i have this chromebook. the outside of the box says there is a webcam,. when we open up the machine, the webcam light does not come on. whats up
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Sorry, this machine is used by my partner who uses it to watch movies/videos and a little web browsing. I have not used the machine myself and was not aware that it had a webcam - will have to take a look. Sorry I can't help.
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I have the same problem call united states 8666952237 Canada 8667062237. I had to program it for some reason not everything was programmed on my computer so you may want to start there.
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The light will not come on automatically. It will come on whenever you have a webcam application open. If the light is on and you do not have an application open, that would be an issue.
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Sounds like it may be defective, mine has a faint light when it is working. Check to see if files are transferring.
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I've tried to make this work on a Mac with Chrome however every time I try to log into the Samsung site to view and control my camera I am prompted to download and install a plug-in. Chrome's plug-ins page shows that I have the plug-in installed, so there's clearly a disconnect between the plug-in and the web page. To work around the issue, I used Safari instead. Obviously this is not an option on a Chromebook. You'll probably need to stick to the Android or iOS app for control, which seem to do everything that the web-based software can do anyway.
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Yes, there is a webcam integrated on this laptop but some may have been built without it. I recommend you ensure the one you purchase does have this option by contacting the specific seller.
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Do you have the software CD that came with camera? When you plug cord into computer, is camera on and does computer recognize the camera? Maybe need to DL new drivers or reinstall drivers for the camera.
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S. Albert -I was thinking the same thing - taking the laptop and Minoru webcam out and capturing something interesting (more interesting than my face). But when going through the reviews, a few people have said that the picture gets overexposed easily and it works much better indoors. That's the only reason I'm hesitating to buy this thing. Hopefully they'll get it fixed soon -- someone mentioned that it was possibly just a software fix.
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I just have this message when the camera is conected to the computer via USB cable. Try to unplug and turn it on again.
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Randy, that is a good question. When I received my c710-2856 I don't remember getting much information. What I did was go into the acer website and get the information I needed for the chromebook. I didn't need much information, because this unit is pretty straight forward.
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Check your control panel to see if it's still recognized. I've noticed that it always needs to be reawakened by pressing the trigger before anything else will work, but I'm sure you've tried that. The best way to know if it's alive is by seeing if it will work with any other computers. Of course, it also has a rechargeable battery.
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The samsung smartcam website webviewer plugin isn't chromebook/chrome compatible - can anyone help?
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If it does, I can't find it. Listen, a lot of people don't know this but I recently found out this laptop has a manufacture error. The Web Camera will not work after about the second week. Not because of the software or the driver but because of the wires and parts that were soldered onto the motherboard. I don't know if it can be fixed but it's not a big deal. You can find a good cheap webcam on Amazon like this one- Logitech HD Webcam C615 with Fold-and-Go Design and 360-Degree Swivel
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I just had the cam on the base and connected the usb cable to my laptop. I think there's a setting in the camera that I had to select but it came up after it picked up the connection.
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Did you see the article showing the component cost on a chromebook is over $320? did you really expect them to sell something like this at a loss? when they can't put horrific bloatware and get kickbacks from microsoft?
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It should. This is an Imager for telescopes, but to the computer it works as a USB Web cam.Essentially any computer with USB will work.The issue might be finding image processing software for your Chromebook. Normally you set up the Imager and take a few minutes of video. Then you use software to select the best frames and stack them into a still image.There are free program for Windows and Linux, but I haven't seen any for a Chromebook. There may be, but I haven't looked.Good luck!
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Hi Erin, The webcam is very good. It works well in low light and there are 22 filters to create funny or interesting pictures. I am only using the camara feature to check the resolution, because I use an Ipad for video chatting with friends. Even though I have an Ipad, I find myself using this chromebook a lot. Hope this helps. Thanks, Stephen
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Thank you SOOO much for your long post. I appreciate it. It turns out that I didn't have the camera listed under "my computer" for whatever reason but then searched the web and found another expert soul and was able to do "something" to my bios that fixed the problem immediately! You can tell I'm not too techy........!!
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It connects using bluetooth. I dont' have a chromebook, but I would assume that if you can connect with other devices via bluetooth that this would work.