Philips SPC710NC User manual

SPC710NC/SPC715NC
User manual

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Online help: http://www.philips.com/support
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Please check that the following items are packed in the Philips
SPC710NC/SPC715NC box.They are provided to help you set
up and use your Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC.
Philips SPC710NC/ Installation CD-ROM Quick Installation
SPC715NC including manual Guide
WebCam
Headset with headphone
and microphone
(SPC715NC only)
SPC 710 NC
Installation CD v.1.00
9082 100 03367
What’s in the box?

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1 Viewing angle
For manually changing the vertical angle of the WebCam.
2 Quicklaunch button
For quick and easy start-up of the VLounge Premium
software.
3 Rotating lens
For adjusting the focus of the image manually.
4 Clamp with rubber rim
For attaching the WebCam to your monitor.
5 USB connector
For connecting the WebCam to the USB port of the PC.
The WebCam will derive its power from the PC when a USB
connection is made.
6 Snapshot button
For taking photo’s.
7 Built in digital microphone
For adding voice and sound when video chatting and video
recording.
8Screw thread
For mounting the WebCam to a tripod.
9 Activity LED
Lights up when the WebCam is in use.
10 Headset with headphone and microphone
(SPC715NC only)
For talking and listening to your meeting partner during video
chatting.
11 Audio cable (SPC715NC only)
Black headphone plug (n)- for connecting to the microphone
socket of the pc sound card.
Grey microphone plug (!) - for connecting to the headphone or
green socket of the pc sound card.
Legend of functions
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2 Need help?
3 What’s in the box?
4 Legend of functions
5 Contents
6 Welcome
7 Things you should know
7 Safety precautions
7 Copyright
8 Installation
8 Installing the WebCam software
10 Connecting the WebCam to your PC/laptop
11 WebCam settings
11 General controls
12 Picture controls
15 Audio controls
16 Using the applications
16 VLounge Premium
17 Skype
17 MSN Messenger
18 Yahoo! Messenger
18 AOL Instant Messenger
19 Making snapshots using Windows®XP
19 Technical specifications
20 Important information
20 Disclaimer
20 FCC compliance
21 Environmental information
21 System requirements
21 Disclaimer of warranty
21 Limitations of damages
Contents

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The Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam you have just
purchased is manufactured to the highest standards and will give
you years of trouble-free use. Brilliant images and blazing colors,
that's what you get with the SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam.
Forget about installing interface cards and separate power
supplies, because you don't need them any more. Power is
supplied direct to the WebCam through the USB cable and the
WebCam returns audio and video straight to your PC!
After installation, the new WebCam can be used for all sorts of
applications, such as:
•Video conferencing: use the Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC
WebCam for video chatting and conferencing (the Philips
SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam works with Skype,
MSN Messenger,Yahoo! Messenger and AOL Messenger);
•Video e-mail / Video capture: create your own video
presentations, video mail, product demonstrations, training
videos, Internet clips etc.;
•Snapshot images: use images in presentations, create postcards,
or send them via e-mail or on diskette.The WebCam works
with all applications that use the TWAIN interface to acquire an
image.
•Editing and special effects: after recording the images you want
with the Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam, the images
can be easily edited using image or video editing programs.
The following sections in this manual give a step-by-step
description of the installation process and explain how to use the
Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam.
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Please read the following instructions carefully, and retain them for
future reference. It may be helpful to have the instructions for use
for the PC at hand for reference.
Safety precautions
Observe the following guidelines to ensure that the WebCam will
operate safely and to prevent defects.
• Do not use your WebCam in environments outside the
following range: temperature: 0°C to 40°C, relative humidity:
45% ~ 85%.
• Do not use or store your WebCam in/under:
– direct sunlight exposure;
– very humid and dusty environment;
– near any kind of heat sources.
• If your WebCam gets wet, dry it with soft cloth as soon as
possible.
• If the lens is dirty, Do NOT touch the lens with your fingers.
• Clean the outside of the WebCam with a soft cloth.
• Do NOT use cleaning fluids based on alcohol, methylated spirit,
ammonia, etc.
• Do NOT attempt to disassemble or repair your WebCam by
yourself. Do not open the WebCam. In the event of technical
difficulties return it to your Philips retailer.
• Do NOT use your WebCam in the water.
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Protect the WebCam from oil, vapour, steam, moisture, and dust.
• Never point the WebCam lens at the sun.
Copyright
Copyright©2003 by Philips Consumer Electronics B.V. All rights
reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated
into any language or computer language, in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual
or otherwise, without prior written permission from Philips.
Brands and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
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Installation
Installing the WebCam software
The software supplied only works on PCs with the operating
systems Microsoft®Windows®98SE, ME, 2000 and XP.
Notes!
– Unplug all your USB devices (except USB keyboard and
USB mouse) before you start.
– Do not plug in your WebCam yet. Run the Installation CD-ROM
first.
– Have your Windows®CD-ROM at hand.
1Place the installation CD-ROM in your PC’s / laptop’s
CD-ROM / DVD drive.
> After a couple of seconds the ‘Language selection’ screen
appears automatically.
Note!
If the 'Language selection' screen does not appear automatically,
open the Microsoft®Windows®Explorer and double click on the
'Set-up.exe' icon in the CD-ROM directory.
2Select your language and click on the 'OK' button.
> The following screen appears.
3Select at least ‘SPC710NC WebCam Driver’ and ‘Philips
VLounge Premium’.
Click the 'Next' button.
> The following software license agreement appears.
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> The following screen, including a progress bar, appears.
> The following screen appears when the installation was
successful.
5Click on 'Finish'.
6Restart your PC / laptop when you have finished installing the
software.
> The V(ideo)-Lounge Premium desktop shortcut will be
installed after installation.
> Via VLounge Premium you have access to all WebCam-related
software. See ‘Using the applications’.
7You can now connect your WebCam.
Installation

Connecting the WebCam to your PC /
laptop
1Be sure to run the installation CD first, before connecting the
WebCam to the PC / laptop.
2Turn on the PC / laptop.
3Connect the USB connector of the USB cable to the USB port
of the PC / laptop.
> The WebCam will now derive its power from the PC / laptop.
4Use the clamp and the two rubber rims to attach the WebCam
to your PC monitor or laptop screen or fold out the clamp and
place the WebCam on your desk.
5Connect the headset audio cable
(SPC715NC only) to the sound
card of your PC / laptop.
• Connect the black headphone plug (n) to the headphone
socket of the PC sound card.
• Connect the grey microphone plug (!) to the microphone or
green socket of the sound card.
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The Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC video property can be
changed from within an application, or independently by clicking
the VProperty icon which can be found in the Windows
taskbar bottom right of your screen. Most applications can show a
'live preview' video image on your monitor. Always use this option
to see the effect of changed settings on your screen.
General controls
1Flickerless
The Flickerless option should only be used under flickering
light conditions (e.g. fluorescent or neon lamps) to prevent
flickering or strangely colored video images.
If this option is used under normal lighting conditions the
video image may be overexposed.
2Region
If you are using the Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC in Europe,
select '50 Hz' and if you are using the Philips
SPC710NC/SPC715NC in North America, select '60 Hz'. For
Asia this setting is dependent on the local mains output. E.g.
for China, select ‘50 Hz’ and for Taiwan, select ‘60 Hz’. For
Japan the setting is region dependent.
Please check your local mains output to find the correct
‘Region’ setting.
3Face tracking
If you enable the face tracking option the WebCam will track
your face.This will give your more convenience while video
chatting, because you don’t need to sit still during your video
conversation.
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4Digital zoom
Use the digital zoom option if you would like to get an object
closer.
Picture controls
5Full automatic control: on/off
This full automatic control mode provides a very easy way to
get the best out of your Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC
WebCam.
Or you can choose to have maximum manual control over
the WebCam settings by switching the full automatic control
mode off. Full automatic control 'on' is the preferred setting
for normal use.
Techniques active within full automatic control mode are:
– Automatic exposure control and automatic white balance
control, to provide the best video source signal possible;
– Automatic frame rate selection for improved WebCam
sensitivity in low light conditions.
6Frame rate
You can use the scroll open menu to set the frame rate of
the video you wish to capture. E.g. 30 fps means that the
WebCam will capture video at 30 frames per second.
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7Auto Exposure & Exposure slider
The exposure is the amount of light received by the sensor
and is determined by how long the sensor is exposed to
capture a snapshot or video frame.The result depends on the
sensitivity of the sensor.The WebCam will find the optimal
setting if you select the automatic exposure option.You can
use the exposure slider if you would like to set the WebCam
according to your personal preferences.
8Reset
Press this button if you would like to reset the WebCam
settings to the default factory settings.
9Save
Press this button if you would like to save your personal
preferred settings.
0Restore
Press this button if you would like to restore your personal
preferred settings.
!Auto White Balance
Most light sources are not 100% pure white but have a
certain ‘color temperature’. Normally our eyes compensate
for lighting conditions with different color temperatures.
If the automatic white balance is selected, the WebCam will
look for a reference point which represents white. It will then
calculate all other colors based on this white point and
compensate the other colors accordingly, just like the human
eye.
You can also select fixed settings for ‘Indoor’,‘Outdoor’ and
‘Fluorescence’ conditions or use the ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ sliders if
you would like to set the WebCam according to your
personal color temperature preferences.
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@Brightness
Brightness enables you to adjust the brightness of the
displayed image or video to suit your own preference.
Use the slider to find your preferred setting.
#Contrast
Contrast enables you to control the ratio between dark and
light according to your own preference.
Use the slider to find your preferred setting.
$Gamma
Gamma enables you to brighten dark areas within the
displayed image or video and visualize more details without
over-exposing already light areas.
Use the slider to find your preferred setting.
%Saturation
Saturation enables you to set the color reproduction from
black and white to a full color image or video according to
your own preference.
Use the slider to find your preferred setting.
^Black and white
The 'Black and white' checkbox is used to switch from color
images to black and white and back.
&Backlight compensation
Turn on the backlight compensation to improve the image
quality when you have a scene where the background has a
high illumination level (for instance when you are sitting in
front of a bright light).
*Mirror
Clicking the 'Mirror Image' checkbox flips the image
horizontally.You can use this feature when you want to use
the Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC and monitor as a mirror,
or to take pictures of mirrored images.
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Audio controls
(Volume slider
This slider provides manual control over the microphone
volume.
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VLounge Premium
All applications can be accessed via the Philips V(ideo)-Lounge
Premium application.VLounge Premium is the central application
for easy access to your Philips WebCam and all image and video
applications installed during setup.
• Start VLounge Premium through the Windows QuickLaunch
menu in your taskbar, via the program group ‘SPC710NC
WebCam’, or by clicking the VLounge Premium icon on
the desktop.
> The VLounge Premium application will now be initiated and the
VLounge Premium selection screen appears.
•Inthe ‘Capture’ menu you cantransfer, preview, edit, e-mail,
print and organise your photos and video recordings.
•For additional support read the 'Help' documentation within
the 'Help' option of the menubar of VLounge Premium.
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Skype
You can download and install Skype via the Skype website:
http://www.skype.com.
Please follow the on-screen instructions during downloading and
installation of Skype.
MSN Messenger
You can download and install MSN Messenger via Microsoft MSN
Messenger websites. In the list below you will find the website
address for your country for downloading MSN Messenger:
Austria - http://messenger.msn.at
Belgium (Dutch) - http://messenger.msn.be
Belgium (French) - http://messenger.fr.msn.be
Denmark - http://messenger.msn.dk
Finland - http://messenger.msn.fi
France - http://messenger.msn.fr
Germany - http://messenger.msn.de
Italy - http://messenger.msn.it
The Netherlands - http://messenger.msn.nl
Norway - http://messenger.msn.no
Portugal - http://messenger.msn.com
Spain: - http://messenger.msn.es
Sweden - http://messenger.msn.se
Switzerland (German) - http://messenger.msn.ch
Switzerland (French) - http://messenger.fr.msn.ch
United Kingdom - http://messenger.msn.co.uk
USA - http://messenger.msn.com
Please follow the on-screen instructions during downloading and
installation of MSN Messenger.
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Yahoo! Messenger
You can download and install Yahoo! Messenger via Yahoo!
Messenger websites. In the list below you will find the website
address for your country for downloading Yahoo! Messenger:
Austria - http://messenger.yahoo.com
Belgium - http://messenger.yahoo.com
Denmark - http://dk.messenger.yahoo.com/
Finland - http://messenger.yahoo.com
France - http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com/
Germany - http://de.messenger.yahoo.com/
Italy - http://it.messenger.yahoo.com/
The Netherlands - http://messenger.yahoo.com
Norway - http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/
Portugal - http://messenger.yahoo.com
Spain - http://es.messenger.yahoo.com/
Sweden - http://se.messenger.yahoo.com/
Switzerland - http://messenger.yahoo.com
United Kingdom - http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
USA - http://messenger.yahoo.com
Please follow the on-screen instructions during downloading and
installation of Yahoo! Messenger.
AOL Instant Messenger
You can download and install AOL Instant Messenger via the
America Online website. Please find below the website address
for downloading AOL Instant Messenger:
http://www.aim.com/
Please follow the on-screen instructions during downloading and
installation of AOL Instant Messenger.
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Making snapshots using Windows®XP
You can use Microsoft®Windows®XP to make snapshots with
your Philips SPC710NC/SPC715NC WebCam.
If you need additional support, please refer to the ‘Help’ topics of
Microsoft®Windows®XP. Search for ‘Get picture’.
Using the applications
Sensor........................................................QVGA CMOS VGA CMOS
Video resolution (Max.)...............QVGA (320 x 240) VGA CMOS
Image resolution (Max.) .....VGA (640 X 480) SGVA (900 X 600)
Illumination...................................................................< 10 lux < 5 lux
Integrated lens.................................................................................F=2.8
Data format ............................................................................I420, IYUV
Interfacing ............................USB 2.0 compatible (2.1 m USB cable)
Microphone................................................Built in digital microphone
Power.................................................................Supplied via USB cable
Voltage requirements...............................................5V ( ), 0.5A
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Disclaimer
Philips makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Philips assumes no responsibility for any error that may appear in
this document. Philips makes no commitment to update nor to
keep current the information contained in this document.
FCC compliance
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1this device may not cause harmful interference, and
2this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note!
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation.This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Any unauthorized modification to this equipment could result in
the revocation of the authorization to operate the equipment.
Important information