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STC-I890 

 

www.stealthcam.net

     Toll Free 877-269-8490 

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For  a  plug  and  play  operating  system,  your  computer  will 
recognize  the  camera  as  mass  storage  unit  and  allow  you  to 
see the images stored in the camera, of images on the SD card 
if you are using one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing  the  images  on  a  handheld  LCD  TV  video  monitor,  or 
your  home  TV  equipped  with  an  RCA  input  jack  (cables  sold 
separately) 

For  viewing  on  a  handheld  LCD  TV,  attach  the  appropriate  cable  to 
the video OUT jack on the camera. Insert the other end into the video 
IN jack on the handheld LCD TV monitor. 

For  viewing  on  your  home  TV,  attach  the  appropriate  cable  to  the 

Summary of Contents for STC-I890

Page 1: ...STC I890 User s Manual www stealthcam net Version 1 0 12 09 ...

Page 2: ...es must be made through an authorized dealer The warranty covers defects in workmanship and materials The warranty does not apply to units which have been damaged or abused intentionally or unintentionally A purchase from individuals or unauthorized internet sites such as eBay voids the warranty Tampering with or altering the unit will void the warranty Any unauthorized service will void warranty ...

Page 3: ...era Your Stealth Cam is designed to provide many years of service The STC I890 is a flash based camera with an industry leading flash range of up to 90 feet Special Burst Mode technology allows multiple exposures of up to 9 sequential still pictures or a programmable video segment between 10 to 180 seconds when the PIR sensor is triggered ...

Page 4: ...STC I890 www stealthcam net Toll Free 877 269 8490 4 Contents STC I890 Digital Video Scouting Camera User Manual USB cable Tree Mounting Strap ...

Page 5: ...er Options 9 10 Built in Memory SD Card Installation 11 13 Description of Features 14 16 Programming Your Scout Camera 17 23 Using your Camera 24 29 Manual Shooting Mode 30 31 Viewing Images and Deleting Images 32 36 Formatting memory 37 Using External Power Source 38 Technical Specifications 39 Camera Features 40 41 General Information 42 43 Moon Phase Chart 44 ...

Page 6: ...STC I890 www stealthcam net Toll Free 877 269 8490 6 Camera Overview Front Cover Panel ...

Page 7: ...STC I890 www stealthcam net Toll Free 877 269 8490 7 Camera Overview Inside Control Panel ...

Page 8: ...STC I890 www stealthcam net Toll Free 877 269 8490 8 Camera Overview Inside Side Panel ...

Page 9: ...es Pull up on the bottom clip of the battery cover to open Use fresh high quality alkaline batteries Install batteries in the correct polarity referring to the illustration inside the battery compartment Secure battery cover Precaution When replacing batteries replace all the batteries within 10 minutes Otherwise this will result in the loss of date time setting 12V Lead Acid Battery Recommended f...

Page 10: ...90 10 12VBB Complete 12V Lead Acid battery kits offer significantly more usage than standard alkaline batteries They are available at your Stealth Cam dealer or call toll free 877 269 8490 Only Stealth Cam external battery accessories are recommended ...

Page 11: ...apable of accepting up to a 2GB SD card sold separately With no memory card inserted into the slot the camera will use the built in flash memory to store images If an SD card is inserted into the slot then the camera will bypass the built in memory and utilize the SD card memory The front counter display will show the number of images of either the built in flash memory or the inserted SD memory c...

Page 12: ...correct direction as shown on the inside of the housing To remove the SD memory card push in the card and pull out the card gently Brand new SD cards are ready for use If you are using an SD card that was previously used in another camera or other device make sure to format the card prior to use in this camera To ensure proper SD card formatting insert it into the card slot and follow the steps pa...

Page 13: ... 467 304 512MB 374 578 934 608 1GB 731 1 128 1 823 1 188 2GB 1 462 2 257 3 647 2 375 Subject to card compatibility under different brands NOTE Picture Image Capacity Chart provides approximate number of images or AVI video based on resolution and image quality settings as well as the size of memory card used These figures may vary depending on the amount of detail in the image ...

Page 14: ...cific modes for programming Auto Mode o Still images Captures from 1 9 pictures per PIR triggering o AVI video clip Captures video segments from 10s 180s seconds per PIR triggering Manual Mode Use as a point and shoot still image camera or video camera Flash Control o Auto In low light conditions the flash will activate automatically o Flash Off Turns off flash Flash icon will disappear ...

Page 15: ...ow image resolution o 3 0M 2 048 x 1 536 Base image resolution o VGA 640 x 480 Default video resolution Image Quality o One star Low Quality o Two stars Normal Quality o Three stars High Quality Battery Status o Full Batteries are full o Half Batteries are half depleted o Low Batteries are low Front low battery LED indicator will flash ...

Page 16: ...d Acid battery the camera unit will automatically power off within 30 seconds Replace with new batteries as camera functions may not work properly Date Time Moon Phase Temperature Information are shown on all your images and all video clips using Windows Media Player Real Player or Quick Time Time Out To program the amount of time in minutes 1 60 that the camera will sleep between PIR triggering ...

Page 17: ...ure still images or video clip using the manual shutter button The Camera icon or Video icon will flash Press Left Right button to select between manual Still Image Mode or manual AVI Video Mode Press the OK button to confirm your setting and then press Menu button to exit the programming mode To continue manual capture mode see page 30 for operating instructions For Auto capturing mode press Menu...

Page 18: ...ill stop flashing Press the Up button to change the previous setting or the Down button to program the Quality setting NOTE If you press Menu before pressing the OK button you will exit the programming mode without saving your resolution setting Quality The Quality icon will flash Press Left Right button to select between Fine Normal Low One star Low quality Two stars Normal quality Three Stars Fi...

Page 19: ...shing The factory default setting is NTSC for North America usage If you don t need any changes press Down button and skip to Date Time setting Or Press Right button once to choose PAL setting Press O K to confirm setting the icon will stop flashing Press Menu to exit or press the Up button to modify previous setting or the Down button to enter Date Time setting Date Time Setting The camera uses t...

Page 20: ...direction button to enter the year setting 5 Press Up Down button to select the appropriate year 6 Press Right button to enter the time setting 7 Press Up Down button to select the appropriate hour in military time 8 Press Right button to enter minute setting 9 Press Up Down button to select the appropriate minutes 10 Press Right direction button to enter the seconds setting 11 Press Up Down butto...

Page 21: ...om Off to Test position You will hear 2 consecutive short beeps follow by a 3 rd beep Press Menu button once you will see the camera icon flashing Press OK to confirm this option Now press the DOWN button six times to scroll through all of the icon settings You will now see the burst mode digit flashing Press Right button to select from 1 to 9 photos taken in sequence when the camera is triggered ...

Page 22: ...cutive short beeps follow by a 3 rd beep Press Menu button once then press the Right Button once You will see the Movie icon flashing Press O K to confirm this option Now press the Down button six times to scroll through all of the icon settings You will now see the AVI length setting digits flashing Press Right button to select from 10 seconds to 180 seconds of video clip each time the camera is ...

Page 23: ...he Right button to increase the time interval by one minute increment or press the Left button to decrease the time interval by one minute increment Press OK to confirm Once all settings have been completed press the MENU button to return to Camera Status Screen ...

Page 24: ...the camera the front LCD counter will remain on This is normal Getting Started With Your Camera Mounting Your Camera It is recommended to mount the camera 4 5 feet off the ground with the camera pointed at a slight downward angle Avoid mounting the camera facing East or West as the rising and setting of the sun may produce false triggers and overexposed images Clear branches and other debris away ...

Page 25: ... Strap Insert the strap through the strap slots on the rear housing Wrap the strap around the mounting surface Secure the strap and tighten the buckle in order to secure the camera In order to provide proper weather resistance make sure that both door latches are securely locked in place ...

Page 26: ...90 26 PIR Cover Area Diagram Adjust the PIR Coverage Distance Your Stealth Cam offers a variable PIR detection distance The PIR dial has Near to Far coverage NEAR is approximately 15 ft FAR is approximately 30 ft Select the desired coverage distance ...

Page 27: ...ght on the front will blink when you have intruded the coverage area Adjust the camera position as needed and repeat testing until the desired coverage area is achieved When you have completed testing the coverage area open the front housing and slide the power toggle switch from TEST to ON position This will exit the test mode The camera will then enter one minute count down mode The front green ...

Page 28: ...ing of your Flash mode is set to Auto Flash The Auto Flash icon will appear at the top right corner of the LCD screen To turn off Flash mode press the LEFT button once The flash icon will disappear To return to auto flash mode press the LEFT button one more time Move the switch from Test to ON position to activate your PIR mode The camera s green LED light will begin blinking and enter count down ...

Page 29: ...on and the camera taking pictures may vary due to lighting and environment conditions constant charging of the flash program settings and battery power level The flash mode will only activate in low light conditions when set in Auto Flash AVI video operation is functional during day only At night it will change into 1 picture flash capture mode ...

Page 30: ...creen Camera icon will stop flashing on the LCD screen to indicate still image mode Point and hold the camera steady in the direction to capture an image and press the SHUTTER button once Wait for the one short beep follow by two consecutive beeps This indicates the image has been captured and the LCD counter will update the number of images in memory When taking night time pictures allow approxim...

Page 31: ...ess MENU to exit settings Point and hold the camera steady in the direction to capture the video Press the SHUTTER button to start video recording You will hear one beep as an indication that the recording process has started Press the SHUTTER button a 2 nd time to stop video recording You will hear one beep as an indication that the recording has stopped and you will see the front counter digit u...

Page 32: ...000 and ME operating systems and need not install a camera driver If your PC operating system is older then visit www stealthcam net to download the appropriate camera driver NOTE Users of Windows 98SE or earlier must download and install the camera driver prior to connecting the USB cable Make sure the Power switch is in the OFF position before connecting the USB cable to the camera After you con...

Page 33: ...of images on the SD card if you are using one Viewing the images on a handheld LCD TV video monitor or your home TV equipped with an RCA input jack cables sold separately For viewing on a handheld LCD TV attach the appropriate cable to the video OUT jack on the camera Insert the other end into the video IN jack on the handheld LCD TV monitor For viewing on your home TV attach the appropriate cable...

Page 34: ... on the camera This will display the last image captured Using the LEFT RIGHT buttons to select the image you wish to view Image number and total number of images in memory will display on the center bottom of the screen Once you have selected the image you wish to view press the UP button This will magnify the image on the screen Using LEFT RIGHT UP DOWN buttons you can move the image to display ...

Page 35: ... LEFT RIGHT button to scroll through the images in memory An AVI motion clip image will have a video icon showing on the upper left hand corner of the image Press SHUTTER button to play back the AVI motion clip To return to image selection view press LEFT RIGHT button at the end of the AVI clip NOTE Depend on the type of TV that you are using you may not be able to see the date time stamp shown on...

Page 36: ... your viewing monitor will display DEL 1 Use the LEFT RIGHT button to choose the desired function to delete one picture at a time DEL 1 or delete all pictures at one time DEL All Press OK to enter Delete Mode Press LEFT RIGHT button to choose either YES or NO to proceed with this function Press OK again to confirm deleting image After deleting image camera will return to picture viewing mode At an...

Page 37: ...y a third beep Press Menu button once Press the Down button once The Trash icon will flash Press OK to confirm you want to format the memory The word no and the Trash icon will be flashing If at this time you decide not to proceed with the formatting of the memory press OK to exit Otherwise press the Left button once The word yES and the Trash icon will flash Press OK to confirm you want to procee...

Page 38: ...onal external 12V lead acid battery kit STC 12VBB sold separately It is recommended for use in cold weather environments or situations where your camera would be unattended for long periods of time Make sure to install cables in correct polarity with a lead acid battery Incorrect voltage or polarity will result in damage to the camera ...

Page 39: ... 1GB RAM 2GB recommended 32 bits color resolution 800 x 600 or above Built in 128MB 2GB free hard disc space An available USB 1 1 port USB 2 0 recommended Direct X 9 0 or above Should come with your operating system already Optional Windows compatible sound card and speaker If you have any questions regarding your PC specifications please call your PC manufacturer ...

Page 40: ...ow Base Quality Options Low Normal Fine 4 Capturing Options Manual Single or Video AVI PIR activation 1 9 Burst mode or adjustable Video clip Video resolution VGA 640 x 480 Auto white balance and auto exposure Flash Range 90 feet Flash Mode Auto Off control Military Time Format for date and time stamping Time Date Moon Phase Temperature Stamping on all images and video clips 4 digits LCD Image cou...

Page 41: ...recision 2P 2G glass lens with IR coating Effective viewing Angle 54 deg Focus 15 feet Infinity PIR detection angle 45 degrees Adjustable PIR detection range up to 30ft Low power consumption Standby current 3 mA Capture current 100mA Interface type USB Power C size alkaline batteries x 8 not included Image format Standard JPEG Motion JPEG AVI ...

Page 42: ...ttempt to immerse the unit in water or any other liquid This will damage the unit and void the warranty Use a soft lens cloth for cleaning the lens Avoid touching the lens with your fingers Remove dirt or stains with a soft cloth dampened with water or neutral detergent Keep the camera in a dry and cool dust free environment or container when NOT in use Take the batteries out when the camera will ...

Page 43: ...the camera in an attempt to do an unauthorized service This may cause serious damage to the unit and will void the warranty This camera is a precision electronic device Do not attempt to service this camera yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks May be protected by one or more U S Patent numbers 6 735 387 6 768 868 6 834 162 7 149 422 7 308...

Page 44: ...STC I890 www stealthcam net Toll Free 877 269 8490 44 Moon Phase Symbol Chart ...

Page 45: ...equency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio or television receptions which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measure Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the...

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