Intel PC Camera Pro Pack User manual

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Intel®PC Camera Pro Pack
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Getting Started Guide
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GETTING STARTED GUIDE 1
Welcome
Congratulations! You can now start visiting with friends
and family using your new IntelVideo Phone
software as well as using the IntelPC Camera Pro to
capture video, audio, and still images that can be
organized, stored, and incorporated into email
postcards, movies, and home pages using Intel
Create & ShareSoftware Deluxe.
What you should have
Before starting the installation, check that your
package contains these items:
Online Manuals
There are two manuals for this product. Both of the
manuals can be found online, and one is printed as
well. The product manuals are:
Intel PC Camera Pro Video cable Audio cable
Getting Started Guide Intel Create & Share
Software Deluxe CD
Intel Video Phone
“Send to a Friend” CD
Audiostereo-to-mono
adapter

2GETTING STARTED GUIDE
•IntelPC Camera Pack Pro with Intel
Create & Share Software Deluxe Getting
Started Guide - printed and online
•IntelCreate & ShareSoftware Deluxe
User’s Manual- online only
Getting Started Guide -A quick look at the product
features, with a detailed
description of the camera and
how to use it effectively, and
how to make an Internet
phone call.
User’s Manual - Details using the software
including using galleries,
taking snapshots, recording
videos, creating and sending
email postcards, making
movies, creating and adding
content to your own home
pages, setting up the camera
to automatically take
snapshots, as well as making
video phone calls over the
Internet, regular phone lines
or high-bandwidth
connections.
Intel Quick Tour
Intel Quick Tour, a multimedia demonstration,
introduces the Intel PC Camera Pro and the Intel
Create & Share Software Deluxe capabilities.
Run the Quick Tour for tips and hints on what you can
do with the Intel Create & Share Software Deluxe, from
making video phone calls, creating and sending email
postcards, making movies and web pages, to
automatically taking snapshots and more.
Where are the
online manuals?
You can find the
manuals at:
Start>
Programs> Intel
Create & Share
Software>
Manual

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 3
Step-by-step instructions for these tasks and others
can be found in the online Help, or in Chapter 2 of the
IntelCreate & ShareSoftware Deluxe User’s
Manual.
To run the Quick Tour
•Go to Start> Programs> Intel Create & Share
Software> Quick Tour.
Visit the Web site
To find out what’s new, get information on special
offers, learn more about what you can do with your
camera visit the web site at:
http://www.intel.com/PCcamera
Starting Intel® Create &
Share™ Software Deluxe
From the Windows Start menu click Intel Create &
Share Software or double-click the desktop icon.
The first time you run the Intel Create & Share
Software Deluxe:
1The Configuration Wizard guides you through
configuring your system. Be sure to run the
default tests.You must complete all of the tests
and supply all user information to successfully
use the software.
To run the
Configuration
Wizard again, go
to:
Start>Programs
>Intel Create &
Share Software>
Set Up Audio &
Video.

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2A splash screen presents you with the options of
running the Quick Tour or using the software.
We suggest you run the Quick Tour to get an
overview the many things you can do with your
new Intel PC Camera Pro.
The second time you run the Intel Create & Share
Software Deluxe:
•The Intel Registration Wizard appears so you
can register your program. If you choose to
register now, complete the requested
information. Remember to connect to the
Internet to register online.
Completing the Configuration
Wizard
1On the first screen Yes is checked confirming
the presence of a camera. Click Next to
continue.
2On the User Information screen type your name,
email address, and location. This information is
used to help your friends call you when you are
running Intel Video Phone software. The email
address you type is what identifies you when
using the Intel Video Phone. Double-check your
email address to ensure that your family, friends,
or business associates can reach you using the
video phone.
3On the Internet Options screen select the kind of
Internet connection you will use with the Intel
Video Phone.
If you are unsure, select “Use the default
Connection”.
Additionally:
aIf you use a modem to connect to your
Internet Service Provider (ISP), select ‘Use
a Dial-up Networking Connection’ and select
the name of your dial-up connection.
Reminder
Use the Next and
Back buttons to
move through the
Configuration
Wizard’s screens.
Note
The information
entered on the User
Information screen
is only used for
video phone calls
To register later,
go to:
Start>
Programs>Intel
Create & Share
Software>
Register Online.
Note
Be sure to register
to “Stay in the
Loop”. Registered
users are
periodically
informed of
updates, upgrades,
and special offers.
Note:
Ensure that the
camera’s shutter is
open and that the
room is well lit.

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bIf you use an Online Service Provider, such
as America Online (AOL*) to log onto the
Internet, select ‘Use a specific Network
Adapter’. Select your adapter from the list
(For example: AOL adapter).
cIf you have more than one connection to the
Internet and don’t care which connection is
used, select ‘Use the default Internet
connection’. Intel Video Phone will use the
same kind of connection used the last time
you connected to the Internet.
dIf your computer is always connected to the
Internet using a cable, DSL, ISDN, or LAN
Internet connection, select ‘My computer
has a Cable, DSL, ISDN, or LAN Internet
connection’. These connection types enable
high-speed connection options.
4On the Speaker Test screen you can adjust the
volume of your speakers. Click Test then click
and drag the slider to adjust the volume of the
recorded message. Click Next when the volume
is adjusted the way you like.
5On the Microphone Test screen you set the
microphone level. Click Test and start speaking
into the microphone. Move the slider up or down
as you speak until you see yellow in the energy
bar. Click Next to continue.
6On the Modem Selection screen you select the
modem that you use for your Internet connection.
Your modem should already be selected. Click
Test to test the modem. This test checks for a
dial tone. If you have problems here click Help to
bring up common troubleshooting tips.
7On the Modem Connection Test screen, your
modem is tested to verify its calling capabilities.
Click ‘Perform the modem connection test’,
and then click Test. (This test only happens if
you are running Windows* 98).

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8On the Video Device Detection screen, select the
Intel PC Camera Pro. Click Next to continue.
9On the Video Hardware Test screen you should
see a picture from your camera in the video win-
dow. To adjust the picture click Advanced to
bring up the Video Source tab.
If you do NOT see live video, your camera may
not be configured properly. For solutions, visit the
Troubleshooting Assistant at http://sup-
port.intel.com/support/createshare/camera-
pack/tsa.htm.
10 The Device Profile test profiles the camera and
tunes the Intel Video Phone software for the best
video quality. Click Test to test the video camera.
11 The DirectDraw* test verifies that your computer
can run DirectDraw. DirectDraw lets you view the
other person’s video at full screen during a video
call with Intel Video Phone software. If the video
picture is clear, click Yes to enable DirectDraw. If
anything else happens, click Next. You will still
be able to see the other person’s video during a
call, but not full screen.
12 Configuration Completed screen. Click Finish to
close the Configuration Wizard.
Note
For help with
problems that can
occur during the
Configuration
Wizard see
Appendix A
Troubleshooting in
the User’s Manual.
Note
Wheninstallingona
computer running
Windows* 95,
select Microsoft
WDM Image
Capture on the
Video Device
Detection screen.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 7
Setting up the IntelPC Camera
Pro
Make sure the camera lens cover is open when you
take pictures or create videos. Use the snapshot
button to take snapshots, and the focus dial to focus
the video picture. To adjust the quality (such as hue,
saturation, or sharpness) of the video picture, follow
the instructions in online Help under camera settings.
Snapshot button. To take a
snapshot, press the button.
Focus dial - to adjust the focus
of the video picture, rotate the
dial.
Easy video-in connector.
Connect the supplied video
cable here to an external
video device like a VCR,
camcorder, or DVD player.
With this cable you can
transform previously
recorded video into digital
video. You can also record
directly through your device
onto your computer’s hard
drive.
Tripod connector. Mount
the camera on a tripod to
avoid camera jitter, which
can contribute to larger file
sizes.
Camera mount. Slide the
camera onto the mount and
connect mount to surface.

8GETTING STARTED GUIDE
Tips
•Place the light source in front of you, not
behind you; avoid bright light which may cause
a glare.
•Wear solid-colored clothing; avoid patterns and
grays.
•To turn on the camera slide the lens cover to
the open position
•Common positions for the camera include on
top of the computer monitor or on a speaker.
Using the Camera’s Video Input
The Intel PC Camera Pro has a connector to connect
other video devices like camcorders or VCRs to your
computer for use with the Intel Create & Share
Software Deluxe.
Now you can take those video tapes of family
gatherings, business meetings, and special occasions
like vacations and turn selected scenes into digital
format for sharing in email, during video phone calls, or
on your home pages.
An example of creating a digital video clip
from video tape
1Connect one end of the supplied video cable to
the Intel PC Camera Pro and the other end to
the external device (we are using a VCR).
2To include the sound from the video as a part of
the recording, connect the supplied audio cable
from the VCR to the computer’s sound card.
Note
The snapshot
button on Intel PC
Camera Pro only
works when the
Intel Create &
Share Software is
running.
This VCR
example uses
the supplied
video and audio
cables.
Your external
device may
require different
cables and
adapters.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 9
3From the Home Screen of the Intel Create &
Share Software Deluxe, click Record Video.
4Click A/V Input on the Intel Scene Recorder
window.
5On the Video and Audio Input dialog, select
“External video plugged into camera”. The Audio
Source is automatically selected for you.
6Click Apply
7Click OK.
8Queue up the video tape in the VCR to the
scene you are interested in recording.
9Click Record on Scene Recorder.
10 Press Play on the external player.
11 Once the scene is recorded, click Stop on the
Scene Recorder window.
12 Press Stop on your external player.
13 Click Play to play back the video in the Scene
Recorder window.
14 Click Trim to trim the recorded video to the
length you are interested in.
15 Click Save to save the file.
Video
cable
Audio cable
Note
When capturing
video from
previously
recorded video,
you can add
narration to the
video clip from a
microphone, or
use music from a
CD, rather than
the sound that is
part of the original
video. See the
online Help for
details.

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What are the possibilities?
Here’s a short list of some of the things that you can
do.
•Take the video you recorded of your son’s
graduation and create a “Graduation’s
Highlights” video clip for sharing with family
and friends via your home page or on an email
postcard.
•With that video you made of the house hunting
trip for your new job, you could create a “Best
of the Houses Seen” video showing the
features of the houses you are interested in.
The highlights could include your own
narration, added when the video was recorded
or when you were creating the movie.
•With a camcorder you can record the keynote
address to the sales staff and later use the
Intel Create & Share Software Deluxe to edit
and trim some of this video for inclusion on the
company’s website.
•Using that already edited sales address, you
can create a small movie for your own
presentation to Marketing at a later point in
time.
What is included?
The Intel® PC Camera Pro Pack includes an Intel® PC
Camera Pro and the Intel® Create & Share Software
Deluxe that lets you use your PC to communicate in a
variety of new ways. To learn about all of the
applications described here, see the Intel® Create &
Share Software Deluxe User’s Manual.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 11
Features include:
•Intel® Video Phone—Now you can talk to and
see others at the same time using the Intel
Video Phone software to make video phone
calls over the Internet. For information about
making Internet phone calls, see the section
entitled “Preparing your first Internet phone
call”.
You may also be able to make telephone video
calls over regular telephone lines if you are
running Windows 98 and have a video-ready
modem.
See Appendix B Telephone Video Calls in the
user’s manual for more information.
•Intel® Email Postcard—Incorporate
snapshots, video files, and sound files into the
supplied templates or into a template you
design, you can create email postcards and
send them to family, friends, or business
associates.
•Intel® Movie Builder— lets you put together
movies and multimedia business productions
complete with title cards, audio and video
footage, snapshots and special effects, in no
time.
•Intel® Home Page Builder— Construct home
pages with words, graphics, still images, and
video automatically using the supplied
templates or in a template you design.
•Intel® Auto Snapshot—set up the Intel PC
Camera Pro to automatically take snapshots
and send them to your hard drive, to a
specified email address, or directly to your
home pages.

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•PC Camera Games—Use the Intel PC
Camera Pro to put yourself into a virtual reality
where you can pop the falling bubbles, shoot
baskets, or hold the whole world in your hands.
To put yourself in the action, click the PC
Camera Games icon on the Home screen.
•Intel® Home Screen—The starting place for
all activity. From here you can access your
galleries, create new media files, launch the
video phone, email postcard application, the
home page builder application, the movie
builder application, PC camera games
software, and set up the camera to take
snapshots automatically.
•Intel® Gallery—The project and media file
manager within the software. From the gallery,
you can open and organize projects and video,
image, and sound files, collectively called
“media”.
•Intel® Snapshot— Quickly and easily take
snapshots using your PC camera. These
snapshots can be assembled into your own
online photo galleries, sent to others using
email, and incorporated into web pages or
movies.
•Intel® Scene Recorder—Record and trim
video clips to spice up a web page, add
interest to a presentation, or share a video
moment of your children with their
grandparents.
•Intel® Audio Recorder—Make audio files
that record your baby’s first words, narrate a
business presentation, or send an audio
message in an email postcard.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 13
Preparing for your first Internet
phone call
One of the most popular uses of the Intel Create &
Share Software is to make Internet video phone calls
using an Intel Video Phone.
You can make Internet video phone calls with anyone
who has a standards compatible (H.323) video phone
application. The following sections describe how to
make an Internet video call using an email address.
This method is the easiest way to call another Intel
Video Phone user because their email address is
automatically registered in the same directory listing
service as yours.
For more information about Internet video phone calls
and other calling methods, consult the Intel Video
Phone’s online Help.
Making Internet video phone calls
The first five times you use the Intel Video Phone
software, the online help displays to guide you through
the details of making a successful video phone call.
The basics of making an Internet video
phone call:
To place a call to another Intel Video Phone user, you
must know their email address. This address MUST be
the same email address they typed when they installed
their video phone.
To check the email address of the person you are
calling have them:
1Open their video phone.
2From the Tools menu on their video phone,
choose Options.
3The email address is found on the User Info tab.
Note
In other versions
of Intel Video
Phone software,
the email address
might be found
under the
Options or Set
Options buttons.
Tip
To make a test
call, open your
browser and type
this URL:
www.intel.com/
PCcamera/
portals/
testcall.htm
Note
The person you
are calling may
have a different
version of Intel
Video Phone or a
different video
phone
application. They
may need to
follow different
steps to place a
call.

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To make an Internet video phone call:
1Start Intel Video Phone.
Start the Intel Create & Share Software, and
then click Make a Video phone call on the
Home screen.
2Establish an Internet connection.
Click the Internet button or the Internet On
button. In many cases, this will bring up your
Connect To dialog box where you can type your
user name and password.
If you are using an Online Service Provider, such
as America Online (AOL), you MUST manually
connect to the Internet before clicking the
Internet button.
3Place an Internet video call.
aAfter Internet Ready appears in the status
area at the top of the video phone, click the
Call button.
bType the email address of the person you
want to call.
cIf you want to call someone who has a non-
Intel video phone application and who is
registered with a different directory service,
you must type the name of their directory
listing service in the Directory Services box.
For example, if the person you are calling is
using Microsoft NetMeeting*, type
ils.microsoft.com in the Directory Services
box.
dClick OK. After your audio connection is
established, you can talk to the person you
have called.
eTo add video, one person clicks the Video
button. After your video connection is
established, the person you called can see
and hear you. If they have a camera on their
PC, you can see and hear them.
Note
The person you
are calling must
have their video
phone running
andbeconnected
to the Internet.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 15
4End the call.
Click Hangup to end the call.
Depending on your modem, operating system, and
computer, you may also be able to make telephone
video calls over your regular telephone line.
To do so, your computer must include:
•A factory-installed Intel Video Phone software
and a Video-Ready modem
OR
•Windows 98 and a Video-Ready modem.
For information about making telephone video calls,
see Appendix B: Telephone Video Calls in the Intel
Create & Share Software Deluxe User’s Manual.
Helpful Hints for making
Internet phone calls
To improve the sound quality:
•Speak slowly and clearly into the microphone
•Wait until the other person stops speaking
before you reply.
•Eliminate background noise from your area.
•Consider using a headset instead of speakers.
This allows you to use full-duplex audio,
eliminates feedback, and reduces background
noise. Headsets with built-in microphones work
as well.
•Keep the microphone away from the speakers
to avoid feedback
•Ensure that the microphone’s volume is not too
loud.
The IntelCreate
& Share
Software Deluxe
User’s Manual
can be found at:
Start>
Programs> Intel
Create & Share
Software>
Manual> User’s
Manual.
Full-duplex
when both parties
in a video phone
call can speak at
the same time.

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If you are experiencing difficulties:
•Mute the video and ask the other person to do
the same. Your audio will remain connected.
-Click the drop-down menu on the Mute
button.
To improve the video quality:
•Make your My video and Guest video windows
smaller and ask the other person to do the
same:
-Click the View menu and select a
smaller size.
•Put light in front of you, not behind you for a
well-lit image.
Other tips:
•Remember, the person you are calling may
have a different version of Intel Video Phone or
a different video phone application. Be patient
while making a call.
•Place the camera on top of your computer and
the microphone at least 6 inches from a
computer speaker.
•Disable call waiting on your regular telephone
line. (Consult your telephone directory for
details.)
•Make sure your phone and modem are
properly connected to your computer.
•You'll get a better connection quality if you try
to avoid connecting to the Internet at peak
times. These peak times are during evenings,
on holidays, and weekends
•If your modem supports it, a 56kbps
connection to the Internet means higher
quality Internet phone calls.

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 17
For further instructions and solutions to common
problems, consult the online Help. For customer
support, check the Intel customer support Web site at:
http://support.intel.com/support/createshare/
camerapack

GETTING STARTED GUIDE 18
ATechnical Specifications
The following are the technical specifications for the IntelPC Camera
Pro1.
Characteristics Specification
Image Sensor Progressive scan CCD, 640 x 480
Image Format YUV 4:2:0
Interface Universal Serial Bus (Rev. 1.00)
Special Feature Flicker Free Operation (under 50 Hz/60 Hz
fluorescent lighting)
Maximum No. of Pixels 640 x 480
Resolutions (native) 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 160 x 120
Additional camera
(scaled) resolutions
available
352 x 288, 176 x 144, 240 x 180, 240 x 176
Snapshot image
resolution (using
supplied software)
640 x 480 maximum
Video image resolution
(using supplied
software)
640 x 480 maximum
Frame rate230fps@160 x 120, 30fps@QCIF (176 x
144),30fps@CIF (352 x 288), 5 -
15fps@VGA (640 x 480)
Min. Illumination 20 Lux
Gamma 0.45
White Balance Automatic or manual control
Pan - Mechanical 360 deg