Instructions

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The Core Trail Camera supports 3 kinds of file system formats, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32. The default
value is FAT16 to save photos and videos. Here are some related notes:
• You don’t need to be concerned about the file system format of the Core Trail Camera unless your
equipment has problems reading the SD card. If this happens, please format the SD card with the Core
Trail Camera or in your computer first and then insert the card into your Core Trail Camera and try
again.
• The default file system format of the Core Trail Camera is FAT16, which most computers can read. If
you format an SD card for the Core Trail Camera in your computer, you should choose the file system
format FAT16. Normally FAT16 is recommended unless you have another image viewer that uses FAT12
or FAT32 format.
Deleting Photos or Videos
To delete all photos from the installed SD card, use the Format parameter (see pg. 23 for details).
DOWNLOADING THE PHOTOS/VIDEOS
To download your photos/videos to a PC or Mac*, first make sure the Core Trail Camera power switch is
in the OFF position. Connect a USB cable to the camera’s USB port, then directly to a main USB port on
your computer-do not use front panel/keyboard USB ports or unpowered “hubs”.
The Core Trail Camera will be recognized as a standard “USB Mass Storage” device (this may take
several seconds the first time you connect it). If you would rather leave your camera in the woods and
just pull its SD card out, an SD card reader works the same way as described in this section once the card
is inserted and the reader is connected to your computer.
With Windows XP or later, you can then simply use the options in the pop-up window to copy, view, or
print your photos (right).
On all Windows OS, the Core Trail Camera will also be listed as a “Removable Disk” if you open the “My
Computer” window (on Macs, an icon will appear on your desktop).
The Core Trail Camera’s photo files are named “09020001.JPG” etc, and are located in the
“DCIM\100EK113” folder on this “Removable Disk”. Video file names will end with “.MP4”. You may
copy the photos/ videos to your hard drive as you would any file-just copy/paste or drag the file names
or icons to your drive or desktop.
After the photos are copied to your hard drive, you can disconnect the Core Trail Camera. (On Mac
computers, drag the “disk” that appeared on your desktop when the camera was connected into your
Trash to “eject” it before disconnecting.) The .JPG format photo files from the Core Trail Camera may be
viewed and edited with any photo software you choose to use. The .MP4 video files may be viewed with
the Windows Media Player on PCs with Windows 7. If your computer is running an older version of
Windows, or you are on a Mac, and you don’t already have a compatible video player, you can
download a free version of the DivX player from http://www.divx.com/.
TROUBLESHOOTING / FAQ
Camera takes continuous images of no subject