Cheap trackday camera!!

[JamboRS]

heres one a guy on a local cruise site bought plus a vid http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=150410036677 vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnF5mXG9IAQ

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[PT]

Yeah really pleased with mine. I did pm a mod asking for a sticky link in the track section for a few months, thinking it would be useful but never even got a reply

[Allyc85]

CD for the drivers isnt working, says something about a runtime error for the installer.

[whitey]

Got mine today cant get over how small it is

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by Allyc85

CD for the drivers isnt working, says something about a runtime error for the installer.

It's cos of the weird characters in the folder name. Just copy the EXE file to your drive C or desktop and run it from there.

But the webcam feature doesn't work for me when I tried to load it up.

[avid-fan]

Originally Posted by PT

Yeah really pleased with mine. I did pm a mod asking for a sticky link in the track section for a few months, thinking it would be useful but never even got a reply

Cheers for the linky still waiting for my memory card to be delivered

GOOD link for HD duel locking tape,to place the cam on the car where you want

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

[foreigneRS]

Originally Posted by tsutton

It's a shame that you can't wire up the USB cable to it from the cig socket to keep it charged up all the time... the record won't work when it's plugged in.

Unplug it, the record feature works.

that's disappointing - i wanted to use mine like that both on bikes and when skiing and connected to a proporta battery pack for extra life

[Porkie]

And me Nick. Was gonna wire it up to look at the driver in the Westy and overlay that onto smartycam forward facing footage!

[Trist]

tried mine on the way home from work. screwed the holder to the dash.
couple of questions
how do you use it as a web cam like it says if you cant record when its plugged in and how do you change the date and time on the display?
there is no instructions in the box or on the disc.

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by Trist

how do you change the date and time on the display?

Should be a file called "MINI DV D001 Manua.doc" on the cd.

Copied & pasted for you...

There is a file in the attached disk,it is for time synchronization,pls copy this file to the TF card,and connect it with the PC,the native machines’ time will synchronously change the time the same as the PC.

The detailed usage is as follows:
1. Build a text file,put TAG.TXT as it is name.
2. Open the Tag.TXT file,according to the attachments’ form,write the requested synchronization time.
The detailed form is as follow:
[date] <blank and newline is needed>
2009/07/22 <blank and newline is needed>
12:00:00

CHKDSK is verifying the TAG.TXT file everytime when you boot-strap.and according to the tiem,it will set system time.after setting the system time,the TAG.TXT file will be delete automatically.

[bouncy]

Prob best not to put time and date on as it cant be removed or im not aware it can be.

It looks silly when you edit the clips, unless you use fancy editing software that will cut the whole lower part of the clip off.

[tsutton]

I can't find a way to hide the date & time stamp. Even leaving it blank in the text file, it showed the default date & time.

[bouncy]

Ahhh right so the date/time txt file sync pc and camera. I thought the txt file put the time/date on. Ah well bummer cos its bloody annoying!!!!

[tsutton]

For others who want to use it as a webcam with the USB cable plugged in - press the 'MODE' button, wait for the drivers to be picked up & installed. Then it will work.

[rstdave]

Just got mine through too.....i'm not great with computers etc so looks like i may have fun trying to get it all to work, no instructions or idiots guide either
Very small though and handy coming with the various brackets so for the money can't complain!

[foreigneRS]

Originally Posted by rstdave

no instructions or idiots guide either

mine (from ebuyer) came with both a printed manual and manual on disc

[Fil]

Originally Posted by tsutton

It's a shame that you can't wire up the USB cable to it from the cig socket to keep it charged up all the time... the record won't work when it's plugged in.

Unplug it, the record feature works.

what are you pluging it into via usb> PC or a charger?

As i have a crappy old cam like this, it wont do video if pluged into a pc and charging, but will happly record video when charging via a mains plug to mini usb or cig socket to mini usb

[Trist]

Originally Posted by foreigneRS

mine (from ebuyer) came with both a printed manual and manual on disc

Fancy sending a copy of either to me. Will pay. Mine was uk seller and no distructions

[foreigneRS]

Originally Posted by tsutton

Should be a file called "MINI DV D001 Manua.doc" on the cd.

Copied & pasted for you...

There is a file in the attached disk,it is for time synchronization,pls copy this file to the TF card,and connect it with the PC,the native machines’ time will synchronously change the time the same as the PC.

The detailed usage is as follows:
1. Build a text file,put TAG.TXT as it is name.
2. Open the Tag.TXT file,according to the attachments’ form,write the requested synchronization time.
The detailed form is as follow:
[date] <blank and newline is needed>
2009/07/22 <blank and newline is needed>
12:00:00

CHKDSK is verifying the TAG.TXT file everytime when you boot-strap.and according to the tiem,it will set system time.after setting the system time,the TAG.TXT file will be delete automatically.

just to clarify, as that chinese > english translation is rubbish, you need a text file on the root directory of the memory card (e.g. E:\, not E:\DCIM or anywhere else). the file needs to be called TAG.TXT

the file needs to contain the following text if you were going to switch it on now:

[date]
2010/03/04
21:01:03

eject the card from your pc (or camera if you hooked that up to usb, and switch it off) and then, with the card in the camera, switch it on. the date and time will be updated.

[foreigneRS]

Originally Posted by Trist

Fancy sending a copy of either to me. Will pay. Mine was uk seller and no distructions

actually, i've just looked and there is no manual on my disc, only drivers and codecs. looks like tsutton might have an electronic manual that he might be able to email you or something though

[Allyc85]

Just tried mine out and it seems to work alright, though as you can imagine it dosnt pick up the light that great down a country lane at night. Sound quality seems decent enough though and cant really moan after what I paid for it.

[baz walton]

Just picked this up cheap on ebay, fits both my old cam (shown) and my newer one that records to sd card
Something else to bang my head on in the tumble dryer

[kieran265]

just bought 1 from england how long did everys take to arrive
thanks kieran

[rstdave]

Originally Posted by foreigneRS

mine (from ebuyer) came with both a printed manual and manual on disc

No printed manual in the box for mine (british seller too), have got a disc with it yes but would have liked a paper manual tbh lol! Haven't put the disc in the computer yet but reading another reply it looks as though it may not have a manual included anyway? Oh well it was only cheap and there's a only a few buttons on the camera ha!

[bouncy]

I got a bit of paper with mine, so could call it a manual, but its on the disc aswell.

[Trist]

cant get the vid on youtube> done a test put it on my pc then tried to upload on youtube and comes up saying error user cancelled upload as soon as i press upload.. could be seeing the bin I need it easy as I am shit with computers

[stevostyles]

i just bought 1 also just in case. when i happen to have it when i get a bird in the car.

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by Trist

cant get the vid on youtube> done a test put it on my pc then tried to upload on youtube and comes up saying error user cancelled upload as soon as i press upload.. could be seeing the bin I need it easy as I am shit with computers

Try doing it with another web browser.

If you decides to bin it, send it to me and I'll make a good use of it.

[kieran265]

got mine today but seems to only record in 2 min intervals any1 elses do this or anybody now how to keep it recording
thanks kieran

[Allyc85]

Just uploading a test vid to youtube now. Vid is 800mb and gonna take 5 hours on my connection

[Chip]

Originally Posted by kieran265

got mine today but seems to only record in 2 min intervals any1 elses do this or anybody now how to keep it recording
thanks kieran

Mine recorded fine when I tried it out, I only did 2.5 minutes or so but it didnt turn off at any point upto that and thats when I stopped it.

Button on the top is a bit awkward to press when its mounted in the car as you have to push it so hard it moves the mount about.

Basically as you would expect it feels cheap and I wouldnt bother for a trackday probably when for not much more money you can get a so much easier to use camera with a screen to preview where its pointing etc, but its a great little gimmick and it really is very small and the vidoes are quite good quality.
Great as a spare though

[Allyc85]

Agreed that button on top is a pain in the RS.

This is my vid with the camera attatched to the bottom of the rear view mirror. Youtube and windows movie maker has slaughtered the quality of picture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8QFnuv8fU

Will take some more interesting stuff when I go for a blat through wales in a couple weeks

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by kieran265

got mine today but seems to only record in 2 min intervals any1 elses do this or anybody now how to keep it recording
thanks kieran

Press the MODE button again - you've set it to use voice activated record which only records for 2 minites.

[Trist]

Originally Posted by tsutton

Try doing it with another web browser.

If you decides to bin it, send it to me and I'll make a good use of it.

internet exporer 8? at the mo how do I change it if it helps

[tsutton]

Download Firefox?

[pee vee]

Are they water proof? lol

can you get rid of the annoying time and date in the bottom of the pic??


cannot fault the picture quality for that money though.!

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by pee vee

Are they water proof? lol

Nope!

can you get rid of the annoying time and date in the bottom of the pic??

Nope you can't. But you can remove it by using a video editor i.e.

VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/

and Logoaway - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...Logoaway.shtml

An exampe video -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw0Bl4bIvGk

[COLEYST200]

iv just sent for one as well and the card

[Alzay]

Originally Posted by Allyc85

CD for the drivers isnt working, says something about a runtime error for the installer.

Mines is the same, anyone got any ideas?

[tsutton]

Originally Posted by Alzay

Mines is the same, anyone got any ideas?

I posted a reply explaining how to fix it - read this thread again.