[urbanhunter]

I have two SG550's and recently have been having some issues with them. When I plug in the programming remote and switch the camera to "on", the cam makes 3 or 4 quick beeps while displaying the normal screen, then the screen goes to blank blue. I thought maybe the batteries were low, but I've replaced them in both cams twice. Since I can't change any of the settings, I just turned the camera on and set it into the woods to see if they still take pics. One would take pictures and the other wont.

I only have one programming remote(lost the other one). Could this issue be with the programmer or the camera?

[slay]

I have had that occasionally with 3 of my SG550's. Not sure why. Sometimes swapping remotes worked. Other times it did not. They all eventually worked again. But I have one now that stays blue all the time with a bunch of garbled text all over the screen. I cannot program it at all. It is stuck on 12 second videos with a time and date stamp in the year 1970.

I just dont know. Bad components wearing out I reckon.

[C.A.M.O.]

I have two SG550's and recently have been having some issues with them. When I plug in the programming remote and switch the camera to "on", the cam makes 3 or 4 quick beeps while displaying the normal screen, then the screen goes to blank blue. I thought maybe the batteries were low, but I've replaced them in both cams twice. Since I can't change any of the settings, I just turned the camera on and set it into the woods to see if they still take pics. One would take pictures and the other wont.

I only have one programming remote(lost the other one). Could this issue be with the programmer or the camera?

If the remote is working fine with the second camera than try a couple of things here, make sure the SD Card is fully seated, ( make sure the lock switch is up, unlocked, and or replace it with another one, (maybe bad).
Remove all the battery's again let the camera sit a minute, reinstall the battery's, take the Remote plug and make sure that it too is seated firmly, ( wiggle it around gently when the camera is turn on, I'm thinking it maybe a USB Port socket issue.
Let us know if this helps.

Rick!

[urbanhunter]

Well....I left the batteries out of my one cam here at home for the weekend, just reinstalled them and now the remote seems to be working and I could program the camera. The other one is still in the woods so I'm not sure if it'll work or not.

I am kinda thinking it could be the remote not working properly. I guess I'll find out after I pull all of my trail cameras here in a week or so and play around with them.

[slay]

Excellent. Glad you got one up and running again. Is that buck in your avatar an "urban" deer?
He's a keeper!

[urbanhunter]

Excellent. Glad you got one up and running again. Is that buck in your avatar an "urban" deer?
He's a keeper!

Yep! That was from the '09 season....never seen him, but got him on cam twice. Unfortunately I never got any pictures or sightings of him in the '10 season.

[urbanhunter]

Well....I pulled the other cam from the woods last week. Kinda ticked cause it sat all week looking at a pile of corn and didn't take a single picture. Corn was gone when I checked it too.

I found my "lost" programmer remote between my seat and console in my truck and plugged it in to both cams and was able to program. I think my other remote may not be making a good connection to the cams and could be the root of my problems.

I put fresh batteries in both cams, formatted the sd cards and re-deployed both cams again. I'll check in a week to see if they're both taking pictures like they should and update here.

[Bluesman]

You should do some test runs on the cams before putting them out to make sure they are taking pics.Losing a week is pretty hard to swallow as it is so I would at least want to know the camera was working before losing another.

[slay]

Yep, and check the battery door panel. Mine is bent and preventing proper battery contact when it's closed.