Tasco 119213C User Manual
Digital Trail Camera
Appareil photo numérique
Instruction Manual
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Model#/ Modèle no: 119213C LIT #: 93-0564/04-10
Mode d’emploi
English
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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 8GB) 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/2.0, eective focal length 42mm. Sight range: 50 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: 30 sec. 4-digit display.
File Format Standard JPEG format (.jpg) still photos. Video movie clips (.avi). DCF ver. 1.0 le
management.
Photo Modes 1.3MP or 3MP* still photo, or AVI video (640x480 pixels per frame, 15 frames per
second rate, 14 second length)
Exposure Auto
White Balance Auto
Power Supply 4 x “D” size alkaline batteries
Battery Life Alkaline batteries: Approximately 90 days (dependant on temperature, camera
activity and ash usage).
Card Compatibility Up to 8 GB maximum capacity secure digital (SD)cards. The use of MMC cards is
not recommended.
* High resolution photos processed via software interpolation before storage
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Glossary
PIR—Passive Infrared Sensor. Senses motion like typical security motion detector. Requires infrared energy
(heat) in addition to motion to trip sensor to assure detection of live animals.
Image—A digital picture recorded on the SD Card when motion is sensed. Images are taken at the desired
delay between images.
Image Delay—Time elapsed between photos while events are sensed and recorded. This is xed at 30 second
intervals in the Trail Cam.
Camera Flash—Xenon Flash used for low light photography. Automatically res if required.
SD Card—Memory card used to store images and events. Compatible with up to 8GB capacity SD card.
Battery Life—Time that camera will function in the eld. Dependent on temperature, number of images and
number of ashes during that time.
Setup—Using the display menu and buttons to set the date/time, and still photo or movies option.
Trigger Speed—Time delay between a subject passing in front of PIR sensor and the image capture of that
subject. All Tasco Trail Cameras have a trigger speed of less than one second.
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Front of Camera
PIR
Flash
Camera
Lens
“PIR Detected”
LED
Lock
Tab
Control Panel
(Front Opened)
LCD
Display
SD Card Slot
Control and
Display Detail
Setup,
Menu &
Power
Buttons
Parts
Guide
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Setup and Operation Guide
1. Open the Cam by pulling out on the two latches on the right side. Install 4 “D” cell batteries (at base of all
batteries contacting springs), and insert an SD card (not included, use any capacity from 16MB to 8GB. Do not
substitute MMC cards.) in the slot to the right of the 5 buttons as indicated on the slot cover (upside down,
with the notched corner of the card on the left and metal contacts of the card facing the back of the slot). Press
the card down until you hear it click into place. If the Cam is turned on without a card in place, it may not turn
o-reset it by pulling one of the batteries out partway, insert a new or empty SD card, and put the battery back
in place. Only remove or insert cards with power o.
2. 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 buttonthe rst two digits of the year will ash, prompting you to enter the year (a).
Use the Up/Down buttons to set the current year, then press ENTER. Set the
month the same way, and press ENTER again. The display will then change
to let you set the day, with only the last two digits blinking (b). Again use the
Up/Down buttons to change the day if necessary and press ENTER. To set the
time, use Up/Down to set the hour and 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, press ENTER. Then the camera
icon will and the word “Lo” will blink (c). By pressing UP/DOWN, the camera
will cycle between Lo resolution still photo, Hi resolution still photo, and
movie (video) modes. Choose the mode that you want and press ENTER. The
“Lo” setting will allow you to take lower resolution images and therefore
a
b
c
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