Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Webcam Notebook Creative
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User’ s Guide Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook Information in this document is subject to change without notice an d does not represent a commitment on t he part of Creative T e chnology Ltd.
Contents.
Contents Introduction Before You Begin ............ ........... ............ .............. ........... .............. ........... ............ ............. ... i Package Contents ..................... ........... .............. ............ ........
A Technical Specifications B Troubleshooting Problems Using Creative WebCam Notebook .. ........... .............. .............. .............. ......... B-1 Problems in Windows XP .................... .............. ........... ........... .........
Intr oduction.
Intr oduction i Intr oduction Creativ e W ebCam Noteboo k is a 24 bit, 16.7 million color digital video camera kit fo r you r notebook, giving you e v erything you need to capture still images and ful l color video.
Intr oduction ii ❑ CD-R OM dri ve installed ❑ Sound Blaster ® or other W indo ws-compatible audio card. Sound Blast er 16 or higher required for simultaneous two-way con v ersation with full-duplex support. For V ideoconferencing ❑ Microphone ❑ Modem or LAN access to the Internet at 28.
1 Installing Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook.
Installing Cr eative W ebCam Notebook 1-1 Installing Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook This chapter tells you how to quickly install Creativ e W ebCam Notebook. About Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook Figure 1- 1 highlig hts the featur es of Creati ve W ebCam Notebook.
Installing Cr eative W ebCam Notebook 1-2 Installing Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook Follo w the installation procedures fo r your operating system. In Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP 1. Do not connect Creati ve W ebCam Notebook to y our notebook before installing the drivers.
Installing Cr eative W ebCam Notebook 1-3 6. Clip Creativ e W ebCam Notebook on top of your notebook screen (Figure 1-3). Follo w the steps below that are for your operating system. For W indo ws 98/98SE and Windo ws Me only After connecting your camera, W indows automatically detects the de vice.
Installing Cr eative W ebCam Notebook 1-4 F or Windo ws 2000 only 9. When a Digital Signature Not F ound dialog box appears (Figure 1-4), telling you that Cr eativ e W ebCam Noteboo k has been detected, ignore the message and click the Ye s button. 10.
Installing Cr eative W ebCam Notebook 1-5 13. When a H ardwar e Installation dialog box appears (Figure 1-5), ignore the message and click the Continue Anyway b utton. For more details on this warning message, see "Probl ems in W indo ws XP" on page B-3.
2 Using PC-CAM Center.
Using PC-CAM Center 2-1 Using PC-C AM Center This chapter tells you how to quickly set up Creati ve W ebCam Notebook as a W eb Camera using Creative PC-CAM Center . For detailed information about the application’ s features and settings, refer to its Help file.
Using PC-CAM Center 2-2 Capturing Images and Video W ith PC-CAM Center , you can take photos and record videos. For more instructions on how to take a photo or record a vid eo, refer to the PC-CAM Center Help file. T o launch PC-CAM Center Help, See “Sta rting PC-CAM Center Help” on page 2-3.
Using PC-CAM Center 2-3 View ing a Photo 1. Click the My Alb um b utton. PC-CAM Center is no w in My Alb um mode. 2. In the My Alb um box, click the My Photo folder and then click the al bum that contains the photos that you want to view . Thumbnails of ph otos in the album are displayed in the Thumb nails window .
3 Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook Applications.
Cr eative W ebCam Notebook Applications 3-1 Cr eativ e W ebCam Notebook Applications The Creati ve W ebCam Note book application CD in cludes the follo wing: ❑ Creati ve PC-Cam Center ❑ Creati ve .
A T echnical Specifications.
T echnical Specifications A-1 T echnical Specifications Construction ❑ USB Port version: Remote camera head with a USB cable Powe r ❑ From a USB port or USB hub with an e xternal po wer source Sen.
T echnical Specifications A-2 P ort compatibility ❑ Univ ersal Serial Bus port Softwar e compatibility ❑ TW AIN, V ideo for Wi ndo ws, WDM Mi niDri ver for DirectSho w , and Sti ll Image driv er t.
B T r oubleshooting.
T r oubleshooting B-1 T r oubleshooting If you hav e a technical problem with this product, you may wish to consult our self-help tool “Knowledgebase” for online troubleshooting and solutions.
T r oubleshooting B-2 Insuff icient system r esources r eser ved f or the USB port, causing the syst em to be unable to function. There are too man y de vices in the system, causing IRQ problems with the system’ s USB controller . Do the following: 1.
C Note on USB Compatibility.
Note on USB Compa tibility C-1 Note on USB Compatibility While testing Creative W eb Cam Notebook on motherboard s with integrated Univers al Serial Bus (USB) ports, we encountered a small number of motherboa rds that do not meet the USB specification e xactly .
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