Watch Your Garden Grow The Brinno GardenWatchCam is a low cost, light weight, weather resistant, battery operated time-lapse camera that captures the entire lifecycle of any garden season by taking photos at predetermined time settings. 7F, No.75, Zhou Zi St., Taipei City 11493, Taiwan -0306 F +886-2-8751-0549 www.brinno.
Package Contents GardenWatchCam unit Mounting Stake 2GB USB Flash Drive 4 AA Batteries CD with software User Manual Brinno Incorporated’s GardenWatchCam Users Manual Thank you for purchasing the Brinno GardenWatchCam. The Brinno GardenWatchCam is designed to allow you to capture the entire life cycle of a growing garden from the first bud to the last leaf falling, or capture anything else that happens depending on where you set your camera up.
03‧ ‧02 How to set up your Brinno GardenWatchCam 1. Remove the GardenWatchCam from the package. 2. Check to make sure that all the contents are included. Macro Image Lens Standard Image 3. Open up the GardenWatchCam by placing it Lens side down on a flat surface, or Lens side down in the palm of your hand, and remove the battery door by pulling open the latch. 4. With the wheel in the middle of the camera you can choose between one of seven time interval settings.
05‧ ‧04 5. Insert 4 AA batteries following the polarity markings (+ -) inside the camera. 6. Insert any standard USB Flash Drive into the GardenWatchCam in the open slot between the batteries. ***(Please note that the maximum size USB Flash Drive that the GardenWatchCam supports is a 8GB USB Flash Drive. If you use a USB Flash Drive with a larger memory density the camera will not function properly.) 7. Replace the battery door on the GardenWatchCam.
07‧ ‧06 GardenWatchCam Operation 10.After choosing the lens setting appropriate to the subject to be photographed, the camera should be aimed so that the lens is pointing at the center of the subject. Because the field of view of the lens is quite wide, the positioning of the GardenWatchCam does not have to be extremely precise.
09‧ ‧08 Installing the software for your GardenWatchCam If you choose this option, the next step is to read the user agreement. If you agree, then click “Yes, I do” to continue. There are 2 programs on the CD supplied with the GardenWatchCam. The first program, “GardenWatchCam Setup” allows you to set the time and date of the GardenWatchCam to your local time. This program also allows you to set the time interval for the Custom setting on the GardenWatchCam.
11‧ ‧10 How to use “GardenWatchCam Setup” “GardenWatchCam Setup” allows you to set the time and date of the GardenWatchCam to your local time. This program also allows you to set the time interval for the Custom setting on the GardenWatchCam. Loading your Time and Date Stamp and Custom Time Interval Setting onto your USB Flash Drive : 1. Insert your USB Flash Drive into any available USB port on your computer. Windows will automatically assign a drive letter to the USB flash drive.
13‧ ‧12 How to use “GardenWatchCam Player” Start the “GardenWatchCam Player” program by double clicking the “GardenWatchCam Player” icon in the “GardenWatchCam” program group. If the program group does not open, you can open it by using the “Start.. Programs.. Brinno..” menus to find and open the program group. GardenWatchCam Player GardenWatchCam player is designed for use with the Brinno’s GardenWatchCam.
15‧ ‧14 1.6. Playlist GardenWatchCam Player allows you to play multiple files, either from the same directory or from multiple directories. To add files to an existing playlist, simply drag and drop one or more files onto the GardenWatchCam Player window. Alternatively, using the “File – Open” dialog box will allow you to select multiple files. Files will be sorted in the playlist by their date and time stamp.
