Infrared Digital Scouting Camera User’s Manual Pocket Camera SG570-6M
Content 1 Instruction................................................................................................ 1 1.1 General Description.......................................................................... 1 1.2 Camera Body Interfaces ................................................................... 1 1.3 Shooting Information Display .......................................................... 2 1.4 Supported Format.............................................................................
4.2 File Numbering................................................................................ 17 4.3 Firmware Upgrade .......................................................................... 17 Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone ................................................................. 18 AppendixⅡ: Technical Specifications....................................................... 19 AppendixⅢ: Parts List ................................................................................
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 1 Instruction 1 Instruction 1.1 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) monitored by a high sensitive Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor, and then automatically captures high quality pictures (up to 6M pixels) or records video clips (VGA) according to default settings or preset customer settings.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 1 Instruction 1.3 Shooting Information Display When the camera is turned on (the power switch is slid to ON position), the shooting information will be displayed in the monitor. 1.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 1 Instruction File format FAT32 Here are some important notices. 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. If this happened, please format the SD-card in the camera or in a computer at first and then reinsert the card into your camera to make a try.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 2 Cautions 2 Cautions ★ The working voltage of the camera is 6V. It is supplied by four AA batteries.Please install batteries according to shown polarity. ★ Please unlock the write-protect before inserting the SD-card. ★ Please insert the SD-card when the power switch is at OFF position before testing the camera. The camera has no internal memory for saving images or videos. If no SD-card is inserted, the camera will shut down automatically after a continuous indication sound.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 3 Quick Introductions 3 Easy Operations 3.1 Power Supply To supply power for the camera, four AA size batteries are needed. Open the bottom cover. Confirm that the power switch is at the OFF position. Install the fully charged batteries into the depot according the polarities sign shown below. The following batteries with 1.5V output can be used: 1. High-density and high-performance alkaline batteries (Recommended) 2. Rechargeable alkaline batteries 3.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 3.3 3 Quick Introductions Power on and Entering into the 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. 2. The height from ground for placing the camera should vary with the object size appropriately. In general, one to two meters are preferred.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 3 Quick Introductions in this mode. 3.4.1 Customer Settings Press MENU on the control to enter into menu settings. The camera can be taken over control to manually customize the camera settings which display on the LCD screen on the camera or external TV monitor. The detailed operations will be described in “Advanced Operations” chapter. 3.4.2 Manual Capturing The TV-in connector should be unconnected, and then press SHOT to manually capture photos or record videos.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 3 Quick Introductions will not be used for a long time.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations 4 Advanced Operations From the basic operations of the camera in previous chapter, we know that the camera has three basic operation modes: 1. OFF mode: Power switch is at OFF position. 2. ON mode: Power switch is at ON position. 3. TEST mode: Power switch is at ON position and the control needs to be connected. In the above three modes, the OFF mode is the specified safe mode when replacing the SD-card or batteries and transporting the camera.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M Set Clock Capture Number Video Length 4 Advanced Operations Set camera date and time. Choose the continuous shooting numbers after each triggering. Choose duration of recording video. Choose how long the camera will stop functioning Interval after each triggering. The camera’s PIR will be disabled during this interval. Choose sensitivity of PIR. The higher, the easier the motion sensor would be triggered. It is recommended to use Normal mode.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M Interval 4 Advanced Operations 1 Minute 0–59 seconds, 1-60 minutes Normal High, Low On Off Off On Sense Level Time Stamp Timer Switch Default Set Start, Stop (00:00 – 23:59) 4.1.2 Set Camera Mode There are two ways to set the camera mode: 1. Via shortcut key; 2. Via setting menu. 1. Shortcut key: Press UP to set the camera mode as Video or press DOWN to set camera mode as Image in info display of TEST mode. 2.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations b) Press UP or DOWN to select Format. c) Press OK to choose Enter to enter into submenu. d) Press RIGHT to select Yes. Yes will be highlighted. e) Press OK to start formatting the SD-card. During formatting, the display screen will show a message “Formatting…” as below. Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display. 4.1.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display. 4.1.6 Set Date and Time The date format is month/day/year, the time format is hour: minute: second. 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, the steps are as following: a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Set Clock. c) Press OK to enter into submenu.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations that the previous value is 1 Seconds: a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Video Length. c) Press RIGHT to increase to 5 Seconds. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted. Press MENU to cancel setting and exit. 4.1.9 Set Triggering Interval Time Press RIGHT to decreases or increases the value by 1 second or 1 minute.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted. Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display. 4.1.11 Set Date and Time Stamp The following shows how to set time stamp as Off provided that the previous option is On. a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Time Stamp. c) Press RIGHT to select Off. d) Press OK to save the current setting and the option will be un-highlighted.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations un-highlighted. Press MENU to return to previous menu. 4.1.13 Reset to Default Settings To reset the setting to the default values, the steps are as follows: a) Press MENU to display the setting menu. b) Press UP or DOWN to select Reset. c) Press OK to reset to default settings and return to info display. Press MENU to cancel setting and return to info display. 4.1.14 View Image or Video a) Switch to TEST mode and enter into info display.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M 4 Advanced Operations d) Press OK, No and Yes are prompted. No is highlighted. e) Press SHOT to highlight Yes. f) Press OK to delete the image or video. Press MENU to cancel and return to playback. Please note that after deleting a picture or a video file, the deleted files can’t be restored! Furthermore, in order to delete all images and video clips in the SD-card, it is suggested to format the SD-card. 4.2 File Numbering Images and videos are saved in the pre-named folder.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M AppendixⅠ: PIR Detection Zone Appendix I: PIR Detection Zone The figure4 shows the detection range in different detection angle. When the detection angle is 35°,the detection range is 50ft. When the detection angle is 52°,the detection range is 30ft. Figure 4 The PIR detection angle (α) is just barely larger than the field of view angle(β). The advantage of this design is to avoid empty pictures and get available pictures.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M AppendixⅡ:Technical Specifications AppendixⅡ: Technical Specifications 5MP CMOS Sensor 6MP Interpolation Image Sensor Lens IR-Flash Detection Range Display Screen Memory Card Image Resolution Video Resolution PIR Sensor PIR Sensitivity Trigger Time Weight * Operation/Storage Tem. Interval Photo Burst Video Length Power Supply Stand-by Current Low Battery Alert Display Screen Mounting Dimensions** Operation Humidity Security authentication F/NO=3.
Pocket Camera SG570-6M Appendix Ⅲ: Parts List AppendixⅢ: Parts List Part Name Digital Camera Wired control USB Cable TV Cable Belt User Manual Page 20 Quantity One One One One One One
