BUSHWACKER BIG EYE G3 User manual

MODEL:BIG EYE G3MODEL:BIG EYE G3
SMS remote control SMS notifications Sending interval
USER GUIDEUSER GUIDE VER.
201707

Contents
I. Introduction ........................................................................... 1
1.1 Application ......................................................................... 1
1.2 Power source ...................................................................... 2
1.3 Memory card ...................................................................... 3
1.4 USB functions .................................................................... 4
1.5 Precautions ......................................................................... 5
II. Camera structure knowledge ................................................. 7
2.1 Front structure of the camera ....................................... 7
2.2 Internal structure of the camera ................................. 8
III. Use camera quickly ................................................................ 8
3.1 Start camera quickly ........................................................... 9
3.2 Start 3G mode quickly........................................................ 9
IV. Menu function table ............................................................ 12
V. Network functions ............................................................... 19
5.1 Remote control operation procedure by SMS ................... 19
5.2 PC client setting ............................................................... 23
5.2.1 Camera parameters setting..................................... 24
5.2.2 Network parameter setting ......................... 25
VI. Main performance and technical parameters of the product
30
6.1 Main functions ..................................................... 30
6.2 Technical parameter ......................................................... 32

VII. Other ................................................................................... 36
7.1 "REPLAY" key ................................................................ 36
7.2 Detailed explanations for partial functions ....................... 38
7.2.1 Timer settings ........................................................ 38
7.2.2 Language ............................................................... 38
7.3 Firmware Upgrades .......................................................... 38
7.4 Frequently Asked Questions ............................................. 39
7.4.1 Camera cannot start normally ................................ 39
7.4.2 If the camera cannot get the remote picture and
information ..................................................................... 40
7.5 Factory default settings .................................................... 40
VIII. Warranty Policy .................................................................... 41
Appendix I: Corresponding table of length of the video and interval
time of taking photos ..................................................................... 43
Appendix II: Standard Packing List.................................................. 44
IX. Statement ............................................................................ 44

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V. Introduction
Big Eye G3 wildlife camera (also known as wireless hunting camera
/ 3G trail cameras) is an wireless infrared detection device with 3G
network. It is triggered by pyroelectric infrared sensor (PIR). Any
change of environment temperature caused by movement of animals
in observation area automatically triggers completion of photographs
or video. The detection photos could be sent by the camera to a
mobile phone or mailbox via 3G network and remote setting of
camera can be achieved by SMS.
1.1 Application
A.The product can be used by hunting enthusiasts to detect
animal and animal infested areas.
B.Ecological photography enthusiasts, wildlife protection
volunteers, etc. can use it for outdoor automatic image
shooting.
C.It can be used for growth observation of wildlife and
plants.
D.It is also installed indoor or outdoor, monitoring home,
supermarket, construction site, warehouse, community
and other places.
E.Forestry units, forest police can use the product to detect

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stealing and illegal hunting, as well as for evidence
obtaining.
F.It can be used in other aspects for evidence collection.
Notes to users:
Please read the instructions
carefully before using this product, so as
to avoid unnecessary loss!
Do not disassemble the camera
arbitrarily. Except for product quality
problems, the manufacturer does not
take any responsibility for damage
caused by users!
1.2 Power source
AA battery or external power adapter shall be used for power supply
to this product.
A. Battery-powered: Please use high quality alkaline battery, Ni MH
battery or rechargeable battery. It supports two sets of battery
installed to this camera, 4 batteries in each set. 8 batteries are
advised to install, so as to improve the performance of the camera.
Note: The users need to purchase battery themselves. Please

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pay attention to the positive and negative electrode of the battery in
installation. When you do not use the camera for a long time, please
take out the battery, to avoid any damage to camera caused by
liquid leakage. When battery capacity is low, please replace themin
time.
B. External power supply:
This product supports 6V/2A DC power adapter, solar power, etc.
Note: When battery capacity is low, under the "TEST" mode,
there will be a low power prompt shown on the screen (the battery
icon at lower right corner will be displayed as empty and red "X");
under the "ON" mode, the red indicator light flashes for continuous
60 seconds with interval.
1.3 Memory card
SD card is used in this camera for image storage, the maximum
capacity of 64GB. In order to ensure that the camera can achieve the
best performance, please use the SD card of 10 Speed or above;
when the camera is turned on, please do not remove the SD memory
card, battery and power supply plug!
Note: Before inserting the SD memory card, it is recommended
to format the SD card, to turn off the SD card lock protection, and to
insert the SD memory card correctly according to the logo.
The following table lists of the maximum photo numbers and the
length of the video by different capacity SD cards (the value is for
reference only). You can choose to buy the appropriate SD card of
different capacity based on your requirement.

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Image amount stored in SD cards with different capacity.
2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB
Photo number (piece)
3MP 1644 3320 6746 13234 28055 53752
5MP 1026 2072 4212 8262 17514 33557
8MP 647 1307 2656 5210 11054 21162
12MP 424 856 1740 3414 7238 13868
16MP 320 646 1314 2578 5465 10471
Video length(hour)
1080P 00:16:16 00:32:56 01:07:00 02:11:33 04:38:55 08:14:01
720P 00:34:35 01:09:53 02:22:05 04:38:53 09:51:12 16:05:20
WVGA 00:44:34 01:30:04 03:03:06 05:59:20 12:41:44 19:52:56
VGA 00:52:06 01:45:15 03:33:58 06:59:54 14:50:05 22:32:22
10-second video quantity (segment)
1080P 97 197 402 789 1673 2964
720P 207 419 852 1673 3547 5792
WVGA 267 540 1098 2156 4570 7157
VGA 313 631 1283 2519 5340 8114
1.4 USB functions
This product can be connected to computer or TV with USB

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interface.
The camera is connected with the USB interface of the computer
through the USB data line, the camera display screen displays the
USB connection symbol, and the operation key is invalid.
Find the removable disk in "my computer", which could be used to
read and write SD card in the camera through the computer.
Note: When the camera is in the OFF mode of shutdown and
without other power supply, USB connection is still operational.
When the camera is successfully connected to the RCA via the TV
cable, and switched to the "TEST" mode for test preview, and
"REPLAY" is selected, the image files in the camera can be browsed
in TV. Note: When the TV is connected, the camera display
screen will be automatically turned off!
1.5 Precautions
A.Under the "TEST" mode, the camera will automatically
shut down when there is no any key operation. If you want
to continue to use, please turn on the switch function key
again to the "TEST" mode. Users can set timing for
automatic shutdown of camera.
B.When the software is upgrading, please ensure there is no
power cutoff. After the completion of upgrade, there shall
be at least 5 seconds maintained after the shutdown or

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power off, otherwise it may lead to the failure of upgrade. If
the upgrade failed, it may continue to upgrade again.
C.When installing the camera, please ensure there is no
moving object 3 meters range in front of camera, such as
tree branches, leaves, weeds, ropes, ribbon and other
objects fluttering in the wind, so as not to cause the camera
to continuously take pictures by mistake.
D.Please do not keep the camera close to the heat source of
large boiler, air conditioning exhaust, lighting, etc., so as
not to cause the camera to take pictures by mistake.
E.Please do not use any voltage or current value which does
not meet or exceed the requirements forthe external power
supply, to avoid damage to the camera.
F.There is a battery to maintain the clock in the camera, for
time and date setting which will keep working until dead
battery. The date and time settings resume factory settings
after power failure. And after powering on at each time, it is
needed to reset the time and date.
G.Under the test mode, when the network is searched, the
display screen will be turned off, at the same time, the red
and blue working indicator lights flash. When the search is
completed, the display screen of the camera will be turned

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on again, showing the network signal strength in the lower
left corner of the screen.
VI. Camera structure knowledge
2.1 Front structure of the camera
Microphone
Camera lens
PIR infrared
sensing window
3G
antenna
Infrared
LED light
Photoresistance
Working
indicator
light

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2.2 Internal structure of the camera
Keyboard
Battery compartment cover plate
Battery compartment
SD card slot
On-off key
SIM card slot
Display screen
USB port
DC power supply port
VII. Use camera quickly
Power switch:
1. When turning to ON, the camera enters into the work mode
(before entering into the work mode, the red work indicator light
flashes for 6 times, the blue light for the 3 times)
2. When turning to TEST, the camera enters into the test mode,
and you can manually set all the parameters, or take photos or videos,
or display photos and videos stored in memory card.
3. When turning to OFF, the camera stops operation.

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3.1 Start camera quickly
准备 安装电池 安装SD卡 安装SIM卡 开始监测
相机、电池
SD卡、
SIM卡
2组8个电池
注意正负极
ON
设置参数
TEST
3.2 Start 3G mode quickly
1. Check network signal
准备
“MENU”
“▼”
“OK”
“▼”
“OK”
无信号
进入TEST状态
按两次“MENU”键,进入“设置”状态
按“▼”键,找到“网络设置”状态。
按“OK”键
OK?
有信号,显示网络内容
NO
YES
按“▼”键,选择“OK”选项。
按“OK”键
选择“OK”,进入网络搜索状态,液晶屏暂时关闭,红蓝
指示灯同时闪烁。
Preparation
No signal
Battery
installation
SD card
installation
Parameter
setting
Monitoring
starting
SIM card
installation
2 sets of 8 batteries. Pay
attention to the positive
and negative electrode
Camera, battery
SD card, SIM card
Preparation Enter TEST state
Press "MENU" key twice to enter the "setting" state
Press ▼key, to find "network setting" state.
Press "OK" key
There is a signal that displays the contents of the network
Press ▼key, to select "OK" option.
Press "OK" key
Select "OK" to enter the state of the network search and temporarily close the
LCD screen, and the red and blue indicator lights flash at the same time.

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Network search Confirm to start network search
NoSIM card
NOsgnal
signalstrength
SIMcard
SIM card intact, good signal No SIM card found, no signal
If the signal is not normal, please send the Debug file.txt file in SD
card back to the manufacturer for troubleshooting.
2. Network standard strength
Network standard is displayed in the camera as: (transmission speed
from low to high)
G GSM
U UTRAN
E GSM W/EGPRS
D UTRAN W/HSDPA
W UTRAN W/HSDPA
H UTRAN W/HSDPA and HSUPA

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Network
standard
3. Check the network setting parameters
准备
“MENU”
“▼”
“OK”
进入TEST状态
按两次“MENU”键,进入“设置”状态
按“▼”键,找到“网络信息查看”状态
显示网络设置的参数
Network information
display
Network information
view
When it is completed, the power switch is turned to the "ON", and
the lock is buckled, the camera is in 3G mode.
4. Check communication module IMEI
Preparation
Press ▼key, to find "network information view" state.
Enter TEST state
Press "MENU" key twice to enter the "setting" state
Display network facilities parameters

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Communication module IMEI code can be queried on the menu. At
the first time for using, it is only displayed after searching network.
VIII. Menu function table
Press "MENU" key to enter into cyclic menu. Press ▲or ▼ key to
move the cursor to select a variety of function options. Press
◄and► keys to switch parameters. Press "OK" key for
confirmation. Press "REPLAY" key to enter playback mode. Press
"EXIT" key to return to previous menu or exit the menu.
Bold text in the table is the default value.
When the power switch is turned to "TEST", you can select the
network research in the menu, which can confirm the current
strength of the network signal. When there is no signal or failure of
network search, it is proposed to change the camera position, plug
SIM card again, and check whether the SIM card has arrears.
Parameter
Setting option
(Bold = factory default)
Function description
Image
Mode
Camera /
Video /
Camera + Video
"Camera + Video" is to take
continuous photos according to
the preset number of photo

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shooting, followed with video
shooting at the preset length on
the same target.
Image Size
3MP/5MP/8MP/
12MP/16MP
High resolution can improve
the definition of the photo, but
it will take up more storage
space, more time for file
storing.
Video Size
VGA/WVGA/
720P/1080P
High resolution can improve
the definition of the video, but
it will take up more storage
space, with the longer file
storage time.
Shooting
No.
1/2/3/4/5/6
For each shooting, picture
number of continuous capture
is based on values set by users.
Note: When the photo
resolution is 16MP, only 3
consecutive pictures can be
taken at the maximum.
Video 5 seconds /10 seconds /15 The video in MOV format can

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Length seconds /20 seconds /30
seconds /45 seconds /1
minute /2 minutes /3
minutes /5 minutes /10
minutes
be played in the most video
players.
Set
Device No. BUSH
4 characters; each character
can be selected optionally from
0-9, A-Z. The equipment
number becomes the first 4
characters of image file name.
When viewing pictures, it can
help users identify the camera
used to shoot pictures.
Timer Off/On
It is used to set the working
time of the camera. Beyond the
time set, the camera will not
work. See 7.2.1 for details
PIR
Interval
Off/ 3 seconds /5 seconds
/10 seconds /15 seconds
/30 seconds /1 minute /2
When the shooting is
triggered, the camera will no
longer be triggered during the

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minutes /5 minutes /10
minutes / 20 minutes /30
minutes /1 hour
PIR interval. After this period,
the PIR will resume the
waiting state to be triggered.
Time
Lapse
Off/5 seconds /10 seconds
/15 seconds/ 30 seconds
/1 minute /2 minutes /5
minutes /10 minutes/ 20
minutes /30 minutes /1
hour /2 hours /6 hours /12
hours /18 hours /24 hours
The camera could be set for
timing shooting during set
time interval.
Note: Once this function is
turned on, the camera will not
start infrared automatic
sensing for shooting.
* Refer to Appendix I
Stamps Off/On
If it is turned on, there will be
a LOGO, temperature, moon
phase, date, time displayed
below on each picture.
Power
Saving
Off/On
If it is turned on, there will be
only 20 fill-in lights working
in the camera, with low PIR
level.
Auto
Power Off
1 minute /3 minutes /5
minutes /10 minutes
Auto power off at fixed time if
no keypad controlling.

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Record
Sound
Off/On
If it is turned on, there is sound
record with video.
PIR Level Low / Normal / High
The user can set the PIR
sensitivity based on needs.
Sending
Interval
Off/ instant /5 seconds
/10 seconds /15 seconds
/30 seconds /1 minute /2
minutes /5 minutes /10
minutes / 20 minutes /30
minutes /1 hour
Once a photo is shot, if the
camera does not take another
photo within the set time
interval, the camera will send
the photo (by Email or MMS)
or message (under the SMS
mode) according to the set
time interval; When it is turned
off, pictures will not be sent
out.
Note: In the case of low
voltage, the camera cannot
start the 3G module; this will
cause failure in picture
sending. When the time lapse
is selected, the immediate
sending can be set by default

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automatically. The "OFF" is
selected; network function will
be turned off too.
Net Info Net configuration
Press “OK”key to display
information of current network
mode, receiving phone
number, operator, server
mailbox, server port, sending
mailbox, sending mailbox
password, receiving and CC
e-mail address, etc.
Network Search
After pressing "OK" key, the
screen will show the menu.
Select "OK" option, the screen
display will be turned off and
the mobile will search the
network signal at the location
of the camera. After searching,
the screen will be turned on
again and signal strength is
displayed at lower left screen
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