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My guess is that it was caused by inteference from wireless networks around my apartment, even though I myself don't have wireless, and turning my cell phone off did not make any difference. Eventually I figured out that the receiver box needed to be closer than 1 ft from the camera for the stripes to go away. This is insane. I got this one for my porch two days ago. I'm returning it today and getting a 1.2 GHz one instead. The setup was extremely easy, but right away I got intense white stripes rolling continuously across the screen. As a first try I set up everything in my living room, with the camera on the fireplace mantel and the receiver box on my TV stand and connected to the TV. The camera was 7 ft away from the receiver box with nothing in between, and all 3 channels had the same problem.
This will allow you to have up to three cameras on the one receiver. The lens is about the diameter of a penny, but the cube case is about the size of a quarter, still a very small camera. Cordless phones and your Wireless network will interfere with the picture making it jump and have black or blue bands of distortion. You can manually switch between each camera or have the receiver scan through them. I was able to place the Camera on a fence post about 50 yards from the receiver and still was able to get a picture. Based on the reviews I read about this product I purchased it.
It is a good camera for the price, but don't expect to get TV quality images out of it. The other thing not mentioned in the ad was that the receiver and the camera each can be set to one of three different channels. It arrived much quicker then I had thought.I must admit I can't rave about the picture quality. They also show this camera next to a penny in some of the ads. Overall I am happy with the camera, and will have lots of fun trying to use it around the house. It needs a lot of light to render any kind of color, and even then the picture is kind of muddy with low contrast.
But it does have very good distance to it.
I have the video output hooked up to a mini video recorder with a 1GB SD card. The entire surveillance package with this set up can fit in a small old cigar box. It does exactly what it says which is pretty good for the price. I can view the playback on the PVR 3" screen or put the SD card in my computer and view the results. I bought it to find out what is knocking over my garbage cans while at work. No, it is not superb, sharp detailed video and the low light reception is not great, but it does not claim otherwise. For the price, an excellent bargain and can be used exactly as advertised.
I do recomend it to other people if you want to catch a thief. Item does just what review says.
Tried it once, worked O.K., but have not utilized it yet until I gather the rest of the electronics that I need.
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