Suntek HC-300M User manual

GPRS/MMS DIGITAL INFRARED TRAIL CAMERA
HC-300M
User’s Manual

Table of Contents
1 Instructions..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 General Description .........................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Camera Body Interfaces ..................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Camera Components and Features…..............................................................................................................................................................1
1.4 Remote control ................................................................................................................................................................................................1
1.4.1 Navigating ...................................................................................................................................................................................................2
1.4.2 Characters ....................................................................................................................................................................................................2
1.5 Shooting Information Display ...........................................................................................................................................................................2
1.6 MMS function……………………………………….……………….…...............................................................................................................…2
1.7 Supported Format............................................................................................................................................................................................2
2 Cautions..............................................................................................................................................................................................................3
3 Easy Operations.................................................................................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Power Supply...................................................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2 Insert the SD-card and SIM-card......................................................................................................................................................................4
3.3 Power on and Enter into the ON Mode ............................................................................................................................................................5
3.4 Enter into the TEST Mode................................................................................................................................................................................5
3.4.1 Custom Settings.............................................................................................................................................................................................5
3.4.2 Manual Capturing...........................................................................................................................................................................................5
3.4.3 View Images or Videos...................................................................................................................................................................................5
3.4.4 Send MMS……………….………………………………………………..............................................................................................................5
3.5 Power Off ........................................................................................................................................................................................................5
4 Advanced Operations..........................................................................................................................................................................................6
4.1 Settings Menu .................................................................................................................................................................................................6
4.1.1 Photo setting.......................................................................................................................................................................................….......6
4.1.2 Video setting……………………….……………………………..........................................................................................................………....7
4.1.3 System setting…………………………….………………………...…............................................................................................................…7
4.1.4 MMS Setting..................................................................................................................................................................................................7
4.1.5 SMTP Setting................................................................................................................................................................................................8
4.1.6 Fix the setting by software on the computer..................................................................................................................................................9
4.1.7 Default.........................................................................................................................................................................................................12
4.1.8 General Settings.........................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.9 Set Camera Mode.......................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.10 Format SD-Card........................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.11 Set Photo Size...........................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.12 Set Video Size...........................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.13 Set Date and Time ....................................................................................................................................................................................13
4.1.14 Set Multi....................................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.15 Set ISO…………….....................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.16 Set Video Length ......................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.17 Set Video Sound ......................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.18 Set Interval................................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.19 Set Timer....................................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.20 Set MMS Mode..........................................................................................................................................................................................14
4.1.21 Enter Password.........................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.2 Playback........................................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.2.1 Viewing Photo or Video ..............................................................................................................................................................................15
4.2.2 Delete Photo or Video.................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.3 Laser Pointer..................................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.4 File Numbering...............................................................................................................................................................................................15
4.5 Firmware Upgrade.........................................................................................................................................................................................15
Appendix I: Technical Specications.......................................................................................................................................................................16
Appendix II: Parts List .....................................................................................................................................................................................16

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1. Instructions
1.1 General Description
This camera, a digital trail with MMS function, is a surveillance camera working automatically. It can be triggered at once by any movement
of human (or animals) in a certain region of interested (ROI) monitored by a high sensitive Passive Infrared (PIR) motion sensor, and then
automatically captures high quality pictures (up to 12M pixels) or records 1080p HD video clips (WVGA or QVGA).
At sunrise the unit begins to take color photos and video until there is insufcient light (dusk) when it begins to take infrared (monochrome)
photos and video.
It is easy to use, there is a 2.0 inch colorful LCD display on camera, and it supports MMS/SMTP/SMS/E-mail via GPRS Network. It is
resistant against water and snow for outside uses.
1.2 Camera Body Interface
The camera has the following I/O interfaces: USB connector, SD-card slot, TV output and Take a few moments to familiarize yourself
following the camera controls and displays. It is helpful to bookmark this section and refer to it as you read through the rest of the manual.
1.3 Camera components and features
1.4 Remote Control
The remote control is an input device of the camera and is primarily used for customer settings and password input. This is an infrared type
wireless remote control. The maximum remote distance is 9 meters. There are fteen buttons on the remote control. (Note: Remote control is
inside of the camera)
9) 2 inch color LCD Display
10) Sound recorder
11) SIM card slot
12) Lock
13) Power witch
14) Battery Depot
15) Portable remote controller
1) Bottom Cover
2) SD-Card Slot
3) USB Connector
4) TV Out connector
5) PIR
6) Infrared Flash
7) Lens
8) GSM Antenna

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1.4.1 Navigating
Press UP or DOWN to select or highlight the menu item, while press LEFT or RIGHT to select the option of each item and press OK to make
selection.
1.4.2 Characters
Press the punctuation “*” for laser pointer.
1.5 Shooting Information Display
When the camera is turned on (the power switch is slid to TEST position), the shooting information will bedisplayed in the monitor.
1.6 MMS Function
This camera can send pictures instantly to your mobile device via the GPRS network. You’ll be alerted only when something has happened;
The MMS through GPRS to send, so before using this function you need to make the settings in the txt le for mms or smtp. Review to related
information, please refer to section 4.1 setting menu table “MMS mode” and 4.1.16 MMS and GPRS settings.
SIM card Icon:There are two SIM card icons. It means the SIM card is inserted and it works well. It means the network signal in your
local place is very good. When without inserting the SIM Card or low signal strength, will disappear at the same time.
There are 5 submenu settings about the MMS function. Including: APN, MMSC, WAP Gateway, MMS Phone, MMS Mail (refer to 4.1 table).
MMS Set means to have the right MMS setting parameters according to your network. Send to means to input the phone number or email
address which you want to send. All 5 submenus must have correct settings.
1.7 Supported Format
Item Format
Photo JPG
Video AVI
File FAT32
Here are some important notices. You don’t need to concern about the le system format of the camera unless you have problems with reading
the SD-card by your other equipment. If this happened, please format the SD-card in the camera or in a computer at rst and then reinsert the
card into your camera to make a try.

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2. Cautions
The working voltage of the camera is 6.0V. The camera is supplied by four or eight AA batteries.
Please unlock the write-protect before inserting the SD-card.
Please insert the SD-card when the power switch is at OFF position before testing the camera.
Please do not insert or take out the SD-card when the power switch is at ON position.
It is recommended to format the SD-card by the camera when used at the rst time.
The camera will be in USB mode when connected to a USB port of a computer. In this case, the SD-card functions as a removable disk.
Please ensure sufcient power when having rmware upgrade, otherwise the upgrade process could be interrupted incorrectly. If any fault
occurs after improper upgrading process, the camera may stop function properly.
As communications networks may vary reasons we can’t guarantee 100% success by sending and receiving MMS.

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3. Easy Operation
3.1 Power Supply
To supply power for the camera, four or eight AA size batteries are needed.
Open the bottom cover. Confirm that the power switch is at the OFF (Right) position, pull out the battery depot. Load the fully charged
batteries into the depot according the polarities sign shown below. Push back the battery compartment to the battery chamber.
The following batteries with 1.5V output can be used:
1. High-density and high-performance alkaline batteries (Recommended)
2. Rechargeable alkaline batteries
3. Rechargeable NiMH batteries
There are four battery slots. Slot 1 and 2 form one group (“1” will mark on depot), while slot 3 and 4 form the other group (“2” will mark on
depot) where each group can supply the power individually.
When in Test Mode, camera will be automatically shut down to save power if without any operation within 3 minutes; it could be waked up by
any movement detection.
When in low-battery state, camera will be also automatically shut down. Please change the batteries in time.
If you have set the MMS function, it will send you a SMS or Email to indicate the low battery situation.
3.2 Insert the SD-Card and SIM Card
Insert SD-card into the card slot with marked side upwards.
Please note that the SD-card can only be plugged in one direction. Make sure that the write-protect switch of the SD-card is on the “write”
position.
When use MMS/SMS/E-mail function, be sure to insert SIM-card into the SIM-card slot with angle in the upper left.

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3.3 Power on and Enter into the ON Mode
Before switching on, please pay attention to the following:
1. Avoid temperature and motion disturbances that could be construed as animals or humans such as trees that are exposed to direct
sunlight for much of the day or any other heat source. These may cause false triggers
2. The height from ground for placing the camera should 1 meter with the object. For example for deer waste height is good size
appropriately. In general, one to two meters are preferred.
Slide the power switch to the ON position to power on the camera and enter into the ON mode.
After switching on the camera, the motion indication LED (red) will blink for about 15s. The 15s is a buffering time before automatic capturing
photos or videos, e.g. for closing and locking the bottom cover, xing the camera on a tree and walk away.
In ON mode, the camera will take pictures or videos automatically according to the default settings or previous custom settings. The camera
has the sound recording function, so the sound will be embedded in the video clip while capturing a video.
3.4 Enter into the TEST Mode
Slide the power switch to the TEST position to enter into the TEST mode. There are some functions in TEST mode: Custom settings, manual
capture, preview.
3.4.1 Custom Settings
Press the MENU switch to enter into menu setting. The camera can be taken over control to manually customize the camera settings which
display on the camera or external TV monitor. The detailed operations will be described in “Advanced Operations” chapter.
3.4.2 Manual Capturing
You can press OK to manually capture photos or recording video.
3.4.3 View Images or Videos
There are two ways to view the captured images or videos:
1. LCD screen on camera
2. TV monitors which connects to camera with TV cable
Turn right the select switch to view images, the latest image will be shown in the LCD screen on camera or TV monitor. Press UP to view
the previous image and press DOWN for the next. The detailed operations like deleting images or videos will be described in “Advanced
Operations” chapter.
3.4.4 Send MMS
The MMS function will be available after MMS Mode is set as “Instant”, any of 1-99 photos is optical for sending one day by GPRS network.
3.5 Power Off
Slide the power switch to OFF position to power off the camera. Please note that even in the OFF mode, the camera still consumes certain
power at µA level.
Therefore, please remove the battery if the camera will not be used for a long time.

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4. Advanced Operations
From the basic operations of the camera in previous chapter, we know that the camera has three basic operation modes:
1. OFF mode: Power switch is at OFF position (Right).
2. ON mode: Power switch is at ON position (Left).
3. TEST mode: Power switch is at TEST position (Middle).
In the above three modes, the OFF mode is the specied safe mode when replacing the SD-card or batteries and transporting the camera.
This chapter explains the advanced operations for customizing the camera settings. The settings can only be customized in TEST mode and
the remote control is needed.
4.1.1Photo Setting
4.1 Settings Menu
To view the camera settings menu, press MENU in the TEST mode (called settings menu in this chapter).The settings menu will be shown on
the LCD on camera or the external TV monitor.
There are 5 setting parts for the Menu:

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4.1.2 Video Setting
4.1.3 System Setting
4.1.4 MMS Setting

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4.1.5 SMTP Setting