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Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera
Instructions for use
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2 ENGLISH Introduction Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera The Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera you have just purchased is manufactured to the highest standards and will give you years of trouble-free use. Brilliant images and blazing colours, that's what you get with the SPC 900NC PC Camera. Forget about installing interface cards and separate power supplies, because you don't need them any more. Power is supplied direct to the camera through the USB cable and the camera returns audio and video straight to
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ENGLISH 3 Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................2 1.Things you should know ..........................................................................................4-5 Safety precautions........................................................................................................................................................................4 Copyright.................................
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4 ENGLISH 1.Things you should know Please read the following instructions carefully, and retain them for future reference. It may be helpful to have the instructions for use for the PC at hand for reference. Safety precautions Observe the following guidelines to ensure that the camera will operate safely and to prevent defects. • Do not use your camera in environments outside the following range: temperature: 0°C to 40°C, relative humidity: 45% ~ 85%. • Do not use or store your camera in/under:
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ENGLISH 5 Pack contents Please check that the following items are packed in the Philips SPC 900NC box. They are provided to help you set up and use your Philips SPC 900NC. SPC 900 NC Installation CD v.1.00 9082 100 03367 Philips SPC 900NC Installation CD-ROM Quick Installation Guide PC Camera including manual SPC 900 NC
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6 ENGLISH 2. Functional overview 9 8 1 7 2 3 6 5 4 1 Viewing angle For manually changing the vertical angle of the camera. 2 Quicklaunch button For quick and easy start-up of the VLounge software. 3 Rotating lens For adjusting the focus of the image manually. 4 Clamp with rubber rim For attaching the camera to your monitor. 5 USB cable For connecting the camera to a USB port of the PC. The camera will derive its power from the PC when it is connected. 6 Snapshot button For taking photos. 7 Built
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ENGLISH 7 3. Installation Installing the camera software ® ® The software supplied only works on PCs with the operating systems Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 and XP. Notes! – Unplug all your USB devices (except USB keyboard and USB mouse) before you start. – Do not plug in your USB camera yet. Run the Installation CD-ROM first. ® – Have your Windows CD-ROM at hand. 1 Place the installation CD-ROM in your computer's CD-ROM-/DVD drive. > After a couple of seconds the the ‘Language selection’ sc
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8 ENGLISH 3 Select at least the ‘SPC 900NC PC Camera Driver’ and click on the 'OK' button. > The following software license agreement appears. Click on 'Agree' to continue the installation. > The following screen, including a progress bar, appears. > After copying the camera software and application software to your hard disk, the installation program will install the selected applications and then launch the camera configuration program VCheck to install the camera. > VCheck will ask you to con
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ENGLISH 9 4 Press the 'Ready' button after you have set the audio level and the installation manager will continue to install other components. > The screen below appears when the installation was successful. You can now connect your PC Camera. Note! The SPC 900NC PC Camera is 'XP Plug & Play'. This means if you are running Windows XP and you have installed Service Pack 2 and the latest Microsoft Windows XP updates you don't need to install the SPC 900NC PC Camera driver. Simply plug in the came
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10 ENGLISH 4. Camera settings The Philips SPC 900NC properties (audio and video) can be changed from within an application, or independently by clicking the VProperty icon ‘ ’ which can be found in the Windows taskbar bottom right of your screen. Most applications can show a 'live preview' video image on your monitor. Always use this option to see the effect of changed settings on your screen. General controls 1 2 3 4 1 Flickerless Image The Flickerless option should only be used under flickeri
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ENGLISH 11 Picture controls 5 6 7 8 9 0 ! @ # $ % ^ & * 5 Full automatic control: on/off This full automatic control mode provides a very easy way to get the best out of your Philips SPC 900NC PC Camera. Or you can choose to have maximum manual control over the camera settings by switching the full automatic control mode off. Full automatic control 'on' is the preferred setting for normal use. Techniques active within full automatic control mode are: – Automatic exposure control and automatic wh
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12 ENGLISH 8 Reset Press this button if you would like to reset the camera settings to the default factory settings. 9 Save Press this button if you would like to save your personal preferred settings 0 Restore Press this button if you would like to restore your personal preferred settings ! Auto White balance Most light sources are not 100% pure white but have a certain ‘color temperature’. Normally our eyes compensate for lighting conditions with different color temperatures. If the Auto White
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ENGLISH 13 ^ Black and white The 'Black and white' checkbox is used to switch from colour images to black and white and back. & Backlight compensation Turn on the backlight compensation to improve the image quality when you have a scene where the background has a high illumination level (for instance when you are sitting in front of a bright light). * Mirror Clicking the 'Mirror Image' checkbox flips the image horizontally. You can use this feature when you want to use the Philips SPC 600NC and
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14 ENGLISH 5. Using the applications VLounge •For quick and easy start-up of the VLounge software, press the camera’s Quick launge button. • For additional support read the 'Help' documentation within the 'Help' option of the menubar of VLounge. MSN messenger You can download and install MSN Messenger via Microsoft MSN Messenger websites. In the list below you will find the website address for your country for downloading MSN Messenger: USA - http://messenger.msn.com Norway - http://messenger.m
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ENGLISH 15 Yahoo! Messenger You can download and install Yahoo! Messenger via Yahoo! Messenger websites. In the list below you will find the website address for your country for downloading Yahoo! Messenger: USA - http://messenger.yahoo.com Norway - http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Germany - http://de.messenger.yahoo.com/ Finland - http://messenger.yahoo.com France - http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com/ Sweden - http://se.messenger.yahoo.com/ United Kingdom - http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Denmark - http
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16 ENGLISH Microsoft NetMeeting Microsoft NetMeeting is a standard application that comes with your Windows operating system (from Windows 98SE onwards).Windows NetMeeting is already installed on your PC during the installation of your Windows operating system.To create a shortcut on your PC's desktop you need to do the following: 1 Use the Windows search option within the Windows 'Start' menu. 2 Search for 'NetMeeting' on your C:\ drive. 3 The search utility will find the following: . 4 Click o
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ENGLISH 17 To respond to an incoming call: 1 You can choose 'Automatically Accept Calls' or you can accept manually. 2 When the 'Incoming Call' dialogue box appears, click on 'Accept'. Notes! – Only two computers in a NetMeeting conference can use audio for communication.All other participants must communicate through other options, like Chat or the shared Whiteboard. –You can also initiate a video conference with more than one partner. Please read Help in ® Microsoft NetMeeting. ® Making snaps
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18 ENGLISH 6.Technical specifications Sensor............................................................................................................................................................................ VGA CMOS Video resolution (Max.) ......................................................................................................................... VGA (640 x 480) Image resolution (Max.).......................................................................................
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ENGLISH 19 7. Important information Disclaimer Philips makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Philips assumes no responsibility for any error that may appear in this document. Philips makes no commitment to update nor to keep current the information contained in this document. FCC compliance This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject t
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20 ENGLISH Environmental information All redundant packaging has been omitted.We have done our utmost to make the packaging easily separable into four materials: cardboard, polystyrene foam, PET and polyethylene.Your set consists of materials which can be recycled if disassembled by a specialized company. Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packaging, exhausted batteries and old equipment. WARNING Plastic bags can be dangerous.To avoid danger of suffocation, keep this
