Radio Shack PC Camera Owner's Manual

PC Camera

Owner’s Manual

Please read before using this equipment.

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Introduction

Your RadioShack PC Camera is designed
for PCs that have a universal serial bus
(USB) port. You can use the camera to make
a video, capture still images, or post live vid­eo, chat, still pictures, and video clips to the
World Wide Web. With the supplied fun-to­use application software, your camera is a
powerful addition to your PC.

Camera Features

USB Operation

and begin using the camera. The camera
uses the power provided through the USB
bus directly from your computer — no batter­ies needed!

CMOS Sensor

images.

— lets you easily connect

— provides high qu ality video

1

2

-Foot USB Cord

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camera almost anywhere.

— lets you use the

Supplied Software

WDM (Windows Device Model) TWAIN
(Technology Without An Important Name)
for Windows 98/2000 —

and transfer images from the camera to im­age editing programs such as Adobe Photo­Shop, MGI PhotoSuite or Corel.

Presto

— helps you create and manage

your video and photo archives.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5.0 —

web browser that lets you quickly view multi­media files such as image, GIF animation,
video or sound files in your computer.

lets you capture

320

240 Pixels C olor Resolution (3 52

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288 Pixels Maximum Resolution)

vides excellent video quality.

Snapshot Button

age captured by your camer a.

Auto Exposure Control —

software works with your camera to let you
set the band frequency according to your lo­cal frequency and the set exposure speed.

Auto White Balance Control —

change the color image to your preference.

Backlight Compensation —

automatically compensates for poor image
backlighting.

Edge Enhancement —

matically provides clearer and sharper imag­es.

— lets you freez e any im-

the camera auto-

RadioShack and RadioShack.com are trademarks used by RadioShack Corporation.

— pro-

the supplied

lets you

the camera

©

2001 RadioShack Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

Ulead Photo Explorer

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viewer and image management tool for pro­grams such as Microsoft Front Page or
Netscape Navigator Gold, and a perfect im­age editor for programs such as Adobe Pho­toShop and PhotoDeluxe, JASC PaintShop
Pro, and Microsoft Picture It.

— a perfect image

FCC STATEMENT

This equipment has been tested and found
to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the

. These limits are designed to provide

Rules

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 accord an ce with the instru cti ons ,
may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.

FCC

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Introduction

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 into an outlet on
a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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•IBM

• CD-ROM drive

• VGA or SVGA monitor

PC Pentium 266 MHz or compati-

ble with one available USB port

To avoid ins tal lation problems, insta ll th e
supplied iCam 320 driver software
before connecting the camera to your
PC. Before installing the driver software,
have your original Windows CD handy
(this is not necessary if the Windows
installation files are lo ca ted o n your hard
drive). When an

Insert Disk

box appears
while you are installing the driver soft­ware, click OK and insert the CD.

If you have Windows 98 installed, a

sion Conflict

box appears. Click

Yes

Ver-

to

keep the file.

• 32MB or more of available internal
memory (RAM)

• 150MB of free hard disk space

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• Microsoft Windows

98, Windows

SE, Windows 2000, or Windows Me

• Microphone and speakers (optional)

Important:

• Your camera will not work with Windows

95. You must have Windows 98, Win­dows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Win­dows Me installed on your computer to
use the camera.

• Some soft ware featur es might not w ork
correctly on computers running Win­dows 98 First Release. For best compat­ibility, upgrade to Windows 98 SE or
later.

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Introduction

APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Your camera comes with a CD-ROM that in­cludes the drivers you need to operate the
camera, as well as these applications. You
can install the applications you want when
you install the drivers. (See “Installing/Test­ing the Software/Hardware” on Page 4.)

TWAIN Drivers and Utility

image editing program, such as Adobe Pho­toShop, MGI PhotoSuite, or Corel, to use the
camera and all of the program’s functions.

lets you use an

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Presto! Image Folio LE

media image processing program which lets
you quickly create new images or enhance
old ones.

is a complete multi-

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

browser that lets you quickly view any multi­media file (such as image, GIF animation,
video or sound file) stored in your computer.

is a web

Presto! Mr. Photo 1.5

solution that lets you work with digital imag­es, create images, use other applications
with images, transmit images over the Inter­net, and mor e.

Presto! VideoWorks 4.2

video editing program that lets you create
live presen tations.

Ulead Photo Explorer 6.0

front end for Microsoft Front Page, Netscape
Navigator Gold, or almost any other image
editor.

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Preparation

is a single package

is a quick and ea sy

is a perfect visual

CONFIGURING THE
MONITOR

1. Open the Windows
ble-click

Display

, then click

Control Panel

Settings

, dou-

.

Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01

which lets y ou read docume nts and ma terial
prepared in the popular .PDF format.

Notes:

• For information about Presto! applica­tions, refer to their user’s manuals
included in the supplied CD-ROM (at

Start/Programs/Presto! (application
name)/(application name)UserManual

• For information about Ulead Photo
Explorer, refer to its online helps
included on the supplied CD-ROM.

Color

2. Set

Color (24- or 32-bit)

we recommend

Screen area

3. Set
els.

High Color (16-bit)

to

. (For the best display,

True Color

to at least 800 × 600 pix-

is a program

Tru e

or

).

).

INSTALLING/TESTING THE
SOFTWARE/HARDWARE

The driver software and application software
supplied with the camera is included in the
supplied CD-ROM. It includes a Setup Wiz­ard that makes installation easy.

Important:

you how to install the software using Win­dows 98. If you have Windows 98 SE, Win­dows 2000, or Windows Me, the steps might
differ. Follow the prompts you see while us­ing Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 or Win­dows Me to install the software.

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Preparation

The steps in this section show