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Getting to Know Your Camera
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Getting to Know Your Camera
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Installing Your Camera
1. Install the software first! Insert the QuickCam Web software CD into your computer’s
CD-ROM drive.
2. If the Setup screen does not display, go to the Taskbar and click Start, then Run.
Next, type
D:\SETUP.EXE
and press the Enter key, where D: is the drive designation of your CD-ROM drive.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. Assemble the camera.
After you reboot your system at the end
of software installation, Setup will prompt you to connect the camera
cable to your computer:
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Mount the camera on its base.
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Remove the protective cap from the end of the camera cable.
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Insert the camera cable into your computer’s USB port,
and continue to follow the on-screen prompts until you finish installing the camera.
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Launching the Software
QuickCam
®
Web comes with video capture and enhancement software called the QuickCam
®
software.
You launch the QuickCam software and display its main dialog box by
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Pressing the picture taking button on top of the camera.
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Or, clicking the QuickCam Web icon located on the Windows
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Quick Launch Bar.
After launching the QuickCam software, go to the How to Guide, or refer to the online help, for simple step-
by-step instructions for using your camera.
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Setting Up and Using Your Camera
The QuickCam
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Web camera provides optimal eye contact when mounted on top of your computer monitor.
Try several positions before mounting the camera. Consider placing the camera in the middle of your monitor
for optimal eye contact.
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To use the camera, pull up the privacy cover.
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To focus the camera, rotate the focusing ring (around the camera lens) back and forth. View live video
in QuickCam software to guide your adjustments.
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For a flat surface, simply move the camera from the monitor to the tabletop.
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To hold the camera in your hand, simply pick it up, base and all, and point it at your subject. Did you know
that you can place your camera on a tabletop, or hold it in your hand?
Privacy cover
Picture taking button
Lens
Focusing ring
Standard base
Camera cable
Microphone
Ready light
