As you know, absolutely all laptops are equipped with a built-in webcam. With it, you can conduct video conferences, online seminars, as well as just chat on Skype with family, friends and relatives who are far from us. This type of communication with the interlocutor is not only convenient, but also available, because does not require large financial costs.
But it happens that even with a built-in webcam, problems can arise. For example, you contacted the person in Skype, and he tells you that you are not visible - there is no image. What to look for a problem? How to turn on the camera on a laptop? This is what will be discussed in this article.
How to turn on the camera on an Acer laptop?
So, first you need to find out the reason. It's one thing when the camera is simply turned off. But it also happens that the reason lies in the drivers - they are not installed or damaged. Now we will consider several ways to solve the problem.
- Turn on the camera using the device manager.
We go to the "Start" menu, then "Control Panel", click on the line "Hardware and Sound" and select "Device Manager". On the screen we will see a new window in which all installed equipment will be listed. We click on the triangle opposite the item "Image Processing Devices". Now all that remains is to right-click on the line "Gmix USB Webcam" and click on "Enable". There is another way to turn on the camera on an Acer laptop. It is quite simple - just press the Fn + V key combination.
This method is used if it was not possible to turn on the camera using the item described above. So, first you need to make sure that the drivers are actually missing. To do this, follow the same path: the Start menu, open the Control Panel, then Hardware and Sound, click on Device Manager, and then select the item that says about image processing devices. The fact that the drivers are not installed will be indicated by the absence of the "Gmix USB Webcam" line. What to do? It's simple - find the installation disks that came with the laptop. If they are not there, then the driver can easily be downloaded on the official website of the manufacturer. Once everything is installed, press the Fn + V key combination to activate the camera.
How to turn on the camera on an Acer laptop using a special program?
There are quite a few utilities for managing devices on a PC. One of these is ManyCam, a program for turning on a webcam. This is a fairly convenient and useful utility. Thanks to it, you can easily control your webcam: turn it on / off, adjust the image quality and even add various special effects to the video that is transmitted to your interlocutor via the Internet. Plus, with this program you can create interesting videos and photos, and then save them on your laptop. In addition to "ManyCam", there are a number of similar utilities that are designed to work with a webcam. These include Webcam Plus, Active WebCam, Willing Webcam, and many other programs.
Now you know how to turn on the camera on your Acer laptop. As you can see, this is not so difficult, just make sure that you have the drivers and that the video device is turned on. And if this is not so, then you just need to install everything you need from the installation disk or from the official website of the manufacturer.