Tasco 119422 Introduction, Parts and Controls, About the Trail Cam, Applications

INTRODUCTION

About the Trail Cam

The Tasco Trail Cam is a digital scouting camera. It can be triggered by any movement of game in a location, detected by a highly sensitive Passive Infra- Red (PIR) motion sensor, and then take high quality pictures (up to 6MP still photos), or video clips.

The Trail Cam consumes very little power (less than 300mA) in a stand- by (surveillance) state. This means it can deliver up to six months stand-by operation time when the device is powered by eight AA alkaline batteries, and up to nine months utilizing lithium AA batteries. Once motion in the monitored area is detected, the digital camera unit will be triggered at once (typically within one second) and then automatically take photos or videos according to previously programmed settings. The Trail Cam is equipped with 32 built-in "black" infrared LEDs that function as a flash, so that it delivers clear photos or videos (in black & white) even in the dark without being detected, and it can take color photos or videos under sufficient daylight. The Trail Cam is designed for outdoor use and is resistant against water and snow.

Applications

The Trail Cam can be used as a trail camera for hunting or scouting game. It is also suitable for surveillance usage.

PARTS AND CONTROLS

The Trail Cam provides the following connections for external devices: USB port, SD card slot, AV Out, and external DC power in (Fig. 1).

A 3-way power switch is used to select the main operating modes: OFF, SETUP, and ON (Fig. 2).

A control key interface with six keys is primarily used in SETUP mode to select operational functions and parameters. As shown in Fig. 2, these keys are: UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, OK and MENU. Four of the keys can also perform a second function (shortcut operations in SETUP mode) in addition to their main function: The DOWN key can be used to set the camera to Photo mode (still camera icon), and the UP key can set the camera to Video mode (movie camera icon). The RIGHT key also serves as the manual shutter (“SHOT”) button of the camera and the OK key switches the camera to the Playback (“REPLAY”) mode. These secondary functions are indicated by

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