Tasco 119203C User Manual
Digital Trail Camera
Instruction Manual
Model#: 119203C LIT #: 98-1164/03-10
Congratulations on your purchase of the Tasco® Digital Trail Camera! This
weatherproof, rugged trail camera is designed to record still images or movie
clips of outdoor wildlife activity. This instruction manual will help you understand,
setup, and use your Cam to achieve the best possible results.
Tasco Digital Trail Cam Features
If you’ve been looking for a digital game scouting or surveillance camera that has all the essential
features but without the unwanted frills, expense, or confusing operational menus of some less
eective o-brand “game cams”, the Tasco Trail Cam will end your search. With one of the most
user friendly interfaces in the industry, this trail camera is easy to setup and use. The extra-wide
strap ensures a secure mount to the tree, and a padlock loophole keeps out would-be thieves.
The high resolution digital camera delivers crisp views of game in your area and stamps each
image with date, time and a moon phase icon. The Trail Cam can capture still images, or 14
second movie clips. All images, movies and events are recorded onto an SD card for convenient
transfer to your home computer. The camera will function day and night and sense game out to
30 feet. The oversized xenon ash will reach out up to 30 feet for nighttime images. A new photo
is taken every 30 seconds for as long as motion/heat events are detected. The LCD display makes
set up a breeze in the eld. The Trail Cam is rugged and weatherproof.
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QUICK GUIDE: TASCO TRAIL CAMERA
1. Open the camera by releasing the latches on the right side of the camera. Install 4 “D” cell batteries (at base of all batteries
contacting springs), and insert an SD card (not included, use any capacity up to 2GB) in the slot to the right of the 5 buttons
(upside down, brand name facing you). Press the card down until you hear it click into place.
2. Press and release the Power switch. If you are using the camera for the rst time, you should set the date and time so your
photos will be “stamped” correctly. Briey press the Menu button-the “year” digits will blink on the display. Use the Up/Down
buttons to set the current year, then press Enter, and repeat to set the month and press Enter again. The display will then
change to let you set the date. After setting the date, press enter, and set the time (the “hour” digits will ash, use Up/Down to
set the hour and then minute. The time display uses the 24 hr standard, so 2:00 PM is indicated as “1400”, etc).
3. After the date and time have been set, and Enter is pressed, you have a choice of three operating modes: Still photos with
“Lo” resolution (this is the default setting if you don’t change it), Still photos with “Hi” resolution, or movie (video) mode. To
change modes, press Up or Down to cycle through the choices (each will blink), pressing Enter to set the mode you prefer.
4. In normal operating mode, the display will only show the still photo or movie clip icon in the lower left corner, an SD card
icon on the lower right, and one or more digits that indicate how many photo or movie les have been stored on the card. To
test the camera operation, wave your hand in front of the lens and PIR (passive infrared/motion) detector, while looking at
the LCD display. As long as events are being detected, a new still photo or movie clip (as set in previous step) will be recorded
every 30 seconds, indicated on the display by “SnAP”, then “SLP”. Note: for movie clips, the display will stay on “SnAP” for the 15
sec duration of each movie.
5. Thread the strap through the slots on the back of the Trail Cam and attach the buckles, then strap it onto a suitable tree,
making sure the strap is tight and the camera is aimed at the area you wish to observe. Turn on the camera (make sure a new
or empty SD card has been inserted) and leave the area-there is a 60 second delay after power on before the rst photo is
taken. Alkaline batteries typically last 30 days or more, depending on how often the Trail Cam is activated, how often the ash
res, ambient temperature, etc.
6. To look at your captured photos, make sure the power is o, and remove the SD card by pushing down lightly on the top
edge of the card-it will pop up for removal. Use an SD card reader with any PC or Mac to view, copy, or delete the photos
(standard JPG les) and movies (AVI les) inside the “DCIM/100MEDIA” folder on the card. Double click on an individual le
to see it, or open the les with the photo software of your choice.
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Digital Trail Cam Specications
Lens F/3.5, eective focal length 42mm. Sight range: 45 degrees
Flash High power electronic Xenon Flash. Range: 30 ft.
PIR Sensor Low noise, high sensitivity passive infrared sensor. Range: 30 ft.
Motion LED Indicator Yes
Display Monochrome LCD. Auto-o: 3 min. 2-digit event and image display.
File Format Standard JPEG format (.jpg) still photos. Video movie clips (.avi). DCF ver. 1.0 le
Photo Modes 1.3MP or 3MP* still photo, or AVI video (320x240 pixels per frame, 10 frames per
Exposure Auto
White Balance Auto
Power Supply 4 x “D” size alkaline batteries
Battery Life Alkaline batteries: Approximately 90 days (dependant on temperature, camera
Card Compatibility Up to 8 GB maximum capacity secure digital (SD)cards. The use of MMC cards is
management.
second rate, 14 second length)
activity and ash usage).
not recommended.
* High resolution photos processed via software interpolation before storage
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