poly Studio E60 Smart PTZ Camera User Guide

poly Studio E60 Smart PTZ Camera

Product Information

Specifications:

• Product: Poly Studio E60 camera
• Type: Mechanical PTZ camera
• Video Quality: High quality for large meeting rooms
• Connectivity: USB 3.0 Type-B to USB Type-A cable, CAT6 PoE network cable
• Accessories: Privacy cover, wall mounting bracket kit, Poly remote control

Product Usage Instructions

Setting Up Poly Studio E60
This section provides information on how to set up your Poly Studio E60 camera.

In the Box:
Make sure you have the following standard shipped items when you open the box:

• Poly Studio E60 camera
• Privacy cover
• USB 3.0 Type-B to USB Type-A cable
• 5M CAT6 PoE network cable
• Wall mounting bracket kit
• Poly remote control

Set Up Your Poly Studio E60 Camera:
Follow these steps to set up your Poly Studio E60 camera and initialize it to start using it:

1. Connect your Poly Studio E60 camera to the system using the provided USB 3.0 Type-B to USB 3.0 Type-A cable.
2. Important: Using a third-party USB Type-B to USB Type-A cable may affect device performance, or your device may not work at all.

FAQ

1. Q: Can I purchase optional accessories kits for the Poly Studio E60 camera?
   A: Yes, you can purchase optional accessories kits separately for the Poly Studio E60 camera.

2. Q: What type of cable is included for connectivity?
   A: The Poly Studio E60 camera comes with a USB 3.0 Type-B to USB Type-A cable for connectivity.

3. Q: Who is this user guide intended for?
   A: This user guide is intended for beginning users, as well as intermediate and advanced users, who want to learn more about the features available with their Poly Studio E60 camera.

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About this guide
This guide describes how to use the Poly Studio E60 camera.

Audience, purpose, and required skills
This guide is intended for beginning users, as well as intermediate and advanced users, who want to learn more about the features available with their Poly Studio E60 camera.

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Getting started

The Poly Studio E60 is a mechanical PTZ camera that brings high quality video to large meeting rooms.

Setting up Poly Studio E60
This section provides information on how to set up your Poly Studio E60 camera.

In the box
Make sure you have the standard shipped items when you open the box.
NOTE: You can purchase optional accessories kits separately.

The Poly Studio E60 camera ships with the following items in the box as standard:

• Poly Studio E60 camera
• Privacy cover
• USB 3.0 Type-B to USB Type-A cable
• 5M CAT6 PoE network cable
• Wall mounting bracket kit
• Poly remote control

Set up your Poly Studio E60 camera
Set up your Poly Studio E60 camera and initialize it to start using it.

Figure 2-1 Connecting Poly Studio E60 to a video conferencing system

1. Connect your Poly Studio E60 camera to the system using the provided USB 3.0 Type-B to USB 3.0 Type-A cable.
   IMPORTANT: Using a third-party USB Type-B to USB Type-A cable may affect device performance, or your device may not work at all.

2. Supply power to the camera using one of the following options:

   • Connect a network cable from the PoE+ port on the camera to an Ethernet port on your system.
   • Connect an optional power adapter from the 12 V DC power port on the rear panel of the camera to a power source.

The Power LED on the front panel of the camera flashes white. The Standby LED glows solid orange.
The camera initializes. The camera head rotates to face the room. The power indicator LED glows solid white and the standby LED glows solid orange. When the camera stops moving, initialization is complete.

Computer and cable requirements
Make sure that your system and USB cable meet the following requirements to use Poly Studio E60 as the camera accessory.

Your system must have one of the following operating systems:

• Windows 11 or Windows 10
• macOS versions 14 (Sonoma), 13 (Ventura), or 12 (Monterey)

The Poly Studio E60 camera only supports the USB cable that comes with your system.
IMPORTANT: Using a third-party USB Type-B to USB Type-A cable may affect device performance, or your device may not work at all.

Poly Studio E60 overview
Poly Studio E60 is a new MPTZ camera with 12x optical zoom and AI-driven presenter tracking.

Poly Studio E60 includes the following features:

• 12x optical zoom and 16x digital zoom MPTZ camera and resolution up to 4K.
• Poly DirectorAI, which includes presenter tracking and group framing.
  • Presenter tracking keeps presenter center-stage as they move freely around the room.
  • Group framing frames the entire group on screen and removes excess wasted space.
• Connects to Poly Android and Windows-based video systems.
• Certification by multiple platforms phase by phase (see latest Data Sheet for details).

Poly Studio E60 hardware features

The following figures and tables explain the hardware features on the Poly Studio E60 camera.

Figure 2-2 Front view of the Poly Studio E60 camera

Table 2-1 Poly Studio E60 feature descriptions (front)

with a removable privacy cap
2| Standby LED indicator| Indicates device status
3| Power LED indicator| Indicates device status
4| AI lens| The fixed AI lens is used to detect participants within its 107 degree field of view to trigger optical zoom lens to track people in the room.

Figure 2-3 Back view of the Poly Studio E60 camera

Table 2-2 Poly Studio E60 feature descriptions (back)

provided)
3| USB 3.0 Type-B port| Connects the camera to the video conferencing system or PC using a USB 3.0 Type-B to USB 3.0 Type-A cable
4| 12 V DC power port| Connects the camera to a power source using an optional power cable (available separately)

Poly Studio E60 LED indicators

Your device provides two LED status indicators below the camera to help you understand the device’s behaviors. The Power LED is white and the Standby LED is orange.
The following table lists the LED status details.

Table 2-3 Poly Studio E60 LED behaviors

the room
Solid orange| Solid white| Device is in standby mode Camera turns to face the wall
Flashing orange, then turning off| Solid white| Video is streaming.
Flashing orange, then turning to solid| Solid white| The USB cable is connected but video isn’t streaming
Solid orange, then turning off| Solid white| The device wakes up from standby Video is streaming
Flashing orange, then turning to solid| Solid white| The device wakes up from standby Video is not streaming
Solid orange| Flashing white| Firmware is updating

Use the Poly Studio E60 privacy cover
The Poly Studio E60 camera comes with a physical cover that blocks the camera lens to protect your privacy.

Figure 2-4 Poly Studio E60 privacy cover

1. Manually remove the privacy cover before starting your video conference to show your video.
2. Optional: Replace the privacy cover to cover the camera lens when not in use.

Basic tips for great video conferences

Use the following basic tips and guidelines to enhance or improve your experiences during video conferences.

• Mount and position the camera so that your eyes are level with the top third of your screen and your face appears in the middle area of the video stream.
• Avoid wearing bright colors, all-light or all-dark clothing, or very busy patterns like small checks or narrow stripes. Light pastels and muted colors look the best on the screen.
• Preview your video stream before you join a meeting to make sure that you don’t have shadows on your face and that your camera settings are configured correctly.
• Speak in your normal voice.

Advanced tips for great video conferences

Use the following basic tips and guidelines to enhance or improve your experiences during video conferences.

Camera and People Positioning

• Try not to fidget too much, especially if you’re the only one on camera.
• Include all the people in the room (if possible), or introduce everyone in the room at the beginning of a meeting.
• Keep the view focused on people and not the background or room furnishings.
• In an office, position the monitor to an appropriate angle to avoid capturing potential distractions in your video (for example, other people, pets, or TVs).

Clothing, Furnishings, and Backgrounds

• To avoid disruptions, exclude the following from the camera view: light sources, tables, chairs, walls, busy decorations, and the floor.
• To avoid funny effects, wear clothes that contrast with the background instead of blending into it and make sure nothing in the background seems to stick out of anyone’s head.
• Avoid glossy tabletops, strong colors, or bold wood grain in the room. The best table surface color is a flat satin finish in neutral gray.
• A wall that’s painted light gray with a touch of blue works best as a background. Video conferencing systems use a gray or blue reference image to process the video, so a background in that color helps to enhance the video you send.
• Try to keep dry-erase whiteboards out of the camera field of view. Be aware that other people in the meeting might see what’s written on the whiteboards.

Lighting

• Close any curtains, drapes, or blinds over your windows. Daylight is a variable light source and can conflict with interior room lighting.
• Bright lighting increases the range of in-focus objects, but inappropriate direct lighting might make you look harsh or somber. Poly recommends using indirect fluorescent lighting in a midrange, neutral color temperature (3600 K to 4500 K). You can find the color temperature of your lighting on the packaging.

Audio and Noise

• Mute your audio when you’re silent or before you move your audio device.
• Keep your windows and doors closed to minimize unwanted noises.
• Close any drapes or blinds over your windows. The glass from windowpanes can cause issues with acoustics due to reflection.

Poly Studio E60 accessibility features

Poly Studio E60 includes a number of features to accommodate users with disabilities.

Table 2-4 Poly Studio E60 accessibility features

functions work.
71-degree field of view| The wide view captures your movements without needing to adjust the camera.
Tactile buttons| The mechanical buttons on the optional remote control provide visual contrast to enable you to control the system.

Using Poly Studio E60
Connect the Poly Studio E60 camera to your system to begin using it.

Using the Poly Studio E60 system web interface
Configure settings for your environment in the Poly Studio E60 camera’s system web interface.
For information on using the Poly Studio E60 system web interface, refer to the Poly Studio E60 System Web Interface User Guide.

Set Poly Studio E60 as the default video device
When you use the Poly Studio E60 camera with a supported application for video calls, you may need to set the device as the default video device of your application.
The following is a general procedure that you can use. Your application may use different terms or categories.

1. Go to your conferencing application’s Settings.
2. Find Video Device.
3. Choose your Poly Studio E60 camera as the video device.

Tracking modes

Set the camera tracking mode which best suits your environment.

Poly Studio E60 supports the following tracking modes:

• Presenter tracking: Keeps the presenter center-stage as they move freely around the room.
• Group framing: Frames the entire group on screen and removes excess wasted space.

If you are using the Poly Studio E60 with a supported Poly video conferencing system, you can use the system web interface of that system to access configuration settings to change or disable some of these features for Poly Studio E60. For information on using supported Poly systems, refer to the Poly Partner Mode Administrator Guide or Poly Video Mode Administrator Guide.
If you are using the Poly Studio E60 with a laptop, you must use the Poly Studio E60 system web interface to manage settings. For information on using the Poly Studio E60 system web interface, refer to the Poly Studio E60 System Web Interface User Guide.

Updating software
Depending on your individual setup, you have a specific software update path.
If you are using the Poly Studio E60 camera with a PC, updates are pushed automatically from Windows Update as driver updates.
When using an Android-based video system, software updates for the Poly Studio E60 camera are handled through the connected video conferencing system. Refer to the Poly Documentation Library to view user documentation for your relevant system.
While the software updates, the Standby LED indicator glows solid orange and the Power LED indicator flashes white.

Restart your device
If you encounter issues with your device, you can manually restart it.

• Unplug the PoE+ network cable or the DC power cable and plug it back in.

You may need to reselect the device as the default video device for your video conferencing application.

Using the remote control
You can use the remote control to adjust your Poly Studio E60 camera and manage other features when using it with a laptop.
NOTE: If you are using the Poly Studio E60 with an Android system, you should manage settings by using a touch controller or the relevant codec’s remote control.
If you are using the Poly Studio E60 with a PC-based room solution, you should manage settings by using the native camera control options for your setup.

Poly Studio E60 remote control features
Poly Studio E60 supports a remote control.

Figure 3-1 Poly Studio E60 remote control

Table 3-1 Parts of the Poly Studio E60 remote control

• Long press for 3 seconds to set the preset position

Short press to adjust the preset position

6| No. 2 preset| Sets a preset camera position:

• Long press for 3 seconds to set the preset position

Short press to adjust the preset position

7| Tracking on| Turns on tracking
NOTE:  Press the Switch button first.
8| Tracking off| Turns off tracking
9| Mute| This feature is disabled
10| Home| Restores the maximum angle of view without using the Zoom button When menu is open, confirms menu selections and enters the submenu
11| Zoom +| Digital zoom in
NOTE: Zoom is not supported when the tracking function or automatic frame selection function is turned on.
12| Zoom –| Digital zoom out
NOTE: Zoom is not supported when the tracking function or automatic frame selection function is turned on.
13| Switch| Switches tracking functions

Change the Poly Studio E60 remote control batteries
Change the Poly Studio E60 remote control batteries to ensure it continues to work properly.

Figure 3-2 Changing the Poly remote control batteries

1. Apply pressure to the front of the remote control and slide the battery cover down.
2. Replace the AAA batteries.
3. Replace the battery cover by sliding it up and firmly into place.

Getting help
Poly is now a part of HP. The joining of Poly and HP paves the way for us to create the hybrid work experiences of the future. Information about Poly products has transitioned from the Poly Support site to the HP Support site.
The Poly Documentation Library is continuing to host the installation, configuration/administration, and user guides for Poly products in HTML and PDF format. In addition, the Poly Documentation Library provides Poly customers with information about the transition of Poly content from Poly Support to HP Support.
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Model ID: Poly Studio E60 (RMN: PBJ-E60-001)
Document part number: 3725-88274-003A
Last update: July 2024
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