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  • Page 1 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB GSM Wireless Scouting Camera User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content 1 Instruction ..................1 1.1 General Description ...............1 1.2 Camera Body Interfaces ............1 1.3 Remote Control ................3 1.3.1 Navigating ................3 1.3.2 Characters ................3 1.4 Shooting Information Display ...........4 1.5 MMS/GPRS function .............4 1.6 Supported Format ..............5 2 Cautions ....................6 3 Quick Start Guide ................7 3.1 Power Supply ................7 3.2 Insert the SD-card and the SIM-card......8 3.3 Power on and Enter into the ON Mode ......8...
  • Page 3 4.1.7 Set Photo Burst ............... 19 4.1.8 Set Video Length ............19 4.1.9 Set Video Sound ............. 20 4.1.10 Set PIR Triggering Interval Time ......20 4.1.11 Set PIR Sensitivity ............21 4.1.12 Set Timer ................22 4.1.13 MMS Settings ..............22 4.1.14 GPRS Settings ..............

  • Page 4: Instruction

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 1 Instruction 1 Instruction 1.1 General Description This camera, a digital scouting camera with black IR and MMS function, is a digital infrared surveillance camera, triggered by any movement of humans or animals monitored by a high sensitive Passive...
  • Page 5 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 1 Instruction On the back of camera, there is a lock for theft-proof and an adjuster to change the tilt when mounting on an irregular interface e.g. tree. Take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the camera controls and displays.

  • Page 6: Remote Control

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 1 Instruction 1.3 Remote Control Menu Menu The remote control is the input device for the camera Cancel Cancel and is primarily used for customer settings and password input. This is an infrared type wireless remote control. The maximum remote distance is 30 feet.

  • Page 7: Shooting Information Display

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 1 Instruction Press the punctuation “*” for laser pointer. 1.4 Shooting Information Display When the camera is turned on (the power switch is slid to ON or TEST position), the current settings will be displayed on screen.

  • Page 8: Supported Format

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 1 Instruction because of loss of signal or other communication issues. If the SIM card is not inserted, no SIM card icon will be displayed. Be sure that the PIN of the SIM card is disabled before inserting the SIM card.

  • Page 9: Cautions

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 2 Cautions 2 Cautions ★ The working voltage of the camera is 6V. The camera is supplied by four or eight AA batteries. ★ Please install batteries according to shown polarity. ★ Please unlock the write-protect before inserting the SD-card.

  • Page 10: Quick Start Guide

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 3 Quick Introductions 3 Quick Start Guide 3.1 Power Supply To supply power for the camera, four or eight size AA batteries are needed. Open the bottom cover. Confirm that the power switch is in the OFF position and pull out the battery pack by pulling the silver handle.

  • Page 11: Insert The Sd-Card And The Sim-Card

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 3 Quick Introductions Insert the SD-card and the SIM-card Open the bottom cover. Insert an SD-card into the card slot with unmarked side upwards. Please note that the SD-card is on the “write” (not locked) position otherwise the camera will not function correctly.

  • Page 12: Enter Into The Test Mode

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 3 Quick Introductions default settings or previous custom settings. The camera has the sound recording function, so the sound will be embedded in the video clip while capturing a video. 3.4 Enter into the TEST Mode Slide the power switch to the TEST position and enter into the TEST mode.

  • Page 13: Send Mms

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 3 Quick Introductions The detailed operations like deleting images or videos will be described in the “Advanced Operations” chapter. 3.4.4 Send MMS When the MMS Mode is set as “Manual”, you can send the selected photo to the preset address in TEST mode. ”Daily Report” and “Instant”...

  • Page 14: Advanced Operations

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations 4 Advanced Operations From the basic operations of the camera previewed in the previous chapter, we know that the camera has three basic operation modes: OFF mode: Power switch is in the OFF position.
  • Page 15 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Choose the image size, e.g. 8 mega pixels or 5 mega Photo Size pixels. Video Size Choose the video size, e.g. 640×480 (VGA). Set Clock Set camera date and time. Photo Choose the continuous shooting numbers after each Burst triggering.
  • Page 16 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations record any triggers set off by movement. This function can be set to Off and will function to the interval settings. The camera sends MMS message through GPRS network, so before using this function, you need to open GPRS service from your service provider.
  • Page 17 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations SIM card is inserted properly; Please note, only photos can be sent in TEST mode .Video information can’t be sent in TEST mode. 2)“Daily Report”: Daily Report works only in the ON mode, which...

  • Page 18: Default Setting

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations it continues to capture photos and save them on the SD-card. After 24 hours, the camera will send MMS again when it captures photos. If it is on Video mode, the Camera will send only SMS instead of MMS.

  • Page 19: Set Camera Mode

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Set Clock Enter Adjust Clock Photo Burst 1 Photo 2 Photo, 3 Photo Video Length Avi 10 sec Avi 5–60 sec Video Sound 5–60 seconds, 1-60 Interval 1 Min Sense Level Normal High, Low...

  • Page 20: Format Sd-Card

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Camera Mode. c) Press LEFT or RIGHT to select Video. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted.

  • Page 21: Set Video Size

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations b) Press UP or DOWN to select Photo Size. c) Press LEFT or RIGHT to select 8M Pixel. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted. Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display.

  • Page 22: Set Photo Burst

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations c) Press OK to enter into submenu. d) Press LEFT or RIGHT to select item, press UP or DOWN to change the value. e) Press OK to save all current setting and return to info display.

  • Page 23: Set Video Sound

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Video Length. c) Press LEFT or RIGHT to decrease or increase to 5 Seconds. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted.

  • Page 24: Set Pir Sensitivity

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Minutes provided that the previous value is 1 Minute. a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Interval. c) Press LEFT or RIGHT to decrease or increase to 5 Minutes.

  • Page 25: Set Timer

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations b) Press UP or DOWN to select Sense Level. c) Press LEFT or RIGHT to select Low. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted. Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display.
  • Page 26 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations follows: a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select MMS Set. c) Press OK to Enter into submenu. d) There are four inputs for key in URL, APN, IP and Port, press ﹟...

  • Page 27: Gprs Settings

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Email: (Max. 48 characters for each email) Please note that this is only an example, for more details please contact your network service provider, and there are only 4 parameters needs to be edited, do not change other parameters expect these 4 parameters to avoid operation failure.

  • Page 28: Set Sending Mode

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations 4.1.15 Set Sending Mode There are 3 MMS modes: “Manual” works in TEST mode. “Daily report” and “Instant” work in ON mode. For more information, please refer to 4.1 settings menu. The following shows how to set the MMS mode to Instant provided that the previous option is Off: a) Press MENU to display the setting menu.

  • Page 29: Set Sending To

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display. If you choose “Daily Report”, you need to set the daily report time: xxH, xxM. If you choose “Instant”, you need to set how many MMS you want to send for economy consideration.

  • Page 30: Reset To Default Settings

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Press UP or DOWN to select Password. Press LEFT or RIGHT to select On. Press OK to enter into submenu. There are three inputs for key in new, old and confirm password, press ﹟ to switch between each inputs. Press number buttons to key in the digits.

  • Page 31: View Photo Or Video

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations 4.2.1 View Photo or Video a) Switch to TEST mode and enter into info display. b) Press OK to view the latest picture (or video) in LCD screen on camera, TV monitor or Image viewer with TV-in connector.

  • Page 32: Send Mms Manually

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations video clips in the SD-card, it is suggested to format the SD-card. Please refer to 4.2.4. 4.2.3 Send MMS Manually The Send MMS option will only be shown when the setting item Send Mode is selected as Manual.
  • Page 33 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB 4 Advanced Operations Images and videos are saved in the pre-named folder. File numbering continues by adding one to the last number for each new image or video. Saving names are IMAG0001.JPG or IMAG0001.AVI. Through the suffix you can distinguish whether the file is an image (with suffix .jpg) or a video (with suffix .avi).

  • Page 34: Appendix I: Pir Detection Zone

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone The figure4 shows the detection range in different detection angle. When the detection angle is 35°, the detection range is 50ft. When the detection angle is 52°, the detection range is 30ft.
  • Page 35 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone Figure 5 SG580MBhas a new design of PIR and this new PIR is patented. The new patented PIR’s detection range can reach to 22m. The figure 6 shows the compared detection zone between normal PIR and the new patented PIR.

  • Page 36: Appendixⅱ: Technical Specifications

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB Ⅱ Appendix : Technical Specifications AppendixⅡ: Technical Specifications Image Sensor 5MP Color CMOS, 8MP Interpolation Lens F/NO=3.0 FOV(Field of View)=52° PIR detection range 22M/73F Display Screen 1.5” LCD Memory Card From 8 MB to 32 GB 8MP = 3328 ×2496 Picture Resolution 5MP = 2560×1920...
  • Page 37 HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB Ⅱ Appendix : Technical Specifications Dimensions 140 x87 x55 mm Operation Humidity 5% - 90% Security authentication FCC, CE, RoHS *without battery Page 34...

  • Page 38: Appendixⅲ: Parts List

    HCO ScoutGuard SG580MB Appendix Ⅲ : Parts List AppendixⅢ: Parts List Part Name Quantity Digital Camera Wireless Remote Control USB Cable TV cable Belt User Manual Enhanced Antenna Page 35...

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