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Operational Menu Settings using the LTL Acorn Control Panel Screen

This quick start guide 

will help you quickly set 

up your camera for use. 

Please ignore any reference 

to downloads or CDs in the Ltl 

Acorn manual, these are only 

required for cellular cameras.

This screen is from the 5210a 

but all Ltl Acorn cameras have 

the same menu functions.

Before you start 

•  Ensure you have inserted batteries and an unlocked SD card.

•  Open the bottom flap and switch to ‘Test’

•  You will hear a chime, the screen will briefly show a picture 

of an Acorn and then will show a live view.

•  Press ‘Menu’

Note: When you change a menu setting you must always press 

the OK button after each individual setting otherwise when 

you scroll to the next option the previous change will be lost.

Basic Settings

Menu Screen 1  

Mode

Use the  

 

to highlight:

• 

‘Cam’ for still images only, 

• 

‘Video’ for video clip only or 

• 

‘Cam+Video’ for 1 to 3 still images plus a video clip at each 

trigger event. 

Press OK to confirm your setting.

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Format (only necessary if the card is not new)

Highlight and press OK button, Use the  

 

to highlight YES, 

press OK to format SD card.

Formatting the SD card will remove all recorded images and 

video clips.

When you press OK it exits the main menu and returns you to 

the control panel screen. Press ‘Menu’ again.

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Image Size

Highlight and select 

12MP (4000x3000 pixels)

5MP (2560x1920 pixels)

Press OK to confirm your setting.

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Video Size

Use the  

 

to highlight:

720P (1080x720 pixels) (5310 only)

640x480 or 

320x240 

Press OK to confirm your setting.

Menu Screen 2 

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Set Clock

Highlight and press OK button to enter setup. Use the  

 

to 

move across the screen (and down to the time) and the   or   

to scroll through the numbers. 

Date format is Month/Date/Year

Time format Hours/Minutes/Seconds

To confirm your settings and exit the clock menu, press the OK 

button again.

When you press OK to exit the clock menu it exits the main 

menu and returns you to the control panel screen. Press ‘Menu’ 

again and scrolled down to:

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Picture No

Use the  

 

to highlight: 01, 02 or 03 Photos. Press the OK 

button to confirm selection.

The camera will shoot either 1, 2 or 3 images depending on 

your selection. 

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Video length

Use the  

 

to select any time from 0 to 60 seconds. Press the 

OK button to confirm selection.

If the trigger source remains in the frame the camera will 

retrigger with a gap of approximately 4 seconds between clips. 

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Interval (the amount of time the camera is forced to wait 

between triggers)

Use the  

 

to select any time from 0 seconds to 60 minutes.  

Press the OK button to confirm selection.

Remember that if you select anything other than 0 seconds the 

camera will not trigger again until the set time has elapsed.

Menu Screen 3

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Sense Level

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Off, Low, Normal or High.  

Press the OK button to confirm selection.

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Time Stamp

Use the  

 

to highlight: On or Off.  Press the OK button to 

confirm selection.

Provides data bar at bottom of still images as shown below.

Use the  

 

to highlight:

Timer 1

Use the  

 

to highlight: On.

Press OK to enter the timer setup menu.  

Highlight and select start and stop times.

Press the OK button to confirm selection and return to the main 

menu. 

       

PTO

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