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3. Press the playback button
start playing the video clips.
4. Press OK to stop playing and return to playback mode.
View a Photo
While viewing a photo, use
zoomed in, press OK, then use
Watch a Video
While viewing the opening frame of a video, press OK to play/pause the video.
Delete Photo or Video
Warning! Deleted files cannot be recovered!
1. While viewing a photo or video, press (Menu) to access Delete Files.
to be able to select either Delete Current File or Delete All Files.
2. Press
or
to select either Delete Current File or Delete All Files.
3. Either press OK to execute (perform the deletion) or (Menu) to exit
without deleting.
Firmware Update
Check the Firmware Version
Premium
1. On the portal, select MY CAMERAS > FIRMWARE UPDATE or in the app,
look at the Status Report.
2. Compare the date of the firmware version listed for your camera to the
date of the latest version.
3. If the latest version is more recent than the one on your camera, update it
using the instructions in the Over The Air (OTA) Firmware Update
section that follows.
Auto
1. On the camera, in Preview mode, press (Menu), System Settings, then
scroll down to Information and press OK. The first part of DSP will be a
date in the format YYYY/MM/DD. (e.g., 2019/02/12), which is the FW date.
2. On the web site, check the date of the current FW:
a. Using your computer, go to www.spartancamera.com.
b. SUPPORT > FIRMWARE / SOFTWARE
again to exit Playback mode. Press OK to
to zoom in and
to zoom out. While
to pan the zoomed image.
c. If the firmware on the web site for your camera model (GC-W4Gb) has
a later date than the firmware on your camera, update it using the
instructions in the Manual Firmware Update section that follows.
Over The Air (OTA) Firmware Update
If you are using Premium, the easiest way to perform a firmware update is Over
The Air (OTA).
App: FW update will be on the Status Report page when it becomes available in the app.
Portal:
1. Log into your account, MY CAMERAS > FIRMWARE UPDATE.
2. Click the Update button.
The FW should update after the next time the camera contacts the server to
send a photo, video, or status report. If you have the camera in hand and you
want to force it to happen immediately, take and send another manual photo.
After the screen says the photo has been sent, it will indicate that it is down-
loading and updating the FW, then it will restart and return to SETUP mode.
Manual Firmware Update
You must update the firmware manually if you are using the camera in Auto
mode or if you are having trouble with the OTA update in Premium. To perform
a manual firmware update:
1. With your camera in Preview mode, on the System menu, scroll down to
Information, press OK, and note the date of the FW Ver.
2. Using your computer, go to www.spartancamera.com.
3. SUPPORT > FIRMWARE / SOFTWARE
4. If the date of the firmware on the web portal for the GC-W4Gb is more
recent than the date of the FW shown on the Information screen on your
camera, click the Download button beside the W4Gb camera model and
save the file to your computer. Make sure you choose the correct model.
5. With an empty SD card (preferably one that was formatted in your camera)
in your computer's SD card reader, copy the file from your computer to the
SD card. It should not be inside any folder on the card.
6. Insert the SD card back into the camera.
7. To apply the firmware, with the camera in SETUP mode:
a. Press the (Menu) button.
b. On the System Settings tab, select FW Update, press OK, select Yes,
press OK, then watch the screen for progress. When the FW update is
complete, the camera will restart.
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