Understanding Camera, Computer Pass-Through, and Playback modes

You can use your document camera in Camera, Computer Pass-Through, or Playback mode. Each mode enables you to complete different functions and requires a specific connection to either a display, a projector, or a computer.

In Camera mode, you can view document camera images only in SMART Notebook software and SMART Document Camera software.

Camera mode allows connection over a USB and live image output. You can view full-screen images from your document camera using a projector or high definition display without a computer.

Use SMART Notebook software to save images and then present them at a later time, or if your computer is connected to an interactive whiteboard, projector, or television, you can deliver your SMART Notebook presentation with live images from your document camera.

Note 

The Capture button on the control panel saves document camera images to the SMART Notebook page and closes the SMART Document Camera window. Pressing the Capture button again will re-open the SMART Document Camera window.

You can use the Camera mode’s on-screen display menu for greater control of the image.

Computer Pass-Through mode switches your document camera’s video output to HDMI. You can switch between the live camera images and your computer screen images.

Notes 

  • The Capture button on the control panel has no effect in Computer Pass-Through mode.

  • In Computer Pass-Through mode, you can only view the document camera live image in SMART Notebook software.

In Playback mode you can view full-screen images and slide shows from the memory card on a projector or high-definition display without a computer. You can’t save images in Playback mode.

Models

  • SMART Document Camera 550

Keywords

  • Camera mode
  • Computer Pass-Through mode
  • Playback mode

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