USB is a high speed serial data port used on computers beginning in 1997. USB was originally introduced with Windows 95 OSR2 and became the standard for the Pentium II based computers. USB received much interest and became popular after the introduction of Windows 98. The stability and usage of USB has increased since the introduction of Windows 98. USB is a Plug and Play interface between peripherals such as Digital Cameras, PC Video cameras, mice, and printers. USB has also been implemented on Macintosh computers, although this camera is not Mac-Compatible.

The concept of USB is the same as the conventional serial data port. The advantage of USB is that the data transfer speed is much faster than that of a serial port, and there are less conflicts between devices and peripherals. USB also has the advantage that it can provide power to a peripheral device.

USB supports data transfer rates of 1.5 ~ 12 Mbps which is enough speed for most peripheral devices. USB supports the simultaneous connection of as many as 127 peripherals. Furthermore, USB devices can be connected while the PC is powered-on (this is called hot-swapable) and most peripherals do not require an additional power source. Generally, a PC will have two USB ports. For additional connections, you may use a USB Hub that allows one port to be expanded to multiple ports so you can connect multiple peripherals.

To learn more about USB visit the USB website at www.usb.org

Caution

• Your camera requires a powered USB connection. Some USB hubs are powered, and others are non-powered. When in doubt, use the USB port in your PC, which provides power.
• Use a USB cable with a standard length of 1.5 meters (just under five feet). If longer cables are used, the connection may be intermittent.
• Some computer main boards incorporate a VIA chip set. The VIA chipset can be problematic. If you have a computer that uses the VIA chipset, please download a patch program from VIA home page. Refer to detailed information from VIA at (http://www.viatech.com/)
• While your camera is connected to your PC using a USB port, the power is provided by the PC. You may actually remove the batteries before connecting by USB. This will prolong the life of the batteries.
• Your camera is operated via USB with Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows 2000, but not Windows NT, or Windows 95.
  

Reference

• Please refer to Application Software User manual on this CD-ROM for a detailed explanation of Video Capturer.

For best performance, close all unrelated applications on your computer.

Connect to the Internet.

To use your camera in video mode slide the Camera power switch to the "OFF" position. Next, detach the USB cable from camera (or PC) momentarily and then re-connect the camera to the PC.

Start Microsoft NetMeeting.

NetMeeting will request initial information. Click on the Right Arrow icon (Play button) to begin video.

Using your new Camera while other video capture devices (such as a TV card) may be present on your PC.

When multiple video capture devices have been installed on a PC, video applications will use the default device, as specified in your multimedia settings. To use your new camera as the default video device, you must disable other video capture devices are in the following way.

1. Open the "Control Panel" and double click on the "Multimedia".

2. Select "Device".

3. Open the list of "video capture devices".

4. Double click the name of video capture drive.

5. This will open the dialog box showing the camera properties.

6. Enable the "Microsoft WDM Image capture" driver and disable any other video capture device.

7. Conversely, you may re-enable other devices by reversing these steps.