WildSpyCamera OutdoorProducts
OperatingInstruction
Ref.: 8300 ver.20110823
DIGITALTRAILCAMERA
ModelNo: AC-830
Thank youfor purchasing the WildSpyCam. Thisunithasbeendesignedfor friendlyused, plugand
play operation.Withabuilt-in6MGpicturequalitydigitalcamerainawater proofcasefor outdoor
installation, theunitisideal for widerangeapplications suchas Animaltrail, Hunting trial,Home
security,Warehousemonitoring as asurveillancedevice. Itis great for anentryleveluser whojustpay
affordableexpensestoenjoy adigitalgamecamerainthefirsttime. Itcanbetriggeredbyanymovement
ofliveanimalsor humaninalocation, detectedby ahighlysensitivePassive Infra-Red(PIR)motion
sensor, and takeacaptureinstantly andkeeprecord intheeventcounter. Thosecollectedeventdatais
usefultoletyoustudytheir activity withinaspecifiedperiod. You maysettheeventsensor activityin
daytime;aftersunsetor 24hours. Thedevicewillkeep all events inmemoryand displaythemfro alow
temperatureLCD.ThisWildSpyCamcantake 4M pixels pictures or 3~90 seconds of AVI movies
whichstoredin16Minternalflashmemoryor anexternalCFmemorycard. Inorder tosimplify the
operation, thecontrolsaredividedintotwosections, DigitalCameraControlsectionandMotionSensor
Controlsection.Setting and operating for thedigitalcameraissimilar tooperate as manytraditional
digitalcamerasthatyou are alreadyfamiliar with. Alarge 2.4 color screen ontop allowsyoutoview
picturesinthefield andprogramfor many cameraoptions. Another small LCD onthelower displays all
scouting settings directly and monitor thecurrent scouting status,eventcounts, aswell as battery
capacity. Push buttonsonupperportionare used for operationofcameraoptions, other buttonsinlower
portion are used corresponding toeachscouting setting changeindividually. Twobatterysupplysystem
canabletoretainallscoutingparametersfor averylongtimeevencamerapower isdeadinthefield.It
isidealfor nolonger toworryaboutlostanyparameterssettingduring either bank ofbatteryarebador
replacement.
1Features:
• TakingUpto6 Mphigh qualitypictures and upto90seconds QVGAvideoclip
• Dateand Time Stamp oneachpicture
• Built-In Enlarge2.4 inch Color Screenfor fieldviewing
• Twomodes for extending long batterylife andTurbosnapmode(Fastshot)
• 16 Mbinternal flash memory
• CardSlotsupport standard CFcard
• Motiondetect activity selection: DAY –NIGHT –24HOUR
• Videolengthoption:3~ 90seconds.
• TVoutput supportNTSCandPAL TV
• USBportfor downloadingimagesto computer andfirmwareupgrade
• Powerfulstrobeflashtotake clear colorful picturesdayand nightwithin 50 feet.
• Separated LCDscreensandkeys tosimplifysettingfor cameraand motionsensor controls
• Pausesetting options: 1,3,5,10,20,30,60,90minutes
• QuickShotmodeallowfor moredetections upto3 pictures.
• Max 400 events counter display
• Separate Iconsfor BatteryPower ofMotionsensor andCamera
• Radar Animation for MotionSensor ON- activity status
• MemoryFull Display
• Video mode Display
• Walk-Testlightfor Distanceand setupmode
• Dialfor adjusting sensitivityofmotionsensor
• Backlightfor scoutingLCDviewing.
• Separatedbatterysystemfor Camera(Dcell x4pcs) andMotionsensor (CCell x3pcs)
1-1 Accessory Included
• USBCable x1pcs
• TV Cable x1pcs
• CDROMfor CameraDriver x1
pcs
• Beltx1pcs
• Mainunitx1set
• Steelmounting bracket plusU
bar providesseveralmounting
options x1 set
(Optional, Maynotincludedinthis
package)
2Preparation
2.1 Youshouldsavethe packing material
and giftbox thatincase you shouldrequire
toshipthisunit.
1. Pushthepowerswitch
toOFF(Center). Openthe
top cover bypull upthe
latches.
2. Install3pcsUM-2(C
type)size Alkaline batteries
intotherightofbattery
compartmentfor scouting
sensor operation
3. Install4pcsDtype
Alkaline batteriestotheleft
ofcompartmentfor Camera
operation.Payattentionto
thebatterypolarityaccording
tomarkingonthe
compartmentbecause2pcs
areinparalleledinstalled
4. InstallCFcard:Thesystemwill supportMax4GCFcard.InsertaCFcard according todirection
shownonpanel. TheCF'card trademarkmustbefacedup.
5. Removetheprotectivesheetsfromtheflashlens;Cameralensand PIR(motionsensor ) fresnel
lens.
CAUTION: Beforereplacing aCFcard, besurethePWswitchis already atOFF positioninorder to
avoidthedatainthecard mightbeflushed.
2.2QuickStart
Aneasywaybelowtotell youstepby step for getting aquickstart with the WildSpy Camera, it will
run under the factory default ifyoudonotchange any parameters. Whenthe device does exit from
settingmode or no key-in sincePWON, itwill goesto the scouting operationmode automaticallyafter
30seconds. Thatmeanswhenananimalor humanisdetected,aneventwillberecordedandthecamera
will shotimmediately. Theeventcounter will berenewed atonce.
1. Pushthemainpower switchwhichisallocatedinthebottomofcabinettoON
2.Calendar Setting: Setdateand time toupdatetheCurrenttime.
3. Chooseeither Pictureor Video asyour desiredcapturing mode.(Seetheparagraphbelowfor “Date
andtime Setting ; Still Picture/VideoMode)
4. Turnthesensor gain(sensitivity) control totheMax.
5. Mount theunitonasteadytreearound 0.5-1meter heightthatpointtothezonewhichyouwishto
monitor or justputitontablefor atrialtestonly
6. PushthemainPWswitchtoTEST and walkinfrontofmotionsensor inorder toverifyhowmuch
distanceand azone which youwill bedetectedaccording totheflashingwalk-test light.
7. Push PW back toON andleave. Nowthe scouting camerawillbereadyto work after 60 seconds of
warm-up time.
CAUTION: Beforeleft,besuretodoublecheckthelatchesifthedoor isclosedcompletely
2-3Factory Default Settings:
For Camera: Capture=SinglePicture /AutoExposure /2Mpixelsresolution/ Quality=Normal/
Stamp=ON/Language=English /TV=NTSC/Download=MSDC
For Motiondetection:Pause=1minute/Quick-Shot=1/Trigger Time=PW-Save/Work Duty=
24HRs
Nowyou cantrytogetbackthedevice toseeifyouhavebeencapturedfor afewpictures. Itis
suggestedto customizeyour settings ifyouarean experience user.
3 ADVANCEDOPERATION withUser’sSetting
Everytimesyou wanttochangefor anew setting duringanormalscoutingoperation, you mustswitch
OFF themainPower andbackON. Whileswitch the main PWtoON, the lower LCDshows the current
settings and theupper color screenisalwaysOFF. Nowyoucanabletoprogramwithyour desired
parameters insteadof thesystem default for motionsensing operation.
Caution: Allkeys seems nofunctiontemporarilyifaneventisbeing processing or afewsecondsafter
justpower up.Ifyou switchOFFfor themainPWat any time, theWildSpyCamwill waitfor the
currenteventtobedoneandgoestoOFFlater.
Settingfor MotionSensorOperation(PIR Sensor)
3-1 Select WORK for Day, Night or24hours period
Youmaydefineaspecifiedperiod for thesensor todetectaneventby pushingtheWORKbutton.A
correspondingiconwillflashfor your choose. ThenpressOK/DELkeytoconfirm. Therearethree
periodtobeselectedasDAY;NIGHT;24HourswhicharerepresentedbytheSUN;MOON;CLOCK
icons.
3-2SelectforQ-SHOT ( QuickShot)
Push Q-SHOT,thecurrentsetting will beflashingonLCD,pressonemoretimetochangefor your
desirednumber ofshotduring anevent.TheMaxshotswillbeavailableupto3timeswithineachevent.
Intervalofeachshotwill beabout20seconds.Anintervaltimesmaybelonger atnightdepending onthe
charging timeof FLASHER.
3-3Event Pause
Thisisatime lapsebetweenthemotionsensor doesabletodetecteventagainafter thepreviousevent.
Thesensor willnotwork withinthetimelapse. You canselect01, 03,05, 10, 20,30, 45,60, 00
minutes for a PAUSE option.PressthePAUSE buttononce to enter for setting, Thedefault01will
beblinking. Press againtochange it untilthe desired choice appears. Press OK/DEL onright to
accept it.
CAUTION: WithinthePAUSE period, thereisnoananimationontheradaricon.
3-4Movie Recording Length:
ThePAUSEkeyissharedfor twofunctions. Oneisexplainedasabove. Thesecond optionwillletyou
define howlong totake eachvideo. Press and holdPAUSE keyfor 3seconds,avideocameraiconwill
beblinking. Press onemoretimetochangefor your desiredtimeofrecording from3-90seconds.Press
OK/DELkeytoconfirm.Thissettingwillbeeffectiveonlywhenyou alreadysetthecapturemodefor
VIDEO.See thedescriptioninthe chapter of ShootingwithMovieMode below.
3-5 OK/DEL
Itisakeyfor shared with twofunctions. Anytimeyouhavedone for programming of theWORK,
Q-SHOT andPAUSE/VideoLength, justpress theOK/DELkeytoaccept a newchange. Ontheother
hand, pressand holdit with3seconds, itperformthe CLEAR function torenew allevent countsto be
[000]. Butitisnoteffecttoany imageor video contentsinthecameramemory
3-6 BatteryCheck
Two iconsarefor differencebatterybanks. TheBat-iconontheupper rightcorner isrepresentedfor
motionsensor power. Thesecond onthe lower isfor camera and IRflashpower. AllBat-icons will
indicatethree statusasbelow:
GOOD: BatteryIconshow with solid.
LOW: BatteryIconishalfblank.
BAD: Batteryicon istotallyblank. Inthiscase, theLighting Flashiconwillbealsodisappear. Itdoes
alertthatyou mustreplacethemwithnew batteriesimmediately. Camerawillnotworkatnightunder
thisbatterybadcondition.
Caution: Ifyounoticeoneofabank isbad, you just havetoreplaceall batteries with blank new
completely againstthecorresponding batterybank. Donottrytoreplacesomeofthemonly.Buttwo
batterybanksare independentto eachother inthe system. Soyou donotneedtoreplace for theother
batterybank. Normally,thebatteriesfor PIR sensor willlastmorethan4-6monthsifthebatteryquality
isgood. After replacedeither batterybank,remember tore-bootthedevicebythemainPWswitch.
3-7SensitivityAdjustment
The DISTANCE dialoninnerpanelisusedfor adjustingsensitivity ofthemotionsensor (GainControl).
Byturning thedialtotheright, sensor sensitivityissettotheMaxtodetectanimalover 50feetaway.
You mayreducethedetectiondistancefor taking picturewithalarger animaltarget.
Caution: Itisrecommended toset MAX inwarmerenvironmentlikeinthesummer time.
3-8 Operation Modes
After finishedaboveinitialized installation, nowthedeviceisreadyto detect for anevent. Firstly you
havetomounttheunitfirmlyonasuitableplacelikeonatreebyastrap.
Themode switch is inthe lower ofcabinet. Therearethree modestobeselectedunderdifference
operation.
