Chapter 6

Symptom

Cause

Troubleshooting

Solution

Camera voice tracking does not

Camera tracking was turned off by

Camera tracking is turned off when

work properly.

near or far site.

the near or far site moves your

 

 

camera. Press the AUTO button to

 

 

restore tracking.

 

 

 

 

The far site is speaking.

The camera stops tracking when

 

 

the far site speaks to prevent the

 

 

camera from pointing to your

 

 

monitor speaker.

 

 

Wait for the far site to stop

 

 

speaking.

 

 

 

 

The far site is very noisy.

The camera stops tracking when

 

 

the far site is too noisy. Try setting

 

 

the ViewStation to track to camera

 

 

presets.

 

 

 

 

Near site is on mute.

The near site camera does not

 

 

track when the near site is on

 

 

MUTE. Toggle mute function with

 

 

the MUTE button.

 

 

 

 

Near site is noisy or too many

Reduce the noise in the room.

 

people are talking at once.

 

 

 

 

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