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- Miniature Wireless Camera with Microphone General Features: 380-lines resolution
- 150-foot range (no obstacles) 2.450 GHz output frequency Built-in microphone
- Full motion real time color video with no delay
- Camera runs on 9-volt battery or AC adapter (battery not included)
- Composite video connections on receiver
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Product Description
Tiny and wireless, this inconspicuous camera offers effective surveillance protection . It has an operative range of 150 feet, providing full motion, real-time, color video with no delay. It is easily concealed and the built-in microphone provides great sound quality that's perfect for presentations or interviews.
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141 of 144 people found the following review helpful
I picked this unit after much research, for a home-made robot (class project). Here's the scoop:
For the price, it's fantastic!
Performance: Our best results, with a fresh battery, camera unit transmitted ~200' of open parking lot AND ~75' of industrial building w/ lots of flouro/wifi etc. with minimal interference. However, signal strength fell off with batt pwr. Unfortunately, we used a variety of 9Vs at various stages of use or I'd have a lifespan for you. Best guesstimate is minimum 30 minutes full strength from fresh batt.
We also played around with it indoors, with the AC adapters on both units.
Either way, you'll occasionally have to tweak the RX tuner for best reception if the camera is mobile, or the environment changes (body blocking the antenna of the Tx etc.) See that little knob by the Rx unit's antenna? That's the tuning knob.
How does it work?
Camera unit powered by AC adapter, or 9V battery (short life as expected) sends audio & video to receiver unit.
Receiver unit->RCA cables->TV/VCR/whatever (I used an old portable TV/VCR combo from a junk sale). No "Wifi" here.
If this thing had night-vision AND digital tuning it'd have 6 out of 5 stars. Speaking of IR, this camera will detect IR like most digi-cameras. The only test I managed to do before it's demise* was to point a TV remote at it in a sealed darkroom, and it did register the IR LED.
*The TX unit was smoke-checked by an idiot miswiring an improvised AC adapter after we lost the first one, but I'm definitely getting another.
For the price, it's fantastic!
Performance: Our best results, with a fresh battery, camera unit transmitted ~200' of open parking lot AND ~75' of industrial building w/ lots of flouro/wifi etc. with minimal interference. However, signal strength fell off with batt pwr. Unfortunately, we used a variety of 9Vs at various stages of use or I'd have a lifespan for you. Best guesstimate is minimum 30 minutes full strength from fresh batt.
We also played around with it indoors, with the AC adapters on both units.
Either way, you'll occasionally have to tweak the RX tuner for best reception if the camera is mobile, or the environment changes (body blocking the antenna of the Tx etc.) See that little knob by the Rx unit's antenna? That's the tuning knob.
How does it work?
Camera unit powered by AC adapter, or 9V battery (short life as expected) sends audio & video to receiver unit.
Receiver unit->RCA cables->TV/VCR/whatever (I used an old portable TV/VCR combo from a junk sale). No "Wifi" here.
If this thing had night-vision AND digital tuning it'd have 6 out of 5 stars. Speaking of IR, this camera will detect IR like most digi-cameras. The only test I managed to do before it's demise* was to point a TV remote at it in a sealed darkroom, and it did register the IR LED.
*The TX unit was smoke-checked by an idiot miswiring an improvised AC adapter after we lost the first one, but I'm definitely getting another.
195 of 203 people found the following review helpful
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For the money, this is a great little system. Easy, out of the box setup, nothing to it. Video was surprisingly good. I checked it out on two different TV's. One is an older 36" CRT Panasonic, the other a 32" LCD Sharp. No interference from the interior of the home was detected. (You know, it transmits through walls, ect..) Got this to keep an eye on the teenagers still living at home. Man, they are going to think I have a 6th sense! The audio works great too. Wish I would have bought a larger multi-camera system. In fact I am considering that now for other projects. For under $40 bucks, I don't think you can go wrong. Don't expect Hi Def, but it really is quite good.
78 of 81 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this setup for birding. Installation was a breeze. One bit of confusion was the manual which stated the power adapters for the camera and transmitter should not be interchanged and could damage the equipment if hooked up wrong; however, the adapters were identical. I installed everything and had it working in less than 10 minutes. There is some interference as others have pointed out, i.e., occasional lines and jitters, but all in all a very good color picture for the price. I do not see a problem with low light conditions - I have a robin who built a nest under my deck, and was hoping to watch the babies hatch. Today they did within half an hour of my installation of the camera. The camera is tucked up underneath the joists and there is no direct sunlight, yet the picture is clear and bright. This may not hold true for dusk, but for use in normal daylight, I'd highly recommend this system if you're on a tight budget. I couldn't ask for more considering cost/performance ratio.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great product
This product turned out much better than I expected at the cost. I am thinking about ordering another one. It worked great.
Published 4 days ago by Rick Sohl
Perfect R/C car cam.
Got this little cam for my nitro r/c's and it worked prefect. Mine came with everything needed to run off a 9volt battery. Read more
Published 5 days ago by mike
Worth the price
It is what you pay for. With that said its a cheap fun toy. Bought it for pranks and have not been disappointed
Published 6 days ago by Cmkoch
Wireless camera.
The camera was perfect what I needed it for. The range is excellent and the quality isn't too bad. All and all it was worth the money.
Published 9 days ago by Brandon
Worked well for 5 mins then the camera was toast.
Much potential negated by junk reliability! The picture quality was quite nice for such a small device, the image didn't lag much at all when moving the camera around and... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Tech Dude
disappointed
so after reading all the reviews i figured this would be a good cam for a project .... but after getting the cam i was missing 1 power adapter and the cam didnt have audio so i... Read more
Published 16 days ago by big T
It would be nice to get an answer to all the stuff missing from the...
I received this, package intact, so UPS can't bite the bullet on this one as it was pristeen, package wise. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Ben Brady
decent
the camera came fast, and was incredibly easy to set up, however it does interfer with wireless routers so i cant use it until i change the routers frequency ... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Tom
Sigh
well didn't look like the product on the picture but was similar tho the one i got. idk why it would have a tunner/receiver if the mini cam had no channel changing on it if its... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Sigh
Perfect for RC
I decided to try this camera out... (positive things) it seems to work pretty well although the mic volume was a little low on mine. The picture looks okay with minimal lag.... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Tony
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