User’s Guide for the Polycom PowerCam Presenter
Setting | Description |
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Camera Direction | Specifies the direction the camera moves when |
| using the arrow buttons on the remote control. |
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Backlight Compensation | Specifies whether to have the camera |
| automatically adjust for a light background. |
| Backlight compensation is best used in situations |
| where the subject appears darker than the |
| background. |
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Configuring the Camera Tracking Area
The camera tracking area is the area within which automatic camera tracking will follow the locator. How you choose to set the tracking area depends on a number of factors including the size of your room, whether your room contains many, few, or no reflective surfaces (such as windows, large plasma screens, or shiny walls), whether you plan on remaining in a certain part of the room or you need to walk to all parts of the room, and so forth.
For example, suppose you are presenting in a classroom that has many windows, a few large, shiny tables, and a big plasma screen. Because of the many reflective surfaces, the camera may inadvertently point at these reflective surfaces instead of pointing at you, the presenter. If you know that you will be standing at the front of the classroom throughout the presentation, then you could set the tracking area so that it is limited to the front of the classroom. In this way, you can eliminate the windows, tables, and screen from the tracking area and know that the camera will never inadvertently point to them, but will always point to you instead.
Note | If your room has many reflective surfaces that the camera tends to point to, |
| consider reducing the reflections. You could, for example, cover the windows with |
| drapes, cover the tables with tablecloths, or treat the side walls to avoid acoustic |
| echoes. You may also want to try moving the camera to another location in the |
| room, or simply try to avoid the part of the room where the camera has difficulty |
| locating you. |
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To configure the camera tracking area:
1.Press 
Menu on the remote control.
2.Select Camera Settings from the PowerCam Presenter screen.
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