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Page 1: Instruction Manual
DigitalEye™ 7.2 Digital Trail Camera Instruction Manual Copyright PixController, Inc., All rights reserved. http://www.pixcontroller.com sales@pixcontroller.com (724) 733-0970... -
Page 2: Getting Started
Getting Started Thank you for your purchase of the PixController, Inc. DigitalEye™ 7.2 game scouting camera. This high-resolution digital game camera operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, continually scouting game even when you’re not in the woods. - Page 3 DigitalEye™ 7.2 Overview Listed below are the components of your DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit. These items will be referred to throughout this manual. Please become familiar with these items. DigitalEye™ 7.2 Exterior DigitalEye™ 7.2 Interior...
- Page 4 DigitalEye™ 7.2 Control Board DigitalEye™ 7.2 Control Board Components The DigitalEye™ 7.2 ™ Control Board electronics are the heart of the system. The DigitalEye™ 7.2 uses a Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor to detect any warm-blooded animal to trigger the camera. This sensor is triggered by body heat and motion.
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Page 5: Default Setting
Note: You must reboot the controller for changes to take place. Note1: When turning power on to your DigitalEye™ 7.2 both the red and green LED will light up. They will both stay on for 30 seconds. This time will allow the PIR circuit to warm up. After this time expires the green LED will turn off and the red LED will blink 5 times letting you know that the board is entering a 1 minute automatic walk-test phase. - Page 6 20 Minute Delay How Trail Mode™Works…. Trail Mode™ is an exclusive feature found only on PixController Trail Cameras. When setup in this mode your trail camera will keep the digital camera powered up after taking the first photo and will be take any subsequent photos in 1/10 of a second for a window time of 30 seconds.
- Page 7 PIR Walk-Test Mode On boot up of the DigitalEye™ 7.2 this setting will put the unit into a PIR Walk-Test mode. Here you can check out the PIR detection area without having the unit take photos. When booting the DigitalEye™ 7.2 into this mode the RED Control LED and Green PIR LED will stay on for about 30 seconds.
- Page 8 PIR LED Off PIR LED On Note: When changing switch setting you must re-boot your DigitalEye™ 7.2 board. When re-booting you must wait approximately 30 seconds before turning power on again. Not doing so can result in the controller not working properly.
- Page 9 24 hour photo taking mode, digital still photo taking mode, Red Control LED On, Green PIR LED On. Find a secure tree or post to mount your DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit to in the woods. See the “Setup Tips” for more information on placing the unit in the woods.
- Page 10 Locking your DigitalEye™ 7.2 Unit The DigitalEye™ 7.2 was designed such that it could be easily locked to any tree in the woods. To protect your investment we recommend using the Master Lock® Python™ Cable locking system. To lock your DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit, follow the 5-Step process below.
- Page 11 Checking your DigitalEye™ 7.2 Unit When checking your DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit it’s a good idea to carry a spare set of AA camera batteries and a spare memory card for the digital camera. Approach the DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit from the rear unless you want your photo taken.
- Page 12 Note: Pull straight down, do not twist cable. Step 3 You can now remove the digital camera from the DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit. You can review any photos taken by the DigitalEye™ 7.2 on the digital camera’s TFT color display. Refer to your digital camera user manual for...
- Page 13 PIR into thinking an animal walked passed. See the “DigitalEye™ 7.2 Setup Tips”. When I put my DigitalEye™ 7.2 unit into “Movie Mode” Be sure to setup your digital camera into Movie taking I still get still photos.
- Page 14 3. Attach your DigitalEye™ 7.2 to a firm tree or pole. Never attach it to a tree that can move in the wind. This can set off the camera system. If you don't have a lot of big thick trees to mount your cam to, you can improvise and use wooden stakes, barbed wire fence posts or rebar (reinforcing rod) to make a mount for your cam.
- Page 15 Visual Media Explorer™ Photo Browsing Software Included on the DigitalEye™ 7.2 Installation CD is a copy of the powerful photo browsing software – Visual Media Explorer™. This software runs on any Win 95, 98, 2000, NT, and XP operating system.
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Page 16: Unit Specifications
PIR Detection Range: 40-80 Feet depending in air temperature Photo delay: ~1.8 seconds Photos per charge: ~300 (1/2 taken with flash) DigitalEye™ 7.2 Batteries: 9V alkaline battery (lasting about 4-8 months) & Li Ion batteries in the Sony 7.2 camera lasting 300+ photos Temperature range: 5ºF to 110ºF Copyright PixController, Inc., All rights reserved.
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