Spycam Car Key Fob Camera from ThinkGeek

[PatriotAr15]

Are these any different from Key Fob Cameras I find on EBAY?

[mychairmadeafartnois]

how awesome it must be to work somewhere that "secret stuff" needs editing out of a promotional vid.

[bl0tch]

way too expensive on their site. its about 10 bucks free shipping on dealextreme and ebay and they have the one where you can put in your own memory card. also keep in mind even though 4 gigs can record 4 hours of video suposedly, that the battery runs less than an hour

[purplemutantas]

@bl0tch Yea I got mine for around $10 on ebay. The video quality on mine is comparable to this one. Of course I had to buy a memory card for mine. Even with the added cost of a memory card, it's much cheaper to buy on ebay.

[bobbybob3680]

why would you render a non hd video into hd? trying to trick the customers eh ;)

[godgrant123]

What do you need to find the folders on the camera? my usb don't work for it

[harrymedan]

I used this as a bicycle helmet cam. watch my video to see how it came out

[gunmadkiller]

People would be thinking "why is there a usb socket and memory card in the side of his keyfob" lol

[Luwinkle]

How can the video be in 720P when the device reportedly records at 480?

[Speedysnail6]

I am gonna get this for sure! :-)



[Kingaxel1]

These are sold on ebay for around $10.

[sofastrr]

1701-D!!!

[rcmaster1029]

Whatever you do, don't buy this on ThinkGeek. I just bought one off eBay for $10 shipped versus $60 on ThinkGeek.

[ThumpR8080]

or on ebay for $10 lol

[bmbullman]

Buy one of these on Amazon for 13 bucks shipped.

[mac12197]

do these work on a Macintosh computers?

[mac12197]

i'm going to get one of these and take it to school, post the videos on youtube, and label them child abuse... raw footage.

[nakita13williams]

@mac12197 lmao!

[Amperik]

Whats the price pls?

[gravybike]

Hi, we bought this a little while ago, it was fine but now it is not responding? When connected to PC they have constant yellow light. It does not blink etc

When disconnected yellow light stays on and does no respond to pressing of buttons. Can you help? We have tried reset but it makes no difference. Is there a factory reset or something else we could try?

[efernalgumby]

@gravybike Same thing for me.

[insAnum]

@gravybike @gravybike Me too, I first recorded a video until apparently the battery ran out, plugged it in the PC and it didn't recognize it properly anymore (sometimes as an unknown USB device and esometimes as "Anyka USB Web Camera". It worked fine before I recorded the video. I have several of these and another one did the same thing earlier. If anyone has anything to add to this, I am in desperate need of help! Apparently it's a relatively common problem with these. The light just stays on!

[akhoman]

hey thinkgeek,

can we change the battery on this?

thanks!

[aspirepixel]

retracted.. it's TAG.txt (not userconfig.txt)

Date and Time finally FIXED

details at: watch?v=fo9aw_X0oXo

[aspirepixel]

seriously guys... any word on how to fix the date on this thing? the useconfig varieties are not working to remove or reset the time.. kinda annoying to use because of permanent (wrong) timestamp..

[tanagool]

put empty userconfig.txt to the root folder on the cam to remove the date/time

[spoiledworm]

i have this with my car keys haha

[ChappersSP]

Please tell us how to remove the date and time. Thanks

[Doom229]

how do you edit out the date?

[wallaguest1]

unretouched? where is osd?

[ryan88485]

unreatouched? so they did some editing or something

[Misho5z]

WHAT DO YOU THINK UN MEANS! OMG

[ryan88485]

why wouldnt they say untouched instead of unreatouched

[Misho5z]

hmm..

[fireblade95]

got one on ebay for "£8.50 free post

[vidiot4u2]

does it work well?

[creationfive]

I just checked eBay - $150.00 - $200.00 and up.

[anustory]

$79 !!! are you crazy thinkgeek ? you can pick up this cam (720 x 480 video) on ebay for $15 !

[ryan88485]

yea bidding on one now

[808FlyBy]

i wouldn't mind doing some editing if the picture looks that good. ... non-serious applications.

[EmitRelevart]

So how did you ThinkGeek guys manage to get rid of the time display on the video? There are no instructions on how to disable this feature.

[aspirepixel]

I think they cropped the video, I just got mine too and CAN NOT for the life of me set the time.. :( would love any guidance ThinkGeek! (the engrish instructions do suck..)

[EmitRelevart]

The video says "Actual unretouched footage". That to me, means it shouldn't be cropped. So I assume there must be a way to disable it.

I too have been trying to set the time for 5 days now. Tried every format I can think of with no luck.

[sweeet2012]

@EmitRelevart I'm guessing they cropped it out.

[EmitRelevart]

@sweeet2012 Yes, they did. I emailed them and they can't get the time display to go away either. I returned mine. It was too much of a pain.

[brutallyhonest123]

delete the txt file it the save folder called TAG.txt

[EmitRelevart]

Well, I just bought one of these. The video quality is pretty good, but the audio is not.

You can barely hear the conversation even though the unit is 1 foot away. Playing it back with the volume turned up produces a lot of hiss. A lot of clicks from touching the unit. Would be nice if they isolated the mic better.

The English translation for instructions is funny at first, but frustrating in the end.

Can't set the time as instructed (2 different conflicting instructions - neither work).

[SforSilver]

Ok, quick and stupid question: Is it illegal to secretly film in a school in GA?

[aspirepixel]

Sold! that is exceptional video and audio from a keychain!

sousveilance for all!

[s3gnal3]

do you send orders to europe?

send me a message

[digitalpoogadget]

very expensive with ups, on ebay's the same cam for 25-30 USD direct from HongKong

[digitalpoogadget]

720*480 ?

[EmitRelevart]

yeah, it's 720x480.

[fyrewal]

Awesome, I'm going to buy this and use it for evil.

[DblePunch]

voyeur upskirt eh

[cobra12369]

Covert style video camera can capture hours of quality video

Resolution: 640x480

AVI file format

if on the website it says Resolution: 640x480 how is it on youtube in HD that would be 720? and in widescreen mode

[stlknowswhy]

too cool!

[nickjuly4A]

lol, I wonder what the secret stuff was! xD

[justplainmovies]

Finally I will be able to teel who has been sneaking quarters from my change bucket.

[FatKittensMedia]

How awesome. I'm getting this. A perfect hidden camera.

[m66k]

For how long can it record? What memory does it use?

[the23er]

You should link the video with an Annotation to the article....

[ScienceManComics]

Fraize!

[pubtor]

this is bigger than the pen one?

[honse246]

DAM what should i buy with my 80$

this or citys xl ??

[Skimaskkass]

AWESOME

[guatepower]

awesome!!!

[Unerly]

If it wasn't for the shit sound when moving around, I'd buy it.

[ToasterPig]

I dont think you are going to be able to avoid that in a camera that small.

[thinkgeek]

My keys were actually attached for extra realism. Their swinging when I walked caused all the extra sound.

[ARMANDOPING]

hey but what happened with the spy sun glasses?? I can't found it anymore :(

[thinkgeek]

search for part number a0f3

[PuttyMaster101]

awsome, i need a good spy cam

[FURRYYAK]

must... have... link... *gasp*

[TheSchniz]

look... at... video... ending... *rapid inhalation*

[canadadiabolo]

wheres the link?

[fingerdrop]

an error!