Document Camera PD

ByLeslie Rich

Mann Middle School LTE

Avermedia CP355

• While we have other types of document cameras, this is the most common and the newest one. We have one of these for 1-day checkout in the Media Center.

Hook-up and explanation

• Standard VGA hookup from document camera to projector. *Can also connect to computer with USB.

Hook-up and explanation

• Standard VGA hookup from document camera to projector. *Can also connect to computer with USB.

• Must have projector connected for it to work. Camera sucks the image in, projector spits it out.

• So it works a little differently than an overhead projector, even though it can be used in the same way. It can also be used for a lot more!

FeaturesFreeze- freezes the image you have on the screen

Auto Image: Camera chooses what to focus on

Zoom: Zooms in or out on an image or piece of text

Auto Focus: Focuses the image under the camera

Menu: This can change the way the camera sees the image, e.g. making the image a negative, changing color. (Play with it!)

Lens

• The top of the document camera is the lens. It also turns so that you can have your document under it.

Light• The lens of the camera has a light built in.

Turning it down or off can help with the glare off of a transparency, or you can turn it on if your room is dark.

There really is a laser, which is how the camera auto-focuses…

PC Connection

• Ability to connect to PC to record or take pictures.

• Can use to take a picture of a document or use with InterWrite, but scanning in the document is higher quality and easier to work with.

TV to RGB Switch: BE SURE IT STAYS ON RGB