Radio Shack STC-TGL5M manual

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    STC-TGL2M / STC-TG L4M / STC-TGL5M User’s Manual Toll Free Customer S upport 1-888-30 4-6125 www.wildvie wcam.com Version 1.3 06/07[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 2 For Cu stome r Serv ice or W a rranty Info rmatio n Call T oll Free 888-30 4-6125 WI L D V I E W P .O. Box 5351 89 Grand Pra irie, T exas 75053 -5189 Wildvie w Limited W arranty Your W ildview sco uting camera is covered by a 90 days Limited Warranty on part s and labor fr om the date of[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 3 Manual Contents Camera overview 4 Camera k it contents 6 Battery and me mory Instal lation 6 Definition 10 Programming 11 Mounting the camera 14 Viewing images 18 Saving and Deleting images 21 Memory compatibilit y char t 24 Technical Specs 25 General Inf ormation 28 Image Capacity Chart[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 4 Camera overview Front vi ew Sid e view[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 5 Open v iew image w ith major parts i ndicati on[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 6 Camera kit content s • Wildv iew ser ies Di gital Scout ing C amera • Camer a driver • User Man ual • USB cabl e • S trap Battery & memory inst allation The W ild view Di gital S couti ng Camera i s desig ned to operate us ing alk aline batt eries for optim um perform ance.[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 7 NOT E: Always have c amera in t he OFF pos ition when install ing or rem oving batte ries. Batteri es “C” cell The interna l batter y compartm ent accepts 4 “ C” cell batteries. Be s ure to u se high qualit y brand n ame alkaline batter ies. Insta ll batteries with correct p olar[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 8 Please m ake sur e the v oltage and polarit y (+/-) are correct b efore connect ion. Incorre ct voltag e or polarity ( +/-) will dam age the cam era. Memory Options Y our W ildview scou ting c am era is equippe d with the follo wing: Model SDRA M STC-T GL2M 16MB STC-T GL4M 32MB STC-T GL5[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 9 of images on the built in m emory unless th e expansion card is inserted at whic h point th e front cou nter wil l onl y displa y the num ber of images stored i n the expan sion card. Inserting SD card Make sur e camera is in the OF F position whenever adding or re moving memory . • In[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 10 Definition • Time out: T o set the am ount of preset tim e in minutes the camer a will sleep bet ween PIR tr iggering • Resolution: The r esolut ion selec tion that you have sele cted. Model Hi Low STC-T GL2M 2.0M 0.3M STC-T GL4M 4.0M 1.3M STC-T GL5M 5.0M 3.0M • Date/Time: T o set[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 11 o 3P: Thr ee images c ontinu ous captur ing per PIR triggering o A VI: 10 seco nd video clip per PIR tr iggerin g • FULL: W hen m emor y c apacity is f ull, this front LCD screen wi ll sho w “FULL” Programming your Wildv iew Camera The following setting m ust be performed before y[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 12 conditio ns. b. On – Flas h on for every im age capture d c. Off – No Flash will go off . 4. Selec t Burst m ode: Slide the switch t o 1 / 2 / 3 / A VI position. If you c hoose A VI m ode, the cam era will autom atically switc h to 1 picture m ode if it detects a low light sour c e.[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 13 f. Press [SET ] button to enter date setti ng. Date & DD will blink . Press [UP] or [DN] to adjust date. g. Press [SET ] button to enter year setti ng. Date & YY will blink. Press [UP] or [DN] to adjust year . h. Pr es s an d hol d [S ET ] butt o n f or 2 sec onds to exi t the s[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 14 Mounting the camera It is re commended that you mount the camer a 4-5 ft of f the ground with the c amera pointed a t a slight downward angle. Be sure to avoid mounting the camera fa cing east or west as th e rising and sett ing of the sun could produc e false triggers a nd overexposed [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 15 Mounting the camer a with the supplied s trap • Insert th e strap thro ugh the str ap slots on th e rear housing. • Wrap the st rap around the mounting surf ace. Secure the strap and tight en the bu ckle in or der to sec ure the camera.[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 16  In order to obtain proper w eather resistanc e, please make sure that both door latches are securely lock ed in place. T esting t he camera cov erage area One of W ildvie w Sc outin g Cam er a’s features is the abil it y to test the c overage ar ea. • After mounting the c amera,[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 17 • W hen you have c ompleted testing th e coverag e area, open the f ront hous ing and sli de the po wer switch from T est position to PIR position. Front LCD c ounter will show “0 000”. The ca mer a will enter count do wn m ode for 1 minute an d the front gr een indic ator will st[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 18 Viewi ng ima g es Vie wing images by computer download The W ildview Sco uting Ca m era is a plug and pla y USB storage de vice. This means user s of Windows 2000 / ME / and XP oper ating s y s tems need n ot install th e cam era driver . T his c am era is not MAC c om patible. The CD-R[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 19 • Follow the instr uctions s hown on screen f rom your PC to co mplete ly install t he driver and app lication program . • If the exist ing Direc tX vers ion on your PC is lower than vers ion 8, and if y ou h ave problem s viewing the im age with the standar d software pro vided by [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 20 • If your computer doesn’t run autom aticall y, please click “Start” butt on and choose “Ru n”, and then browse th e CD drive and c lick “Setup” . Viewing th e images on your comput er • Slide the power sw itch to O FF posit ion. • T o view the images sim ply plug o [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 21 Saving and Deleting i mages SA VING IM A G ES T o save im ages on to your PC, s im ply cop y and paste, or drag and drop f rom the SD RAM m em or y to your PC d esk top. DELETING IM AGES There ar e two ways to del ete the im ages from the i nt er nal SD RAM memo ry . 1. After you down l[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 22 or [DN] until s creen shows “ESC” then pr ess [SET] ag ain to exit. d. T his will onl y del ete the las t image save d in th e me mor y . o Delet e All picture : a. Press [SET ] button t o enter delete setting. Display will show “ESC” b. Press [UP] or [DN] to select d-ALL (de le[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 23 o ESC : T o ex it delete setti ng. 2. Sim ply rem ove the batt eries fr om the batter y compartm ent. This will delete t he im age stored i n the i nt er nal SD RAM memo ry CAUTION : Do not remove the battery until you have down loaded all th e images in the internal SD RAM. On ce the b[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 24 SD card Comp atibility Chart The f ollowing c ards hav e been test ed and approved for use in the W ildview series model. PQI 32MB, 6 4MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB San Disk 32MB, 6 4MB, 128M B, 2GB Pana sonic 32MB, 64 MB, 12 8MB, T oshiba 32MB, 6 4MB, 128M B, 256MB, 512 MB King M ate 32MB, [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 25 T echnical Sp ecifications System Requi rements and Compatibility • W indows 98/98se/2000 /Me/XP . • Pentium III 450MHz or equivalent proc essor . • 128MB SDRAM or abov e. • V GA Vi de o C ard wi th 32 MB R AM fo r mi ni mum, Co lo r 16 bit or higher . • An availab le CDRO M d[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 26 Camera Fe atures and Spe cification Resolution Opti on Model Meg a Pixel Built in Mem or y High Low Video STC-T GL2M 2.0M 16M B 2.0M 0.3M QVGA STC-T GL4M 4.0M 32M B 4.0M 1.3M QVGA STC-T GL5M 5.0M 32M B 5.0M 3.0M QVGA • Auto wh ite balance and auto ex pose. • Auto/On/O ff Flash ligh [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 27 • PIR detect ion angle 48 deg • Low po wer consum ption: o S tandb y current: < 4.5m A o Capture current: <1 20mA – STC-TG L2M o Capture current: <1 50mA – STC-TG L4M & 5M • Interfac e type: USB 1. 0 • Power: C size alk aline Batteries x 4. • Im age f ormat: S[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 28 General Information Stor ing conditions • Operati ng Envir onm ent: 14 to 104 de g F (-10 to 40 deg C). 20-8 5% relativ e hum idity , no n-condens ation. Special care in struction s!! • The camera is designed to be we ather resis tant. Never attem pt to immerse the unit in water or [...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 29 • Avoid drop ping the W ildview scouti ng cam era on to hard grou nd. Do not di sassem ble the W ildvie w scouti ng camera. • Do not m ix new and o ld batteries . • Do not open t he cam era for unauthor ized service. This could cause ser ious dam age to the unit and will void t he[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 30 Image Cap acity Chart – STC-T GL2M SD card High Low AV I Built In 1 6MB SDRAM 8 12 2 16MB 26 40 8 32MB 52 80 16 64MB 104 160 32 128MB 208 320 64 256MB 416 640 128 512MB 832 1280 256 1GB* 1664 2560 512 2GB* 3328 5120 1024 * Subjec t to card com patibility un der different bran d[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 31 Image Cap acity Chart – STC-T GL4M SD card High Low AV I Built In 3 2MB SDRAM 7 16 5 16MB 11 26 8 32MB 22 52 16 64MB 44 104 32 128MB 88 208 64 256MB 176 416 128 512MB 352 832 256 1GB* 704 1664 512 2GB* 1408 3328 1024 * Subjec t to card com patibility un der different bran d[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 32 Image Cap acity Chart – STC-T GL5M SD card High Low AV I Built In 3 2MB SDRAM 6 8 5 16MB 9 13 8 32MB 18 26 16 64MB 36 52 32 128MB 72 104 64 256MB 144 208 128 512MB 288 416 256 1GB* 576 832 512 2GB* 1 152 1664 1024 * Subjec t to card com patibility un der different bran d[...]

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    W ildview Series www.wildviewcam.com Toll Free 888-304-6125 33 NOTE : Image Capac ity Chart pro vides ap proxim ate num ber of images or A VI movies b ased on reso lution settin g and the size of memor y card. These f igures m ay vary depen ding on the am ount of detail in t he im age. US Patents 6,735,387 / 6,768,868 / 6,834,162 / 7,149,422 Patent[...]