Lock/Unlock Feature (Protecting Files)
To protect the currently displayed photo/video from being accidentally deleted or erased, briefly press the
Delete
button to view the Delete Menu. Press the
Delete
button to move down the list until “LOCK” is
highlighted, then press the
Left
button to confirm. The display will indicate “LOCKED” then return to the
normal view. A padlock icon will now be visible in the top right corner whenever this photo or video file is
displayed on the Viewer. This means that the DELETE (ONE or ALL) function will not be able to affect
the protected file, and it will remain on the card (until it is “unlocked” and deleted). To unlock or remove
the delete protection from currently displayed file, select “UNLOCK” from the Delete Menu and press the
Left
button to confirm. The padlock icon will be removed, and the photo can be erased now if desired.
The “Lock” feature can be very useful if you only have two photos you want to keep that are stored on a
card along with a large number of other photos that aren’t any good and you wish to erase over. Simply
“lock” the two good photos, then use the DELETE ALL function. All photos except the two locked ones
will be quickly deleted-much faster than deleting 48 out of 50 total photos, one at a time!
Copying Photos To A Second Card (Camera Slot > Storage Slot)
The Viewer will also allow you to copy your photos from your camera’s card to a new SD card. This is a
very convenient way to take your trail camera pictures home with you to view, print, etc on a PC, while
returning the original card to the trail camera to capture another round of photos. To do this, remove the
card from the camera, copy its contents to a new SD card you have inserted in the “Storage” slot (B),
then you can delete all the photos from the original card and put it back in your camera. If you are using
multiple trail cameras to cover a large area, you can “make the rounds” and repeat this process for all of
them-just be sure to purchase a “storage” card with enough capacity to hold all of the copied files. For
example, if you plan to copy all contents from three 32MB “camera” cards, use a 128MB or greater “stor
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age” card so it will hold the total contents of all three cards (96MB) if they are full.
