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TROPHY CAM
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
VIDEO
Model#s: 119537C / 119547C / 119576C / 119577C
Lit# 98-2294 / 11-12
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IMPORTANT NOTE Congratulations on your purchase of one of the best trail cameras on the market! Bushnell is very proud of this camera and we are sure you will be pleased with it as well. We appreciate your business and want to earn your trust. Please refer to the notes below and the instructions in this manual to ensure that you are completely satisfied with this product. If your Bushnell Trophy Cam does not seem to be functioning properly or if you are having photo/video quality issues,
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INTRODUCTION About the Trophy Cam The Bushnell Trophy Cam is a digital scouting camera. It can be triggered by any movement of game in a location, detected by a highly sensitive Passive Infra-Red (PIR) motion sensor, and then take high quality pictures (up to 8MP still photos), or video clips. The Trophy Cam consumes very little power (less than 0.2 mA) in a stand- by (surveillance) state. This means it can deliver up to six months stand- by operation time when the device is powered by the fu
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enabled software to automatically show a map pinpointing each camera’s location when a group of photos are reviewed on a computer. Especially useful for those who setup multiple Trophy Cams to monitor large or widely separated areas. • Multi Flash Mode (LED Control)- prevents overexposed flash photos in close range applications • Hybrid Capture Mode-allows both still photos and videos to be captured at each trigger, up to highest resolution settings for each. • NV Shutter-user can select
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by icons or text above the key as shown below. Light FRONT VIEW Sensor Video Mic LED IR Flash Motion/ Low Battery Indicator DC in Lens Cover Plug Tripod Socket Lock Hole Fig. 1: Connections PIR Sensor Video Mic A/V Out USB Port Latch DC In SD Card Slot INSIDE VIEW Cable to Battery Compartment LCD Screen UP/Video DOWN/Photo LEFT MENU OK/Replay Power/Mode ON RIGHT/Shot Switch SETUP OFF Fig. 2: Button and Switch Guide 5
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INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AND SD CARD Before you begin learning how to use your Trophy Cam, you will first need to install a set of batteries and insert an SD card. Although that may only take you a minute, there are some important notes about both batteries and SD cards you should be aware of, so please take the time to read the following directions and cautions: Loading Batteries After opening the two latches on the right side of the Trophy Cam, you will see that the Trophy Cam has eight
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If both an external power source is connected and batteries are installed, the Trophy Cam will be powered by the external power source. When the batteries become weak, the low-battery indicator LED will glow blue, indicating the batteries should be changed (pg 5, Front View). Inserting the SD Card The Trophy Cam has 32MB of internal memory, which can hold only about 20 photos (@ 5MP resolution). This is handy for testing and getting familiar with the camera, but you will no doubt want to le
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USING THE TROPHY CAM Once you’ve prepared your Trophy Cam by properly installing batteries and an SD card, you could simply take it outside, strap it to a tree, switch it on and leave-and you might get some great photos that are exactly what you wanted. However, we highly recommend that you first spend some additional time indoors with this manual and your camera until you know a bit more about what the 3-way switch and those control keys do. If nothing else, you’ll probably want to at lea
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videos automatically (according to its current parameter settings) when it is triggered by the PIR sensor’s detection of activity in the area it covers. You can either move the power switch directly from OFF to ON mode, or stop at the SETUP position first to change one or more settings, then move the switch to ON after you have finished doing so. SETUP MODE In the SETUP mode you can check and change the settings of the Trophy Cam with the help of its built-in LCD (or a monitor connected to
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Fig. 3: SETUP Information Screen (standard display model shown) Camera (Still Photo) Mode Image Size (Resolution) SD Card Status Still Photo Mode Battery Level Date:Month-Day-Year Time Stamp 2 Time Field Scan On Hour:Minute:Second # of Photos Taken Remaining Photo Capacity Video Mode Video Sound On Video Resolution Video Mode 2 Available Video Recording Time 10
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USING THE SETUP MENU TO CHANGE SETTINGS The main purpose of the SETUP mode is to allow you to change the settings of the camera’s parameters (18 different ones are available!) so your Trophy Cam operates exactly the way you want it to. You will do this by entering the SETUP Menu and pressing the keys below the LCD display, which will show you each parameter and its setting. Changing Parameter Settings in SETUP Mode A wide range of options or “parameters” are provided to allow you to set t
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setting. The checkmark will appear next to your new setting to confirm this (Fig. 4c). • On models with st andard (non-color) display , only one setting is displayed at a time, starting with the current setting for the parameter when it is first selected (Fig. 4d). To change the setting, use the UP/ DOWN keys to display the new setting you want (Fig. 4e), then press OK to “Execute” (make the actual change to this setting). If you want to confirm this setting is now the current on
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EXAMPLES-Changing the Settings of Some Common Parameters Following this page, you will find tables listing all of the parameters found in the SETUP Menu, along with their possible settings (or range of settings), and a detailed description of what the parameter controls and what the settings do. If you read the previous section detailing how to select parameters and change their settings, you should be able to dive right in, find the parameter(s) you want, and setup the camera to suit your
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Field Scan 2x with Live Trigger Feature Field Scan is a revolutionary new feature for the Bushnell Trophy Cam, which allows you to monitor your food plots or field edges with time lapse images or video. When set to “On”, the Trophy Cam will take a photo (or record a video clip) automatically at your choice of intervals (for example, once every five minutes) during one or two blocks of time you set up for each day, without requiring a trigger from an active animal. This has the advantage o
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5. After you finish setting the Stop minutes, press OK to confirm your settings for the first block of Field Scan recording. If desired, you can create a second block of time by pressing the DOWN key to select "B" (Step 4), then press OK and follow the same process to set Start and Stop times for Field Scan block "B" (Step 5). As an example of how you might use these two available time blocks, you could setup Field Scan time block "A" for the dawn hours from 6 AM to 8 AM, and block "B" to
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7:00 PM. No Field Scan recording would occur from 8AM to 5:30PM, or from 7PM to 6AM. Remember, Field Scan recording is independent of normal triggers due to animal activity–even if no animals enter the IR sensor coverage zone, an image or video will still be captured every 15 minutes during the block(s) of time. If an animal triggers the camera “in between” the 15 minute intervals, it will be recorded, same as it would if you had setup the camera with Field Scan turned Off. Note: Field Sc
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The SETUP Menu – Parameters and Settings List w/Descriptions Parameter Description Settings (Bold=default) Mode Camera, Video, Selects whether still photos or video Hybrid clips are captured when the camera is triggered. Hybrid mode combines both Camera and Video, so a still photo and a video clip are both captured for each trigger. Image Size 3M Pixel, Selects resolution for still photos (only affects 5M Pixel, from 3 to 8 megapixels. Higher still photos 8M Pixel, resolution produce
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Parameter Description Settings (Bold=default) LED Control Low, Medium, Controls how many LED lamps fire (Multi-Flash High when images are taken in low light. feature) “High”=all 32 LEDs fire, which is the default setting. Set to Medium or Low if you are getting overexposed flash photos or will place the camera at very close range to the subject you want to photograph. In general, select High if most of your intended subjects will be over 30 ft. from the camera, Medium for the 15 to 30
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Parameter Description Settings (Bold=default) Video Length 10S (second) Sets length per captured video (only affects default, with 60S clip. Settings begin with 10 second video clips in to5S possible default when parameter is first Video or Hybrid selected. After stepping down to range modes) 5S, video length settings start over at 60S. Interval Selects the length of time that the 10S (second) default, with a camera will “wait” until it responds 60M (minute) to any additional triggers
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Parameter Description Settings (Bold=default) Sensor Level Low, Normal, Selects the sensitivity of the PIR High, Auto sensor. The “High” setting will make the camera more sensitive to infrared (heat) and more easily triggered by motion, and the “Low” setting makes it less sensitive to heat and motion. The High setting can be useful when the ambient temperature is warm (making it more difficult for the sensor to detect animals), and the Low setting may help in cold weather if the came
