I am really confused. I am looking for a surveillance camera that I can mount in my car so it can video who is around my car and perhaps vandalizing it. I have tinted windows and thought this could be mounted on the car ceiling. I am confused as how to put it in my car!! I am really confused. I am looking for a surveillance camera that I can mount in my car so it can video who is around my car and perhaps vandalizing it. I have tinted windows and thought this... » Read More I am really confused. I am looking for a surveillance camera that I can mount in my car so it can video who is around my car and perhaps vandalizing it. I have tinted windows and thought this could be mounted on the car ceiling. I am confused as how to put it in my car!! « Show Less
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yes, you can mount inside car on any surface. you have 12v dc and you need a DVR. but beware the lens is not wide angel so you may not get the view you want.
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Wiring: If you read the reviews there are no directions that are of any help. This is true and I did not really pay any attention to them because of the reviews. I tried a couple different ways to hook things up I found (for me) the perfect wiring hookup. I hung the display on the existing mirror and fished the wires down to the below dash area on the drivers side. I then fished 3 wires from the back of the car to the same area under the dash (one red, one blue and then the supplied av cable that came with the camera). Monitor hookup: Red wire (switched power - on with key) Black wire (ground to chassis) Blue wire (hooked up to the blue wire I fished from back of car which was tied to backup light) Camera Hookup: Red wire (connected to red wire I fished to front of car which was connected to the same switched power that the camera was connected to) Black wire (ground to chassis) AV wire (connected to the av wire I fished to front of car that connected to the display unit) I found this to be perfect. The screen is black until you shift to reverse, the display comes on nearly instantly then off again when you shift out of reverse. I also found if you want to display the rear camera view while not in reverse, just touch the av button on the display and you can show AV2 all the time which is the rear camera view. Works just like a factory install when wired like this.
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It will be perfect for that. Unlike other cameras where you cannot use it for surveillance because a human will see the read light when it takes a picture, this one does not show the red light,... yet takes good pix at night. So that is why I bought the cameras...because it is good for surveillance.
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Andy, I wondered the same thing. It certainly looks to me like it would need total protection from weather outside. The software is a bit cranky but the camera works. I was hoping it would work looking outside through a window but it doesnt. It just sends a picture of its own refelection. Better suited as a nanny cam or the like than a security cam.
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Hello, I don't understand why would you put on a car that has windows. However, if the windows are blocked, I guess the best place would be the highest point on the back or trunk. New cars come with them installed around the license plate. My suggestion is to turn the camera on first before installing and find an angle suitable first before making a hole. Good Luck.
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Hi, looking at a picture of your car, I think this camera might not be good for you... You'll have to make a hole about one inch wide to fit this one. --> This would be better to fit on your car: "Esky EC170-06 Smallest HD Color CCD Waterproof Vehicle Car Rear View Backup Camera, 170 Degree Viewing Angle Rearview Camera(0.86*0.65*0.50 inch)" I've installed two of them, better color, very small and wide 170 degree angle of view. Hope this helps.
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We had access to a bucket truck so were able to mount high on a pole. Also, we placed a flexible plastic tube over it with a hole cut out for the lens to "disguise" it so it would not be such an attractive target for vandals. You will have to be creative. You could mount inside a lockable steel box with a hole cut out and strap the camera to it. (Nema 3R boxes at electrical supply houses for example.)
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This item comes with a cam-lock style suction cup mount. Open the cam lever, push the cup onto your windshield, and close the cam lever to create a vacuum to hold the suction cup in place. So far it's held fine on my windshield and because the camera is so light, it should stay indefinitely. The camera has a slot in it (seen above the lens in the main item photo) which matches a locking tab on the suction cup mount. The mount has 3 dimensions of swivel and rotation so you can angle the camera how you need to.
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Hi!I think a rear cam doesn't have a motion detectors. General camera has it. Alhought, I don't know correctly and I need to ask the manufacturer. I will comment the message soon!Best rgeards, Sergey
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Greetings from Venezuela.Mr. Matt, I got the camera TT-CC01 TaoTronics Universal License Plate Waterproof Car Rear View Video Backup Camera with 7-LED Night Vision (Color CMOS / 135 Degree Viewing Angle / Distance Scale Line) two weeks ago (end of May) and install in the car, the result being better than the other camera that first sent me (looks very clear)I am satisfied with the product and so far has not given me picture reception problem, I hope the sun and ambient temperature (34 ° C) does not damage the camera viewfinder.Thank demonstrated accountability to clients and having made ​​the return of the product, I will change my assessment of one star to five stars and recommend the product. Greetings from Venezuela.Mr. Matt, I got the camera TT-CC01 TaoTronics Universal License Plate Waterproof Car Rear View Video Backup Camera with 7-LED Night Vision (Color CMOS / 135 Degree Viewing Angle / Distance Scale Line) two weeks ago (end of May) and install in the car, the result being better than the other camera that first sent me (looks very clear)I am satisfied with the product and so far has not given me picture reception problem, I hope the sun and ambient temperature (34 ° C) does not damage the camera viewfinder.Thank demonstrated... » Read More Greetings from Venezuela.Mr. Matt, I got the camera TT-CC01 TaoTronics Universal License Plate Waterproof Car Rear View Video Backup Camera with 7-LED Night Vision (Color CMOS / 135 Degree Viewing Angle / Distance Scale Line) two weeks ago (end of May) and install in the car, the result being better than the other camera that first sent me (looks very clear)I am satisfied with the product and so far has not given me picture reception problem, I hope the sun and ambient temperature (34 ° C) does not damage the camera viewfinder.Thank demonstrated accountability to clients and having made ​​the return of the product, I will change my assessment of one star to five stars and recommend the product. « Show Less
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Just put a memory card in it and plug it in the car. Once you start the car, it starts recording. I know the manual is bad, just try the keys while electricity is on, it is not so hard, you can configure some options, change date and time, choose is you want video blocks of 1, 2 or 3 minutes when it records.
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Since this is a hard wired device, it has to be have a wire from the camera to a display monitor in the car. You can do it yourself, or ask your mechanic.
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It gets mounted inside the car on the rear glass windsheild, you can also put it lust above the rear license plate so it can be used as a back up camera
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You have to buy a video screen. I have a 5" screen I bought from AMAZON THAT DISPLAYS THE IMAGE. I HAD A LOCAL CAR STEREO PLACE ROUTE THE WIRES THROUGH MY car and have the screen mounted behind my stick shift on the dash. I love having the ability or see so well behind me!
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You have to designate a place. Hard drive, email server, cloud...designate a place to store video. That's the point, it's a WIRELESS camera, so the images it records can be viewed and stored remotely. If the images were stored on a memory card in the camera, that would defeat the purpose. Someone wishing to defeat the surveillance could just disable or steal the camera, and they would have the record too. Whereas if the images are on an external hard drive or server somewhere else, they stay accessible.
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The camera has a short wire to a transmitter and the monitor is connected to a receiver. Thus, there is no wires to run the length of the car, which would have to be routed and hidden.
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Your using it to monitor the exterior of your home from the interior of your home directly through a window? If so, I don't have an answer for that. It wouldnt expect it to do that, it is not the proper camera to do so. Get an exterior camera with the proper width and leds to do so. Just for example, have you ever tried to recording through the inside of your house to the outside with your camcorder. It's never worked very well, very bad focus. Look into an exterior cam. Mine works great.