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- Page 1 Infrared Digital Scouting Camera User’s Manual for SG550 Series Boly Media For Model：SG550/ SG550V/ SG550B/ SG550VB...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
4 Advanced Operations.........................10 4.1 Parameters Setting and Operations................10 Setting the Camera Mode ................10 4.1.1 4.1.2 Formatting the SD-Card................11 Setting Pixel Size ...................12 Boly Media 4.1.3 Setting Video Size ..................13 4.1.4 Setting Date and Time ..................13 4.1.5 Setting Continuous Shooting Numbers ............16 4.1.6... -
Page 3: Instruction
SG550 series 1 Instruction 1 Instruction 1.1 General Description This camera, a digital scouting camera, is a surveillance device working automatically. It can be triggered by any movement of human (or animals) in a certain region of interested (ROI) monitored by a highly sensitive Passive Infra-Red motion sensor (PIR)，and then takes high quality pictures (up to five mega pixels) or video... - Page 4 SG550 series 1 Instruction Figure 1: Front view of the camera Boly Media Figure 2: Buttons of the control and icons on the screen Page 2...
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Page 5: Saving Images Or Videos
The supported card size of the device is between 8MB and 8GB. For SG550/SG550V model, the file format supported is FAT12 and FAT16, while for SG550B/SG550VB model, the camera supports only one kind of file system format: FAT32. -
Page 6: Cautions
SG550 series 2 Cautions 2 Cautions ★ The working voltage of the camera is 6V. You can provide it with four or eight AA batteries, or using external 6V DC power supply (inside +, and outside -). ★ Please insert batteries according to shown polarity. -
Page 7: Quick Introductions
SG550 series 3 Quick Introductions 3 Quick Introductions If you are not familiar with the operation of the camera, the following instructions help you get a quick overview. Before doing any operation, please make sure you have correctly loaded batteries into the camera and plugged the SD-card into the card slot. -
Page 8: Connection Of An External Power
SG550 series 3 Quick Introductions winter time!). To load the batteries please do the following: Open the bottom cover by pushing it along the indicated direction. b. Open the battery cover by sliding the protruded locker towards the inner direction. -
Page 9: Power On And Entering Into The Live Mode
SG550 series 3 Quick Introductions !! WARNING Please switch the camera to OFF mode before you insert/take out the batteries or the SD-card. 3.4 Power on and Entering into the LIVE Mode Now you can switch on the power after insert the SD-card. The camera has three basic operation modes: OFF mode: Power switch at OFF position. -
Page 10: Default Settings And Live Monitoring
SG550 series 3 Quick Introductions SHOT key. A few seconds later, you’ll get a picture saved in the SD-card. The number of pictures and video clips at the bottom of the LCD will increase by one. 3.7 Default Settings and Live Monitoring When the camera leaves the factory, most parameters are set as default. -
Page 11: Powering Off
SG550 series 3 Quick Introductions shown on the monitor when reviewing. Press the OK key again at any time will return to the TEST mode. Using PC: When using a PC to view images (or video clips), firstly connect the camera to the PC with a USB extension cable. -
Page 12: Advanced Operations
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation 4 Advanced Operations After you’re familiar with the basic operations of the camera, you are now ready for advanced operations. In principle, the advanced operations in this chapter are very similar to the basic operations, only that the options and parameters of the camera are explained in more detail. -
Page 13: Formatting The Sd-Card
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation Figure 5: Setting camera mode 4.1.2 Formatting the SD-Card Boly Media a) The system will delete all files stored in the SD-card after formatting. Therefore you should make sure that you have made a backup of important data. -
Page 14: Setting Pixel Size
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation Figure 6: Formatting SD-card 4.1.3 Setting Pixel Size This parameter has two values: 5 mega pixels (5M Pixel or 5MP) and 3 mega Boly Media pixels (3M Pixel or 3MP). The default value is 3 mega pixels. The following shows you how to set pixel size as “3M Pixel”... -
Page 15: Setting Video Size
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation Figure 7: Setting pixel size 4.1.4 Setting Video Size This parameter also has two values: VGA (640×480）and QVGA (320×240）. The default value is “640x480” (VGA). The following shows you how to set video size as “320×240” provided that the previous value is at “640x480”: a) Press the UP or DOWN key till the parameter “Video Size”... - Page 16 SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation The format of the date is month/day/year while the time format is hour:minute:second. And the valid value for year is between 2006 and 2031. Provided that the date and time are needed to be set to November 15th, 2007 and half past ten, in MENU state the steps are as following: a) Press the UP or DOWN key till the parameter “Set Clock”...
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Page 18: Setting Continuous Shooting Numbers
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation (10) (11) (12) Figure 9: Setting date and time 4.1.6 Setting Continuous Shooting Numbers This parameter affects the number of pictures taken for each triggering in the camera mode and is effective and can be adjusted only when the device is set to the Boly Media LIVE mode. -
Page 19: Setting Video Length
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation （b） （c） Figure 10: Setting shooting numbers 4.1.7 Setting Video Length This parameter is effective and can be adjusted only when the device in the video mode for the LIVE mode. Its value extends from 1 to 60 seconds with a step of one second. -
Page 20: Setting Triggering Interval Time
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation （c） Figure 11: Setting video length 4.1.8 Setting Triggering Interval Time This parameter is only effective in the LIVE mode. It means that how long the PIR of the camera will be disabled after each triggering in the LIVE mode. During this period, the PIR of the device will not react to the motion of human (or animals). -
Page 21: Setting Pir Sensitivity
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation 4.1.9 Setting PIR Sensitivity This parameter defines the sensitivity of the PIR. There are three degrees: High, Normal and Low with default value “Normal”. The higher degree indicates that the camera is more easily to be triggered by motion, taking more pictures or recording more videos. -
Page 22: Setting Timer
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation shown in the Fig. 14(a) and 14(1). b) Press the RIGHT key, the value of the parameter will be changed to “Off” as shown in the Fig. 14(b) and 14(2). The value “Off” is highlighted. -
Page 23: (D)
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation f) Press the UP or DOWN key till the minute of start time changes to 0 as shown in the Fig. 15(f) and 15(6). g) Press the RIGHT key to set hour of stop time as shown in the Fig. 15(g) and 15(7). -
Page 24: (F)
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation Boly Media (10) (11) Figure 15: Setting timer 4.1.12 Resetting to Default Settings Sometimes it is very helpful to load the default settings. This can be simply done according to the following steps: a) Press the UP or DOWN key till the parameter “Default Set” appears as shown in the Fig. -
Page 25: Playing Back And Deleting Operations
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation (see Table 1). And then the system enters into preview state and some icons shows in the LCD as illustrated in Fig. 16(b). Figure 16: Loading default settings 4.2 Playing back and Deleting Operations In order to play back or delete, you can also operate on pictures or videos stored Boly Media in the SD-card with the following method to be introduced. -
Page 26: Live Monitoring
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation b) Press the MENU key. Then 【Del Image One】 will be displayed in the middle of LCD. c) If you only want to delete the current one, just skip this step. If all images and videos in the SD-card should be deleted, press the RIGHT key and then the LCD will show 【Del Image All】. -
Page 27: File System
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation 4.5 File System For SG550/SG550V model, the camera supports two kinds of file system format: FAT12 and FAT16. The default value is FAT16 to save pictures and videos. Here are some important notices. 1) You don’t need to concern about the file system format of the camera unless you have problems with reading the SD-card by your other equipments. -
Page 28: Factory Default
SG550 series 4 Advanced Operation Notice: During upgrading the power supply must not be interrupted, otherwise the card might suffer damages and the upgrade will fail. In this case please bring the device to an appointed maintenance for repairing. !! WARNING Upgrade is risky, please be cautious! 4.9 Factory Default... -
Page 29: Mounting The Camera
SG550 series 5 Mounting the Camera 5 Mounting the Camera When you want to use the LIVE mode of the camera in the outdoor, such as hunting and monitoring the living habits of wild animals, you must mount the device on a certain place properly. -
Page 30: Appendixⅰ: Technical Specifications
SG550 series Appendix Ⅰ:Technical Specifications AppendixⅠ: Technical Specifications Image Sensor 5MP Color CMOS F=3.1mm Lens FOV(Field of View)=40° IR-Flash 10-12m Control Display 1.7" LCD Ext. Memory Card From 8 MB to 8 GB 5MP = 2560x1920 Picture Resolution 3MP = 2048x1536... -
Page 31: Appendixⅱ: Parts List
SG550 series Appendix Ⅱ: Part List AppendixⅡ: Parts List Part Name Quantity Digital camera Control External DC cable TV out cable USB cable Belt Manual Boly Media Page 29...
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