How easily and quickly can the cams be powered off and on? I want to keep the camera off during times when an area will have a lot of motion.
202616
There is a slide switch on the bottom of the camera housing, it's easy to shut it off. Now when you turn it back on..it MIGHT or MIGHT NOT sync with the base unit.You will have to pull the camera down, walk over to the base..turn the camera on and press the button on top of the base and wait for the blue LED to flash on the camera...then your back in business.
202617
I would not recommend turning the cams off and on but turn the motion activation off and on during height traffic times. This is done on you app or compute
614756
They do not have an on/off switch. These are just for the appearance of having video security. In my case though it has worked. I have not had any issues since these simulated cameras were installed.
28845
Depends on lots of variables. Each camera takes disk, hi res cameras take more, motion activation can save some. Remember that you can set to overwrite when the disk gets full. I called their customer service on setup issues and they were awesome! I'll bet they could indicate space requirements for one cam in always on mode. Good luck!
1779553
I find that the camera generally shuts down within 45 seconds of external power being shut off. If the motion sensor is activated, the time may be shorter.It is possible to use the battery and make it an external camera/video camera but the instructions are so poorly written that it's trial and error on how to do that or even get into the menu section.
310304
yes but you have to go into set up ane turn off the interior cameras. but don't forget to turn them back on when you leave. i have not found a way to turn all the interior cam's off with just a push of a button. you also could just unplug them and plug them back up when you leave. hope this helps.
317804
We have had no problem with unplugging the device temporarily. It remembers its network settings and comes back up fairly quickly. You could also make use of a USB battery pack that would keep the camera going as you move it.
735486
I've taken short vids. I've not tried long ones. There are two things limiting videos - battery and SD cardsize. My 8 gb card gives stores about 30 minutes at the default. The battery dies fairly quickly as well. As far as action or POV, if you can figure out how to mount it, why not? The camera has a 1/4-20 mounting thread. Or there's always duct tape :)
841260
If you want to keep recording at night with engine off, you should hotwire to battery directly, have a large enough memory and make sure you tether the cam with your computer and make sure it's on continuous since the default is little event when your vehicle stop suddenly or when you go over a bump. Hope that helps
2275360
This can be turned on/off via the settings. But it has no function, so if the camera is working it doesn't matter.
962347
I don't really remember because We don't really take out or unplug this camera and monitor. Our daughter is 20 month old and during this time maybe all total we unplugged maximum 10 times when we are going on the vacation or at grandparents house.We always have pluged and we turn off just monitor with on/off button. If you take just camera in a other room with out cable screen goes to sleep in every 5 min.
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Unfortunately, there is a power cord for the infrared lamp. HOWEVER if you set the camera up near a light source at night - it will pick up motion. I have a motion detector light and I mounted my camera near it so that I wouldn't have to use the infrared lamp. Save money - but the regular add-on motion camera, set up near a light source and you'll have your night time covered.
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That's what I use mine for. I have a switch in the dash that let's me turn it on any time I want. I don't leave it on constantly, just long enough to check the trailer when I'm towing. I have left it on for a few hours at a time. It worked just fine. I think the camera is pretty tough. Goes thru car washes and Michigan winters with no issues. I rate it pretty high.
816756
I took it to a car alarm installer. They hard-wired it to a power source that is only on, when the ignition is on. When I start the car, the camera is powered on. The negative of that is there is NO "parking mode" available when the engine is off.
676152
It takes about 2 seconds to start recording. After motion stops it takes about a minute to go into power save mode again.
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I installed the system in our mobile command bus. I too wanted the camera to run all the time and not just when it was in reverse. I installed a toggle switch on the hot wire to the camera's camera. Now when the unit is turned the camera is activated by switching the toggle switch on. The only down side to this method is remembering to turn off the power to the camera when you turn off the unit. Another way to power the camera is to connect to the vehicle's ignition switch. Then you won't have worry about forgetting to turn off the camera.I hope this helps and I didn't confuse you in the process. Good luck on the project. I installed the system in our mobile command bus. I too wanted the camera to run all the time and not just when it was in reverse. I installed a toggle switch on the hot wire to the camera's camera. Now when the unit is turned the camera is activated by switching the toggle switch on. The only down side to this method is remembering to turn off the power to the camera when you turn off the unit. Another way to power the camera is to connect to the vehicle's ignition switch. Then you won't have worry about forgetting to turn off the camera.I hope this helps and I didn't confuse you in... » Read More I installed the system in our mobile command bus. I too wanted the camera to run all the time and not just when it was in reverse. I installed a toggle switch on the hot wire to the camera's camera. Now when the unit is turned the camera is activated by switching the toggle switch on. The only down side to this method is remembering to turn off the power to the camera when you turn off the unit. Another way to power the camera is to connect to the vehicle's ignition switch. Then you won't have worry about forgetting to turn off the camera.I hope this helps and I didn't confuse you in the process. Good luck on the project. « Show Less
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I can shoot a little over an hour. I have used it for rock show where I filmed one set.You can use an external charger I believe. It is an excellent camera for low light shots!
866078
I have the same problem. If you are recording continuously for more than 15 minutes, the camera heats up and begins to say that you're running out of power. At 20 minutes, it shuts off. The batteries aren't out of power - the camera is just not designed for continuous shooting.