How to use Your S1 Game Camera

The confidence setting refers to the minimum required confidence that your camera’s AI has that it identified a fish

Your camera uses AI to analyze each photo and assigns a confidence score (0–100%) when detecting a fish. The confidence interval setting tells the camera the minimum confidence percentage required to save the photo. 

The confidence interval setting controls which photos get saved. For example, if the AI is 80% sure there’s a fish and your minimum required confidence is set below 80%, the photo is saved. If your setting is above 80%, it’s deleted.

The AI is usually over 60% confident when a real fish is present, so the lowest setting we provide users is 60%. We recommend starting at 70% for most locations.

Getting too many false positives? Raise the confidence level. Missing fish? Lower it slightly.

Image Interval refers to how frequently your trail camera takes a picture. 

Rather than being triggered by movement, our cameras take a photo at a set interval and analyze each photo with Artificial Intelligence. This setting controls how often you take a photo.

If you want to maximize your chances of capturing photos of every single fish, take photos frequently. (every 10 seconds) 

If there are constantly fish in front of your camera and you don’t want a large number of highly similar images, you can take photos less frequently (every 60 seconds)

Lowering the image interval DOES NOT extend battery life. Battery life will remain near identical, regardless of you image interval. 

More information on Brightness to come

When using our recommended 30 AH Amped Outdoors Battery, you can expect approximately 3.5 days of runtime. This is true for both the “trail camera” functionality and the Live Feed functionality. Battery life can vary depending on settings and envirmonmental conditions.

Your camera is trained to detect fish, but we’re actively expanding its abilities to identify other aquatic species like beavers and sharks. These updates will be delivered automatically to your device.

While fish are the primary focus, your camera may still capture other animals. To increase the chances of saving those images, use a lower confidence setting. The AI may recognize something is present but be unsure it’s a fish—lowering the confidence threshold helps ensure those “maybe fish” photos are kept.

When your camera runs out of storage, it will continue to operate. To make space for the new photos, it will delete the oldest photos in your gallery. For this reason, we recommend saving any photos you like directly to your phone or tablet to avoid losing any images you want to keep.

The best way to mount your camera will vary greatly depending on your location, the water type, and other environmental circumstances. However, there are certain things you can do to maximize it’s effectiveness as a trail camera. Generally Speaking, rigid mounts are best, giving the user the greatest control of the image frame. If you are in warm or dirty water, it’s also beneficial to be able to pull the camera out of the water easily- you’ll likely need to clean the lens off intermittently to avoid algae buildup. 

Pointing your camera away from the sun is not necessary, but it generally produces the most vibrant pictures maximizes the AI algorithm’s accuracy. 

Submerging your camera deep enough to avoid capturing the surface of the water column in the image can greatly reduce false positives saved in your camera roll. 

Avoiding placing your camera close to any substantial weeds or floating debris can also help minimize false positives saved in your camera roll. 

You do not need to have Cell service to use your S1 Game Camera. Communication between your Game Camera and phone relies on bluetooth and a local WiFi signal that is produced by your game camera. Even if your cell carrier doesn’t have service at your location, you can still enjoy the full functionality of your S1 Game Camera. 

Anyone with the app will be able to connect to your camera and view it’s contents. Simply have them download the app, and they can utilize the camera’s full functionality.

S1 Game Cameras are designed to be left outdoors for long periods and are weatherproof, meaning that they can sit out in rain, sleet, or snow. The battery housing is not waterpoof. Avoid fully submerging the battery housing in water, only submerge the camera itself. 

For any bugs in the app or in the camera, the most effective fix is to simply turn off the camera, and stop running the app, then to turn both back on again. This will resolve 90% of the issues you might encounter. If you are having persistent issues, please contact me directly via email at thomas@seeweedcameras.com. For more urgent requests, call me at 651-491-8622. 

Communication between your phone and camera takes a moment, as commands must be sent from your phone and back again as confirmed. When interacting with your camera via the app, particularly when saving settings or starting a session, give the camera a second to respond. Avoid clicking repeatedly—this can confuse the camera and slow things down.

If using a 30Ah Amped Outdoors lithium battery, the battery will look close to fitting in the housing horizontally, with terminals facing up. This is misleading, as they were actually designed to be installed vertically, with the terminals facing towards the power switch. Installing your battery vertically will negate the need to remove the power switch to install the battery.