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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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215 of 224 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.
114 of 120 people found the following review helpful
By Ron F.
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.
50 of 55 people found the following review helpful
By Luvinhistory
Amazon Verified Purchase
This little camera works great for keeping an eye on things. A word of advice, be sure to set the channel on the camera so as to not interfere with any wifi network you are running. The switches are on the camera. two tiny white switches on the side of the camera, then adjust the reciever to that channel with the adjustment knob on the top. Once that was don, all of my wireless stuff was happy and working well.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
if it sounds too good to be true then.
as I cant give a fair rating: because I thought I did not work. had it work I probably think it would have been a great deal for the buck.
Published 5 days ago by PE
1.0 out of 5 stars
DOA
Defective.. nearly burnt the skin off my palm it was so hot. No image ever displayed from wireless camera. Returned to amazon
Published 6 days ago by A Lawson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite as good as I had hoped.
This product has some issues. It does work however the camera gets slitly hot and the signal is not all that great.
Published 6 days ago by Jerry Wood Jr
1.0 out of 5 stars
It suck big time
Never got it to work I want my money back:/ never buy this camera it's a money lots type of deal
Published 8 days ago by Danny
2.0 out of 5 stars
It mostly kind of sort of works
As the title states. It works for the most part kind of. Requires constant re-tuning which is extremely annoying and after the cam heats up the colors seem to change. Read more
Published 8 days ago by S. Smajlovic
5.0 out of 5 stars
Totally disappointed
The reception is awful. The visual is just as awful. Not good even a little bit. A waste of money. I am now scared to attempt similar purchases.
Published 8 days ago by Norma P.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very Poor Quality
Just like most of these "wireless" color cameras so often do - this one does it best. What is that? Read more
Published 11 days ago by Brian Williams
1.0 out of 5 stars
junk
Didnt expect a whole lot for under thirty bucks but this is garbage. Almost impossible to tune. Connectors are the flimsiest I've ever seen. Read more
Published 12 days ago by NEIL TASSELMYER
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the price, just dont expect to much.
The camera worked exactly as described. Almost immodestly the image on the transmitter suffered from "burn" spots. The transmitter proceeded to get very hot. Read more
Published 13 days ago by chrisw
1.0 out of 5 stars
Basically worthless
I can barely make out the picture, even with the camera in bright light and only a few feet away from the receiver. Read more
Published 16 days ago by R. Hunt
