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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr.OmegaMan on 04 July 2013, 23:52:08
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Here is a video clip i put together...
Thanks for the help earlier in converting the video ;)
Anyway's here's the video...
Link to Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frsnsV0m0FE&feature=em-upload_owner)
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This is the camera...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005Q6CJI4/ref=pe_385721_37038051_pe_217191_31005151_M3T1_dp_1
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YVArX5jmL.jpg)
Yep its cheap and nasty but i must admit i was surprised with the video quality considering its price.
:)
EDIT: Sorry about the quality of the video uploaded got slow internet today had to make the file smaller :(
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I can see how handy it can be, Funnily enough i had a pack of bikes following me up close then some overtook all caught on my little cheap camera.. Although you'd need a front camera as well for number plates and such.. Think i might keep this camera till i can afford a good quality pair :y
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Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes....... :( :(
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Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes....... :( :(
Picks up sound OK I did a small blast at the end to see if it would pick up the exhaust note clearly not bad.. Aye I'd say have one in the front and back then you have all angles covered apart from the sides :-\
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Always nice to see where you've been Jay 8) 8)
As you, suprised at the quality for a cheapo :y
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Always nice to see where you've been Jay 8) 8)
As you, suprised at the quality for a cheapo :y
Will see how it copes going on Sunday for run over 100 miles :y
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Always nice to see where you've been Jay 8) 8)
As you, suprised at the quality for a cheapo :y
Will see how it copes going on Sunday for run over 100 miles :y
And see how much bad driving it catches :)
Not from yourself obviously ;D
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I would say that is pretty remarkable for the price :y
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Decent enough for the price, not bad. :y
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I thought the picture was exceptional ! So do you get the memory card with it , if not what price for a card that will take hours of video :-\
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I thought the picture was exceptional ! So do you get the memory card with it , if not what price for a card that will take hours of video :-\
Unfortunately not it doesn't come with a card, But I had a SanDisk 16GB class 6 ultra and it worked fine on that :y
The SD card will cost more than the camera if you go for a good quality one :o ;D
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I thought the picture was exceptional ! So do you get the memory card with it , if not what price for a card that will take hours of video :-\
Unfortunately not it doesn't come with a card, But I had a SanDisk 16GB class 6 ultra and it worked fine on that :y
The SD card will cost more than the camera if you go for a good quality one :o ;D
talk to us like were 5 mate as all that tech speak went over my head ;) tell us all----that interest's me--good quality too :y
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I thought the picture was exceptional ! So do you get the memory card with it , if not what price for a card that will take hours of video :-\
Unfortunately not it doesn't come with a card, But I had a SanDisk 16GB class 6 ultra and it worked fine on that :y
The SD card will cost more than the camera if you go for a good quality one :o ;D
talk to us like were 5 mate as all that tech speak went over my head ;) tell us all----that interest's me--good quality too :y
This would be the best SD card to go for class 10 :y
Sandisk Ultra SDHC 16GB
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B007BJHETS
or a 32GB one
Sandisk Ultra SDHC 32GB FFP
http://amazon.co.uk/dp/B007PYBOZ4
:)
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cheers mate :y :y :y :y :y
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Another thing that amazed me considering the price the camera it starts recording automatically after you start the car up or you can set it up to only start recording when it detects movement...
One thing strange I found was it recorded in 2 minute periods maybe I haven't finished setting it up correctly or thats how it is.
And it has different resolution settings to chose from to extend recording time I had it on the highest setting, It stated around 3 hours record time remaining on a 16GB sd card.
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How does it detect the car starting (not using motion) is it because it picks power off cigg lighter?
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How does it detect the car starting (not using motion) is it because it picks power off cigg lighter?
Yep if motion detection is off that's how it records pretty much as soon as you open the doors it starts recording if you leave it plugged in which I was a little worried about doing encase it drained the car battery overnight and recording the whole time, But there's a delay on the Omega about 5 minutes I think so it would stop recording when it cuts power I presume I didn't leave it on to find out, I'll try that sometime.
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Motion is there i think for car parks, so if you are parked up in a multi story, car backs into you it captures it.
Would imagine the draw on it would be very low, so unless outside with lots of traffic/moving tree's should be ok.
I'd be tempted to hard wire it into the fuse box/cigg lighter, can't really gauge its size but could it go behind internal mirror?
Cable up into the headlining and down, for me if I fitted one it would need to be invisible while driving :)
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mmmm got a feeling there is going to a few miggys with cameras in :y :y not a bad thing -can prove handy in event of prang
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Motion is there i think for car parks, so if you are parked up in a multi story, car backs into you it captures it.
Would imagine the draw on it would be very low, so unless outside with lots of traffic/moving tree's should be ok.
I'd be tempted to hard wire it into the fuse box/cigg lighter, can't really gauge its size but could it go behind internal mirror?
Cable up into the headlining and down, for me if I fitted one it would need to be invisible while driving :)
I'll take some pictures of it in the front when I have time, it's not big and its not small but it should go behind the mirror :-\ .. I had to put it to the passenger side corner on the rear window after realising if I accidentally pressed the rear blind switch it would hit the camera and possibly cause damage to the blind :o
Yep I wouldn't want the wire constantly dangling in the front if I was to put it there either. :y
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How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something :-\
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How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something :-\
Advert says suction pad, so sticks to the screen like a sat nav :y
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How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something :-\
Something like this (picture from google), Suction cup type.. :y
(http://www.world-of-accessories.co.uk/images/large/3-310113084127.jpg)
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Eeexcellent :y
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dash cam onboard :y
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .
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Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes....... :( :(
We've got a Roadhawk (http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/)
Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).
Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.
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Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes....... :( :(
We've got a Roadhawk (http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/)[/url][/b]
Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).
Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.
the best :y
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Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes....... :( :(
We've got a Roadhawk (http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/)
Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).
Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.
seems like brilliant idea---thank you for info---am sure many will o down this route--camera in car :y I am---silly not too
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dash cam onboard :y
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .
Oh dear , thats a bit worrying :( Will have to see if Omegaman has had the same issues :-\
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dash cam onboard :y
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .
Oh dear , thats a bit worrying :( Will have to see if Omegaman has had the same issues :-\
Aye That is worrying :( , was it from ebay, amazon or somewhere elae :-\ , I'll update tomorrow evening how it performs and problems etc. on long journeys :y :y
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dash cam onboard :y
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .
Oh dear , thats a bit worrying :( Will have to see if Omegaman has had the same issues :-\
Aye That is worrying :( , was it from ebay, amazon or somewhere elae :-\ , I'll update tomorrow evening how it performs and problems etc. on long journeys :y :y
it was from a chinese seller direct I had purchased from previously.
It`s @ times like that a large hammer would come in handy. anyway I remembered to take out the memory card & it had stopped recording after 12 minutes. Just a rogue unit I suppose. The russian drivers seem to favour the later model Mio mivue camera. £120 ish.
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Well i've just got back from a run of 150 odd miles and i'm not very impressed with the camera.. After some 30 miles into the drive i stopped for petrol and i only realised when i got back it stopped recording then >:( Memory card had recorded 1.6GB so card wasn't full :-\
Never mind I'll try again next time, Got some nice pictures from today though (not with this camera) from Bala area :y
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Have you had chance to try it at night?
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Well i've just got back from a run of 150 odd miles and i'm not very impressed with the camera.. After some 30 miles into the drive i stopped for petrol and i only realised when i got back it stopped recording then >:( Memory card had recorded 1.6GB so card wasn't full :-\
Never mind I'll try again next time, Got some nice pictures from today though (not with this camera) from Bala area :y
Did it overheat :-\
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Well i've just got back from a run of 150 odd miles and i'm not very impressed with the camera.. After some 30 miles into the drive i stopped for petrol and i only realised when i got back it stopped recording then >:( Memory card had recorded 1.6GB so card wasn't full :-\
Never mind I'll try again next time, Got some nice pictures from today though (not with this camera) from Bala area :y
Did it overheat :-\
No burning smell and i felt the cigarette connector now and again stayed pretty cool.
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Have you had chance to try it at night?
Unfortunattely not mate by the time its dark i don't have to go anywhere will probably have to wait till winter before i can test the night vision if it hasn't blown up by then :o ;D
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Well i've just got back from a run of 150 odd miles and i'm not very impressed with the camera.. After some 30 miles into the drive i stopped for petrol and i only realised when i got back it stopped recording then >:( Memory card had recorded 1.6GB so card wasn't full :-\
Never mind I'll try again next time, Got some nice pictures from today though (not with this camera) from Bala area :y
Did it overheat :-\
No burning smell and i felt the cigarette connector now and again stayed pretty cool.
Thats good news then :y
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Well i've just got back from a run of 150 odd miles and i'm not very impressed with the camera.. After some 30 miles into the drive i stopped for petrol and i only realised when i got back it stopped recording then >:( Memory card had recorded 1.6GB so card wasn't full :-\
Never mind I'll try again next time, Got some nice pictures from today though (not with this camera) from Bala area :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=114643.msg1470822#msg1470822
:)
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Have you had chance to try it at night?
He's too busy sitting under his fan at night!! ;D
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Have you had chance to try it at night?
He's too busy sitting under his fan at night!! ;D
Too bloody right ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
When I got out the car near Bala the heat hit me like a ton of bricks getting out and by the time I got back to the car the interior was hotter than the outside and after over a mile walk in this heat with flys trying to suck my blood :o :o I was more than relieved to turn the cool air conditioning to cool me down :-* :-* :-* Oh and when I got home the engine bay was very sweaty around the AirCon pipes :o
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With some old vacuum hoses and a bit of A Team ingenuity, you could pipe the cold air from your car into your bedroom! :y
Might be worth thinking about LPGing the car though if you're going to leave it running all night!! ::) :-\ ;D
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Great the camera doesn't work at all now looks like the heat has got to it or its just decided not to work who knows :-\ Looks like its going back for a refund not a replacement :(
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Great the camera doesn't work at all now looks like the heat has got to it or its just decided not to work who knows :-\ Looks like its going back for a refund not a replacement :(
FFS....it was £13 ;D
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Great the camera doesn't work at all now looks like the heat has got to it or its just decided not to work who knows :-\ Looks like its going back for a refund not a replacement :(
Did you ever get to the bottom of this ? I've just ordered one . . . . and then saw the above :(
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Great the camera doesn't work at all now looks like the heat has got to it or its just decided not to work who knows :-\ Looks like its going back for a refund not a replacement :(
Did you ever get to the bottom of this ? I've just ordered one . . . . and then saw the above :(
Sent it back for a refund, just wouldn't turn on, Probably a faulty unit was going to get another but at the time out of stock, If you bought from Amazon Rog if anything goes wrong with it you got 30 days to open a returns request for a refund or replacent.
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Sent it back for a refund, just wouldn't turn on, Probably a faulty unit was going to get another but at the time out of stock, If you bought from Amazon Rog if anything goes wrong with it you got 30 days to open a returns request for a refund or replacent.
Yep, Amazon. I was getting some other things and thought I'd add this. Looks like a bit of fun, most other dash cams I've seen have been very much more cash, so see how it goes. I'm not expecting too much for £13 ! Thanks for letting me know :y
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That one is very similar to my cheapo car cam ( £13 too). Here's some vid from mine
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=116805.msg1477937#msg1477937 (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=116805.msg1477937#msg1477937)
They fit quite well above the rear view mirror facing forwards if you custom make a mount with a magnet or velcro. The advantages are the price and that they are fully auto, just power up and they begin recording and they loop on a micro sd card (just over 3 hours on a 16GB)
The drawbacks are
1) not very good at night - the 'IR leds' are useless and not IR,
2) not very wide angle - I added a cheap chinese wide angle adapter designed for iphones,
3) not very robust (don't wire directly to 12V like I stupidly did without thinking - it needs to go through the cigarette plug transformer).
4) the quality is not good enough to record a numberplate unless you are inches away from it. Still you can read it out aloud and the audio will record that.
On sd cards I just use the cheapest, they don't seem to need a fast card. About £8 for 16GB.
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That one is very similar to my cheapo car cam ( £13 too). Here's some vid from mine
Thanks ! Still worth a go at such a low price. I'll have some fun playing if nothing else :y
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I can see how handy it can be, Funnily enough i had a pack of bikes following me up close then some overtook all caught on my little cheap camera. Although you'd need a front camera as well for number plates and such.. Think i might keep this camera till i can afford a good quality pair :y
http://goo.gl/UUVTYZ
http://goo.gl/tKTygR
::) ;)