User manual CREATIVE WEBCAM NOTEBOOK

[. . . ] i Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii 1 Installing Creative WebCam Notebook About Creative WebCam Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Installing Creative WebCam Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 In Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Follow the steps below that are for your operating system. For Windows 98/98SE and Windows Me only After connecting your camera, Windows automatically detects the device. If you are prompted to insert the Windows 98 CD, replace the Creative WebCam Notebook CD with the appropriate CD. 7. Figure 1-3: Clipping Creative WebCam Notebook to your notebook screen Check the image in the Video preview pane of the Creative WebCam Notebook Camera Configuration dialog box. If it flickers or displays a series of dark bands, click the Cancel Flicker button. Click the Finish button, and then restart your notebook if you are prompted to do so. 8. Installing Creative WebCam Notebook 1-3 For Windows 2000 only 9. When a Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears (Figure 1-4), telling you that Creative WebCam Notebook has been detected, ignore the message and click the Yes button. 10. Check the image in the Video preview pane of the Creative WebCam Notebook Camera Configuration dialog box. If it flickers or displays a series of dark bands, click the Cancel Flicker button. Click the Finish button, and then restart your notebook if you are prompted to do so. For Windows XP only Figure 1-4: Digital Signature Not Found dialog box After connecting your camera, Windows automatically detects the device. When the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, select Install the software automatically (Recommended), and then click the Next button. Installing Creative WebCam Notebook 1-4 13. When a Hardware Installation dialog box appears (Figure 1-5), ignore the message and click the Continue Anyway button. For more details on this warning message, see "Problems in Windows XP" on page B-2. Check the image in the Video preview pane of the Creative WebCam Notebook Camera Configuration dialog box. If it flickers or displays a series of dark bands, click the Cancel Flicker button. Click the Finish button, and then restart your notebook if you are prompted to do so. Figure 1-5: Hardware Installation dialog box Verifying the installation in Windows 98/98SE and Windows Me Verifying the installation in Windows 2000 & XP 1. 5. Installing Creative WebCam Notebook 1-5 2 Using PC-CAM Center Using PC-CAM Center This chapter tells you how to quickly set up Creative WebCam Notebook as a Web Camera using Creative PC-CAM Center. For detailed information about the application's features and settings, refer to its Help file. See "Starting PC-CAM Center Help" on page 2-3. Starting PC-CAM Center PC-CAM Center is an easily usable application that enables you to take photos and record videos with Creative WebCam Notebook. You can start PC-CAM Center in any of the following ways: Click Start -> Programs -> Creative > Creative WebCam ->Creative PC-CAM Center. This icon appears if, during installation, you clicked the option for Creative Cam Detector to launch automatically at Windows startup. Plug your camera into the USB port and let Windows auto-detect it. · If PC-CAM Center does not recognize the camera correctly, see Appendix B, "Troubleshooting". [. . . ] Creative has tested the driver on Windows XP, and it does not impair or destablize your computer. Troubleshooting B-2 C Note on USB Compatibility Note on USB Compatibility While testing Creative WebCam Notebook on motherboards with integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, we encountered a small number of motherboards that do not meet the USB specification exactly. These and other non-USB-compliant motherboards may not operate correctly with Creative WebCam Notebook. Fortunately, the manufacturers of some of these motherboards have released new versions of motherboards or BIOS to address the problem. If the setup program warns you that your motherboard's USB port is incompatible with Creative WebCam Notebook, or if the camera does not work on your system and you suspect that the problem may be related to your computer's USB port, the following is a list of available options: 1. [. . . ]