Philips SPC640NC manual

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1 English EN Contents 1 Y our W ebCam 2 W elcome 2 What’ s in the bo x 2 Functional o ver view 3 2 Getting star ted 4 Install the webcam software 4 Connect the webcam to y our PC / notebook 6 3 Adjust w ebcam settings 7 W ebCam Companion 7 Image settings menu 7 Audio settings menu 8 Proper ty pages 9 4 Operate the w ebcam with video calling and c[...]

2 c an b e e a s i ly e d i t e d us i ng i ma ge o r v i d e o edi t ing prog r a ms . T he fo l low i ng s e c tio n s in t h is m a nu a l gi ve a s tep - by- s te p d es cr ip t io n of t h e in s t al la t i o n pr oces s a nd e x p la i n h ow to u se t h e P h il ip s SPC640 NC webcam. What’ s in the bo x Please check that the follo wing i[...]

3 Functional ov er vie w a Snapshot but ton T a ke ph ot os d ir ec tl y w i t h ou t th e  mouse. b Focus ring Ad ju s t th e fo cus of t h e i ma ge  manually . c Rot at i n g j o i nt &K D QJ HW KHY L H ZL Q JÀ HO GRIW K H  webcam manually . d Clamp with rubber rims 0 RX Q WW KHZH E F D PR QR[...]

4 3 W h e n t h e wel com e s cr e e n a p pe a r s , cli ck ‘ N ex t ’ to co nt i n u e . 4 W h e n t h e ‘ Ma n ua l ’ s cr ee n a p pe a r s , s e le c t t he s e co nd o p ti o n , t h e n cl i ck ‘ Ne x t ’ to continue ins t allation. 2 Getting star ted Install the w ebcam softwar e The software supplied only w or ks on PCs with th[...]

5 8 W h e n t h e ‘ Re bo ot ’ scr e e n a p p e a r s , se l e c t ‘ Y es’, th e n cli c k ‘ F i n is h ’ t o r e s t a r t you r P C / no te b oo k . The ‘Philips CamSuite’ shor tcut » ‘’ will be visible in the Windows taskbar (bottom r ight of your screen). Tip I n t h e ‘ P h i li p s C a m S u i t e’, you c a n ad j u [...]

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7 upload your videos to Y ou T ube  direc t ly . T o l au n ch W eb C am Co m pa n io n , cl ic k  in t h e P h il i ps C a m S u i t e co nt r ol pa n e l . O r do u bl e cli ck o n t h e W e b C a m  Companion ic on on t h e d e s k to p . Tip Fo r d e t ail e d i nf or m at i o n o n h ow to u s e  W e b C a m C o m pa n i o[...]

8 Note ' LJ L W DO]R R PP DJ Q L À H VW K HSL [H O VE X WQ R WW K H  ac tual image. It degrades image quality . Face tracking If yo u a c ti v at e t he [F ace tr ack ing ] option, t he we b c a m w il l t r a c k you r f ace . Th is g i ves you m or e conve n ie n ce d u r ing v i d eo c ha t t in g , be c a us e y[...]

9 General settings Y ou c a n a dj u s t th e fol low i ng g e n e r al se t t in g s: [Flickerless image ] The [Flick erless image] option should only EHX V HGX Q G H UÁ LF NH U LQJO LJ K WFRQ G L W L RQ V  H J Á X RU HVFH Q WR UQH R QOD P SV W RS U HYH Q W ÁL F NH U LQJR UV WU D QJH O ?[...]

10 Y ou can now adjust the follo wing video settings: [Full automatic contr ol] This full automatic control mode pro vides a ver y easy way to get the best out of y our Philips SPC640NC webcam. Or y ou can choose to ha ve maximum man ual control over the webcam settings b y switching the full automatic control mode off. Full automatic control ‘on[...]

11 [C o n t r a s t] Co n t r a s t en a bl e s you t o co nt r o l t h e r at i o be t we e n d a r k an d li gh t a cco r d in g to yo u r RZ QSU HIHU HQ FH 8 VHW K HV OL G H UWRÀ Q GRX U prefer r ed set ting. [ Gamma ] G a m ma e n a bl e s you t o br ig h te n d a r k ar e a s wi th in t h e d is p laye d i ma ge o [...]

12 Featur es settings Cl ic k t h e  [Features ] tab . The » [Featur es] settings screen appear s. Y ou c a n n ow ad j us t th e fo ll ow in g fe at u r e set tings: [Face tr ack ing ] Fo r a n ex pla n at i on of t h e fe a tu r e a n d info r ma t io n o n h ow to a c ti v at e i t v i a t he Ph i li ps C am S ui te co nt r o l p a ne l ,[...]

13 4 Operate the w ebcam with video calling and chatting The Philips SPC640NC webcam w or ks with instant messenging and V oIP (V oice ov er Inter net Protocol) applications such as Skype , Windows Liv e Messenger , Y ahoo! Messenger and A OL Instant Messenger . After installation of an application, make the required webcam settings within the appl[...]

14 5 T echnical specifications Sensor V GA CMOS Re a l v id e o r e s ol u t i o n ( M a x . ) 6 4 0 x 48 0 Real still image r e so l u t i on ( M a x .) 6 4 0 x 48 0 Inter polated s t ill image r e so l u t i on ( M a x .) 1 28 0 x 960 Fr am e s p e r s eco n d 3 0 f ps ( ma xi m u m ) F-number 2.6 Lens view an gle 5 5 degrees I nt e r f a ci ng U[...]

15 2 C li ck t h e bu t ton t o op e n t h e [Propert ies ] page. The » [General] settings screen appear s. 3 Check the [Region ] se t ti ng fo r t h e web c a m a nd a d ju s t if ne ces s a r y. S el e c t ‘ 50 H z’ fo r E ur ope a n d C hi n a .  S el e c t ‘ 6 0 H z ’ fo r N or t h A me r ic a  and T aiwan. Fo r ot h e r r [...]

16 5 S e t t h e Ph il i ps S P C6 40 N C we bc a m o r t he co n n e c ted h e ad s e t a s d e fa u l t d e v ice for ‘ Voice r e co r d i ng ’. 6 C li ck ‘ O K ’ to s ave yo u r se t t in gs . For Windows Vista: 1 C li ck t h e W i nd ow s ‘ St a r t ’ b u t t o n ( bo t tom l ef t of you r sc r e e n ). 2 Open th e ‘Co ntrol panel[...]

17 3 C li ck t h e [V i de o ] tab . The » [Video] setting screen appear s. 4 C li ck t h e [Res et ] but t on. All webcam settings are no w reset » back to the default factor y settings. 5 Click [Ok] to s ave yo u r se t ti ng s . r i g ht of yo u r sc r e e n ) t o op e n t h e P hi li ps C a m S ui te co nt ro l pa n e l . 3 C li ck t h e bu t[...]

18 If yo ur we b c a m ge t s we t , dr y i t w i t h s of t  cl ot h a s s oo n a s pos si b l e . If t h e l e ns i s d ir t y , d o N O T t ou ch t h e l e ns  Z L W KRX UÀ Q JH U V  Cl e an t h e o u t sid e of t h e we b c a m wi th a  sof t cloth. 'R1 27XVHFO H D QL QJÁ X L GVE D V HGR Q[...]

19 Envir onmental inf ormation Disposal of y our old pr oduct Y ou r p r o du c t is d e si g n ed a n d ma n u f ac tu r ed with high quali t y materials and c omponent s, w hi ch c a n b e r ec ycl e d a n d r e us e d . W h e n t hi s cr o s se d - ou t w he el e d b in s ym b ol i s at t ach e d to a p r od u c t , i t me an s t h e pr odu c t [...]

20 System r equirements M ic r os of t  ® Wind ows ® X P (S P 2), Vi s t a or Win do ws 7 ; Intel P entium  ® I V , 850 M h z or e q u i v al e n t ; 5 1 2 M B R A M ( for X P) or 1 G B R A M  ( fo r W i n dow s V i s ta a n d W i nd ow s 7 ) wi th 20 0 M B f r e e ha r d dis k s pa ce; O ne f r ee U S B p or t ( U S B 2 . 0) a[...]

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