Would this product work to increase the listening ability of an outdoor audio video security camera?
1959048
Remember that this is a toy. It works but the ability is limited. It sounds like you need something more professional
1959049
I bought this for my kids. We found this is just a mere toy. It does seem to amplify sounds as a whole. It is not that directional as the parabolic dish suggest. Matter of fact we found that the dish just slightly blocked sound behind you. All sounds were jumbled and muddled beside and in front if you. It isn't possible to hone in on a sound that is stated in the advertisement. As said this is a toy nothing more. If you want to amplify sound for surveillance you should consider other high gain amps. This would be a wast of money for anyone unless they are buying it for a very small child to play with. I bought this for my kids. We found this is just a mere toy. It does seem to amplify sounds as a whole. It is not that directional as the parabolic dish suggest. Matter of fact we found that the dish just slightly blocked sound behind you. All sounds were jumbled and muddled beside and in front if you. It isn't possible to hone in on a sound that is stated in the advertisement. As said this is a toy nothing more. If you want to amplify sound for surveillance you should consider other high gain amps. This would be a wast of money for anyone unless they are buying it for a very small child to... » Read More I bought this for my kids. We found this is just a mere toy. It does seem to amplify sounds as a whole. It is not that directional as the parabolic dish suggest. Matter of fact we found that the dish just slightly blocked sound behind you. All sounds were jumbled and muddled beside and in front if you. It isn't possible to hone in on a sound that is stated in the advertisement. As said this is a toy nothing more. If you want to amplify sound for surveillance you should consider other high gain amps. This would be a wast of money for anyone unless they are buying it for a very small child to play with. « Show Less
1959050
In my opinion, no. This is more of a toy than a serious-level listening device.
1478053
If you're asking if the mic can detect the voices of others, then yes. In a 5 foot radius, it should pick them up really well, further than that then less so, depends what other noise is in the atmosphere.
1104200
I would think so as when testing this device around my home it detected my cameras in various places of my home and detected a camera that was just on the other side of a wall in another room. The closer you get to something the stronger the alert is that comes from the device. It has worked well for me so far.
60393
Yes, but if there is a lot of other noise it also picks that up too. It works very well if you are trying to communicate with someone directly. If you were alone and there was not a lot of outside noise you could listen to the tv.
2084314
If your surveillance system has rca audio input Yes, you may need to buy a dc 9v power adapter if your system doesn't have any available connections
48484
Yes! Just set the speaker to the "Mic" Input setting. Providing it does not distort, That should be plenty for what you need it to do!
1678989
This little mic works for lectures or speakers in classroom size rooms but i doubt it'd work outside as well. you might want to find a directional shotgun mic with its own power source if one exists
1970712
I have the camera mounted outside (weather protected) and connected to a computer that uses a good quality surround speaker system with EQ control for fine audio adjustment. Audio from the camera is reasonably good over an acceptable frequency range. The omni-directional mic is quite sensitive and picks up sounds from more than 150 ft away (as you would want from a Security cam). Conversations at that distance are very intelligible as long as the ambient background noise is not extreme.
1751020
Most likely yes, as it's original use was for soundproofing outdoor electrical devices and used at construction sites. Although I haven't tested it outside...so you may want to email or contact the manufacture to ask.
1554561
I don't think it would work for human intruders since they are unable to hear the high pitch sounds emitted by this device nor would they be scared off with the strobe lights.
578796
It could, just keep in mind that this item is only 1 foot long so you quite possibly will need more speaker wire.
1445949
I never used it like that but I assume it would work. You would need to experiment with it and work out how to set it up for the distance of the sound you are trying to capture, over modulation could be a problem if to close to source at a given setting.
892710
I don't believe it will work. It might play the sound but not the video. That's a great question though. Sorry couldn't help more
701514
I haven't tried it, but since it will carry audio I would say yes, although I'm not sure about the audio frequency response..
2088370
You would find it better to connect speakers directly to your player. For an outdoor setting you will need some strong sound amplification.
158659
I think it will work. It plays whatever you record every time the motion sensor is triggered and it's fairly loud. I don't think interference is a problem bc it works on motion, so if you're not walking past both at the same time only 1 will trigger. You do have to buy a card thingie to load the sound. Another $15.
720016
As long as your mic cord has a 2.5mm plug. I'm guessing that you intend to tuck the device somewhere out of the way and run the mic cord into it and a set of ear plugs out of it. Just be advised that the Bellman is very efficient but not at all discriminate. It magnifies all sound equally. I've not tried it but I fear traffic noise could reprogram your brain...<Grin>