Uovision UV785 User manual

Superb Full HD Trail Camera
Uovision UV785 12MP Instruction Manual
UV785 Model
Content Page
1 General Description 1
2 Camera button info diagram 1
3 Installing the batteries 2
4 Inserting SD card 2
5 Customizing camera settings 2
5.1 CAM TAB 2
5.1.1 Camera Scene 3
5.1.2 Video Mode 4
5.2 PIR TAB 4
5.3 WorkTime 6
5.4 SYS TAB 6
6 SensingAngle and Distance Test 7
7 Mounting camera 7
8 File format 7
9 Trouble Shooting 8
Appendix Ⅰ: Technical Specifications 9
Appendix Ⅱ: Parts List 10
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1 General Description
Congratulations on your purchase of UV785 scouting camera. UV785 is a powerful and reliable performanceTrailCamera.
Features:
12MPinvisible IR camera
1080P Full HD H.264 video with audio
0.6s trigger speed
Support 1-10 burst photos
No glow black LEDs with 15m range
Rich camera scene settings, including moving object
Improved time lapse accuracy, in seconds
4 work time settings
Camera rename
SD card overwrite (cycle use)
Weather resistant (IP54)
2 Camera button info diagram
Fig 1 Front View Fig 2 :Operation Interface
Fig 3 :Bottom View

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Operation Panel：
MENU:To enter the menu, the power switch should be on SETUP.
▲▼◄►: Navigation arrows. (“▲”is the shortcut to choose “Video”, while “▼”for the “Photo”.)
OK: Save parameter settings/Exchange between playback and preview.
►: To capture a photo or record a video manually. (Click ►again to stop the video.).
Power Switch: OFF: turn off the power; SETUP: change camera settings; ON: enter working mode.
3 Installing the batteries
To supply power for the camera, 12 sizeAAgood quality alkaline batteries are needed.
Confirm that the power switch is in the OFF position; load fully charged batteries into the pack according to the polarities signs
shown below.The following batteries with 1.5V output can be used:
High-density and high-performance alkaline batteries
There are 6 battery slots. Slot 1 and 2 form one group and is marked “1”, slot 3 and 4 form the other group and is marked “2”,
while slot 5 and 6 form the other group and is marked “3”. Single “group” of batteries is needed to supply power to the camera,
but both can be used and is recommended.
Fig 4
4 Inserting SD card
Camera itself has no storage space to store the pictures. You need to insert a SD card to let the camera work correctly. SD and
SDHC (High Capacity) cards up to a maximum 64GB capacity are supported. High speed SD cards (SanDisk, Ultra or
Extreme series or similar) is recommended if 1280x720 or 1920x1080 video is needed.
Before inserting the SD card into the card slot, please make sure that the write-protect switch on the side of the card is “off”
(NOTin the “Lock” position).
SD card can be over write to ensure cycle use;
You can use SD card size up to 64GB. The camera will not turn on without a SD card inside.
Avoid using “Micro SD card” with adapter.Adapter might cause compatibility errors
NOTE: Every photo taken by this camera will be saved to the SD card even those being sent out wirelessly to the recipients.
You will always have access to the high resolution photos on the SD card.
WARNING: Be sure the camera’s power is switched OFF before inserting or removing SD cards or batteries.
5 Customizing camera settings
5.1 CAMTAB
Press the MENU button.You will see the screen shown in Fig.5,

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Fig 5 Fig 6
Select the CAM tab. Navigate down by pressing the ▼ button until the Camera Mode option is highlighted and press OK then
there are three options for you to choose shown in Fig.6. There are always a ‘*’ shows up beside every selected option.
5.1.1 Camera Scene
UV785 camera has rich camera scene settings, including moving object and close object, with the help of camera scene, you
can easily choose different combinations of shutter speed and exposure time according to particular cases.
Fig 7
Camera Scene
Description
Auto
This optio
n is appropr
iate for most of the use.
We recommend
this
option
for
quick setup camera. It takes 8MPphotos in daytime and 3MP photos at night.
Close objects
This option is suitable for object
which
is within the
distance
between
3m
and
5m.The IR flash is dimmed to prevent excessive exposure.
Note:Keep in mind that the focal distance of the camera is 3m(10ft) to infinity.
Moving objects
This option is to reduce motion blur
when capturing
fast mov
ing
objects
.
Stillobjects
Th
is option give
s
a relatively
slow
shutter speed
to
get
a
brighter
picture
.
Chasing Photo
This option allows PIR
to be
triggered up to three times within 15s, without
constraint of the PIR interval.
2Bursts(
A
+M)
Your camera can take a
2
shot burst every time the PIR is triggered to
take a
photo. One is using Auto scene, the other one using Moving objects scene to
take a no blur photo. It’s useful for home surveillance usage. “A” means Auto, ”M”
means moving.
3Bursts(
A
)
To take 3 continuous photos after one trigger.
Also, you have access to custom settings just by clicking customize. See Fig.8.

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Photo Size: 1.3MP, 3MP, 8MP,10MP,12MP
Flash Range: Low/Medium/High.
Photo Burst: 1-10
Fig 8
5.1.2 Video Mode
When you set Camera Mode as Video, then you will see submenu shows up.
Video Size
Select video resolution (in pixels per frame). Higher resolution produces better quality videos, but creates larger files that will
take up more SD card space and fills it up faster. It provides 1080P (1920x1080, 30fps), 720P (1280x720, 60fps) and WVGA
(848x480, 60fps) videos.Default set is 720P.
Fig 9 Fig 10
Video Length
Video length is the length per captured video clip. The video length is from 5s to 60s. The default setting is 10s. For saving
power, it is better to set video length within 20s.
Fig 11 Fig 12
5.2 PIR TAB

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Trigger Mode
There are 3 trigger modes: PIR trigger，Time lapse and PIR trigger & Time lapse.
Fig 13 Fig 14
PIR trigger
When choose PIR trigger, the PIR is active. Any motion (animals or humans) that is detected by PIR will trigger camera to
capture a photo or video according to the preset PIR sensitivity and PIR Interval.
Fig 15 Fig 16
PIR Sensitivity
The camera monitors temperature of ambient conditions. Auto is camera automatically adjusts the sensitivity of sensor/trigger
signal, on cold days it is ok to choose Low, on hot days it is better to choose High to be more sensitive to slight variations in
temperature.
PIR Interval
Allows you to customize how often the PIR sensor can be allowed to work. This prevents the card from filling up with too many
redundant images. Options are 0-60 seconds (5 second increments) and 1-60 minutes.
Time lapse
When choose time lapse, camera takes photos or videos even when it is not triggered by a nearby live animal, useful for
constant monitoring of an area that might be far away from the camera. The interval time between each photo/video is set in
submenu Time Lapse. It sets the time lapse interval between each photo/video, when the trigger mode is Time Lapse or both.
The time options include 5-55 seconds (in 5 second increments), 1-5 minutes (in 1 minute increments), 5-55 minutes (in 5
minute increments), 1-8 hours (in 1 hour increments) and 24 hours.
Both
It means PIR and Time Lapse are both active.
For example：Someone placed this surveillance camera in a country park entrance, selected both, set the PIR interval as 5

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second, set the Time Lapse as 4 hours, means that in addition to every 4 hours automatic field scan shooting.
5.3 WorkTime
The camera can just work at a preset time and preset days. In the rest of the time the camera is under standby mode.
There are four work time can be set, see Figure17.
Fig 17 Fig 18
On: It means enable the work time function. Off：It means the camera will work all the time.
If you want set two different time periods, please set more than one Work Time.
5.4 SYS TAB
SetClock
Enter to set the date and time.
Fig 19 Fig 20
Password
Use “▲”“▼”“►” to set the password, and press OK to save it. The default password is 0000. In case you forget your
password, make sure you write down your password or save it to your mobile phone so you can access your camera if you
ever forget your password.This is a very important security feature.
Rename
In order to distinguish one camera from others, you can rename your camera. The character is from”0”to”9” and ”A” to ”Z”. The
max number of character is 8. Use “▲”“▼”to select the character, and press OK to save it. The new camera name will be
printed on time stamp.

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Fig 21 Fig 22
Overwrite
The Over Write function will save new photos over the old photos on your SD card if it becomes full. Each time a new photo
is taken the oldest photo on the card will be overwritten, however the camera may not continue to send pictures once the SD
card is full.
Format SD card
Deletes (erases) all files stored on a SD card to prepare it for reuse. Caution! Firstly, make sure you have downloaded and
backed up all the photos you want to preserve!
It’s recommended to format the SD card when first used in this camera, especially when the SD card has been used in other
devices
Default
The Default Set resets the camera to factory settings.
Software Version
It shows the firmware version of the camera, for manufacturer’s use only.
6 SensingAngle and Distance Test
To perform the sensing angle and monitoring distance of the camera test:
•Toggle the power switch to SETUP.
• Make movements in front of the camera at several positions within the area where you expect the object will be. Try different
distances and angles from the camera.
• If the red indicator LED light blinks, it indicates that position can be sensed. If it does not blink, that position is outside of the
sensing area.The results of your testing will help you find the best placement when mounting the camera.
7 Mounting camera
When setting up the camera for scouting game or other outdoor applications, you must be sure to mount it in place correctly
and securely. We recommend mounting the camera on a relatively straight tree with a diameter of about 15cm (6 in.). To get
the optimal picture quality, the tree should be about 5 meters (16-17 ft.) away from the place to be monitored, with the camera
placed at a height of 1.5m (5 ft.). Also, keep in mind that you will get the best results at night when the subject is within the
ideal flash range, no further than 50’ (15m) and no closer than 10’ (3m) from the camera.
To enhance the flash, we recommend positioning camera in an area with a backdrop to reflect the maximum amount of light.
8 File format
The folders name like 100_1502. The numbers behind”_” shows the year and month. The file is named
as”TIME0001.JPG” ”PIRT0001.JPG” or”MANU0001.JPG”.
“TIME” means the photo or video is triggered by time-lapse.
“PIRT” means triggered by movement.
“MANU” means the photo or video is taken manually in the setup mode.

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9 Trouble Shooting
Q1: Cannot access the SETUP menu.
A: Possible problem:
No SD card in the card slot
Corrupt SD card
Batteries are too low to power up camera
Q2:The photo is too dark at night.
A: Possible problem:
The illumination parameter is not set correctly. Please refer to Fig 8 camera flash range settings.
Lack of reflective background at night: We recommend positioning the camera in an area with a backdrop to reflect
the maximum amount of light. For instance, place the camera 8-12m (20-30’) from a field edge facing the woods.
Q3:The camera shut down automatically in SETUP mode.
A: Possible problem:
The camera is set to shut down the power automatically when there is no operation over 3 minutes in SETUP mode. The
purpose is to prevent battery run off.

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Appendix Ⅰ: Technical Specifications
Picture Resolution 12MP,8MP, 3MP,1.3MP
Lens F/NO=2.2 FOV(Field of View)=50°
IR-Flash Low,medium, high
Display Screen 2.4”LCD
Memory Card Up to 64GB
Video Resolution 1080P Full HD, 720P HD, WVGA
PIR Sensor Multi Zone
PIR Sensitivity Adjustable (Auto/Low/High)
Trigger Time 0.6 second
Weight 0.4 kg (without battery)
Operation/Storage Tem. -30 - +60°C /-30 - +70°C
Trigger Interval 0s – 60 min.
Time lapse
5
‐
55 second (in 5 second increments)；
1
‐
5 minutes(in 1 minute increments)；
10-55 minutes(in 5 minute increments)；
1-8 hours(in 1 hour increments)；
24 hours
Photo Burst 1–10
Video Length 5–60s
Power Supply
4
×
AA,8
×
AA or 12AA
DC: (5V-12V)/2A adapter
Stand-by Current < 0.3 Ma (<7mAh/Day)
Low Battery Alert LED Indicator;
Mounting Belt/Python lock/Mounting bracket
Dimensions 140 x90 x55 mm
Operation Humidity 5% - 90%
Security authentication CE,RoHS