Genius VIDEOCAM SMART300 User Manual

Genius VideoCAM Smart 300

Electronic User’s Manual

Introducing the Genius VideoCAM Smart 300

Getting to Know Your Camera

Installing the Digital Camera Software

Using Your Camera

Managing Photos in the Camera

Options

Using the Camera as a Video Camera

Care and Cleaning

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Introducing the Genius VideoCAM Smart 300

Welcome to the world of taking pictures and capturing video, then you can store them to your PC. Using the VideoCAM Smart 300 as a digital camera, you store up to 120 vivid photos with the focus-free lens and the auto-flash device. And when you use it as a video camera, you can capture live video images and share them with your family and friends by email, web albums, etc.

Once we’ve explained how to attach the camera to your system with the USB cable (included), then you can open any of the bundled video-based programs and use it as a Web Camera. It can also be used for video-conferencing in a program like Microsoft NetMeeting®. So let’s get started and get acquainted with all the features of the VideoCAM Smart 300.

The Genius VideoCAM Smart 300 has the following features:

•Small size for easy transportation and it’s simple to use

•High resolution: 640 x 480 pixels in digital camera mode; selectable 640 x 480, 320x240, or 160 x 120 pixels in PC camera mode

•24bit true color representation for high image fidelity

•Onboard 8MB memory to store up to 130 images in digital camera mode

•Mode selectable flash

•Built-in self-timer

•Focus range: 60 cm to infinity

•Electronic shutter

•Easy recognizable LCD screen for camera and image handling

•USB interface for easy and quick connection to PC

•Automatic poweroff system

•Three operation modes:

Digital camera mode for taking photos

PC camera mode for using the camera as an image capturing device for the PC Video camera mode for capturing video clips to a PC

System Requirements

•Pentium III 500MHz MMX CPU or higher and at least 128MB RAM

•Video Card with minimum 2MB of RAM for 16 bit (High Color) display or higher

•5MB available hard disk space for driver use

•Windows 98/98se/Me/2000/XP

•4X CD-ROM Drive

•Available USB port

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Getting to Know Your Camera

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The Status Display

Installing the Digital Camera Software

Insert the digital camera software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The following software installation menu will appear on your screen automatically. Select the software you want to use.