Just purchased one for £11.66 posted from Hong Kong on eBay:
Mini DV HIDDEN DVR Sports Video Camera Spy cam MD80 on eBay (end time 17-Feb-10 16:02:07 GMT)

Also you could purchase one of these to keep it powered none stop:
USB Car Charger for iPod MP3 MP4 CREATIVE ZEN on eBay (end time 15-Feb-10 13:56:33 GMT)

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Charger-fo...item3caa0d8830

That way you don't run out of battery

 

would one of these be of any use for memory..seller has a seriosly gud feedback(99% of 352,000 ppl)??

what battery is in can it be replaced wit a Lithium ion perhaps?

Photofast CR-5400 2x 16GB Micro SD to 32GB Pro Duo PSP on eBay (end time 02-Mar-10 10:22:01 GMT)

 

How much :O

 

lithium battery comes with it

collected mine from post office today , on charge now , cant wait to have a play just reading the manual

 

just tried to run the set up but dont have the file mentioned in the instructions , i do have a file that looks similar and says webcam setup . exe have tried clicking this but it comes up with runtime error

help !!!

 

ok just found out that i dont need to run set up , just plug and play through windows media

also dont think you can record while the camera has any leads into it , unless am doing this wrong aswell

can i hell work out how to change the time

looks a great bit of kit for the dollar ...lol

 

The setup.exe is for the webcam and u need to copy it from the CD to your HDD before running it!

 

No import duty or tax on items below £20

 

I like the idea of these, but call me a pesimist in the UK terms and conditions like these are probably illegal: "Bidder is responsible for any customs tariffs and any loss, defective, unreceived"

So if they claim to send them and don't... tough! Or they send them but they don't work... tough!

Shame, i'd like one but not that much.

 

Okay cheers for the link mate, ordered one from above seller, as you say worked out at just £11.66 delivered which cant be bad can it !!!


will get a quality memory card ordered for it as well.

sure I read that the above seller was on holiday until the 24th ?? ( chinese new year ) so possibly have to waitt a while but no real rush anyway !!

thanks again for your link appreciatte that.

 

No problem, just on the look out for a memory card now.

 

I ordered my camera and had an attempted delivery whilst i were out, i went to the post office to pick it up and waited ion the queue for an hour, and the slow serving dippy woman said sorry its not back at the office yet aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhh !!! i think i lost 15.00 pounds worth of my life waiting lol try again tomorrow so i can start recording stuff lol

 

Ok got mine today, but have a problem....how the hell do you install the thing on your computer, mine didnt come with any instructions, but I assumed you just put the small driver cd in, then plug in the cam, but my laptop doesnt seem to recognise the cd (is it correct the cd being a small one and not a normal size?)

When I turn the camera on Ive no idea if its recording etc, help lol

 

You don't have to install anything unless you want to use it as a webcam. The webcam driver and instructions are on the mini CD. Your laptop probably doesn't read mini cd's. To be honest though the instructions aren't worth the paper they are printed on as they have been literally translated from Japanese. Just make sure you charge it either at the wall or over USB on your puter when u get it. Then u hit the power button then the top button to start recording. And it will only record with an appropriate sd micro card in it.

 

Must say the charge held by it is pathetic. I charged it 2 days ago, whilst waiting for the sd card, n it was flat today :/

 

Ah that explains the cd issue, I also thought the cam had some internal memory, as I havent purchased an sd card yet. When I connect the cam via USB then go into My Computer it recognises it as a removeable disk drive, then when double clicked just says 'please insert disk into drive F', also what is the mode button on the side for?

Cheers

 

Okay looking for a quality 8gb memorycard now, any other links worth looking at for these ?? any makes to avoid ?? best make to go for ??

 

Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

 

Yea it will say that as its looking for the SDcard. So when you get it, the cam also doubles as a ramstick and this is also the way of transferring the vids from the cam to your puter

The mode button is to switch between voice activation n normal recording. So when in voice mode (the red light blinks) it only starts recording when the sound level goes over 60db.

My charge issue was because I hadn't charged it properly But it takes ages to fully charge by all accounts. When fully charged the red n blue lights are static.

 

Thanks mate, I'll just get onto buying one of the SD cards above

 

can you explain how you switch between voice activation and normal recording
i know how to do it on voice , turn on , then press mode button once light will flash fast , then speak and it will start recording , but not sure how to just record with out voice activation ????

 

cheap 8Gb free P&P UK

8GB MICROSD MICRO SD HC CLASS 6 MEMORY CARD + ADAPTER on eBay (end time 22-Feb-10 16:29:52 GMT)

16Gb Free P&P UK

16GB MICROSD MICRO SD SDHC MEMORY CARD FOR BLACKBERRY on eBay (end time 15-Mar-10 14:51:28 GMT)

 

Okay thanks also for your link to the memory cards, unfortunatly does not seem overally cheap for the 8gb version, the one in the original link was only working out around a £1 more ??!!

the 16gb version is no good as the camera only accepts up to 8gb.

thanks anyway keep the memory card deals comming in thou guys !!!

 

I have created the file above, pasted the text and saved the file in the root directory of the SD card, unplugged it, turned it off, turned it on and recorded a vid, still no date change!

can anyone help me please?

 

Just bought this

Mini DV HIDDEN DVR Sports Video Camera Spy cam MD80 on eBay (end time 17-Feb-10 16:02:07 GMT)

and this

Transcend 8 GB Class 6 microSDHC Flash Memory Card: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

£25 all in, lets see if it works!!

 

your better off using your mobile phone,put it in the flap in your sun visor and there awesome in night vision.
adam

 

YouTube - Mini DV Spy Camera AEE MD80 Review

 

If anyones interested, I have sorted how to change the date! thanks to scooby1doo1's you tube post. I found the solution in the comments of the video.

On the supplied software disc is a file named TXT, open it, change the date and time (in the same format) to the current time and date and then save it in the folder that the camera comes up as in My Computer.

It worked for me.

 

You just hit the top button to start recording normally mate. If you are already in voice mode, then u hit the mode button again to return to normal recording.

 

Used mine today, feckin' awesome. Clipped to the passenger sunvisor just for testing and then flipped in Movie maker. Will post a vid later but it's another rainy one.