Genius LOOK 310S User Manual

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The following apply only to users in European
countries:
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at an appropriate collection point. Do not dispose
of as household waste.

z For more information, contact the retailer or the local authorities in

charge of waste management.

Look 310S Features

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SnapShot Button
LED Indicator

You can take real-time images by simply
clipping on the snapshot button.
When the Look 310S is successfully
connected to the PC, the LED indicator will
light up.

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You don’t have to adjust the focus. The

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Fixed LENS

Support Neck

Clipping base

effective image distance is from 60cm to
300cm.

The support neck can be pulled upwards and
pushed downwards to adjust the length.
The support neck can be moved forward and
backward to adjust the position.
You can adjust the clipping base by turning
the body clockwise or counterclockwise.

Look 310S Special Clipping Base Design

The Look 310S is designed for standing on a desk or clipping on a
laptop or flat panel monitor.

Please kindly note that the supporting neck has 2 sections.
To use the clipping base properly, please follow the steps as below
to take good use of elegant design of the clipping base.

Step

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Hold the black ring and
pull the top portion of the
web cam upwards.

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Step 2

Hold the black ring and
turn the body clockwise
to open the base.

Black Ring

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Step

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Step 5 Now, you can adjust to

Position the Look
310S/Look 310S on the
top or side of your laptop
or flat panel

the web cam position you
want.

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Step 6 You can adjust the web

Use a finger to adjust
the width of the base so
it fits on your laptop or
flat panel.

cam position at any
time.

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When you finish the
hardware installation, go
to the next section to start
the software installation.

Installing the Look 310S

1. Please install the driver first and then connect Look 310S to

the USB port.

2. Installing the Look 310S driver

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Windows Environment

a. Insert the Look 310S Installation CD into the CD-ROM

drive.

a. The Autorun screen will bring up the installation screen. Click on

“Driver” then simply follow the on-screen instructions.

b. Install DirectX from the CD.

Notice:

steps:

z Click on “Start Menu”
z Type D：\SETUP.EXE , then click Enter key.

Mac Environment

a. Insert the Look 310S Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
b. Double click on the CD-ROM drive.
c. Click on the file folder of “Look 310S Driver OSX 1.0”.
d. Click on “Look 310S Driver Install” then simply follow the

e. Restart the computer

3. Insert the Look 310S’s USB cable to your desktop’ s or

laptop’s USB port.

If the Autorun screen doesn’t start, please follow the

(Assume your CD-ROM is in Drive D)

on-screen instructions.

4. Complete software and hardware in stallation. You can

install the software you would like to use for video
conferencing or chat with your friends.

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NOTE

 To remove the d ri v er inst allation,

Windows Environment

Please go to the taskbar and foll ow “Start Æ Program Æ Look 310S
Æ Click “Uninstall”, then follow the on-screen instructions to remove the
driver.

Mac OS X Environment:

Please go to the HDD of the operation systemÆ “Application”Æ “Loo k
310S”Æ Click “Uninstall”, then follow the on-screen instructions to remove
the driver.

Genius Application (Windows Only)

You can use our soft ware to capture the real-time image, reco rd or
execute the simply security function.

To run the software, please go to the task bar an d follow “Start”Æ
Click “Program”Æ Choose “Look 310S”Æ Click “Look 310S”. Or you
may execute the software by simply clicking the shortcut of “Look
310S”.

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NOTE

 After installing the driver of Look 310S, the system will automatically create a

file (C:\WINDOWS\Album or C:\WINNT \A lbum)to save the images you take
using the Genius Application.

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1. Description for the major icon

Preview mode

Snapshot mode

Video Clip Mode

Security mon itoring system

Exit the Genius UI

Camera Control

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NOTE

 In the “camera control section”, you can personalize your camera

settings for different circumstances.

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- You can flip the image horiz ontally or vertically by choosing “Image Mirror” or

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“Image Flip”.

- When the light is not sufficie nt, you may click on “Low Light” to get a clear
image.

2 You can adjust different values for different circumstances and environment

When you want a still image capture, you can drag the bar to select a resolution

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size you want.

-VGA: 640 x 480;

-SVGA: 800 x 600

-XGA: 1024 x 768

-SXGA1280 x 960

You may adjust values toward image appearance. Before adjusting values, you

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have to unclick “Auto” to unlock.

-Press “Reset” to return to the manufacturer’s settings.

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-Press “Restore” to retu rn to th e pre v iou s sett in g s.

-Press “Save” to save the values you set up.

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Select the correct frequency according to the country where you are using the

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web camera. (Before doing this, you will need to select “Indoor”.)

-If your web camera is located in backlight position, you may clic k “B ac k l ight

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compensation” to get a sharper image.

-You can have a black-and-white photo effect by clicking on “B/W Mode”.

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There will be 27 different kinds of video effects/frames for you to select. The

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effects can also be applied to the video chat software, like MSN Messenger.
You can directly connect to this effec t page from the web camera settings in the
video chat software.

Besides the 27 ki nds of video effect s/frames in sect ion 1, you also c an br ing in

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your customized frame. Please note that, in the customized frame, you must have
the color in Pantone 255 in the area, where you want your image show up.

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Auto Change: O n ce yo u ch oose this, the 27 ki nds of video effects wi ll ta k e tur n s

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from the first one to the last one .
No effects & frame: Once you choose this, the video effects will be determinate.

In this section, you can enable the “Zoom” function. Please select
“Enable Zoom” before zooming.

-Scroll the bar to zoom in or zo om out

-Press the 4-direction button to move the image upward, downward,
leftward, and rightward.

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2. Preview Mode

You can use the function buttons on the control panel to zoom in/out and
move upward/downward/left/right.

Zoom in the image

Zoom out the image

Move the image upward

Move the image downward

Move the image to the left

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Move the image to the right

Resolution Selection
There are 2 categories of resolution:

I420. You can select 5 different image resolutions for
each of them. The file size of I420 will be smaller than
RGB24. So, I420 m a y be th e bet te r choi c e f o r
transmission.

3. SnapShot Mode

You can press the Snapshot button in the right of the c ircle to take a
picture right away and share with your friends.

RGB24 and

Send photo by e-mail

Shoot continuously

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Resolution selection

This section shows the resolution you selected in the
“Preview Mode”. If you want to change the resolution,
please click “
make the change s.

”to go back to the “Preview Mode” to

4. V i deo Clip Mode

You can record real-time image in this section.

Send photo by e-mail

Convert AVI files into MEPG-1 format

Start recording

Stop recording
Exit the Video Clip Mode

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To Cr eate animation

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Press
Press

This function has to be under the resolution of RGB24 320 x 240
or I420 320 x 240. Please make sure the resolution is correct
before executing this function.

Resolution selection

This section shows the resolution you selected in the “Preview
Mode”. If you want to change the resolution, please click “
go back to the “Preview Mo de” to make the chan g es.

to start; Press to stop

to return to the video recording mode

5. Security Monitoring System

This function records any movements that appear in front of your
monitor automatically. It can also record anytime until the HD is full. If
there’s no movement, it will shut down automatically after four
seconds or otherwise it will be active when detecting new movement.
It’s a great security monitoring system at times when you’re not
around.

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Start recording

Stop recording

Setup time of the security monitoring system

Set up the degree of the variance for every
second of recording image. When the differences
are over the setup degree, the system will alert
you.

Set up the different alerting sound effects

NOTE

 In “Security Monitoring System” section, you can record in any size of

image resolution. If you want to change the resolution, please click

”to go back to th e “Preview Mode” and make the changes.

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MSN Messenger, Y a hoo Messenger, A OL

 MSN Messen ger

a. For live video function, you’ll need MSN Messenger version 6 or later. If

you don’t have it, please refer to the website: http://messenger.msn.com

to download.

b. Now, get to sign onto MSN Messenger service.
c. Choose a friend on the contact list and Click “OK” to confirm.

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d. Double-click on your friends, who are available to chat. Click on the

webcam icon.

e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend

confirms to talk, the video chat will start.

f. For the further information, please refer to the website at

http://messenger.msn.com

 Yahoo Messenger

a. Downl oad Yahoo Messenge r at http:// messenger.yahoo.com and finish the

registration, if you don’t have it .

b. Sign onto Yahoo Messenger.
c. From the main window, click Tools menu, then select “Start My Webcam”.
d. Right-click on a name in your Messenger List and choose “View

Webcam”.

e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend

clicks YES, the video chat will start.

f. For the further information, please refer to the website at

http://messenger.yahoo.com

 AOL Instant Messenger

a. You can download AOL Instant Messenger free at http://www.aim.c om

and finish the registration, if you don’t have it.

b. Sign onto AOL Instant Messenger.
c. Click on “Show Messenger Lists” and choose the friend you want to start

with video chat.

d. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend

confirms to talk, the video chat will start.

e. For the further information, please refer to the website at

http://www.aim.com

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NOTE

 Please make sure you already installed the camera driver and connected

the camera to the computer before running video conferencing or video
chat programs.

 Please make sure you close other webcam programs before running the

video conferencing or video chat program.

DDPlayCam Software (W indows 2000/XP Only)

DDPlayCam 2.0 is an interactive multimedia softwar e. It integrates the most
advanced virtual interactive technology: facial recognition and motion
tracking, with cartoon characters, figures and amazing visual effects. It
allows you do a virtual role-play, interacting with a virtual environment,
morphing yourself into real time.
It includes 3 cutting-edge software programs: DD ThemeParty2.0, DD
PlayCam @live and DD PrintCenter.

DD ThemeParty 2.0 is intended to be interactive educational multimedia,
which delivers improved performance for both real-time video streaming
and special effects applied to streamed video.

DD PlayCam @live 2.0 is the transmitting function of Internet application
with interac tive multime dia softwar e for DD PlayCam- DD ThemeParty 2.0,
which can be applied to data transmission with instant peer-to-peer
synchronized video and synthesis for real-time effects on the Internet.

1. Installing the DDPlayCam Software

a. Insert the Look 310S Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
b. The Autorun screen will bring up the installation screen. Click on

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“DDPlayCam”
then simply follow the on-screen instructions. Once finished , DD
ThemeParty , DD PlayCam @live and DD PrintCenter are ready to go.

2. Running DD ThemeParty Software

a. Connect the web camera to your computer
b. Please go to the task bar and follow “Start”Æ Click “Program”Æ

Choose “DDPlayCam”Æ Click “DD ThemeParty”. Or you may
execute the software by simply clicking the shortcut of “DD

ThemeParty”

 DD ThemeParty Introduction

To run DD PlayCam DD Theme Party, you should set your
camera resolution to 320*240 and also check for your position before
the web camera. Please position your face around the center if
possible.

Please note that if your camera resolution is not in 320*240, the
software will ask you to make the change. Please follow the
on-screen instructions to change the resolution to 320*240.

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Icon Button Name Tool Tip (Function Description)

About DD ThemeParty

Capture Snapshot

Capture Animation

DD PrintCenter

Close Window

Help

Minimize Window

Mute

Technical Support

Check version of DD PlayCam-DD
ThemeParty.

Take a snapshot of the current screen.
Take 12 snapshots as a single GIF

animation.
Open DD PrintCen ter to print snap shots.

Close DD ThemeParty 2.0.

Open DD ThemeParty 2 .0 user guide.
Minimize DD PlayCam to a button on the

taskbar.
Turn off audio.
Send a message to DD P l ay Cam technical

support.

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View Photo

Send Snapshot

DD ThemeParty Manager

Disable Effects

Disable Animations

DD PlayCam @live

3. Running DD PlayCam @live

a. Connect the web camera to your computer
b. Load the insta n t messenger so f t ware

c. For using the DD PlayCam @live with your instant messenger

software, you need to go to the section of the camera s etting in
your instant messenger software. Whatever the web camera uses
for the instant messenger, you have to change the device to
“DDPlayCam”. The DD PlayCam @live then can work properly
with the instant messenger s oftware.

View snapshots or GIF animations.

Email a snapshot to a friend.
Open manager to setup themes or change

skin.
Do not apply effects to web camera image.
Do not show animations on top of web

camera image.
Open DD PlayCam @live to use peer

d. Then you can start DD ThemeParty 2.0 and select one theme.

When you press the
transmission under the disabled status, the stream from DD
ThemeParty 2.0 will be sent to the virtual camera and then be sent
to the instant m e ssenger softwar e. At this time, the alternative
peer can see stream data you have transmitted in real time. DD

button, the slash in the icon means data

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PlayCam @live 2.0 allows peer-to-peer transmission. Only if both
peers have installed DD ThemeParty 2.0 and DD PlayCam @live

2.0 virtual camera driver, stream data can be transmitted
synchronously by the same procedures to connect to other peers,
so that the alternative peer can see the process as you use the
software. If you want to stop the data transmission, just press the

button again on the interface of DD ThemeParty 2.0.

4. Running DD PrintCenter

a. Connect the web camera into the computer
b. Please go to the task bar and follow “Start”Æ Click “Program”Æ

Choose “DDPlayCam”Æ Click “DD PrintCenter”. Or you may
execute the software by simply clicking the shortcut of “DD

ThemeParty”
main frame

 DD PrintCenter Introduction

DD PrintCenter lets you easily print digital photos by using a
variety of layout templates. Please note that as an indivisible part
of DD PlayCam software, this function allows you only to print
photos generated by DD PlayCam software and saved
automatically in the DD PlayCam folder within My Pictures.

Æ Select “ ”on the right-hand side of the

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Step 1: Select Paper Size and Layout or Load Document

DD PrintCenter provides you three
standard paper sizes. They are A4,
4*6 and 3*5 inch styles. Each paper
size contains three types of layout
templates. First, you select a paper
size and you can see three
corresponding layout templates on
the right part of the window. Each
layout template shows you the actual
size of a single photo and the
number of photos a single paper can
print, such as 24 mm*18 mm. Select
the layout by directly clicking the
template, and then click the Next
button. Or click Load button to open
an existing DD PrintCenter
document.

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Step 2: Choose and Load Photo

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You can see an empty layout
template and thumbnail pictures
that you captured and saved in the
DD PlayCam folder. Roll over
any pictures you want to print and
drag it directly in to a n empty
position you would like to place it
in the template. Or click an empty
position first and the frame of the
position is marked immediately,
double click on the picture you
want to print. You will see the
picture you have selected appear
in that that position.

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Step 3: Add, Delete and Save

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If you want to print several copies
from the same picture, you do not have
to repeat the steps for dragging. You
only need to se lect the target picture
which you have already dragged into
template and cli c k the “+” button. The
picture will duplicate at the next
position automatically. One click, one
duplication! If you want to delete the
picture that you have already dragged
into template, just select the target
picture and click the - button. On the
other hand, if you want to save the
whole templa te with the selected
pictures for printing next time or
elsewhere, just click on the “Save”
button. The whole template will be
saved as a single JPEG file extension.
In the save combo box, you can select
another file extension called PCF to
save the template layout you have
edited as a DD PrintCenter document.
For the next time, you can use the
Load button to open the PCF file for
further editing. You can also use Save
as a function to save a file as the
format you indicated.

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Step 4: Preview and P rint

You can click the Preview button,
then Print. How e v er, please note
that DD PrintCenter does not
provide functions for controlling or
adjusting any settings of your client
printer device. We recommend you
should check your printer settings
and the paper you have loaded
before printing.

NOTE

 For further information about the DDPlayCam software, please go to th e

task bar and follow “Start”Æ Click “Program ”Æ Choose “DDPlayCam”
Æ You can click Click “DD ThemeParty 2.0 Techn ical Support”; “D D
ThemeParty 2.0User Guide” depends on your requirement.

 To remove the driver installation:

Please go to the taskbar an d follow “Start” Æ “Program” Æ Choose
“DDPlayCam” Æ Click “DD ThemeParty 2.0 Uninstallation”, then follow
the on-screen instructions to remove the driver.

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