Content 1 Instruction..............1 1.1 Camera Body Interface........1 1.2 General Description........1 1.3 Shooting Information Display ..... 2 1.4 Saving Images or Videos......3 1.5 Cautions ............3 2 Quick Start Guide ..........5 2.1 Power Supply ..........5 2.2 Insert the SD card ........5 2.3 Power on and Entering into ON Mode..
SG550-12mHD 1 Instruction 1 Instruction 1.1 Camera Body Interface 1.2 General Description This camera, a digital scouting camera, is a surveillance camera working automatically. It can be triggered at once by any movement of human (or animals) in a certain region of interested (ROI)
SG550-12mHD 1 Instruction daylight. While at dark night, the built-in infrared LEDs function as flash light, the camera then takes clear pictures or videos It is resistant against water and snow for outside use. Furthermore, the camera can be used as a portable digital camera.
SG550-12mHD 1 Instruction 1.4 Saving Images or Videos The camera uses a standard SD(Secure Digital) memory card to save images(in .jpg format) and videos(in .avi format). SD and SDHC(High Capacity) cards up to 32GB are supported. Before inserting the SD card be sure that the SD card is unlocked.
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SG550-12mHD 1 Instruction or videos. ★ Please do not insert or take out the SD card when the power switch is at ON position. ★ The camera will be in USB mode when connected to a USB port of a computer. In this case, the SD card functions as a removable disk.
SG550-12mHD 2 Quick Start Guide 2 Quick Start Guide 2.1 Power Supply Use 8 AA batteries or 6V external power supply to support the camera. Use high-capacity and high-performance alkaline betteries(recommended), rechargeable Lithium batteries or rechargeable Nimh batteries. Caution: Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type.
SG550-12mHD 2 Quick Start Guide 2.3 Power on and Entering into ON Mode Before switching on, please pay attention to the follows: 1. Avoid temperature and motion disturbances in front of the camera such as big leaf, curtain, air-conditioner, air outlet of the chimney and other heat sources to prevent from false triggering.
SG550-12mHD 2 Quick Start Guide manually customize the camera settings which displayed on the LCD screen of the remote control. 2.5 Manual Capturing Press SHOT to manually capture photos or record videos. It is also SHOT key to stop the manual capturing of the video.
SG550-12mHD 3 Item Settings 3 Item Settings 3.1 Camera Menu To view the camera settings menu, press MENU on the remote control. With the remote, use “▲” or “▼” key to select the sub-menu, use “►” key to select the different options. Press OK to save the settings and MENU to exit.
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SG550-12mHD 3 Item Settings Photo Choose the image size, e.g. 12 mega Size pixels, 8 mega pixels or 5 mega pixels. Photo Choose the continuous shooting numbers Burst after each triggering. Video Choose the video size: 1280x720 or Size 640x480.
SG550-12mHD 4 Trouble Shooting 4 Trouble Shooting 1 There is something in front of the camera lens. Is the camera broken? A: The camera is not broken. It’s an IR-cut filter. When the camera is powered on, the IR-cut will be reset and cover the lens.
SG550-12mHD 5 PIR Detection Zone 5 PIR Detection Zone This camera has a new design of PIR and the new PIR is patented. The new patented PIR’s detection range can reach to 73ft in good environments. Following picture shows the compared detection zone between normal PIR and the new patented PIR.