Quick Introductions; Loading Batteries - ScoutGuard SG550 Series User Manual

SG550 series
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. If the SD-card is not installed correctly or its write-protect is enabled, the device
will give an alarm with a long beep and then turns off automatically. The following
gives you detailed instructions of different operations.

3.1 Loading Batteries

The first thing to do with the camera is to load batteries. In fact, there are two
methods to supply power for the device: one is to use eight AA batteries and the other
is to use an external DC power supply. It is recommended to use eight new
high-performance alkaline AA batteries. Internally the batteries are divided into two
paralleled groups; each group contains four batteries and can supply power for the
camera alone (with shorter battery life time). The device has four battery slots, as
shown in Fig. 4(a). The bottom-cover of the battery cabinet is shown in Fig. 4(b). Slot
1 and 2 form one group, while slot 3 and 4 form the other group.
The polarities on the battery cover of slot 1 and 3 are negative whereas those of
slot 2 and 4 are positive. Please make sure that the battery polarity matches that on the
battery cover. NiMH rechargeable batteries can also be used, but they might have
shorter life span due to their bigger capacity leakage with the time and low
temperature. Hence, it is recommended to use high performance alkaline AA batteries
(those for digital cameras!) or lead-acid secondary cell with 6V output (for a long

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(a) Battery slots
(b) Battery bottom-cover
Figure 4: Loading batteries
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