Usinganintegratedcamera
Ifyourcomputerhasanintegratedcamera,whenyoupressFn+F6toopentheCommunicationssettings
window,thecamerawillbelaunchedandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorwillturnonautomatically.In
theCommunicationssettingswindow,youcanpreviewyourvideoimageandtakeasnapshotofyour
currentimage.
Youcanalsousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprograms,openoneofthe
programsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamera
willstartautomaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorwillturnon.Formoreinformationaboutusing
thecamerawithaprogram,refertothedocumentationthatcamewiththeprogram.
IfyoudonotwantthecameratobelaunchedautomaticallywhenyoupressFn+F6orwhenyouusea
program,pressFn+F6toopentheCommunicationssettingswindowandclicktheHidemycameraimage
buttontodisablethecamera.
Conguringcamerasettings
Youcancongurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.
Tocongurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
1.PressFn+F6.TheCommunicationssettingswindowopens.
2.ClicktheManageSettingsbutton.TheCommunicationsUtilitywindowopens.
3.IntheCommunicationsUtilitywindow,congurethecamerasettingsdependingonyourindividual
needs.
Adjustingthevideooutputofyourcamera
Youcanadjustthequalityofthevideooutputofyourcamerabychangingthesettingsforimagequalityand
framerateinthecamerapropertywindow.Thefollowingvaluesareavailable:
SpeedPriority:Thisisthedefaultsetting.Itgivesyouafasterframerateforthebestreal-timevideo
conferencingduringtheday.However,atnightorinadarkenvironment,theimagedoesnothavethe
bestquality.
Balance:Thisgivesyouabalancebetweenspeedandimagequality.Theimageobtainedatnightorina
darkenvironmentisbetterthanwithSpeedPriority.
Imagequalitypriority:Thisgivesyouahigh-qualityvideoandthebestimageatanytimeoftheday.The
imageisveryclearevenatnightorinadarkenvironment,butattheexpenseofframerate.Thevideo
streamingmayslowdown.
Usingthemediacardreader
Yourcomputerhasamediacardreaderslot.Itsupportsthefollowingcards:
•SDcard
•SDHCcard
•SDXCcard
•MultiMediaCard(MMC)
Notes:
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