Key fob mini-cam - £8.39 delivered

Spudzzmurphy

Received my today,great little gadget,had it working in no time at all.
Have just ordered another three for some work mates.

golfdiva

Darnwhy did I have to see this , I want one now

konline

I received mine yesterday. It didn't work first time but when reset, it worked fine. Great little gadget.
Thanks OP.

larry1

Mine arrived today after 2 weeks Bought a 4GB sd card in Argos.. Brilliant gadget.. many thanks to the OP:)

looder

looder wrote: »

Mine arrived today too. Haven't used it yet though. For some strange reason I thought a normal SD card would work in it.
Anyway, if you don't want to que up in Argos, you can get an 8gb here from an Irish seller on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/8GB-SANDISK-MICRO-SDHC-TRANSFLASH-MEMORY-CARD-GENUINE-/270575625537?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PDAsAccessories_MemoryCards&hash=item3eff906541

It says it's genuine, but the last Sandisk card I got from Ebay (it was an Irish seller but don't think it was this one), was fake. It still worked a treat though so I never complained.

EDIT: I threw in the micro SD card out of my phone into it. It works well.

Card arrived already. I only ordered it 2 days ago. I'm not fully convinced it's 100% genuine though. The adapter is slightly different to the one in the picture - It doesn't say the micros sd transflash part. Still works though so I'm happy.

Alkers

Mine came today, not very impressed. Picture quality is good but the framerate is terrible, it plays fine then stays on one frame for far too long so playback is very jerky.

Basq

Mine came while i was on holidays and put in a microSD card and pressed the 2 buttons on it a couple of times.

Put in the card in my PC and got nothing recorded / captured. Then messed a bit more and got 12 random photos and a 2 second video. I can't get anything since.

I'm charging it via USB now.. is the smaller of the 2 buttons photo or what? And got an orange light at one stage but haven't since.

Hopefully it's just in need of a good long charge.

Abelloid

Simona1986 wrote: »

Mine came today, not very impressed. Picture quality is good but the framerate is terrible, it plays fine then stays on one frame for far too long so playback is very jerky.

Does it have a time and date stamp? Where, and what colour?

Alkers

JustinOval wrote: »

Does it have a time and date stamp? Where, and what colour?

It's white and in the top left corner.
I'll put up a video, just want to shorten the one I've recorded and can't seem to find windows movie maker on my pc (XP)???

Abelloid

Simona1986 wrote: »

It's white and in the top left corner.
I'll put up a video, just want to shorten the one I've recorded and can't seem to find windows movie maker on my pc (XP)???

That's not the same model, check out the chucklohr links on this thread, there are a few different types.

Who did you buy from?

Abelloid

Different camera types, and lots of other info -

http://www.chucklohr.com/808/

Setting the time and date stamp -

Download this file -

http://chucklohr.com/808/tag.txt

Open it with Notepad and edit the time and date.
Transfer it to the root of your SD card, now unplug the camera and switch it on and off.
Next time you switch on the stamp will be correct.

Trimming the video clips -

http://www.solveigmm.com/?Products&id=AVITrimmer


Instructions for use -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O1vRmm2fXE

Thanks to Salad.dodger for the original tip-off and instruction clip above.

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=639123

(Sorry, can't edit the first post on this thread....)

Basq

Balls.. left mine charging for about 90 minutes and took it out and lost it's charge almost immediately.

Looks like it's got a bad battery..!

AARRRRGH

When these stop working its because you deleted the last movie off the card.
It appears that the battery is dead, but its not.
Format it again and it will work again.
Record a short 1 second movie first and leave that on it forever. Then you can delete any other movies and wont have to reformat to get it working again.

Barr

Heres a working link , thanks op , another needless gadget

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Key-DC-Mini-DV-outdoor-Video-Camera-Spy-Cam-Webcam-/280517896110?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Camcorders&hash=item41502b67ae

m4rkiz

http://www.vreveal.com/

small, freeware video editor (supporting CUDA if you have it) that can stabilize picture with just few clicks

m4rkiz

basquille wrote: »

I'm charging it via USB now.. is the smaller of the 2 buttons photo or what? And got an orange light at one stage but haven't since.

if we have same ones:

larger, triangle button is power (hold it for 1-2sec)

smaller, rounded, closer to edge button is picture\video, to start recording hold it for 2-3 sec - you should get 3 short blinks when it starts (photos looks crappy anyway)

Cunning Stunt

Got the one I ordered last week, but had to wait for the micro SD card to be delivered before I could test. Just tried it today and have to say I am very happy. A nice find OP -- now I just need to find a reason to use it

Abelloid

Spotted in Tesco this morning.

m4rkiz

actually mine (it is #3 according to http://www.chucklohr.com/808/ ) works as webcam too - when connected to pc in storage mode single press on power button

you can find drivers there: http://www.mediafire.com/?4mdji10muzy

golfdiva

m4rkiz wrote: »

actually mine (it is #3 according to http://www.chucklohr.com/808/ ) works as webcam - when connected to pc in storage mode single press on power button

you can find drivers there: http://www.mediafire.com/?4mdji10muzy

Whats a #3 ?

Ghost Train

golfdiva wrote: »

Whats a #3 ?

there are a few different brands or makes of the camera

a #3 records 720x480 and has the yellow time stamp in the lower right corner

the #3 seems to be the best video quality

Ilyushin76

Got one of these from the op link.Worked grand put now the light stays on and wont connect to pc.I reset it and the light turns off but when I turn it back on the light comes on and stays on.

Anybody any ideas ?

golfdiva

Ghost Train wrote: »

there are a few different brands or makes of the camera

a #3 records 720x480 and has the yellow time stamp in the lower right corner

the #3 seems to be the best video quality

Thanks for the info.

Is the one in the op's post a #3 ?

this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Key-DC-Min...item41502b67ae

m4rkiz

golfdiva wrote: »

Is the one in the op's post a #3 ?

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230480290073

that one is #3, delivered in just one week

Abelloid

golfdiva wrote: »

Whats a #3 ?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66596467&postcount=223

Barr

m4rkiz wrote: »

http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230480290073

that one is #3, delivered in just one week[/QUOTE

Could it be used as a web cam on a PC ?

Ilyushin76

John85 wrote: »

Got one of these from the op link.Worked grand put now the light stays on and wont connect to pc.I reset it and the light turns off but when I turn it back on the light comes on and stays on.

Anybody any ideas ?

:rolleyes:

John85

John85 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Have you watched the youtube video review?

That's where I learned to use it.

Basq

Just recorded a couple of videos today.. tis great actually!

Think mine is a #3 - yellow timer in bottom-right and 720 x 480 resolution.

Bleedin Delish

This is cool. Cheers for the link