Room lighting can affect video quality. If the room is too bright or too dark for camera tracking to work properly, you can
improve the video quality by adjusting certain settings in Polycom Companion.
Task
1 Connect the Poly Studio device to your computer, then select the Poly Studio USB video bar tile from your Polycom
Companion.
2 Go to User Settings > Camera Control.
3 Select Advanced Camera Settings.
4 Configure the following camera settings:
Camera Setting Description
Brightness Use the slider to adjust image brightness.
Contrast Use the slider to adjust image contrast.
Saturation Use the slider to adjust color saturation.
Sharpness Use the slider to adjust video sharpness.
White Balance Specifies how the camera compensates for variations in room
light sources.
Select Auto or adjust the value manually. If you adjust manually,
select a color temperature value. The color temperature values,
measured in degrees Kelvin, correspond to the color of the
ambient light in a room.
Backlight Comp Enables or disables backlight compensation.
PowerLine Frequency (Anti Flicker) Change the number to prevent flicker in the video.
5 Do one of the following:
• (Windows) Select Apply to save the changes or Default to restore the default settings.
• (Mac) Select Save to save the changes or Reset to restore the default settings.
6 (Only for Windows) Select Camera Control to control the camera:
Settings
Description
Zoom Adjust camera zoom in or out.
Exposure Select Auto or adjust the exposure number manually.
Pan Adjust the left or right direction of the camera.
Tilt Adjust the up or down direction of the camera.
7 Select OK.
Pair the Poly Studio Device to a Bluetooth Device
Connect the Poly Studio device to a Bluetooth device and use it as the speaker and microphone of the Bluetooth device.
You can pair the Poly Studio device with a mobile phone, a computer or laptop, or a tablet.
Note: The Poly Studio device doesn’t support mixed types of audio and video input. If you connect it to a computer over
USB and Bluetooth at the same time, make sure that your application uses both audio and video input from the Poly Studio
device over USB.
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