English Look 313 Media Features 1 SnapShot Button You can press the snapshot button to take the images. Lens -Adjust the focus by twisting the lens. -Move upward or downward to adjust the view angle Speaker Play the music through this delicate speaker USB to PC/NB Connect the mini-B USB cable to the computer in order to activate the Look 313 Media USB2.0 Hub Connect to the USB device 2-Channel Audio Connect to the Microphone and headset 2 3 4 5 6 -1- English Installing the Look 313 Media 1. Please install the driver first and then connect Look 313 Media to the USB port. 2. Installing the Look 313 Media driver Windows Environment a. b. c. Insert the Look 313 Media Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun screen will bring up the installation screen. Click on "Driver" then simply follow the on-screen instructions. Install "DirectX" from the CD. Notice: If the Autorun screen doesn't start, please follow these steps: Click on "Start Menu". Type D \SETUP.EXE , then click "Enter" key. (Assume your CD-ROM is in Drive D) a. b. c. d. e. Insert the Look 313 Media Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. Double click on the CD-ROM drive. Click on the file folder of "Look 313 Media Driver OSX 1.0". Click on "Look 313 Media Driver Install" then simply follow the on-screen instructions. Restart the computer The Look 313 Media can work properly with any video chat software supported video feature and USB web camera. The iChat can't be supported because it only support the Apple's web cameras or the IEEE 1394 web camera. Mac Environment Notice: 3. Insert the Look 313 Media's USB cable to your desktop's or laptop's USB port. Please follow the instructions to connect the USB cable properly. -2- English a. Mini-B Connector Please connect the mini-B connector to the Look 313 Media Connect the USB connector as for the power supply Please connect to the USB connector to the computer's USB port. Connect the USB connector as for providing more power and being another USB port. If you connect the high power consumption USB devices to the Look 313 Media's USB ports, like scanner, digital camera, etc., you will need to connect the USB connector to your computer's USB port. Meanwhile, this USB connector has the hub feature. So, you can connect the USB device to it as long as it is connected to the computer. b. c. 4. Complete software and hardware installation. You can install the software you would like to use for video conferencing or chat with your friends. Speaker Adjustment For getting the best quality, we will suggest you to clockwise or counterclockwise from the side to the front. 5. -3- English NOTE To remove the driver installation: Windows Environment: Please go to the taskbar and follow "Start" "Program" "Look 313 Media" Click "Uninstall", then follow the on-screen instructions to remove the driver. Mac OSX Environment: Please go to the HDD of the operation system "Application" "Look 313 Media" Click "Uninstall", then follow the on-screen instructions to remove the driver. Genius Application (Windows Only) You can use our software to capture the real-time image, record or execute the simply security function. To run the software, please go to the task bar and follow "Start" Click "Program" Choose "Look 313 Media" Click "Look 313 Media". Or you may execute the software by simply clicking the shortcut of "Look 313 Media". NOTE After installing the driver of Look 313 Media, the system will automatically create a file (C:\WINDOWS\Album or C:\WINNT\Album)to save the images you take using the Genius Application. 1. Description for the major icon Preview mode -4- English Snapshot mode Video Clip Mode Security monitoring system Exit the Genius UI Camera Control NOTE In the "camera control section", you can personalize your camera settings for different circumstances. -5- English 1 - You can flip the image horizontally or vertically by choosing "Image Mirror" or "Image Flip". - When the light is not sufficient, you may click on "Low Light" to get a clear image. You can adjust different values for different circumstances and environment When you want a still image capture, you can drag the bar to select a resolution size you want. -VGA: 640 x 480; -SVGA: 800 x 600 -XGA: 1024 x 768 -SXGA1280 x 960 You may adjust values toward image appearance. Before adjusting values, you have to unclick "Auto" to unlock. -Press "Reset" to return to the manufacturer's settings. -Press "Restore" to return to the previous settings. -Press "Save" to save the values you set up. -6- 2 3 4 5 English 6 7 Select the correct frequency according to the country where you are using the web camera. (Before doing this, you will need to select "Indoor".) -If your web camera is located in backlight position, you may click "Backlight compensation" to get a sharper image. -You can have a black-and-white photo effect by clicking on "B/W Mode". -7- English 1 2 There will be 27 different kinds of video effects/frames for you to select. The effects can also be applied to the video chat software, like MSN Messenger. You can directly connect to this effect page from the web camera settings in the video chat software. Besides the 27 kinds of video effects/frames in section 1, you also can bring in your customized frame. Please note that, in the customized frame, you must have the color in Pantone 255 in the area, where you want your image show up. -8- English 3 Auto Change: Once you choose this, the 27 kinds of video effects will take turns from the first one to the last one. No effects & frame: Once you choose this, the video effects will be determinate. In this section, you can enable the "Zoom" function. Please select "Enable Zoom" before zooming. -Scroll the bar to zoom in or zoom out -Press the 4-direction button to move the image upward, downward, leftward, and rightward. -9- English 2. Preview Mode You can use the function buttons on the control panel to zoom in/out and move upward/downward/left/right. Zoom in the image Zoom out the image Move the image upward Move the image downward Move the image to the left -10- English Move the image to the right Resolution Selection There are 2 categories of resolution: RGB24 and I420. You can select 5 different image resolutions for each of them. The file size of I420 will be smaller than RGB24. So, I420 may be the better choice for transmission. 3. SnapShot Mode You can press the Snapshot button in the right of the circle to take a picture right away and share with your friends. Send photo by e-mail Shoot continuously -11- English Resolution selection This section shows the resolution you selected in the "Preview Mode". If you want to change the resolution, please click " "to go back to the "Preview Mode" to make the changes. 4. Video Clip Mode You can record real-time image in this section. Send photo by e-mail Convert AVI files into MEPG-1 format Start recording Stop recording Exit the Video Clip Mode -12- English To Create animation Press Press to start; Press to stop to return to the video recording mode This function has to be under the resolution of RGB24 320 x 240 or I420 320 x 240. Please make sure the resolution is correct before executing this function. Resolution selection This section shows the resolution you selected in the "Preview Mode". If you want to change the resolution, please click " "to go back to the "Preview Mode" to make the changes. 5.Security Monitoring System This function records any movements that appear in front of your monitor automatically. It can also record anytime until the HD is full. If there's no movement, it will shut down automatically after four seconds or otherwise it will be active when detecting new movement. It's a great security monitoring system at times when you're not around. -13- English Start recording Stop recording Setup time of the security monitoring system Set up the degree of the variance for every second of recording image. When the differences are over the setup degree, the system will alert you. Set up the different alerting sound effects NOTE In "Security Monitoring System" section, you can record in any size of image resolution. If you want to change the resolution, please click " "to go back to the "Preview Mode" and make the changes. 6. Volume adjustment After installing the Genius application, you will find the icon on the right-hand side on the task bar. You can click on it to pop out the window as below to adjust the volume of the audio devices. Before using the volume adjustment function, please select the audio devices. -14- English Speaker Volume You can adjust the speaker's volume or the headset/earphone in this section. Mute: Select it to disable the voice. Volume: Scroll the bar to control the volume Balance: Scroll the bar to control the volume of the right and left speaker. Speaker Volume You can adjust the speaker's volume or the microphone in this section. Mute: Select it to disable the voice. Volume: Scroll the bar to control the volume -15- English MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL MSN Messenger a. For live video function, you'll need MSN Messenger version 6 or later. If you don't have it, please refer to the website: http://messenger.msn.com to download. b. Now, get to sign onto MSN Messenger service. c. Choose a friend on the contact list and Click "OK" to confirm. d. Double-click on your friends, who are available to chat. Click on the webcam icon. e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend confirms to talk, the video chat will start. f. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://messenger.msn.com Yahoo Messenger a. Download Yahoo Messenger at http://messenger.yahoo.com and finish the registration, if you don't have it. b. Sign onto Yahoo Messenger. c. From the main window, click Tools menu, then select "Start My Webcam". d. Right-click on a name in your Messenger List and choose "View Webcam". e. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend clicks YES, the video chat will start. f. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://messenger.yahoo.com -16- English AOL Instant Messenger a. You can download AOL Instant Messenger free at http://www.aim.com and finish the registration, if you don't have it. b. Sign onto AOL Instant Messenger. c. Click on "Show Messenger Lists" and choose the friend you want to start with video chat. d. Your friend will then receive an invitation message. When your friend confirms to talk, the video chat will start. e. For the further information, please refer to the website at http://www.aim.com NOTE Please make sure you already installed the camera driver and connected the camera to the computer before running video conferencing or video chat programs. Please make sure you close other webcam programs before running the video conferencing or video chat program. DDPlayCam Software (Windows 2000/XP Only) DDPlayCam 2.0 is an interactive multimedia software. It integrates the most advanced virtual interactive technology: facial recognition and motion tracking, with cartoon characters, figures and amazing visual effects. It allows you do a virtual role-play, interacting with a virtual environment, morphing yourself into real time. It includes 3 cutting-edge software programs: DD ThemeParty2.0, DD PlayCam @live and DD PrintCenter. DD ThemeParty 2.0 is intended to be interactive educational multimedia, which delivers improved performance for both real-time video streaming -17- English and special effects applied to streamed video. DD PlayCam @live 2.0 is the transmitting function of Internet application with interactive multimedia software for DD PlayCam-DD ThemeParty 2.0, which can be applied to data transmission with instant peer-to-peer synchronized video and synthesis for real-time effects on the Internet. 1. Installing the DDPlayCam Software a. Insert the Look 313 Media Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. b.The Autorun screen will bring up the installation screen. Click on "DDPlayCam" then simply follow the on-screen instructions. Once finished, DD ThemeParty , DD PlayCam @live and DD PrintCenter are ready to go. 2. Running DD ThemeParty Software a. Connect the web camera to your computer b. Please go to the task bar and follow "Start" Click "Program" Choose "DDPlayCam" Click "DD ThemeParty". Or you may execute the software by simply clicking the shortcut of "DD ThemeParty" . DD ThemeParty Introduction To run DD PlayCam DD Theme Party, you should set your camera resolution to 320*240 and also check for your position before the web camera. Please position your face around the center if possible. Please note that if your camera resolution is not in 320*240, the software will ask you to make the change. Please follow the on-screen instructions to change the resolution to 320*240. -18- English Icon Button Name About DD ThemeParty Capture Snapshot Capture Animation ...