Vidifox GV 400 User manual

Vidifox
®
Document Camera
GV 400
USER GUIDE
Please read this manual carefully before operating the camera and keep it for your reference.

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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USE
!Please be aware of the required power supply environment is 100-240V, 50/60Hz, 2A
Max.
!Do not place the equipment under sunlight, near heaters, near water, or on any
unstable surface.
!Keep the equipment away from acid or alkali gas.
!The recommended operating environment is:
Temperature: 0ºC--45ºC(32ºF-113ºF)
Humidity: less than 75%
!Always unplug BEFORE cleaning the equipment. Do not use volatile solvent when
cleaning.
!Unplug the power cable if camera is not in use for a long period.
!Consult the dealer for professional assistance when there is any problem with the
equipment.

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1. PARTS AND FUNCTIONS
1. Camera
2. LED light box
3. Goose neck
4. Remote control IR receiver
5. Side panel
6. Control panel

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2.INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
1.VGA IN: VGA(RGB) signal input(15 pin D-SUB).
2.VGA OUT: VGA(RGB) signal output(15 pin D-SUB).
3.HDMI:HDMI signal output
4.LAN: Network connection
5.USB-B: USB slave, used to connect with PC
6.USB1/USB2: USB host, used to connect with USB mouse or USB memory stick.
7.SD CARD: SD card slot.
Note: VGA signal and HDMI signal can not be outputted at the same time, please switch needed
output signal type.
Note: Visualizer is based on HDMI 1.3,display device based on HDMI 1.3 and above is
recommended. There may cause compatibility problems when working with display device
below HDMI 1.3.

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3.Control Panel
1.PC/CAM: Switch between the camera signal and PC signal.
2.AUTO: Adjust white balance and focus automatically.
3.FOCUS+/-: Adjust focus manually, focus far and focus near.
4.BRIGHT+/-: Image brightness control.
5.ZOOM+/-: Image zoom in and zoom out.
6. : Power on/off. When turn off the power, the PC signal can pass through the visualizer
via VGA in and VGA out.

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4.REMOTE CONTROL
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1.Record: Start/stop video recording, the video slip will be automatically saved to memory
stick, SD card, or built-in memory. GV 400 can detect when there is an external
storage media and automatically switch to the last detected storage. If there is no
external storage connected, all video slip will be saved in the built-in memory.
2.Computer: Switch to the PC signal.
3.VGA/HDMI: Switch the output signal between VGA and HDMI.
4.Home: a. Switch back to the camera signal.
b. Display the selected image in image recall mode.
5.Auto: Adjust white balance and focus automatically.

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6.Mir: Flip the camera image.
7.Save: Capture and save the image to Memory stick, SD card, or built-in memory. GV 400 can
detect when there is an external storage media and automatically switch to the last
detected storage. If there is no external storage connected, all captured image will be
saved in the built-in memory.
8.RECALL: Image recall mode enabled, display the saved images and video clips.
9.B/W:Switch the image mode between black&white and color.
10.T/P: Switch the image mode between text and picture.
11.P/N: Switch the image mode between positive and negative.
12.Split: Split screen.
13.Zoom+/-: Image zoom in and zoom out.
14.Frz: Image freeze.
15.Bright+/-: Image brightness control.
16.Rotate: Rotate image (90°,180°,270°).
17.Focus+/-: Adjust focus manually, focus far and focus near.
18.Sharp+/-:Image sharpness control.
19.Blue+/-: Image chroma control (blue).
20.Red+/-:Image chroma control (red).

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5.ANNOTATION
The annotation function will be activated by connecting a USB mouse to the document camera.
We will see the following icons by clicking the left button on a mouse:
1. ：Clicking this icon, the whiteboard function is activated. The image captured is now
subjected to annotation. To switch back to the real-time camera mode, click icon .
2. ：Clicking this icon, the current image will be saved and annotation function activated.
In annotation mode, click the following icons to choose the color of annotating pen.
Yellow, Red, Blue.
3. ：In annotation mode, click this icon to delete annotation, there are two types of deletion:
: area clear :all clear.
4. ：In annotation mode, click this icon to choose the thickness of the pen, there are 3
options: Thin, Medium, Thick.
5. ：Click to capture and save the image.
6. ：Click to start recording, click again to stop recording and save the video clip.
7. ：Click to recall the saved images or video clips, meanwhile the annotation function is
activated, click again back to camera image. Press and hold left key on mouse for at least
three seconds to delete this image.
8. ：Click to rotate the image(90°,180°,270°)
9. ：Click to go to control menu.
：Image zoom in and zoom out control
：Image brightness control
：Adjust focus manually
：Perform white balance and focus automatically

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：Output the mirror image
：Switch the image mode between positive and negative.
：Image freeze
：Image split.
：Title freeze.
In Title freeze mode, there are 4 buttons used to adjust the title function:
: Enlarge the frozen title area
: Reduce the frozen title area
: Adjust the frozen title position.
：Picture in picture
：Click to go to start page of the embedded multimedia system.

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6.MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM
Under the main system interface user can find tips column and function column.
1. Tips column
indicates no USB flash drive plugs in indicates USB flash drive plugs in
indicates no SD card plugs in indicates SD card plugs in
indicates document camera’s wireless function has been disabled
indicates document camera’s wireless function has been enabled
2. Function column
：Go to real-time camera image.

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：Open the files saved in SD card or memory stick that connected to the document
camera(see the screen shot below)
：Browse the webpage
：System settings

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Settings!
1. Device
Name :Define the SSID of the document camera.
Factory Mode: Enter to adjust the parameters of document camera. Please contact the dealer
for professional assistance.
2. Resolution
Select the suitable output resolution of the document camera.
Note: Document camera will be restarted after switches resolution.

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Frame rate switching:
Video mode: Frame rate: 30fps
Stand mode: Frame rate: 22fps
Visualizer mode: Frame rate: 12fps
3. Network
Network:
Wired network: Select to connect to a router with cable via LAN.
Wireless network: Select to connect to an external Wi-Fi network.
Device hotspot: Select to connect to the embedded Wi-Fi network.
WLAN：Click to view and select the available external Wi-Fi networks.(see below)

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IP: Select to configure the IP address automatically or manually.
4. Language
Switch the system language between simplified Chinese and English.
5. System

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Please try restarting the device or restoring factory settings if there is a problem with the
system.
Click “firmware upgrade” to start upgrading system firmware.
Note: There is risk involved in upgrading the firmware ,please upgrade under the guidance of
professionals.

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7.SOFTWARE
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Software!Installation!
There are 3 types of software in CD for different operation systems, here we take the software of
Windows system for example.
Double click in CD to install the software to your PC, there will be
a generated icon on the desktop .
Connection!
Option 1
Select “Wired network” in network setting of the document camera.
Select “IP automated acquisition” in network setting of the PC.
Connect the document camera and PC with a network cable,
Option 2
Select “Device hotspot” in network setting of the document camera.
Connect the PC to the Wi-Fi signal of the document camera.
Option 3
Select “Wired network” or” Wireless network” in networking setting of the document camera.
Connect the document camera to a router with LAN or Wi-Fi.
Connect the PC to the same router with LAN or Wi-Fi.

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Wired network Wireless network
Software!Start!
Note: Please go back to Visualizer mode before start the software.
Double click the icon on the desktop.
Left click on the left tool bar , or choose the “select” of “visualizer” in the menu bar.

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There will be a window lists all connected devices.
Double click the DocCamera icon to activate it, then the image from this camera will
be displayed.

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We also can choose to connect a device manually.
1) Tick the
2) Input the IP address of the device need to be selected .
3) Click to activate.
Please refer to the help for detailed information.