cli c k " progr a m a s s e m b l y nam e s " b y mo v ing m o use cursor , now , y ou can n a me or m o dif y the defa u lt name under " M y C o mputer - St a rt -all Prog ra ms " for the con v enien c e to run.
17 1. Monitoring a view (Vide o Monitor 2.0) The V i deo Monitor can be u s ed in many ways, such a s video monitoring, r ecording and playback. Close – close t he V ideo M onitor Message i ndicator.
18 not. Setting – change the video monitor set t ings (Gene r al, T ime r , S ecu r it y , M essage, Alarm) Pl a y back – retrieve cap t ured image da t a Help – e x plain ho w to use V ideo Player Message – s t art recording a video message Securi ty – enter in t o secu r ity mode 2.
19 Important: For best re s ults playing any of these game s , move the camera to a position where you can easily move your hands i n front of the camera. Before the game logo appears, the ca m era will be calibrated. During the calib r ation, it is important not to move the camera.
20 Fishing: Requires a came r a and a mouse to play. Object of the game is to find match i ng photo c ards. Use the c ame r a to ma k e your own photo c ards, then send y our game to a friend. 3. Making a photo album (P h oto EZ) Use Photo EZ to c r eate one or more photo albums.
21 comments. Looking for a certain photo in all y our albums? Search will look for all photos matching your s earch criteria. In addition, you can apply bas i c and special effects to your photos. 5. Sending a g r eeting card (Photo Greeting Cards ) Use Photo G r eeting Cards to create ele c tronic card s .
22 • Record – add background music or r ecord your voice • Flip – f lip your photo side to side • Scale scroll bar – adjust t he size of your photo • Opaci t y scroll bar – adjust the backg r ound of your pho t o • Save – save your card to a file • Print – print your card on paper • Email – send your card to a friend 6.
23 Use Photo Spec i al Effect s to add specia l effects to your photo s . Photo Special Effect s has more than 50 different spe cial effect s . The effect s are s epa r ated i nto c olor manipulation, t r ansformation and blurring categories. It is fun, eas y and fa s t to add s pecia l effect s to y our favourite photos.
24 It is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and con v erting video data. The u s er interface is simple. It may c on v ert the photo s acquired b y d i gital c amera into a video file. Y ou ma y a l so add photo in the video strea m or put two video st r eams into one.
25 Question 2 ： My vi d eo image is too dim or too li g ht. Solving Method: Adjust the brightness and contrast background. Steps: Be c ause the V i ewCam can be easily affected by light, therefore, we suggested proceeding from u s age environment and screen object s uch as increasing object brightness or moving light source.
26 need to update the OS to WIN98 SE or abo v e or download DirectX8.0 or v ersion abo v e patch application from site then reset your compute r . Question 5: Bloom sc r een occu r s during the cou r se of usa g e Method 1: Check if USB power is clean, becau s e the ViewCam is easily affected.
27 windo w , p l ease c heck the tab "resource ” to find the conflict information. If it is c onflicted with other video c ard, y ou s hould try to change an IRQ of them.
28 messenger to s upport your ViewCam and s ound card. Question 9: How come t he system always asks m e to install the driver while I have successfully i n stalled? A: Be c ause you have p l ugged the ViewCam before installation. Please follow the steps below to do the installation aga i n.
29 computer system. TECH SUPPORT For tech support, please v isit our website at ww w .a4tech. c om o r email us at support@a4te c h.com.
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