ENGLISH ENGLISH CyberView X5-MS User’s Manual 1
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ENGLISH 2 Installing Hardware General Information Loading the slides into the Magazine Loading Slides into supported aftermarket trays Loading the Magazine into the Scanner 3 4 4 5 7 Getting Started Quick Installation Guide (QIG) Installing Scanning Software Additional H a r d w a r e Features One Button Scan Backlit slide viewer How to Scan Slides 3 3 9 9 9 10 STEP 1 - Acquire Driver 10 STEP 2- Select Film Type 10 STEP 3 - Optional Prescan 10 STEP 4 - Set Scan Settings 11
GETTING STARTED Check the package content before getting started. For Quick Installation please refer to Quick Installation Guide. (Ref. Pg. 6) Important! Save the original box, receipt and packing material for future shipping needs. Package Contents Slide Scanner 50 S lid e Magazine Power Adapter (could come in 2 pcs) USB Cable. CyberView Scanning Application & Hardware Driver CD. Warning! Using any other power adapter o r sli de t ra ys may severely damage the scanner and will void the product warranty.
QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE (QIG) INSTALLING - CyberView X5- for PC (Windows) User a. Insert CD into the computer CD/DVD drive and explore the contents of the CD. Page 3 of 38Double click the ”CyberView” icon to begin the installation process. Follow the onscreen prompts to complete the installation process. NOTE: Make sure the scanner is NOT connected to the computer during the CyberView driver installation. b. Restart computer once the installation process is complete. Installing the Hardware a.
General Information: ALL Trays: Load slides with the SHINY side facing the right side of the tray, this will result in a backwards scanned image, but due to the hardware design this is necessary to obtain the best scan quality. Supported Slide Trays: Braun Paximat S (White tray) and PIE Dark gray tray (bundled) designed for thicker cardboard mounted slides 2 - 3.2mm thickness. Paximat Compact Magazine (Black tray) for mounted slides up to 2mm thickness, plastic and thin cardboard mounts.
Loading slide(s) into aftermarket magazines Paximat Compact Magazine (1.8-2.0mm slides) a. As illustrated below, turn the magazine with the embossed lettering “COMPACT MAGAZINE 50” and the white strip on the right facing towards the top. b. Hold the slide right side up, facing forward so the image is NOT reversed. Rotate the slide as illustrated and Insert each slide, one at a time, into the magazine. Lettering White Strip Compact Magazine CS Magazine (European) a.
Loading slide(s) into aftermarket magazines cont… Universal Magazine - DIN 108 (US & Europe –open top design) a. Locate the numbering sequence text on the top of the Universal slide magazine indicating the slide order. The numbers should be facing up and starting from the left. b. Hold the slide right side up, facing forward so the image is NOT reversed. Rotate the slide as illustrated below (180 deg) and Insert each slide, one at a time, into the magazine.
Loading the magazine(s) into the scanner Numbering Paximat/Bundled Magazine Slide order numbers printed on top of magazine the large opening you load the slides into faces the back of the device.
Universal Magazine NOTE: Use only Universal Magazines with the DIN 108 labeling. Other magazines may result in problems and could damage the scanner and VOID the warranty. Pull out the slide transport arm all the way, gently press the orange adapter on the slide transport arm, move the adapter on the slide transport arm to the front until it snaps in at the tip of the tappet arm. Push the slide transport arm back into the scanner.
Additional hardware features…. Manual Fron t Control Panel – Push buttons on the front of the scanner a. You can advance or reverse the slide tray by pressing the or scan manually using the scan button scanning, CyberView X must be open navigation buttons to perform one button to use this button.
HOW TO SCAN SLIDES STEP 1 – Acquire Driver (For PC Users) Open CyberView from the desktop icon Alternatively Start button Scroll to the letter C category look for CyberView X Vista/XP - Start – All Programs – CyberViewX (For MAC Users) Open Macintosh Hard drive – Applications – CyberViewX STEP 2 – Select Film Type Select the film type to be scanned – Positive (Slides), Negative (mounted negatives) or mounted B&W negatives (Black and White).
STEP 4 – Set Scan Settings a. Resolution (Scan dpi) The default scanning resolution is 1000dpi, additional resolution options are listed below. Notice: Higher scanning resolutions result in greater scanning time and hard disk space requirements.
STEP 5 – Setting Scan Preferences Select Scan - Preference - Positive - Scan Setting ENGLISH (Negative and B&W options are only for negative strips that have been cut and mounted into slide holders)) “Prescan Resolution“ - Default pre-scan resolution, if you select the optional prescan to pre-edit slides before scanning the higher the pre-scan resolution the larger sample you have to work with for pre-editing before the final scan..
Advanced Settings ”Auto Exposure” - Attempts to find the correct exposure to get the widest range of whites and blacks while putting the middle grays at around the middle of the data range. ”Auto Balance” - Using the image histogram to balance RGB channels. It estimates images’ color cast and adjust the images accordingly “Auto Contrast” - The scanner software analyzes the data and automatically adjusts the Setting for the White and Black Points.
STEP 6 – Scan To Scan a Single slide - Choose “Scan Current Frame” to scan the slide loaded into the scanner or “Multi-Scan…” to input the number of slides to be scanned based on their location in the magazine. 1. Scan Current Frame > Scan the current slide. 2. Scan Selected to File > Scan the selected slide(s) to a specified path. (Pre-scanning required) 3. Multi-Scan to File… > Scan slide(s) numbers and/or range.
Sharing/CloudStorage / Simply designed and easy to use Open the CyberviewX 5 software, you will need to select positive for slides or negative for film strips.
Scanning into , you must first log out of your account, the scanning function will require authentication/login on each use 1. Log off of your Facebook account 2. In the Cyberview interface activate Sharing feature as described above 3.
Minimize this browser window 4. Minimize the browser window and on the next CyberView screen, not the Code number you have been given (this will be a different code every time, make a note of it, you will need to enter it on the Facebook website. 5. Enter the code you made a note of earlier, then click Connect 6.
To scan to , you must first go here: https://www.dropbox.com/ and sign up for an account and download and install their software, if you are not currently a Dropbox member and would like to use this service. Once you have created and installed Dropbox application you will now have a new folder on your computer that you may select to scan into for automatic sync uploads with your Dropbox account. To scan into the Dropbox folder 1. 2. 3.
USER INTERFACE I.
Menu Commands - Preview 1. Zoom In: Magnify image. 2. Zoom Out: Reduce image. 3. Rotate 90 Left: Turn the image 90° counter clockwise. 4. Rotate 90 Right: Turn the image 90° clockwise. 5. Flip Horizontal: Flip the image horizontally. 6. Flip Vertical: Flip the image vertically. 7. Revert: Discard all modifications and restores the image back to the original state in preview windows. a. Image Adjustment 1.
2. Color Balance To adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, and color (CMY or RGB) of the image. Comparisons between before and after adjusted images are shown for reference. Example: If a previewed image appears too dark, use the “Brightness” slider in the “Color Balance” window to adjust the image by selecting the slider in the center and moving it to the right. The image’s “After” view becomes lighter. Select “OK” to accept the changes which will be sent to the scanning hardware.
3. Curves and Levels Adjust image settings by moving Curve and Levels settings. Comparison between before and after adjustment is displayed for reference. Example: When the previewed image appears to be too dark, adjustments with the Input slider in the Curves and Levels window can be made to correct the im- age. Selecting the Gray slider in the center and moving it to the left will result in changes in the “After” view resulting in a lighter image.
Menu Commands - Windows 1. Exposure Setting: To adjust the exposure time (R, G, B) press ”Reset” to restore to the default setting. Menu Commands - Help Update: Firmware: Upgrade the firmware version, select the path where the file of firmware has been saved.
Function Bar Diagram In order to optimize scanned image quality, please select your film type and brand from the toolbar: Negative Positive (also known as Slide) Black and White Prescan: Pre-scan the current film, press drop down for more options. Scan: Scan film, press drop down button for more options. Image Adjustment: Press drop down button for more options. Backward One Frame: Moves film back one frame. Forward One Frame: Moves film forward one frame.
Preview Window Preview the image you pre-scan, you can select the measurement unit “in“-“cm“- “px“ by clicking the upper-left corner. Status Line In the lower left hand corner, the color level (RGB: red, green, blue) Displays the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values in the image at the current pointer location [ex: I]. The zoom scale, the current slide magazine location and how many areas selected to scan (2 or higher indicates: Multiple scan areas on one slide [ex: II]. I. II.
III. Active Frame Setting Area [Floating Windows] A comprehensive advanced mode is available to allow for more user defined adjustments. Normal mode [ex: I] to input the basic parameter to scan (including scan resolution, film size, color depth). Advanced mode [ex: II]to input the parameter of scan and output (including scan resolution, size, color depth and output resolution, size, scan mode).
IV. Thumbnail Panel Area [Floating Windows] Images only appear here in Prescan mode ONLY, scan to file goes directly to the hard drive, this window remains blank as does the main Cyberview window. Displays thumbnail view of pre-scanned images. By default all pre-scanned images are selected. Note the small check mark below each image. When scanning more than 6 frames (6 at a time are viewable in the thumbnail panel) you may scroll to view more by clicking on the right arrow button.
File Size TIFF (no compression) Scan Resolution Color Depth Color Mode 300 dpi 8-bit 24-bit 0.362 500 dpi 8-bit 24-bit File Size TIFF (no compression) Color Depth Color Mode Pixel Dimensions MB 16-bit 48-bit 0.723 MB 415 x 267 1.004 MB 16-bit 48-bit 2.009 MB 692 x 446 600 dpi 8-bit 24-bit 1.446 MB 16-bit 48-bit 2.893 MB 830 x 535 1000 dpi 8-bit 24-bit 4.018 MB 16-bit 48-bit 8.035 MB 1384 x 892 1800 dpi 8-bit 24-bit 12.965 MB 16-bit 48-bit 25.
3. Load the tray full of slides, and then begin your scanning 4.
Base File Name is the name each file will be given with a number following Trailing Index after base file name - Is the number of digits you would like in your file naming sequence, default number is 3 - Image001, you can select 1-6 digits for this which would result in naming as follows Image1, Image01, Image001, Image0001, Image0001, Image00001, Image000001 – this can be changed at any time Example Image001 is the default so the files will be named Image001, Image002 and so on You can customize this to a
Current Frame applies to scanning a single slide inserted through the top slide holder NOTE: This number will only EVER go over 50 if you are using the aftermarket BRAUN Carousel then it will be Range 1-100 as this carousel must always be used full to keep the weight evenly distributed. File Type TIF – Uncompressed best quality – Best used when you want to post edit the scans before burning to DVD etc.
Removing a jammed slide from inside the scanner 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Close the CyberView scanning software Turn off the scanner power, disconnect the power cable from the back of the unit Remove the cap from the slide retrieval area (Fig. 1) Next remove the inner slide aligner (Fig 2.) by lifting straight up and out Fig. 1 Fig.
5. Now you have access to the inside, using thin tweezers Reach inside and grab the stuck slide (Fig. 3) Fig. 3 6. Once stuck slide has been retrieved, replace slide aligner, and cover back onto the scanner.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT CyberViewX For information regarding the film scanner and CyberView driver, please visit www.scanace.com Transporting the device For safety purposes, follow the procedure below before transporting the canner (i.e. before moving the scanner from one location to another or packing and shipping the unit): 1. Plug in the power adaptor. Turn on the power switch. 2. Wait for the scanner to warm up (around 3 minutes). The LED indicator will always blink during warm up. 3.
