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Chapter 2: Installation
Hardware installation
The Conceptronic Flexcam is an UVC (Universal Video Class) webcam, meaning that you can plug the
Flexcam in a free USB port of a computer with UVC support (like Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista,
Windows 7 and Linux), without the need to install any drivers.
Turn on your computer.
Connect the USB connector of the Flexcam to a free USB port of your computer.
The computer will recognize and install the Flexcam automatically with the default drivers of your
operating system.
After the installation, you can use your Flexcam.
Note:
When using the Driverless Installation of the Flexcam, you can only use the basic webcam
functions. The driver installation and the extra features of the Flexcam are described in the
User Manual, which can be found on the CD-
ROM. Select “View User Manual”
from the autorun menu.
Basic webcam usage
When you have connected the webcam to your computer and the webcam is recognized, you can use
the webcam in webcam enabled applications, like Microsoft Live Messenger & Skype.
To configure the webcam in Live Messenger, use the „Tools‟, „Audio and Video setup‟ in the Live
Messenger main window. To configure the webcam in Skype, use the „Tools‟, „Options‟ menu and
select
„
Video Settings‟.
Note:
When using the Driverless Installation of the webcam, you can only use the basic webcam
functions. To obtain the extra features, you need to install the drivers.
Driver installation
If you want to use the extra features of the webcam, you need to install the drivers from the included
product CD-ROM. Before you can install the drivers, you need to connect the webcam to your
computer, as described in
Hardware installation.
