A4 Tech. FlexiCam PK-5 User Manual

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Page 1 FlexiCam User’s manual Model :PK-5 www.a4tech.com...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction System’s Requirements Package Include USB PC Camera Specification Installing Camera’s Driver Checking connection of your camera Uninstalling Driver VP-EYE program Troubleshooting page...
Page 3: Introduction
l Introduction Welcome to the World of Digital Imaging. The following information will guide you to install and use the PC Camera to its full capabilities. l System’s requirements Personal Computer, Laptop, Desktop, or IBM Compatible Computer with Pentium 166MHz minimum, and with an active USB (universal serial bus) port.
Page 4: Usb Pc Camera
l USB PC Camera l How to use ?
Page 5: Specification
l Specification Image Sensor: Frame Rate: Lens: View Angle: Focus Range: Exposure Control: White Balance: Still Image Capture Res.: Flicker Control: Computer Port 1/4〃CMOS, 640×480pixels 30fps@640x480, @160x120 F=2.4, f=4.9mm 54 degree Automatic focus, 30cm to infinity Automatic Automatic 800x600， 640X480， 352x288， 320x240， 176x144， 160x120 50Hz, 60Hz and None USB/MIC .port...
Page 6: Installing Camera's Driver
l Installing camera’s driver Driver’s Installation Instruction for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP NOTE: Please Uninstall All Previous Installed WEBCAM BEFORE Installing A4 TECH ViewCAM. DO NOT CONNECT A4 TECH ViewCAM TO THE COMPUTER UNTIL ITS DRIVER IS INSTALLED! 1. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM: The Auto-run Menu Window will popup, move the mouse cursor to and click on “Install viewCAM”.
Page 7 3. Follow the on screen instruction to complete the installation process...
Page 8 4. When the Installation Process is completed 5. Click “Finish” to complete installation. Amcap and Zoom images will appear on the computer desktop 6. Plug the PC Camera’s USB cable to the computer’s USB Port, and restart your computer. Amcap Usage After installation of view cam driver, you can pre-view image and Now, the shortcut...
Page 9 set the adjustments for the properties sheet through the image application software which comes with the product. Image-preview Click button on the desktop and the Amcap image application will pop-up or from “start” to “application” “A4TECH USB PC Camera H”，and click “Amcap” by mouse the application image will appear shown as below...
Page 10 if Amcap image fails to appear，please select the preview below “ Options “shown as follows : Device description Go to “Devices” and select “A4 Tech USB PC Camera H”. (Refer to below diagram)
Page 11 Properties page configuration Go to “Options”, then select “Video Capture Filter…”(Refer to below diagram) The Properties configuration page will pop-up as below:...
Page 12: Advanced Settings
Most settings can be adjusted here Advanced settings PK-5 offers the image special effect and video special effect settings for the users, our design engineers have defined 15 special effect settings, by using them, it will allow you to operate...
Page 13 Digital View Cam adjustable focus description PK-5 can provide 10 times adjustable focus function under CIF(352×288) resolution, accompanying digital adjustable 。Level-sliding zoom image control pole and the special filter make images more clear, See the control page and select the options after adjusted focus‘＋’ ‘ —’...
Page 14 adjustable focus control pole Before adjustment after adjusted NOTE ： It totally supports QQ、 MSN ….etc video chat software under 352*288、320*240、176*144、160*120 …etc resolutions.
Page 15: Checking Connection Of Your Camera
l Checking connection of your camera 1. Plug the USB cable to the computer’s USB Port. 2. Restart your computer when Installation is completed. 3. Double click “My Computer” icon->Control Panel->System->Device Manager ->Imaging Device; if you see “A4 Tech USB PC Camera”, then your camera is now installed.
Page 16 VP-EYE The latest version of VP-EYE offers a new look that makes image editing much more fun and intuitive. There are a lot of improvements and enhancements that comes with VP-EYE 4.0 ， here are some of the new features that you can expect in VP-EYE 4.0. 1.
Page 17 Click " program assembly names " by moving mouse cursor , now ,you can name or modify the default name under " My Computer -Start -all Programs " for the convenience to run. When you click " " VP-EYE application " by moving the mouse cursor ,this means that you can start to install 7 usual applications in "VP-EYE"...
Page 18 1. Monitoring a view (Video Monitor 2.0) The Video Monitor can be used in many ways, such as video monitoring, recording and playback. Close– close the Video Monitor Message indicator – show whether you have new messages Security indicator – show whether security mode is working Minimize–...
Page 19 not. Setting– change the video monitor settings (General, Timer, Security, Message, Alarm) Playback– retrieve captured image data Help– explain how to use Video Player Message– start recording a video message Security– enter into security mode 2. Recording a Video (Video E-Mail) The Video E-Mail is your digital recorder.
Page 20 Important: For best results playing any of these games, move the camera to a position where you can easily move your hands in front of the camera. Before the game logo appears, the camera will be calibrated. During the calibration, it is important not to move the camera.
Page 21 Fishing: Requires a camera and a mouse to play. Object of the game is to find matching photo cards. Use the camera to make your own photo cards, then send your game to a friend. 3. Making a photo album (Photo EZ) Use Photo EZ to create one or more photo albums.
Page 22 comments. Looking for a certain photo in all your albums? Search will look for all photos matching your search criteria. In addition, you can apply basic and special effects to your photos. 5. Sending a greeting card (Photo Greeting Cards) Use Photo Greeting Cards to create electronic cards.
Page 23 Record– add background music or record your voice Flip– flip your photo side to side Scale scroll bar – adjust the size of your photo Opacity scroll bar – adjust the background of your photo Save– save your card to a file Print–...
Page 24 Use Photo Special Effects to add special effects to your photos. Photo Special Effects has more than 50 different special effects. The effects are separated into color manipulation, transformation and blurring categories. It is fun, easy and fast to add special effects to your favourite photos.
Page 25: Troubleshooting
It is a powerful and easy-to-use program for editing and converting video data. The user interface is simple. It may convert the photos acquired by digital camera into a video file. You may also add photo in the video stream or put two video streams into one. It allows you to add music and record the sound into the video file.
Page 26 Question 2： My video image is too dim or too light. Solving Method: Adjust the brightness and contrast background. Steps: Because the ViewCam can be easily affected by light, therefore, we suggested proceeding from usage environment and screen object such as increasing object brightness or moving light source.
Page 27 need to update the OS to WIN98 SE or above or download DirectX8.0 or version above patch application from site then reset your computer. Question 5: Bloom screen occurs during the course of usage Method 1: Check if USB power is clean, because the ViewCam is easily affected.
Page 28 window, please check the tab "resource” to find the conflict information. If it is conflicted with other video card, you should try to change an IRQ of them. Question 7：Remote video isn’t smooth as expected This issue is caused by two reasons: The actual net band with is not enough and you are suggested to modify the conference properties to decrease the video occupying bandwidth or to reduce the contemporaneous windows numbers...
Page 29 messenger to support your ViewCam and sound card. Question 9: How come the system always asks me to install the driver while I have successfully installed? A: Because you have plugged the ViewCam before installation. Please follow the steps below to do the installation again. 1.
Page 30 computer system. TECH SUPPORT For tech support, please visit our website at www.a4tech.com email us at support@a4tech.com...