Ipevo VZ-1 HD manual

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T ab le o f C o nte nt s 2 Intr oduction 4 What M ake s VZ -1 HD Diff eren t? 4 T wo Modes V ersatility High-Definition C aptur e Effortless A utofocus Fe atur e-Rich P re senter Softwar e Contents 5 About the P ack aging 5 Getting Help 6 V er sion Infor mation 7 Sys tem Requir ements 8 Highe st Resolution s Requir ements Install ation 9-10 PC or M[...]

T ab le o f C o nte nt s 3 Focus 23 Autofoc us switch C ontinuous and Single foc us modes F ocus button Resolution 24 C hanging P C or M ac r esolution High-definition ver sus standar d-definition VGA Resolution 25 Automatic Resolution Resolution and F r ame R ate 26 Snapshots 27 Snapshot s (PC or Mac onl y) T ak ing a snapshot Timer f unction Ever[...]

In t roduct ion 4 In t roduct ion Thank you for your pur chase of t he VZ -1 HD VGA/U SB Document C amer a. The VZ -1 HD is a du al-mode document c amer a th at can be used with eit her PC or Mac (Computer mode), or c onnected dir ectly to a monitor or pr ojector via V GA (P rojector mode). VZ -1 HD pr ovide s re al-time v ideo captur e in stunning[...]

C o nte nts 5 C o nte nts Y our pac kag e should c ontain the follow ing: • V Z -1 HD Documen t Camer a, including multi-join ted stand • U SB A- to-B cable • U SB power adapt er • C D-ROM with IP EVO Pr esent er softwar e and user manu al (in .pdf form at) • Quic k S tart Guide Abou t t he P a ck aging IPEVO ha s a longs tanding commitme[...]

Ge tt ing Hel p 6 Ge tt ing Hel p We wan t to help you enjoy your VZ -1 HD , and we are alw ays av ailable to answer any que stions or offer technic al and tr oubleshooting as sistanc e. C onsider using one or mor e of these r e sourc es: • IP EVO. c om – The late st ver sions of the VZ -1 HD softwar e, u ser manual, F AQ , and other downloads [...]

V er sion Infor m a tion 7 V iew ing Y our Sof twa re’s Ver sion We r ec ommend periodic ally check ing IPEVO .c om for t he lates t version of t he Pr esen ter softwar e. T o deter mine the softwar e ver sion you ar e curr entl y r unning, do one of the following: Windows – Rig ht -clic k the VZ -1 HD ic on in the s ystem task bar , and click [...]

S y s t em Require men t s 8 S y s t e m Require men t s When using V Z -1 HD with a P C or M ac, the following minimum spec ification s are r equir ed: PC Mic rosoft Window7 ,Window8,V ista or XP • 1.4Gh z CP U or higher (2.4Gh z r ecommended) • 512MB RA M (1GB r ecommended) • 200MB fr ee har d disk spac e • 64MB of dedicat ed video memory[...]

I nst all a ti o n 9 In s t al la t ion Y our VZ - 1 HD document c amer a has two mode s and can be c onnected to a c omputer (PC or Mac) via U SB or dir ectly to a projector or monitor v ia VG A. PC or Mac In stallation 1. Insert the CD-ROM into your comput er's driv e. Follow t he prompts to c omplete the install ation of the IPEVO P r esent[...]

I nst all a ti o n 10 M oni t or or P roje ct or In s t al la t ion VZ -1 HD can al so be connected dir ectl y to a monitor or pr ojector for lar ge-sc r een projection. 1. C onnect the USB power ad apter to the port mar ked "DC 5V" on the back of VZ -1 HD. P lug the adapter into the wall. 2. C onnect a VGA cable (not inc luded) to the VG[...]

Ge tt ing t o K now V Z - 1 HD 11 Ge tt ing t o Know VZ -1 HD T ak e some time to familiar iz e yourself with t he key featur es of VZ -1 HD: A – Stand VZ -1 HD's stand ha s three poin ts of articulation with g enerou s degr ees of fr eedom, allowing you to plac e the c amer a by h and in an y position, depending on subject and desir ed im a[...]

Ge tt ing t o K now V Z - 1 HD 12 H – C amer a lens VZ -1 HD featur es a 5. 0 Meg apix el lens for de tailed and vibr an t imag es, allowing for a m aximum r esolution of 2 592 x 1 944 (PC or Mac onl y). VZ -1 HD has an autom atic Mac ro mode for maintaining shar p focus on object s as close a s 2 inches (5 c m) awa y . I – Swi vel head In addi[...]

IP EV O P resen t er Sof twa re In t roduc t ion 13 IPEV O P resen t er Sof twa re Spec ially-de signed IPEVO P r esenter softwar e is inc luded on your CD-R OM and prov ides a ric h suite of feat ure s to max imize your VZ -1 HD use. Note t hat Pr e senter i s only a vailable on P C or M ac. VZ -1 HD oper ates in one of f our modes: • C amer a m[...]

B a sic s of t he P resen t er Sof twa r 14 B asic s of t he P re sent er Sof twa re Ple ase r eview the b asic elements of t he four modes of the P r esenter softwar e: A – Mode T ab One of four mode s can be selected b y clic king on the appr opri ate button in the M ode T ab. B – C amer a Menu T ab Sever al camer a function s can be c hanged[...]

Basi cs of the P res ent er Soft w are ( c ont' d ) 15 T o re view snapshots you'v e taken (see P ag e 27), ent er Review mode b y clic king on the “r ev iew” tab on the left -hand side of the softwar e. A – Im age P ane This shows the c urr ently selected snapshot. B – Menu This g ives you some basic tool s to manipulate the sele[...]

Ge tt ing a Grea t I m a ge – F i v e C on sidera tion s 16 Ge tt ing a Grea t Im age – F i ve C on sidera t ions When c onfigur ing the c amer a for your desir ed imag e, you will be c hiefly c onc erned wit h the following five elemen ts: • Im age si ze - How lar g e or small the subject appe ars in t he fr ame (the window or sc r een). Whe[...]

Ima ge S ize 17 Imag e S ize For documents, your v ideo captur e i s a balanc e between c apturing a s much of the doc ument as pos sible, and mak ing the text l arg e enough on sc r een for your intended audienc e to r ead. T ext size need s to be particular ly lar ge when the imag e is pr ojected onto a sc reen f or a gr oup. Ther e ar e a few wa[...]

Im a ge Siz e (c on t'd) 18 • Z oom – In the Camer a mode of the P r esent er softwar e, the Z oom tab allows you to digitally “zoom in” to your subject to mak e it appe ar bigg er , anywher e fr om 1x (def ault, or no zoom) to 6x (or 6 times norm al) in whole number inc r ements. • Z oom Box – When zoomed in, a gr ay bo x appear s[...]

Im a ge Orien t a tion 19 Im a ge Orien t a tion T wo ways to de scr ibe page or ientation c ome fr om the tr adition of pain ting. L andsc ape r efers to an imag e orien ted so that it s width is g re ater th an its heigh t, such as a c las sic lands cape pain ting . Portr ait orien tation, on the other h and, featur es a heig ht gr e ater than it[...]

C h a nging Orien t a tion 20 C ha nging Orien t a tion Ther e ar e sever al wa ys to chang e the or ientation of your imag e: • C hang e the or ientation of the documen t/subject – Y ou ma y find it e asies t to simply c hange t he orien tation of the subject you ar e c apturing: 90° in either dir ection or tur ning 180° “upside down.” ?[...]

Ex p osure 21 Ex p o sure Ex posur e ref ers to the amount of lig ht allowed to hit the photogr aphic medium—in this c ase, the sensor of t he camer a len s. In most c irc umstanc es, you will requir e a medium e xposur e allowing for the max imum amount of detail. C onsider the following me thods to achie ve optimal ex posur e for your imag e: ?[...]

Ex p osure (c ont'd) 22 • Use Auto Ex posur e: As the name implies, a uto exposur e autom aticall y ch anges e xposur e in or der to maintain a medium, op timum exposur e in which the ma ximum amount of detail s ar e shown. If lighting c onditions in the room or on the subject ar e chang ing, or if the subject emits its own vary ing amount o[...]

Fo c us 23 Fo c us Foc us r efers to t he conv er genc e of light in your image . If your subject is “ in foc us,” ligh t is pr operl y c onver ged at the r ight point. If your subject i s “out of focu s,” light h as not proper ly con ver ged at the r ight poin t. In most cir c umstanc es, you w ant your imag e to be sharp and in focus. VZ [...]

Resol ut ion 24 Re sol u t ion Resolution de scr ibes the amount of de tail (inform ation) an imag e holds. High r esolution s r elay more infor mation (and ther efor e mor e detail), and also c onsume mor e c omputing power . Low r esolutions c ommunicate le ss detail but ar e also le ss demanding of c omputer re sourc e s. Resolution is me asur e[...]

VG A Resol u t ion VG A Re sol u t ion When c onnecting directl y to a monitor or projector via VGA, use t he re solution selector on the fr ont of the stand to c hange r e solution. Plea se note that VZ -1 HD supports fewer r e solutions in P rojector mode t han it does in C omputer mode. Auto. Re s. (r ecommended): When A utomatic Resolution is s[...]

Resol ut ion a nd F ra me Ra te Re sol u t ion a nd F ra me Ra t e Gener ally , as r esolution incr ea ses, fr ame r ate dec r ease s. Fr ame r ate is a measur e of how m any di stinct imag es ar e cap tured in a single sec ond to mak e up the full-motion v ideo per cei ved. Beca use the top r esolutions c ontain an e xtr aor dinary amount of in fo[...]

S n aps h ots 27 Sn ap sho t s (PC or M ac onl y) VZ -1 HD has the ability to take sn apshots, still im age s extr acted fr om the cur ren t video c aptur e. V Z -1 HD sav es these sn apshots in .jpg for mat onto your comput er's har d driv e. T ak ing a snapshot is simple , and can be done in one of two ways: 1. Hit the “Enter” (W indows)[...]

Eve rn ote 28 E v erno t e (P C or Ma c onl y) The Pr e senter softwar e offers integ r ated support for Ever note, a u seful notetak ing application for PC, Mac, tablet c omputer s and mobile devic es. Ev ernote ar c hives note s, web pag es, imag es and mor e. Ever note i s fr ee to download and use , though ther e i s a paid upgr ade av ailable [...]

E v erno te (c ont'd) 29 Using V Z -1 HD f or E v erno te The Pr e senter softwar e allows you to c aptur e snapshot s and then upload them (along with other files) to a notebook on your Ever note ac c ount. T o do so: 1. T ake a sn apshot – Hit the "T ak e a Snapshot" button. Y ou'll be tak en to a window wher e you can tak e[...]

P rojec t ing Y our I ma ge 30 P r ojec ting Y our I ma ge (P C or M a c) VZ -1 HD's imag e quality and hig h re solution ar e per fect f or lar ge-s cr een projection s in the cl ass room or c onfer enc e room. Y ou ma y c onnect VZ -1 HD directl y to a pr ojector or monitor for this pur pose as pr ev ious desc ribed ( See P ag e 10 ). For pr[...]

P rep a ring f or P roje ct ion (P C or M ac) 31 P rep ar ing for P roje ct ion (P C or M a c) Y ou'll need to mir ror t he cont ent on your de sktop (th at is, the f ull scr een of VZ -1 HD's v ideo captur e) and r edir ect it to your pr ojector dev ice . Ple ase r efer to your projector documentation for infor mation spec ific to your p[...]

Ad v a nc ed Se tt ing s (P C or Ma c onl y) 32 Ad v anc ed Se tting s (PC or M a c onl y) Ther e ar e a number of adv anced setting s av ailable to you to f ur ther customi ze the V Z -1 HD ex perienc e . PC: In the upper rig ht -hand c orner of t he Pr esen ter softwar e scr een, along with the u sual minimize and ex it functions, ther e i s a He[...]

Ad v a nc ed Se tt ing s (C on t'd) 33 Im a ge Adju s t men t t ab The imag e adjus tment tab pr ovides a number of c ustomiz ations r elating to video imag e quality . Br ight nes s (0 to 255) – c ontr ols ligh tnes s or dar knes s C ontr a st (0 to 31) – con trol s differ enc e in c olor and brig htnes s between differ en t parts of the [...]

C l o sing a nd Ex i t ing t he P re sen t er Sof twa re 34 C l o sing and Ex i ting the P resen t er Sof twa re T o close the P re senter softwar e: Windows – Click the Clo se button at the top righ t -hand c orner of the window , or pr es s Alt + F4 while the softwar e is active . Macin tosh – Clic k the C lose button at the top left -hand c [...]

T roubl eshoo ting a nd F AQ 35 T rouble shoo t ing a nd F AQ VZ -1 HD will not t urn on (PC or M ac). Ensur e VZ -1 HD is plug ged in to your c omputer with t he USB c ord. Ensur e the Pr e senter softwar e fr om the CD-ROM is in stalled and running . Ensur e you ha ve pr essed t he power button on the fr ont of the s tand. Unplug the camer a, exi[...]

T roubl eshoo ting a nd F AQ (c ont'd) 36 The brig ht ness of t he imag e c onstan tly seems to fluctu ate. Automatic e xposur e migh t be on, in which V Z -1 HD c onstan tly adju sts for optimum brig htnes s level. Disable Autom atic ex posur e. See P ag e 2 2. An ything that move s on scr een i s very blur r y and choppy . Decr ea se re solu[...]

Safety I n f o rma ti o n 37 S af e ty Infor ma tion For your sa fety and for the best perfor manc e of your VZ -1 HD U SB/VGA Document C amer a: • K eep VZ -1 HD fr om coming into c ontact with heat sour c es suc h as r adiator s, stove s, and hot laptops. • Do not immer se VZ -1 HD in liquids, and pr otect it fr om mois ture . • Supervise c[...]