KeepGuard KG891 User manual

This KeepGuard cam is the best-selling scouting camera which is designed for activity and is resistant against water and snow. It
is equipped with built-in infrared sensor, so that it can be triggered accurately by heat sources, then take high quality pictures or
video. Please refer to the notes below to ensure that you are completely satisfied with this product.
Quick Start 2
Notes before use 3
View Drawings 4
Camera Overview 5
Standard Accessories 6
Power Supply 7
SD Card 7
Shortcut Keys Description 8
Software in PC (Wireless Function) 9-11
Operational Modes 12
Settings 13-18
Mounting and Positioning 19
Specification 20
Warranty Card 21
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Applicable models：KG891
Contents
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Move the latches and open the front cover
Load 12 lithium AA or alkaline AA batteries
Set wireless function by computer software and copy file to SD card
Insert the SD card
Insert the SIM card
Switch to the SETUP Mode
Press MENU key
Press UP key to select Camera or Video Mode
Press RIGHT key to find Wireless Function and set it“ON”
Switch to the ON Mode and it have started working
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Quick Start
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1. When setting camera parameters, please put camera in Setup mode.
2. Do not set the camera directly from ON to Setup.
3. To replace the battery, SD card, and SIM card, firstly turn camera to OFF model.
4. Color of Indicator
1) When camera is updating, indicator light flashes green.
2) The indicator light flashes red when it is turned on or ready for operation.
3) low battery, the indicator light blue.
4) long standby time, the indicator flashes purple.
5. Batteries need to use dry batteries, can not use rechargeable batteries.
6. When the SD card is inserted into camera, make sure that the SD card is in the unprotected state.
7. When using an external power supply, make sure that voltage is correct.
8. Please take out the battery for long time unused, so as to avoid leakage of the battery.
9. Camera can not be directly immersed in water, can not be placed in the environment of strong acid and alkali.
10. Finger can not press the Fresnel lens.
11. Keep the lens and battery compartment clean.
12. Do not use sharp hard objects to attack the screen and so on.
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Notes Before Use
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View Drawings
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「Antenna」
「IR LED」 「Lens」
「LDR」 「LED Indicator」
「Display Screen」
「Front Cover」
「PIR」 「Battery Case」
「lock catch」
「Latches」
M
OK
SD
SIM
ON
SETUP
OFF
「SD Card Slot」
「SIM Card Slot」
「OK」
「MENU」
「ON-OFF Key」
「RIGHT」
「UP」
Camera Overview
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1× Security Case 1×Adapter 1×Micro-Lens / Wide-angel Lens 1×Cradle Head 1×solar panel
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Standard Accessories
1×Belt 1×USB 1×Case 1×Manual
Other Accessories
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After opening the two latches on the right side of the camera,
you will see that it has 12 battery slots. For maximum battery
life, we recommend using 12 lithium AA or alkaline AA batteries.
Please be sure to insert each battery with correct polarity
(negative or“flat”end against the long spring of each battery
slot).
Insert the SD card and SIM card ( OFF mode ) before beginning
to operate the camera. SD card is supported up to maximum
64GB capacity.
64GB
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SIM
Power Supply
SD Card / SIM Card
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Shortcut Keys Description
OK
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1.video/camera: switch camera mode to video mode or switch video mode to camera mode.
2.when in Menu or preview image, select settings or play image by one-way circulation.
1.shot: shot images by press RIGHT key, when no SD card inserted, camera will appear caption.
2.when in Menu, it can be used to view each submenu towards the right.
3.send image: press OK to preview images, then press RIGHT for more than 1s, it will appear a
tooltip, press UP, select Yes, then image will be sent to your phone or email.
1.preview image: press it, you can preview image or video directly.
2.when in Menu, it can be used to confirm parameter of settings.
1.press it to turn into parameter setting interface.
2.when in Menu, it can be used to view each submenu towards the left.
3.when in Menu, press this key for more than 1s, camera can be turned into main interface.
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1. Double click the software, open it, then see MMS and SMTP settings,as the right.
MMS and SMTP can only be chose one setting by one time.
Operation Manual
2.1 Click MMS setting, enter submenu, this way sends pics to mobile phone by MMSG.
2.2 Click SMTP setting, enter submenu, this way sends pics to email address.
4. Press Menu in camera, turn it to ON in Wireless, when back to main menu，press
Right for more than 2s, when loosen the button，tooltip “Send photo”will appear
then choose“Yes”, the taken pic will be sent.
3. After finishing MMS nad SMTP settings, file will be produced named“NET.CFG”.
Copy this file to SD card, then insert into camera, you will see“SET”in screen, which
means camera have read this file.
Attentions：
1. When be in main menu，press“ESC”in the keyboard can exit and shut the software.
2. Before sending pic, check and confirm on-state of Wireless.
Software in PC (Wireless Function)
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1. Click MMS,enter submenu,when in“Auto”,choose“country”and “operator”,
when confirm,GPRS Setting and Server Setting have been set defaultly.
2. If in“Auto”mode，you can not find correspoding country and operator, please turn
it into“Manual”mode.
3. When in“Manual”mode，please input GPRS Setting and Server Setting manually，
Any questions，please inquiry operator for specific parameters.
4. After finishing settings,click“Generate”to save settings and generate file
“NET.CFG”. Click“Exit”to exit submenu, back to main menu and not saving settings.
4. Input phone number and email address, photos can be sent to mobile phone and
email, which need consume numbers of MMS. After all settings are ready, press the
button of “...”, you can choose the path to save file.
Attentions：
1. In GPRS Setting, APN is required. Due to different operators, sometimes Account
and Password are required，sometimes not.
Software in PC (Wireless Function)
Operation Manual
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