you can adjust the brightness, color, contrast and hue of the main camera, either in or out of a videoconference.
· to adjust video quality
1. press [menu]. the main menu opens. select set camera.
2. in the set camera dialog box, press the up and down arrow buttons to move among the settings.
press the left arrow button to decrease or the right arrow button to increase a setting.
3. press [ok] to apply the changes and close the dialog box.
press the red reset softkey to return the video display settings to their default values.
camera control selection
if far end camera control (fecc) is enabled, you can control either the local or the remote camera during a videoconference. fecc is available only during a videoconference and only if the other side has enabled remote control of their ptz camera. to enable the remote party to control your camera, see page 5-6.
· to control either the local or remote camera
1. press [cam] to open the select camera menu.2. navigate between the local and remote side.
3. press [ok] to apply the change and close the menu.
positioning a ptz camera
when the screen is clear of dialog boxes, either in or out of a videoconference, you can control a ptz camera in various ways:
· manual positioning
· preset positioning
· far-end camera control.
· to manually position a ptz camera
■ to pan the camera left and right, press the left and right arrow keys. to tilt it up and down, press the up and down arrow keys.
to zoom in and out, press the [+] and [-] of the zoom button.· to preset a camera position for a ptz camera
1. manually position the camera.
2. press [set] in the remote control.s presets area.3. press a number on the number pad. each of the numbers between 0 and 9 may represent a preset position.
· to restore a ptz camera to a preset position
1. press [recall] in the remote control.s presets area.2. press the number (0-9) in the number pad corresponding with the position you want. the camera positions itself accordingly.
· to enable the remote party to control the local vtop camera
1. press [menu]. the main menu opens. select set video.
2. in the set video dialog box, select camera control by far end.
3. press [ok] to apply the change and close the dialog box.
enabling local camera control
either in or out of a videoconference, you can control up to three local ptz cameras (model 1 supports only two ptz cameras). use the following procedure to enable control of all these cameras, depending on the number of connected cameras (1 - 3). see chapter 11 for instructions on connecting multiple ptz cameras.
· to enable multiple ptz camera control
1. press [menu]. the main menu opens. select set video.
2. select the appropriate enable camera control option. this enables control of all ptz cameras connected to the system. for a description of the available cameras (1, 2, 3), see the following section, .camera control selection..
selecting current cameras
either in or out of a videoconference, you can choose between three video sources (model 1 supports only two video sources). see chapter 11 for instructions on connecting an optional document camera and vcr.
1. press [cam] to open the select camera menu.2. select the current video source. navigate between local and remote side if necessary.
the system.s main ptz camera or any other video source connected to the system card.s vid top connector (see .connecting the vtop ptz camera. on page 12-4).
a document camera or any other video source connected to the system card.s camera connector (.connecting a document camera. on page 12-16).
a vcr or any other video source connected to the system card.s vcr vid in connector (see .connecting a vcr for playback to the videoconference. on page 12-14).connection to a vcr is not available in model 1.
muting the outgoing video
you can mute the local outgoing video if you want to stop sending video temporarily. the display that the remote party sees is frozen to the last viewed video frame.
muting the video does not affect the video or audio from the remote party. if you want to mute the audio also, see page 5-18.
· to mute the video
press [mute video]. an animation at the bottom of the screen indicates that the outgoing video is frozen.
· to unmute the video
press [mute video] again.