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Whilst partially shut down, neither video nor audio is transmitted from the box.
Your TV will either show a still picture or “snow”, depending on which TV you
have and the precise instant when the shut down occurred. You will lose sound,
so may wish to press “mute” when this occurs. Please remember that because the
electronics are designed to work with live birds, the detection system is not 100%
accurate. The movement sensor system may sometimes be triggered by insects or
air movement, and sometimes will not trigger when there is movement. To avoid
“jitter”, it is designed to wait a few seconds each time it switches before it will
switch again.
This setting is designed to give a long battery life, depending on how much
movement there is in the box.
Central Position, “OFF”
This position provides power to the electronics, but switches off the lighting, mi-
crophone, camera and transmitter. It hardly takes any power, so the batteries
should last a very long time in this position.
“CONT”, Continuous
This setting puts all the systems within the box on continuously, and will take the
most power out of the batteries.
This is suitable when you want to be sure that your picture is not interrupted
when there is no movement, perhaps because you are recording a video.
Naturally, the batteries will not last as long with this setting, so you may prefer to
use the mains power supply if you plan to operate on this mode for long periods.
5.2
Adjustment of Lighting System and Focus
Before leaving the factory, the camera focus has been adjusted to approximately
150mm (6 inches). You can adjust the camera focus by turning the lens turret.
The camera is a very delicate part of the system so please do this gently, and be
very careful not to touch a finger on the lens.
The lighting system has 3 “states” or modes of operation, and whenever it is
switched on, it will always be operating in one of these 3 states.
State 1: High level: when bright external or natural light reaches inside the nest
box, the internal lights are switched off.
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