Moultrie mcg-12688 Instruction Manual Download Page 2

IMPORT

ANT INFORMA

TION

D

C

AMERA SETUP

B

M

oun
ting with a S

tr

ap

Close c

ov

er and plac

e camer

a on a tr

ee or pole 

appr

oxima
tely 3 f

t. high. 

Thr

ead the moun

ting str

ap 

thr

ough the moun

ting str

ap slots on the back of the 

camer

a and secur

e.

H

in

t:

 If y

ou ar

e moun

ting camer

a t

o c

ov

er a tr

ail

fac

e the camer

a do
wn the tr

ail tilt

ed a
t a sligh

do

wn
w

ar

d angle

.

Fac

e the camer

a Nor

th or S

outh t

o a

void

ov

er e
xposur

e fr
om the sun.

Clear brush a

w

ay fr
om camer

a fr
on

t t

o

av

oid false tr

iggers fr

om the wind

.

Ba

tt

er

y I

nstalla

tion 

Open the camer

a c

ov

er and install 8 AA A

lk

aline  or 

 

Li

thium ba

tt

er

ies

. M

ake sur

e tha

t the (+ and -) polar

ities
 

ma
tch the polar

ities indica

ted inside the ba

tt

er

y chamber

.

Not
e:

 A

nytime y

ou load or unload ba

tt

er

ies

, make sur

tha
t the camer

a is OFF

. I

f using 12V DC P

ow

er P
anel P

lug

do not r

emo
ve in
ter

nal ba

tt

er

ies

.

Inser
t SD C

ar

d

You will need t

o open the fr

on

t c

ov

er t
o inser

t an 

SD memor

y car

d. 

You can inser

t a SD C

ar

d up t

o 32 GB

Inser
t the SD car

d in the dir

ec

tion indica

ted on the car

d, 

un

til y
ou hear an audible click

.

Not
e:

 C

amer

a will not oper

ate without an SD memor

car

d installed

.

Po

w

er ON

Slide the 

M

ode

 S

wit
ch t
o the 

Setup

 position. 

The time will appear on the L

CD Displa

y. T

he camer

has po

w

er

ed up

. (S

ee S
ec

tion IV

.)

Camera Setup

Battery Installation

Open the camera cover and install 4 C-Cell 

Alkaline batteries. Make sure that the 

(+ and 

_) polarities match the polarities 

indicated inside the battery chamber.

Note:

 Anytime you load or unload

 batteries, 

make sure that the camera is OFF. If using 

12V DC Power Panel Plug, do not remove 

internal batteries.

Insert SD Card

You will need to open the front cover to 

insert a SD memory card. You can insert a 

SD Card up to 32 GB. Insert the SD card in 

the direction indicated on the card, until you 

hear an audible click. 

N

ote

: Camera

 will
 no

t opera

te

 wi

thou

an

 S

D

 memory

 card
 in

st

alled

.

Power ON

Slide the (Mode) Switch to the (Setup) 

position. Press and hold the (ON/OFF) 

Button until the time appears on the LCD 

Display. The camera will power up.

Mounting with a Strap

Close cover and place camera on a tree or 

pole approximately 3 ft. high. Thread 

the mounting strap through the mounting 

strap slots on the back of the camera 

and secure.

Hint:

 If you are mounting camera to cover a 

trail face the camera down the trail tilted at 

a slight downward angle. 

Face the camera North or South to avoid 

over exposure from the sun. 

Clear brush away from camera front to 

avoid false triggers from the wind.

N

O

Tra

il

YE

S

Tra

il

7

C

AMERA O

VER

VIEW

A

Instructions for A-Series Digital Game Cameras

THANK YOU for your pur

chase of your A-Series Digital Game Camera. Please r

ead this 

booklet befor

e using the unit. If you should have any questions about this pr

oduct or 

any other Moultrie pr

oduct, please contact us using the infor

mation on the back of 

this booklet. Please r

egister your camera at 

www

.moultriefeeders.com/warranty

 

to activate your 1-year war

ranty

FRONT VIEW

BOT

TOM VIEW

Status/Batter

y

Indicator LED

LCD Display

LED Flash

Mode Selector

Enter Button

Down Button

1/4” 20 Mount

Batter

y Chamber

SD Car

d Slot

Camera L

ens

Motion Sensor

SIDE VIEW

Exter

nal Power Port

Up Button

Delay Selector

Resolution Selector

Micr

o USB

Port

M

emor

y & S

tor

age

Your camer

a suppor

ts e
xter

nal SD memor

y car

ds ONL

Y and will ac

cept up t

o a 32GB car

d. U

sing lar

ge 

memor

y car

ds can slo

w the camer

a r

esponse

. T

he camer

a cannot captur

e an
y phot

o or video without 

ex

ter

nal memor

y. P

lease inser

t an SD memor

y car

d t

o oper

ate camer

a. Estima

tes ar
e based on the 

most c

ommon t

ypes of memor

y car

ds tha

t can be pur

chased a

t elec

tr

onic st

or

es

, offic

e supply st

or

es

or online

. Estima

tes ma

y v

ar

y based on camer

a settings or en

vir

onmen

tal c
onditions

Impor

tan

Alw

ay

s tur
n the unit off when inser

ting or r

emo
ving an SD memor

y car

d t

o a

void damage and ensur

tha
t the camer

a pr
oper

ly upda

tes the memor

y inf
or

ma
tion.

Ac

tual capacit

y will v

ar

y based on image pr

oper

ties
.

Specifica

tions

 

 

A-5

 

  

A-7i

Oper

ational M

odes

 

 

G

ame D

et

ec

t/V

ideo
 

 

G

ame D

et

ec

t/V

ideo

Resolution

 

  

5.0 
MP 
 

  

7.0 
MP

Still 

Resolutions

 

 

JPEG

 

  

JPEG

 

 

 

Lo

w 1600x1200, H

igh 2560 x 1920

 
Lo

w 1600x1200, H

igh 3048 x 2286        

Video R

esolutions

 

 

AVI - 640 x 480

 

 

AVI - 640 x 480

SD M

emor

y C

ar

 

Up t
o 32 GB SD car

d (not included)

 
Up t
o 32 GB SD car

d (not included)

 P

ow

er Supply

 

 

8 AA lithium or alk

aline ba

tt

er

ies

 

8 AA lithium or alk

aline ba

tt

er

ies

   

(not 

included)

 

  

(not 

included)

C

AMERA SPECIFIC

A

TIONS

C

A

ut

o M
ode

SD C

ar

d Siz

e:

2 GB

16 GB

  A-
5

  HIGH 2560 x 1920

3900

39000

  L

OW 1600x1200

9000

72400

  A

-7i

  HIGH 3048 x 2286

2500

20300

  L

OW 1600x1200

9000

72400

Video M

ode

SD C

ar

d Siz

e:

2 GB

16 GB

VGA 640 x 480 (based on 10 sec video

)

360

2880

Impor

tan

t B

att

er

y lnf

orma

tion

- Only use A

lk

aline or Lithium ba

tt

er

ies

. W

e r

ec

ommend the use of D

ur

ac

ell or Ener

giz

er ba

tt

er

ies

.

- D

o not mix old and new ba

tt

er

ies

. A

lw

ay

s r

eplac

e ALL the ba

tt

er

ies a

t the same time

.

- W

hen the camer

a is not in use

, please r

emo

ve the ba

tt

er

ies

.

M

oultrie 

Limit

ed W

arr

an

ty

This pr

oduc

t has been thor

oughly t

est

ed and inspec

ted bef

or

e shipmen

t. I

t is guar

an

teed fr

om 

def

ec

ts in ma

ter

ial and w

or

kmanship fr

om the da

te of pur

chase f

or 1 y

ear

. Under this limit

ed 

guar

an

tee w

e ag

ree t

o r

eplac

e or r

epair fr

ee of char

ge an

y par

t or par

ts which ha

ve been f

ound t

be def

ec

tiv

e in or

ig

inal ma

ter

ial or w

or

kmanship

. Should y

ou r

equir

e in-

w

ar

ran

ty ser

vic

e, call our 

Cust

omer S

er

vic

e D

epar

tmen

t. I

f y

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essed o

ver the t

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, w

e ma

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ou t

o send us y

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ec

tiv

e pr

oduc

t plus pr

oof of pur

chase

.

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oubleshooting

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oubleshooting and helpful tips

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epairs

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epar

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FCC Statements

Moultrie Pr

oducts, LLC

MCG-12688

Not

e: changes and modifica

tions not e

xpr

essly appr

ov

ed b

y the par

ty r

esponsible c

ould v

oid the user

’s author

ity t

o oper

at

e this devic

e.

This devic

e c

omplies with P

ar

t 15 of the FC

C Rules

. Oper

ation is subjec

t t

o the f

ollo

wing t

w

o c

onditions: (1) 

This devic

e ma

y not cause har

mful 

in

ter

fer

enc

e, and (2) this devic

e must ac

cept an

y in

ter

fer

enc

e r

ec

eiv

ed

, including in

ter

fer

enc

e tha

t ma

y cause undesir

ed oper

ation.

NO

TE: 

THE M

ANUF

AC

TURER IS NO

T RESPONSIBLE FOR AN

Y R

ADIO OR 

TV INTERFERENCE C

AUSED B

Y UNA

UTHORIZED MODIFIC

ATIONS 

TO 

THIS 

EQUIP

MENT

. SUCH MODIFIC

ATIONS C

OULD 

VOID 

THE USER

’S A

UTHORIT

TO OPER

ATE 

THE EQUIP

MENT

.

NO

TE: 

This devic

e c

omplies with the limits f

or a Class B dig

ital devic

e, pursuan

t t

o P

ar

t 15 of the FC

C Rules

. T

hese limits ar

e desig

ned t

o pr

ovide 

reasonable

 pr

ot

ec

tion against har

mful in

ter

fer

enc

e in a r

esiden

tial installa

tion. 

This devic

e gener

at

es

, uses

, and can r

adia

te r

adio fr

equenc

y ener

gy 

and

, if not installed 

and used in ac

cor

danc

e with the instruc

tions

, ma

y cause har

mful in

ter

fer

enc

e t

o r

adio c

ommunica

tions

. Ho

w

ev

er

, ther

e is no 

guar

an

tee tha

t in

ter

fer

enc

e will not oc

cur in a par

ticular installa

tion. I

f this devic

e does cause har

mful in

ter

fer

enc

e t

o r

adio or t

elevision r

ec

eption, 

which can be det

er

mined b

y tur

ning the equipmen

t off and on, the user is enc

our

aged t

o tr

y t

o c

or

rec

t the in

ter

fer

enc

e b

y one or mor

e of the 

follo

wing measur

es:

- R

eor

ien

t or r

eloca

te the r

ec

eiving an

tenna.

- lncr

ease the separ

ation bet

w

een the equipmen

t and r

ec

eiv

er

.

- C

onnec

t the equipmen

t in

to an outlet on a cir

cuit diff

er

en

t fr

om tha

t t

o which the r

ec

eiv

er is c

onnec

ted

.

- C

onsult the dealer or an e

xper

ienc

ed r

adio/T

V t

echnician f

or help

.

Moultrie Pr

oducts, LLC

MCG-12783

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