Curtis WF-037a manual

Scouting Camera User’s Manual Model: WF-037a[...]

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Attention. The softwa re CD-ROM packag ed with the camera is designed for PC’ s only . Playing this CD-ROM on a st ereo o r CD player may cause damage to it. This camera is a preci sion electroni c device. Do not attempt to service this came ra yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dan gerous voltag e points or othe r risks. P[...]

Getting to know your Scouting Camera 1. Package content s. Please check if the following items are in the p acka ge when purchasing this prod uct. • CDROM (Contented with Ulead PE 8 and drive r) • User Manual. • 1.5M USB cable. • 1.5M TV out cabl e for TV (RCA Jack). • S trap. Inst allation. 1. Prep aration. • CDROM – Contain s Scouti[...]

2. Sof tware installation. • Unplug the USB cable from PC. • Insert the CDROM in CD driver of your PC. • The auto-run prog ram will execute. • Follow the instructions shown on scree n from your PC to completely inst all the driver and application program. • Restart windows. • Successful installation will create “Ulead Photo Explorer?[...]

¾ If your computer dosen’t run autom atical ly , please click “S tart” button and choose “Run”, and then browse the CD drive and click “Setup”. ¾ Operation manual of Ulead Photo Explorer is containe d on the provided CDROM.[...]

3. Battery and SD memory card inst allation. • Open the front cover . • Slide the power switch to OFF . • Open the battery door . • Put the battery with correct directions. • Close the battery door . ¾ Alkaline batteries should b e used and please make sure the batteries polarity is correct. An image to shown how to locate the batter y[...]

• Push the SD memory card in to the SD card slot till the end and in the correct dire ction a s shown. • T o remove the SD memory card by press the SD card to the end, the SD memory will eject from the SD card slot. • Slide the power switch to on. An image to show how to locate the SD card[...]

4. Memory Options. Y ou Scouting camera is comes 16MB built in flash memory , the camera is also equipped with an expend able media card slot capable a ccepting up to 512M SD memory card (sold separately), With no memory card inserted into the slot, the camera will use the built in 16MB memory , If a SD memory card is inserted into the slot then th[...]

the SD card prior use in Scouting Camera. New cards are good to use st rai ght from the package. Display , Controls and Programming. 1. St atus Icons on TFT display .[...]

• Time out: T o set the time amount of time the camera will sleep between PIR triggering. • Auto Flash: If the brightness is lower then EV 12. the unit will turn on the flash lighting automatically . • Capture mode: It shown the capture mode that you have selected. o 1P: Single image capturing per PIR triggering. o 2P: Two images continuous c[...]

a 2.0M pixels image. o 1280 x 1024 1.3M: Select this option to capture a 1.3M pixels image. o 640 x 480 VGA: Select this option to capture a 300K pixels image. o 320 x 240 Vi deo re solution: This is the resolution during V i deo capturing and resolution is 100K pixels. • Batteries S t atus: It shows the battery status. o Full: It shows the batte[...]

Please replace with new batteries; othe rwise the camera will not work properly . • Day and T ime: It shows the date and time that you have set. 2. Controls. • Change the display mode to Prev ie w: By pressing and hold the [CONFIRM] button 2 seconds to switch t he TF T display mode to Prev iew, the TFT display will show the image what you point[...]

• W ake up the unit during PIR dete ctio n. By pressing the [UP] or [D OWN] button 2 seconds to wake up the unit inter preview. 3. Settings on Preview . Set the functions during T FT in preview st atus. 3.1 Set the Capturing mode: • Power on the unit, press the [MENU] button to call out the menu. • Press [UP] or [DN] to move the highlight to [...]

¾ If no buttons are pressed within 30 se cond s, the unit will return 1minute count down m ode then start PIR capturing. 3.2 Set the Resolutions: • Power on the unit, press the [MENU] button to call out the menu. • Press the [UP] or [DN] to move the highlight to RESOLUTION • Then press the [CONFIRM] button to into the resolution settings. ?[...]

3.3 Set the Tim e out: • Power on the unit, press the [MENU] button to call out the menu. • Press the [UP] or [DN] button to move the highlight to TIME OUT . • Press [CONFIRM] to into the setting. • Press [UP] or [DN] button to set the time out time on minutes. • Press [CONFIRM] again to confirm the setting. • Then press [MENU] again to[...]

• Press the [UP] or [DN] to set the TV output in NTSC or P AL sy stem. • Press [CONFIRM] to confirm, then press [MENU] to exit. 3.5 Set Date and T ime. • Power on the unit, press the [MENU] button to call out the menu. • Press the [UP] or [DN] button to move the highlight to DA TE AND TIME. • Press [CONFIRM] to enter the setting. • Pres[...]

¾ Date T ime S t am p to stamp the date and tim e on the captured image. 4. Settings on Playback. Set the functions during T FT in playback st atus. 4.1 Set to delete one image. • During the image playback. • Press the [UP] or [DN] button to select the image which want to delete. • Press [MENU] to call out the menu. • Press [UP] or [DN] to[...]

• Press the [CONFIRM] button to enter the DELETE ALL. • Press the [UP] or [DN] button to select YES or NO • Press [CONFIRM] to confirm the deleting or exit. • All the captured images will be delete from unit. ¾ Once Delete, Delete All or form at has been selected, the data or images will be deleted from mem ory and you will not be able to [...]

An image shows how the mount the Scouting Camera to a post or tree. 2. Mounting suggestions. • Camera shoul d be mounte d between 4 to 6ft from the ground depending on t he su bject matter you are trying to capture on the camera. • Avoid mounti ng camera directly facing east or west. The rising and setting of the sun coul d cause a false trigge[...]

• Clear and branches o r debris away from the camera lens and PIR. ¾ In order to obt ain proper weather resist ance, please make sure that both door lockers a re se curely locked in place. 3. T esting the camera coverage area. One of Scouting Camera’s many features is the ability to test the coverage area. • After mounting the came ra, open [...]

• After the font LCD screen h as po wered on. Press the [TEST] button (this must be done with in 30 seconds or the camera will enter count down mode) • Close the front housing. • W alk around in the front of the camera to see if you have mounted camera in the prope r po sition. A green indicator light on the front will blink on when you have [...]

minute to leave the coverage area. Then the camera will enter PIR detection mode. b. After 5 minutes in test mode, the camera will then enter count down mode for 1 minut es an d the front green indicator will st art blinking giving you one minute to leave the coverage area. The camera will enter PIR detection mode. 4. Using the camera in PIR detect[...]

• After 30 seconds the camera ’ s green test light will begin blinking and enter co unt down mode. This i s your indication to leave the coverage area with one minute. • After one minute the camera will t ake between 1~3 pictures or a 10 second s A VI video based on your program setting. The camera will then time out between 1 ~ 60 minutes al[...]

lighting conditions. If the lighting conditions are not enough, unit will switch the A VI to single image capturing automatically . ¾ When using the A VI function, the camera cann ot use the flash. Ti m e/Date stamp will not appe ar on the A VI video clip s. 5. Vie wing the images. The Scouting Camera of fers the user three diff erent options for [...]

• A TV icon will appear on the TFT display . • T urn on the Monitor . • Image will be display on the TV screen. • At the bottom of the screen will be an information bar that indicates what picture out of the tot al stored in memory you are viewing. • It also displayed captured dat a and time. • Using the [UP] and [DN] buttons navigate t[...]

• A TV icon will appear on the TFT display . • T urn on the T V and select source to video in. • Image will be display on the TV screen. • At the bottom of the screen will be an information bar that indicates what picture out of the tot al stored in memory you are viewing. • It also displayed captured dat a and time. • Using the [UP] an[...]

• Plug the other end of USB cable into the came ra. The camera will automatically power ON and di splay a USB icon on the LCD screen. • At the same time, your computer will recogni ze the camera as mass storage device an d fou nd under MY COMPUTER. • Clip to open this device and using the provided application program to view the image or edit[...]

correct before connection. Incorrect volt age or polarity will damage the ca mera. If you are not sure, please contact you r ret ailer . Maintenance 1. Storing conditions. • Operating Environment: 41 to 104 deg F (5 to 40 deg C). 20-85% relative humidity , non-condensin g. 2. Special care instructions!! • The camera is designed to be weath er r[...]

containe r wh en it is NOT used. • T ake the batteries out, when the Scouting Cam era is NOT to be us ed over a lon g period. • Avoid drop ping the Scouting Camera on to hard ground. Do not to disassemble the Scouting Camera . • Do not mix new and old batteries. • Do not open the camera for unauthori ze d services. This could cause seri ous[...]

bit) or above: • Click the Windows S tart button. • Click settings and then Control Panel from the pop- UP MENU s. • Double click the Di splay icon. • Click the Setting tab. • Please select to High Col our (16 bit) or T rue Colour (24 bit). Then choose High Colour o r T r ue Colour from the list box. • Click O.K. If need to update the m[...]

• Y ou have used the SD card in other digital devices (the format of the SD ca rd might have changed when using other devices due to un-st andard format s). Camera spec and system comp atibility . 1. System Requirement s and Comp atibility . • Windows 98/98se/2000/Me/XP . • P 450MHz or equivalent p rocessor . • 128MB SDRAM or above. • VGA[...]

¾ If you have any questions regarding your PC specifications please call your PC manu facturer . 2. Camera Features and S pecification. • Image sensor: 2.1M pixels RGB color . • Built in 1.5” Color TFT display with backlight. • Built in 16M flash memories for image st orage. • Ext memory support: SD memory card up to 512M. • Resolution[...]

• Battery low indicator . • TV out support for NTSC and P AL system. • Focusing: 1.5m min to Infinity . • High precision 6 P glass lens with IR co ating. • Effective viewing Angle: 52 deg. • PIR detection angle 48 deg. • Adjustable PIR detection range u p to 9 meter . • Low power consumption: S tandby current: < 1mA. Capture curr[...]

Safety . This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operation is subject to the following two conditio ns: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2 ) This device must accept any interf erence received, includ ing interference that may cause undesired operatio n. Warning: Changes or modification to this unit not expre ssl[...]

used in accordance with the instruction s, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If the equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, whi ch can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is [...]