Go to page of
A good user manual
The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Optoma Technology DC300, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.
What is an instruction?
The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Optoma Technology DC300 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.
Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Optoma Technology DC300. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.
What should a perfect user manual contain?
First and foremost, an user manual of Optoma Technology DC300 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Optoma Technology DC300
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Optoma Technology DC300 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Optoma Technology DC300 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
Why don't we read the manuals?
Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Optoma Technology DC300 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Optoma Technology DC300, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Optoma Technology service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Optoma Technology DC300.
Why one should read the manuals?
It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Optoma Technology DC300 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.
After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.
Table of contents for the manual
-
Page 1
1 DC 300 Docume nt Came ra USER MANUAL[...]
-
Page 2
2 Please read thi s manual careful ly before operating the document camera and keep it for reference . PRECAU TION S NOTICE: PLEASE READ CAREFUL L Y BEF ORE US E Use t he docu ment ca mera und er the ra te d el ectric condit ions. Do not place the document came ra on an unstable surface a s i t may fall , c aus i ng injury or da mage. D[...]
-
Page 3
3 USER MANUAL ............................................................................. 1 1 . P ARTS IDENTIFICA TION .......................................................... 4 2. CONTR OL P ANEL ..................................................................... 5 3. INPUTS AND OUTPUTS .......................................................[...]
-
Page 4
4 1. PA R T S I D E N T I F I C AT I O N 1. Came ra 2. LED L ight 3. Flexible C amera A rm 4. IR R ec ei v er f or Rem ot e C on tr ol 5. Inte rface P ane l (VGA P ort, Powe r I nput and USB ) 6. Control P ane l 7. Kensington L ock 7[...]
-
Page 5
5 2. CONTROL P ANEL 1. POWER : T urn on /of f the powe r . 2 . LAMP : Turn on/off the LED light. 3 . AUTO : Perform auto focus, color adjustment and white bal ance. 4. FOCUS +/ - : A djust focus m anually . 5. BRIGHT+/ - : Image brightnes s control. 6. ZO OM+/ - : Control i mage zo om in and zoom ou t . 3. INPUTS A ND OU TPUTS 1. DC 12V : Pow er in[...]
-
Page 6
6 3. REMOTE CONTROL 1. Powe r : Power d ocument cam era on and o f f 2. Video : Video mode 3. Home/Dire cti onal Key : Home b utton 4. Lamp : Turn LED light On/O ff 5. Save : Capture the ima ge in display 6. Reca ll : Image reca ll mode en abled, display t he saved images 7. Auto : Perform auto focus, color ad justment and white balanc e 8. Split :[...]
-
Page 7
7 10. Rotate : Rotate image 11 . Sharp+/ - : Im age sharpne ss contr ol 12. Compute r : Comp uter mode 13. SXGA /XGA : Sw itc h th e ou tput sig nal bet wee n XG A a nd SX GA 14. Mir ror : Output right - and - left, up - and - down mirror image 15. Page +/ - : Saved ima ge page up an d down wh en image rec all mode is en abled 16 . Zoom+/ - : Im ag[...]
-
Page 8
8 5. CONNECTIONS 5.1. COMP UTER C O NNECTION 5.2. VGA OUTPUT CONNECTION[...]
-
Page 9
9 6. COMMUNICA TING WITH CO MPUTE R 6.1 COMPUTER REQUIREME NTS Mini m um PC and softwar e requiremen ts: Operat ing syste m: Win dows X P CPU: Pentium 4 1.8G Hz Physical memory: 512M Vide o m em or y: 64 M 6.2 USB FUNCTION SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION Click “Next” when dialogue box appears to run the softw are insta llation pack age :[...]
-
Page 10
10 Read th e terms , s elect "I accept the terms in the license agreem ent " and c lick "Next" as shown below : When t he foll owing dial ogue box appears, cli ck "Next":[...]
-
Page 11
11 The defau lt installati on dire ctory i s Prog ram Files, C: Pr ogram Files . Click “Next” to proceed w ith default i nstallat ion directo ry or click “ Change” to sel ect a dif fere nt ins tallation directory : After selecti ng destination folder , click “OK”.[...]
-
Page 12
12 Then c lick "Next". Click "Install" to comp lete installation.[...]
-
Page 13
13 Click "Finish” to co mplete the insta llation. Then you will see the following dialogue box , which is an ins tallation packag e for 2005 C++ environmen t. If your PC alread y h as this instal led, click " No" t o exit . O therwis e, click "Y es" to ins tall it.[...]
-
Page 14
14 ST ART ING SOFTW ARE Double click the s hort cut icon on the desktop to laun ch the softwar e. IMAGE CAPTURE AND VIDEO RECORDING Left c lick to ca pture imag es. The capt ured im age s wil l be au toma ticall y sav ed in to the default destination folder . The path and file name are displayed i n software status bar on the bottom of the window a[...]
-
Page 15
15 Left click to start re cording. While rec ording , the settin gs button will b e inactive. Detailed inform ation is disp layed on the s oftware sta tus bar at the bottom of the w indow . The video is aut omaticall y saved in the def ault folder or pre - set folder . S ETTIN GS The captured images and recorded videos wil l be saved au tomaticall [...]
-
Page 16
16 the option s of recordin g video with or without so und as sho wn below: “ The lengt h of video that can be recorded ” box displays the longest r ecording time for videos to be saved i n the preset pat h as s hown below: Click “ save ” to complete settin g. IMAGE MOD IFICA TIONS To b e g i n i m a g e m o d i f i c a t i o n s , c l i c [...]
-
Page 17
17 Line Clicking icon a llow s you to crea te lines with in the imag e. icon allow s you to change the setting of t he chosen line .[...]
-
Page 18
18 Line W idth: C hange the width of the line. X, Y : C hange the posit ion of the line. Color: C hange the c olor o f the l ine. Widt h, He ight: Chan ge the a ngle of t he line. Rectangles icon allow s you to pla ce a rectan gl e in the image as show n below . icon allow s you to ch ange the s etting of the c hosen rec tangle .[...]
-
Page 19
19 Line W idth: C hange the li ne width of the rectangle. X, Y : C hange the posit ion of the rectangle. Color: C hange the l ine color of the rectangle. Fill C olor: Check box to fill color in th e rectangle. Widt h, Hei ght: Chang e the shape of the rect angl e by ch angi ng the angle of two adjace nt lines of the rectangle. Circ ular Shapes icon[...]
-
Page 20
20 Line W idth: C hange the li ne width of the circle. X, Y : C hange the posit ion of the circle. Color: C hange the l ine color of the circle. Fill Color: Check box to fill colo r in the circle. Widt h, H ei ght: C hange the size of t he circle. Freeform icon allow s you to pla ce scri bbles in the imag e as sh own below . i c o n a l l o w s y o[...]
-
Page 21
21 Line W idth: C hange the li ne width of the curve. X, Y : C hange the posit ion of the curve. Color: C hange the l ine color of the curve. Graphic Default Setting icon allow s you to ch ange th e defa ult graphic settin g . Deleting Graphic Click t o d e l e t e t h e c h o s e n g r a p h i c . Delete all the g raphic s Click t o d e l e t e a [...]
-
Page 22
22 7. FEA TURES LIGHT DC300 is RoHS com pliant, which mea ns it meets the rigorou s Europe an Union ʼ s requirements for restriction of the use of ce rtain hazard ous subs tances in electrical an d electronic equipm ent. DC300 uses eco - friend ly , low - power LED ʼ s w h i c h a r e c o o l t o t h e touch and mercury free. ZOOM IN A ND ZOO M O[...]
-
Page 23
23 ROT A T E M OD E Allows you to rota te i mages. FR EEZE IMAGE Use " F rz " button to freeze and unfreeze the im age. MIR ROR IMA GE T he “ Mi r ” button allow s you to show different pers pective s of an ob ject. SPL IT SC RE EN The “Split” button allows you t o spl it th e screen and compar e tw o differ ent im ages or view s [...]
-
Page 24
24 8. SPECIFICA TION Mode l DC300 Sens or 1/3" CMOS Pixels 2 Megapixel s Zoom 9x O ptical , 12 x D igital Frame R ate 12 Shoo ting Area Max: 16 .5"x1 1.7 ", M in: 0.1 "x0.1" Focus Auto/ M anual Outpu t R esolution XGA, SXGA Resolut ion (Horizontal) ≥ 750 TV L ines Whit e B alance Auto/ M anual Color A djustment Ye s Brig [...]
-
Page 25
25 9. TROUBLE - SHOOTING Sympt oms Possib le cause s/c ounte r - measures No image 1. Power cord is not properl y connected. 2. Cables are n ot properly connected . 3. Power switch is no t turne d on. 4. The bui lt - in fuse is b roken: Chan ge fuse. 5. Change the output res olution. Image b ending 1. Camera is not in right position, adju st the ca[...]
-
Page 26
26 10. P ACKING LIST Ite m Quantity Power C ord 1 Power A daptor (12V/2A) 1 VGA C able 1 USB C able (2.0) 1 Remote C ontrol 1 User M anual (CD) 1 Contact: Optoma T echn olo gy , Inc., 31 78 Lau relview C t., Fre m ont , CA, Te l : 5 1 0 - 89 7- 8600 , For customer servi ce p lease call: 1 - 888 - 887 - 5001 All Speci ficatio ns are su bject to chan[...]