Thanks so much for this video, and especially, your operator manual on your web site! The camera may be a fine product, I just got it today, but the writer of the pamphlet simply cannot communicate in English. Your sites are a tremendous help! Thanks!
Thank you very much for your video. The manual is very helpful I was very disappointed with the camera when it arrived but with your help, it's working to my delight. Thank you again.
I, also, thank you for this video. You have done more to educate me on this camera than I could have learned myself in a 3 month period. Your re-written manual was a god send for me too. The original manual was written with a Chinese dialect. I can now proceed to using this camera. Thank you once again. Central Iowa, U.S.A.
Hey wanted to say this is amazing. i bought this camera along time ago and never used it because the instructions were trash. I found it again and decided to search you tube and came across your video. Thank you for putting in the effort for this.
Just received two yesterday. This RU-vid video and good instruction manual are a God send. Thank you very much. I purchased them as a potential security cameras. Appears to be money well spent.
Thanks for the video and the instructions. Very helpful. Though I must point out the night vision on the camera I got was way better than yours. It picked up a good 10ft away or so. Maybe an improved version of it.
@Dr Bre et al: Try formatting the SD card to Fat32. Otherwise, the cube plays dead. At least that did the trick for me. Took me ages too find out. Now the camera works pretty well. Curious to see if it works for you. @Meisech: Thank you very much for this exquisite video. Finally, I understand. True, the manual is not worth the paper it's printed on. I asked a chinese friend and it doesn't even make sense in Chinese. Edit: I was actually very surprised that the camera had a microphone. I don't recall it being a documented feature. Guess I'm lucky with my unit because I find the sound quality pretty acceptable. Only thing that really bothers me is this silly proprietary USB connector. Why? Oh Why?
How wonderful. I'd set this device aside for several months because of the indecipherable (to me) instructions. Before this video was half way through, I'd made a movie !! Thank you... and those instructions... WOW!
I thought my camera was defective, but was just because I was trying to decipher the horribly written manual. Thank you for taking the time to write one and provide it to everyone for free. I was planning to keep it connected to power and use as cheap trail cam in my back yard to see if the deer are still coming by when I'm not looking, but couldn't figure out the motion detection setting from the instructions in the box. Thank you!
Thankyou for the time and effort that you have put in explaining the use of this little camera, as said the Chinglish manual leaves a lot to be desired.. I got mine yesterday and spent much time searching the 'net for information on it and I can honestly say that yours is the best and clearest that I found. Many, many thanks.
Thank you so much! The Chinese English manual was so minute in font size and so uncomprehendable to understand after using a magnifying glass- so thanks for that as well! Really appreciate
THANK YOU!!!! for the clear instructions. I got my camera and had a hell of a time understanding the english instructions they sent with the camera. Their english instructions was poorly written. Thank you again! I was so frustrated , I almost threw the camera away!
Just want to reiterate what everyone else is saying, thank you SO much for doing this video AND writing up a new manual. Saved me a TON of time. You're awesome!
thanks for taking the time to make instruction a us person can read and understand, this made everything make sense to operate. Again thank you for taking the time to learn in a language i understand. thanks Eddie
Thank you so much Meisech for your superb work! You even went in your car to test the camera on these conditions - WUAOOO! From all reviews I've seen about this little camera, your's is the best (IMHO) !
@@Meisech I'm still learning how to work with this little camera, but without your updated manual I'll probably had already given up from this adventure....
Your manual is a great help. The included version is not only written in Chinenglish but the type is so small you need a magnifier to read it. I bought 3 (three) of these cameras from Ali Express for a total of $7 (seven dollars).
Grazie mille. It seems easier to learn the Cinese Laguage than to read their English. But luckily you did our HomeWork, thanks again from Tuscany (Dutch).
Thank you for a nice readable manual ….first recording did not work after... 2 hours of trying...now i know that the Blue led is standby...and NO light it is recording ! wow !..what a fine original manual..! :)
Thanks for this. I bought a couple of these cameras but I’m still not convinced they work properly, your instructions will be much easier to follow so I can test this.
Excellent review! No "BS" just fact! Just got ours in the mail today. How to attach it in my car would have helped. That little clamp is OK inside at my desk, but I guess I have to invent an adapter. We bought this just for fun on Wish...took forever to get here, but for the price, it's OK! Thank you for the "improved" instructions.
Meisech SQ12 Waterproof but not from the 2 mentionned. Ordered by Ali and received from Singapore. But, it's the same packaging and it's not a Quelima !!!Did not tried yet the nocturn vision. Come back later.
Thank you for the clear/concise review. I'm still having trouble with mine since it only records a 5-minute video then sleeps, kinda useless if this is the case.. Will try to fully charge this before trying it again.
Meisech, Thank you very much for the excellent video and five gold stars from Sunday School for the manual translation. I just got mine and have not used it except to try short video inside my house with 128gb SD card, it worked but was very dark reproduction even with much outside light coming in, in the middle of the day. I will try with loop recording later. Again, Merci.
You're welcome. I am very surprised that you can put a 128Gb card in the camera, as the the manual suggest a card with a maximum capacity of 32Gb. Maybe recent SQ11 cameras are able to manage high capacity SD-cards. Unfortunately, I can not test the camera with a 128 GB card because the maximum capacity of most of my cards is only 32 GB.
I just got mine and was impressed by the quality, especially considering the tiny size and low price. I intend to try mine with an external Ir source for night vision
had no idea it had audio. got 2 for $12 each. Inserting the mini SD is VERRRY finicky, could not figure out why it kept turning off after flashing through the modes - did not realize until I connected it to my pc and it said 'insert card' that the card was not in correctly - it felt like it was firmly in. You have to insert it (logo side up) on a downward slant to ensure it seats into the little slot inside. If in doubt, connect it to your computer and as soon as the card seats you will get a popup that the computer is reading it. Mine started playing 2 short accidental videos automatically. VERY good video!
que tal adquiri una camara sq 11, pero tengo problemas al ocuparla ya que quiero grabar y al presionar el boton on/off parpadea y al meterla a la computadora solo sale un archivo de 1 kb y no graba cual seria el detalle?, tengo una memoria micro sd de 32 gb, ya la cargue pero solo prende una luz azul/roja, no se si esa luz indique q est cargando, espero me ayudes
In charge mode, when it does not record or when there is no card inserted, it must flash red. If a card is inserted, it first flashes red a few times, then blue, then it goes out and it records at the same time as it loads. Anyway, when the camera is recording, no LED is on. You can not record when the camera is connected to an USB port on a PC. On an USB port, card inserted or not, it should always flash red. Maybe there is a problem with the SD card or worse, the camera is not working correctly.
Thank you for this very well executed review of this camera. I purchased two and one seems to get pretty warm when plugged in. It never seems to achieve charging mode as I have yet to see the red light blink when I plug it in, or a solid red when charging is supposedly finished, just a solid blue all the time. Perhaps that is why it gets hot, the charge is continuous and it overcharges. The second camera, I am in contact with the seller to replace as it only loops through the boot sequence. Not the best quality cameras, but for the money and using them for specific uses, they seem to be ok.
Yes, indeed, it seems that there are a lot of problems with this camera, mine included. This is a mass production without any final quality control. If you're lucky, you'll get a flawless camera.
Great video. Thanks for your work on the manual too. I was pretty sad when mine arrived because the amazon seller indicated that it recorded video and audio. Nope. No audio.
Plugged in the camera to the computer to charge and I can't get it to blink red to show it is charging. Directions are very clear and informative. Wish I could print them
Good video detailing this cameras shortcomings. I'm planning to use it as a rear facing car cam alongside a good quality dashcam. Its small enough to miss and wont obscure your view, my only problem is mounting it without a suction cup.
Simple connect the micro-USB connector to the camera and the yellow RCA connector to the video input socket on your TV. If you don't have a video input socket, you can also use a SCART input, but you need a SCART/RCA adapter.
Thank you for the normal manual! This English is not even "Chinese". I worked in China and Chinese software engineers exhibited satisfactory English, but this...
THE BEST review in the entire youtube and THE BEST manual on the internet!!! Great job brother!!! I have one and it works perfecctly. But my question is, is there anyway to connect the camera to a phone using the cables and take live feed with a third party app???
It is entirely possible to connect the camera to a smartphone using an OTG adapter. The 'USB debugging' option must also be activated in the 'Developer' settings. The camera will then be known as 'GENPLUS USB drive'. It is then possible to view the files located on the camera's SD card. However, I was unable to display the live image from the camera on my smartphone, even using the 'USB Camera Pro' app. This app detects the camera, but cannot initialize it.
Update. I managed to display a live image from the camera on my smartphone with the 'USB CAMERA PRO' app. For this I had to remove the SD card. You must also take into account having a USB cable as well as a good quality OTG adapter and that there is no interruption of contact of the different elements between the camera and the smartphone.
