Lenovo ThinkPad E455 - Using the Camera

•Recordingfromvarioussoundsources,suchasaheadsetattached
Thefollowingtableshowsthesupportedfunctionsoftheaudiodevicesattachedtothecomputer,the
ThinkPadOneLinkDock,orThinkPadOneLinkProDock.
Table1.Audiofeaturelist
Connector
Headsetwitha3.5–mm,
4-poleplug
ConventionalheadphoneConventionalmicrophone
Comboaudioconnector
Headphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported
Headphonefunction
supported
Notsupported
Comboaudioconnector
ofthesupportedThinkPad
OneLinkDockorThinkPad
OneLinkProDock
Headphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported
Headphonefunction
supported
Notsupported
Configuringforsoundrecording
Toconfigurethemicrophoneforoptimalsoundrecording,usetheSmartAudioprogram.Tostartthe
program,gotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙SmartAudio.
Usingthecamera
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputercomeswithacamera.Usethecameratotakepicturesorholda
videoconference.
Tostartthecameraandconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogram.See“AccessingLenovoprograms”on
page12
.
•ForWindows8.1:ClickCamerafromtheStartscreen.
•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,andclickCamerafromtheallappslist.
Whenthecameraisstarted,thegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.
Youalsocanusetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousethecamerawithotherprograms,openoneoftheprograms
andstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamerastarts
automaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.Formoreinformationaboutusingthecamera
withaprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Configuringcamerasettings
Youcanconfigurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.
Toconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogramandconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
•ForWindows8.1:Dooneofthefollowing:
–Configurethecamerasettingsdirectlyfromtheprogramthatisusingthecamera.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
–ClickLenovoSettingsfromtheStartscreen.ThenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screentoconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
•ForWindows10:Dooneofthefollowing:
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