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• Videophone Camera & Capture Card
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7770 North Frontage Rd.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Installation 2 2 4 8 9 The Internet Security Issues 30 Troubleshooting and Online Help Resources 35 ii 42 Online Help Resources 41 If Plug and Play Does Not Detect Your Capture Card 40 System Locking: Readjusting the Video Capture Card’s Memory Address 39 IRQ Conflicts: Altering PCI BIOS Settings 37 IRQ Conflicts: Freeing an IRQ 28 Bigpicture Application Launcher 24 Bigpicture Software Summary 19 Software Installation 10 Installing the Video
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary 45 Specifications 50 NTSC Camera Regulatory Information and Limited Warranty 53 51 50 Video Capture Card
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INTRODUCTION ™ C . ™ ™ . ™ ™ ™ ™ 1 Bigpicture video package. Have fun! of the hardware and software included in your digital photos, or edit video footage into a real This manual will guide you through installation removing “red eye” or sunlight glare from to put finishing touches on images, Edition electronic whiteboard, and much more. pictures, use Kai’s Photo Soap Special based application, exchange graphics on an package, you can grab still Bigpicture video, collaborate on virtually any W
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INSTALLATION You’ll need these items from your Determining Your Version of TM Bigpicture box: Windows 95 NTSC camera video capture card Bigpicture CD-ROM Plus: screwdriver (not included) 1. 2. . 2 Properties Click must be installed before the software. hardware (video capture card and camera) Bigpicture Videophone package. The of the hardware and software in your This section will guide you through installation desktop with the right mouse button. icon on your My Computer Click the insta
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INSTALLATION . _________________ 3. 3 Windows 95. Write this number on the or “950b”. This indicates your version of Windows 95” will end with “950”, “950a”, The number following the text “Microsoft tab (circled in the following screen image). General the system information under the In the “System Properties” screen, look at Windows 95 version OK click blank below for future reference. Then
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INSTALLATION Inserting the Video Capture Card into Your Computer NOTE: Before installing your capture card, write down the card’s serial number in this space: TIP: Before you unplug anything, ________________________________ label the cords or make a sketch of how things are connected. This can be You will find the serial number helpful when you plug things back in underneath the bar code on the white later. sticker on the capture card and on your Bigpicture package. If you ever need to 1. ca
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INSTALLATION CAUTION : To avoid risk of electric shock, make sure your computer and all peripheral devices are turned off and unplugged from electrical outlets. 3. 4. 5 electronic components. carrying. Static electricity can damage discharge any static electricity you may be instructions. computer (the back panel, for example) to documentation if you need further Touch an unpainted metal part of your the same. Refer to your computer’s principle for removing the cover should be in the followi
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INSTALLATION 5. 6 silver metal. longer black plastic grooves lined with with silver metal. ISA slots are usually slots are usually white plastic grooves lined empty PCI slot inside your computer. PCI (see the following diagrams). Find an slot inside your computer, ISA and PCI There should be two types of expansion
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INSTALLATION PCI ISA 6. 7. 7 until it snaps into the expansion slot. You push the card down as gently as possible corner, with the gold edge facing the slot, Holding the video capture card at each careful not to drop the screw into the PC. opening perpendicular to the slot). Be keeps dust from entering through the cover (the long, narrow piece of metal that Unscrew and remove the expansion slot card completely and try again. properly aligned with the slot. Remove the the c
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INSTALLATION 8. 6. 9. 10. Connecting Your NTSC Camera to Your Video Capture Card 8 or VCR, go to “Connecting a Camcorder or capture card. If you wish to use a camcorder included) to channel video signals into your camcorder (not included), or a VCR (not Bigpicture package, a included in your You can use the NTSC video camera to the computer. the computer and reattach your peripherals Plug the computer’s power cord back into to the diagram below. with the screws you removed in step 3. Bigpict
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INSTALLATION 1. Connecting a Camcorder or Other NTSC Device to Your Video Capture Card 2. 3. MIC 4. 9 capture card’s video in (yellow) jack. Please cable from the device’s video out jack to the be able to run an RCA male to RCA male If your device is NTSC compliant, you should Drivers” on page 11. compliant to be used with this product. Go to “Installing the Video Capture Card’s television. The device must be NTSC connecting the device to a source other than a information. device’s manual f
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INSTALLATION Installing the Video Capture Card’s Drivers NOTE: If you wrote “950B” in the blank on page 4, go to “Video Capture Card Driver Installation with Windows 95 Version 950B” on page 15. Video Capture Card Driver Installation with Windows 95 Versions 950 and 950A 1. MIC 10 documentation for further information). card. You should see the following screen. jack (refer to the sound card’s AUDIO IN restarts, it will detect the video capture or into the sound card’s 1/8-inch Turn on your
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INSTALLATION 2. . 3. 4. . D D NOTE: If you do not see the preceding screen, your Plug and Play installation was not successful. See “If Plug and Play Does Not Detect Your Capture Card” (page 43). 11 video capture card. Windows will install the drivers for your .) , type that letter in place of than (If your CD-ROM drive uses a letter other ENTER and then press D:\ screen, type When you see the “Install From Disk” into your CD-ROM drive. CD Bigpicture and insert the OK Click hardware manu
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INSTALLATION 5. 6. 12 (see the following screen image). Panel Control . Then click Settings and point to button Start success. Click the Windows should now verify that the installation was a you will see your normal desktop. You Once the additional software is installed, install the additional software. . Windows will OK your desktop. Click Next, you will see the following screen on
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INSTALLATION 7. System 8. Device Manager 13 the screen image below). tab. Click the icon (circled in Double-click the
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INSTALLATION 9. 10. . 14 installation was successful. listing. This indicates that the Controllers Sound, Video and Game Capture” in the Controllers You should see “U.S. Robotics Video Sound, Video and Game Double-click
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INSTALLATION NOTE: If you do not see your video capture card listed in the preceding screen, your Plug and Play installation was not successful. See “If Plug and Play Does Not Detect Your Capture Card” (page 43). NOTE: If you do not see the Video Capture Card Driver Installation preceding screen, your Plug and Play with Windows 95 Version 950B installation was not successful. See “If Plug and Play Does Not Detect Your 1. Capture Card” (page 43). 15 card. You should see the following screen. r
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INSTALLATION 3. 2. . 4. 16 (see the following screen image). Panel Control . Then click Settings and point to button Start success. Click the Windows should now verify that the installation was a you will see your normal desktop. You Once the additional software is installed, install the additional software. Finish . Windows will OK your desktop. Click When you see the following screen, click Next, you will see the following screen on
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INSTALLATION 5. System 17 the screen image below). icon (circled in Double-click the
