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Camera Setup
Setting Battery Type on Camera
In the setup for the camera, find where you choose Battery Type.
When you find this option, Choose SC10 Solar for your setting. This will provide you
with % battery readings that are appropriate for the SC10 Solar unit.
We recommend that you try to run your camera at an activity level where your internal
battery rarely goes below 25%. This will give you the longest life possible for the
internal battery.
You have the option of installing a set of Lithium batteries inside the camera that can
act as a battery backup to the solar unit. If a Saber Tooth Squirrel were to chew
through your cable, or someone/something unplugs the cable from the camera, the
internal batteries will take over and keep your camera running.
Note, if your camera reads 0% while set to SC10 and it is still running for some time,
you can be pretty sure something has gone wrong, and it is running on its internal
batteries. In this case you may want to plan a trip to the camera to check it out. If
you have a sunny day and the % goes back up, then you know the Solar unit is
working and it was likely too many clouds, or too much drain on the batteries that got
you into this state. In this case you may want to buy another SC10 unit to daisy chain
to prevent over stressing your battery.
