Cameras and sound, Controlling cameras, Selecting a near-site camera – Polycom Webcam User Manual

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Chapter 5 - Using the ViewStation EX

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Cameras and Sound

The following sections describe how to control the cameras and
sound on your ViewStation EX system.

Controlling Cameras

Your system has a built-in, auto-focusing, pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ)
camera which you can control manually or set to auto-tracking
where the camera aims at the person who is speaking in the
videoconference. Manual control mode and auto-tracking mode are
available for the near and far cameras.

Selecting a Near-Site Camera

To select a near-site camera:

1.

Press the remote control’s NEAR button twice. Numbered local
video sources appear at the bottom of the screen, where:

1 = main camera

2 = document camera

3 = VCR

Figure 5-10.

2.

Use the left or right arrow keys on the remote control to
highlight a video source. Then press the SELECT button on the
remote control.

-or-

After pressing the NEAR button twice on the remote cont rol,
press button 1, 2, or 3 to jump to a specific camera.

Note

Make sure that the camera icons are displayed on screen.
Otherwise, when you press the number button, a camera preset
will be selected instead of a different camera source.

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