Do I have to leave my computer on all the time in order to save the footage? How about it is in the power save mode?
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You do need to leave the computer on all of the time. I have my computer password protected and lock the computer, but it must be on. I don't know the answer to the power save mode question. The receiver is plugged into the wall or power strip and the other end is plugged into the computer. The computer is where the footage is recorded and stored. I have two cameras plugged in and they both send a signal to the receiver which forwards the signal to my computer.
1918471
Why wouldn't you want it to turn off? I will turn on as needed to record you send show. We have several shows taped at different times. I just turns on when needed to record. I suppose you could just leave your recorder on if you choose.
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I have never had to record a shot that was non-stop so I dont know, but I would assume you would run out of storage space before the battery died. The battery life is quite impressive
466935
I don't know, quite what you mean...but, as long as its plugged in...its on standby, until you push power button and the tv starts...while in standby, I can still record things on my PVR/DVR..we just pull the plug out/turn off the powerpoint - during bad storms....when its on standby, it uses only a little bit of power...but, ive had the tv on from 6am - 11.30pm on the same channel, watching tv shows and sport..always on, until I press the power button to turn it off...hope this answer helps..
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Yes, the middle button on the top of the monitor turns the picture on or off while on the charger. That way you can just use audio at night. We find it is too bright to have the video running all night. When you hear them and would like to see them again just press the button again to turn the picture back on. Hope this helps!
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Mine has options in the menu for loop recording ("off", "3 min", "5 min", and "10 min"). I have it set to "off". When full it displays an icon that indicates that it's recording over the old footage, but when I go to play back the latest recording it isn't available. I pulled the card to check it on my laptop and
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The camera does not save footage, as in a movie. However, with the alarming function turned on it will allow you to save everything that happened in front of the camera (movement) which caused it to take a series of pictures. The length of the series can be varied, I have mine set to take 4 or 5 pictures over 5 seconds. This allows me to see what tripped the alarm and sent the picture to my email and hard drive and to follow up. You can save these posts as long as you want, the only downsize would be the eventual running out of space on your computer.
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All I did on mine was just plug it in to the recorder. You could test it, plug it in turn the recorder on to record, say (testing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) stop the recorder hit play, if you hear the test it worked if not you need power.
470244
Well there is no ON or OFF button so the monitor goes into a sleep mode when there is no video feed. It still may consume power while in sleep mode but not much. Another way to turn it off is to isolate it from the power source. I hope this helped.
957130
hey Jeff, It loses all of everything u recorded if batteries die while recording! Recommend you purchase the a.c. power adapter to alleviate this issue. Harley
1995576
how do you switch modes of recording? on the camera or from the computer? and which is best for slow mo (if possible)?
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You need a computer to set it up and store your videos. After set up, you can power off your computer (if you want to), the videos will be stored on the on-board SD card. When your computer is powered back on, the videos will be copied to your computer.
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hey Jeff, It loses all of everything u recorded if batteries die while recording! Recommend you purchase the a.c. power adapter to alleviate this issue.Harley
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When it's on it's charging base it's never in sleep mode (or doesn't have to be). When not on the base the picture will turn off, but the sound will remain on. There is a large oval button in the middle of the top of the camera the label says video on/off. Just press that button and the picture will come back on. Since it's not on the base you will have to press it every so often to keep seeing the picture.
711123
Camera cannot turn itself on in the event of impact. It is always on while you are driving. I saves file on impact. This file cannot be overwritten.
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I don't know where you found this information, we have this camera and it is not the case. Recorded up to 3 hours non stop without any problems.
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I tend to keep mine on power save, it seems to last pretty well. I'm not sure and exact answer on a number but several hours.