SQ11 Mini DV Camera Setup, Review, Instructions and Sample Footage!
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Today, we're looking at this super cheap action camera, the SQ11 Mini DV Camera, and also going over its instructions and how to use the SQ11 mini dv Camera. Its pretty tricky when your first setting up the sq11, but with the help of an instructional video like this one, you'll be using your sq11 in no time ;)
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In this video, we go over all the instructions for the SQ11 Mini DV camera, including -
turn on the SQ11 - 0:58
720p recording mode - 1:04
SQ11 720p footage - 1:09
1080p recording mode - 1:23
Photo mode - 1:52
SQ11 night vision mode - 2:11
Remove timestamps from SQ11 footage - 2:54
Use SQ11 as a webcam - 3:37
overall, the sq11 mini dv camera has a lot of different modes, but it can also do a ton of really cool stuff making it a great cheap action camera, or good just as a random extra camera.
the night vision mode on the sq11 is particularly cool, especially considering how cheap this camera is!
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thanks for watching! You can check out my motion detection tutorial for the SQ11 DV Camera here - ua-cam.com/video/LSsV6Piegww/v-deo.html
how about a camera that works? That would be a novelty- A Chinese micro cam that actually works. The SQ11 I bought is worthless. it does not do 1080, and the audio and video is jerky, and I'm using a fast 32g card. complete garbage
Did that work for your drone
P47 wireless headphones almost as good as beats and a bit more functionality than the beats.
How to connect my aindord phone plz tell me
@zohaib I have the same problem. This camera never records anything! I think I've been robbed here!
Who's here because of Temu? 😌
Jaycar for me
I'm here because of aliexpress
Ya not what I thought ….
Which app we can connect on it?
Me temu
Perfect video, clear and concise! The manufacturer should just print the link to this on a slip of paper and throw away the horrendous, nonsensical factory instructions. I read them carefully several times and could not make heads or tails of them.
Nowdays, instructions come with micro text. You need a microsope to read them.
Engrish can be entertaining in and of itself but not when you're trying to glean actual information from it, with a magnifying glass at that.
Thanks for this video
English gone for a toss in the manual
wait can i transfer the videos i take to my laptop?
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Man, I just got the camera and it arrived an hour ago while I was at work. I was too lazy to check the instruction, so I literally just searched the model up on UA-cam. Thanks for your video brother.
Thank you so much. How you explain this item is so much better than the other 8 videos I've watch. I appreciate your help.
Thank you for this vid, exactly what I was needing as the printed English instructions are gibberish.
Cool. Your video is a lifesaver. I bought a couple of these sq11’s for cab view model railroad video, but the English instruction translations were making me feel like I was having a stroke! I have had these for almost a year, but every time I went to use it the instructions would frustrate me and I’d put it away again. Thankfully your clear demonstration of how to opera this has given me the confidence to try again.
Ha Ha! Dont even try to make sense of the instructions, I laughed so hard at them. This is a pretty good demo, I have several, still trying to make them operate.
I was almost about to send this camera back because of the user guide!! Thank goodness I wrote to the selling company and they directed me here. Thank you!!
Excellent review thank you! Could make no sense of the instructions provided, but after watching this I can proceed with confidence. What a pity that the manufacturers don’t employ a competent translator!
Great Instructional Video! Well paced, clear & concise! Highly Recommended!
Thank you brother! As soon as I saw the instructions I knew I wasn't going to read them! Also when it arrived it came with other products and ive been racking my brain trying to figure out what I NOW know is the stand. You know how WISH operates, sometimes you get a box and sometimes you don't lol. Thanks again!
Me too! - I really didn't understand 'the stand'.
Brilliant teaching, fast and simplified, good on you
Thank you for this video! It's a lot easier watching your demo than reading the instructions!! Cheers!
Yeah the instructions make no sense😂
Most often the translations from foreign languages for manuals is Terrible
was waiting for motion detector too. have to say its refreshing to not have endless waffle to get to the point ten minutes in, well done :)
Just got one I ordered 2 months ago. The written instructions are 💩!
I really appreciated your video. I'm going to watch it again and write down the instructions.
Thanks! Thumbs up
Lol. Same here.
Agreed.
The instructions was just a piece of paper badly written. Agreed, it is a sheet, impossible to understand.
This video make it possible
Anyone knows if the night vision can be activated when using as webcam?
I'VE HAD THE CAMERA FOR A WHILE NOW BUT TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I TRIED TO USE IT (EMPHASIS ON THE TRY) (stupid caps lock!)
I went to a swap meet and clipped it to my shirt, the first video walking from my truck to the entrance and beginning my shopping was about 9 minutes long but because I didn't trust that it was actually recording with no blinking lights I pressed and held the power button and the blue light would come on so I pressed it again... Blue light blinked 3 times and shut off... After the initial video all the other videos are less than a minute long... WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
An elderly friend bought 2 but only had Chinese instructions. Gave 'em to me, thanks for the instructinal video. LOVE IT!
Thanks for reviewing this product.
Just got ours so excited.
Is it okay?
I got myself on today
Don't be get too excited unless it works for you.
Mine isn't working and couldn't played the videos. Photos is okay. But the video was the reason why I bought this for my outdoor vlogs and activities but sad to say, got me left disappointed. 🥴🥴
thank you for explaining that manual. I couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
Thank you for these much clearer instructions. I bought mine to strap to a model rocket so it should make for some pretty cool videos.
the main selling points of this camera, imo, is the small size and weight. along with the low price that makes it practical for applications where you dont want to use a high quality camera. for example, mounting it to radio controlled cars or planes, drones, model rockets, attached to the collar of your dog or cat, etc. if it gets lost, stolen, broken you dont have to cry about it, and if its not, you can get some cool action shots of what your cat does when wanders outside. maybe even trying to catch a bird or something.
exactly why i got it, to attatch to my cat lol
Great review. Gonna buy this camera to find out who's dumping rubbish outside my house. As the battery isn't great can you leave it plugged in and still recored?.
Got mine for completing an Amazon survey. Thanks for making it usable.
I got mine working thanks for the details on how to on this video :)
no worries, glad to help
Can you link to a PDF of the instruction sheet?
I believe the camera also has motion sensing. How do you turn that on?
yeah sure, here is a webpage - org-info.mobi/shop/sq11-mini-dv-guide-en.htm
and here is a pdf - www.cyanscorpion.com/manuals/SQ11-manual.pdf
in the intructions you can read about how to enable motion sensing if you want, personally though I havnt tried it
Do you know any better quality camera with the same or smaller size?
Gopro max
@@connorohagan5848 I wish GoPro kept on making the hero session.
Very informative and straight to the point review...just the way I like it. I'm subscribing to your channel
THANK YOU, I was so confused at the paper instructions LOL
Would you be able to explain to me how to connect to tv and get it to work on there please?
Thanks Brendon urie 👍
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you, you saved me.
cool overview! can you do a video on a cheap microphone? I think it would be cool to see if a cheap microphone is any good.
yeah, I definitely can! that sounds like a great idea!
Hey dude great review but 2 points of improvement: 1. to change the date or disble the date you don't need to take out the sd card and plug it into the computer. You can connect the camera directly to computer with sd card in it and use file manager to access the text file. 2. you explained everything except how to charge the battery of camera and what color LED is on while charging and after fully charged.
Red.
How to charge
Thanks! Just got one and wanted to know more!👍
Thank You! You made it simple!
why you never demo the video cable ? i nerd to see on my tv.
hi, can this camera be on infrared and motion detect at the same time.
i just got one today and it works good
Thanks for help about connecting as web cam
I have one, but mine has a motion detection feature. I need to know if it works while hooked up to a portable charger. Do you know?
Portable charger with the right charger end I would think.
IF you have a fake model, as I do - these are almost certainly actually using a 640x480 sensor, at least for the model I have.
On the model I have at least, there's only one video recording setting, which is actually 1280x960(from checking the file details in Windows), ie: exactly doubled resolution both horizontally & vertically(quadrupled total resolution). Photos are the same resolution.
When used as a webcam, the max resolution is 480p, 30fps.
4:3 format, 640x480, 30fps = all of these match standard definition NTSC(USA,Japan etc) video. ie: it's most likely a bottom of the barrel sensor, which is being scaled up(which is pointless, it doesn't improve quality). This would also make the analog composite video output easy, as the sensor itself is probably already using that format. Even for 640x480, the quality is poor.
The infrared/night-vision also doesn't seem to work, I think the 'LEDs' are fakes.
It's weird how products that are already low quality, get copied.
absolutely fantastic review
Bought a few of these but didn't know what size usb to use but as soon as you pulled it out it hit me. After getting 3 bigger ones from Amazon. I misplaced it and forgot about it but that explains why it was in a bag for 2 years. THANX!
To you who don't know to use motion detection, you need to press power button once and it becomes blue. From there click and hold mode button for 3 seconds. Now you are in motion detect mode.
Very impotrant thing is that the device is connected to power supply while in this mode, other way it doesn't work. Np
Thanks mate, I’ve been battling all day with it,
still have not been able to get mine to work - how long did you have to charge your before it was ready
instructions that came with camera suck your explanation was much more helpful thanks
i charged it for about an hour
@@ChinaTechnology how did you charge it?
@@happyocean6020 ,
Im beginning to think it's one of fraudulent products being not actually usable as advertised nor anything else seriously really :-
My purchase of 3 of them came only with trash-instruction which does NOT even reveal any contact point; No Website, No Email, No TEL#, nor any address to return.
But also "NO cable of any kind !
How do you suppose to CHARGE THEM BEFORE USE as the trash-instruction says ?!?!?!?!?!
No cable to connect to PC ?!?!?!?!?!
@@happyocean6020 you just plug it into your laptop using that double ended cable that comes with it, forget the yellow part. it will flash red until fully charged then you get steady red
THANK YOU. I couldn't understand the English-as-a-second-language instructions at ALL, so I took to YT to find this. Very much appreciated. Tho, I have to say, a little annoyed because it didn't cost me $4, it cost me $30 on Amazon (I'm in Canada). Sigh... Haha. But much thanks for the instruction.
Thanks for making. Helped👍
In what folder or directory in my SD card can I find the recordings? And what particular app or software should I use to view them?
Thanks for those who will answer.
just connect it to your pc, there will be a videos folder. I use VLC for reviewing my footage
You forgot to say how to do motion detection.
That’s wat I was waiting for
hey, i just published a video on motion detection here - ua-cam.com/video/LSsV6Piegww/v-deo.html
@@daveh4700 same
@@ChinaTechnology do you know if China is watching you through that device?
@@R_Hello oh my god, are you from a conspiracy group?
I started to try and read the instructions but the English often doesn't make any sense so I am really grateful to see this vid! Thanks
I wasn't sure about the camera cables. That was helpful.
I just got mine but it didn't come with the complete USB cable .....it only came with the one for charging, the one for the laptop or TV isn't there what do I do about it please.....and l really love you video thanks luv
Mine didn't come with the TV cord either! ☹
If you have a small hand held digital camera for taking pictures that cord fits. My camera came with both and works great!
Brilliant video buddy, very clear and concise. Unfortunately the camera that I bought, was a rip-off. No 1080 recording, and where the night lights are supposed to be, when I stripped it down was just lumps of plastic.
SAME! Very upset and sent a message to the eBay seller about this.
Same as mine, i have ordered 2. And inside no lead light only stripped plastic, no reset button only empty space inside. And it's record videos no longer th
an 27-30sec
Ty for making it look easy to operate :)
Very helpful instruction!
I download your pdf user manual. Very helpful too.
I like your Chinglish.
Thanks.
Thank you for this!! Not sure how you actually figured out the instructions, but it was absolute thrash to me. Maybe for those who could understand mandarin and read the original would understand. But the English version is just pointless.
how long does the battery last? and does it work of motion or does it just keep going until the battery runs out? thanks
Manual says up to 100 minutes of battery per charge.
Didn't tested shooting until its ran out of battery but I found is that the camera may keep recording but it split the record and make another video file while recording.
My SQ11 split the video file when it records around 5 minutes of video.
Thanks for that quick tutorial. Can I connect this cam to my iPhone?
Thank you very much for your instructions. I have a question do you need to change the timestamp every time??
And do you need fotobooth??
this is the 3rd video i have watched to try and understand how to use this camera. yu all seem to jump a step or 10 between taking it out of the box and turning it on!!!. ok so i plugged it in to charge it. the light was not red it was blue and flashed for about 90 minutes then went solid. now what? when i ask the computer to eject it so that i can take the camera away from the computer to use - the computer says it is in use and if i unplug it it's fubarred. the box says that in the unlikely event you need help they will be glad to assist but there is of course no way to contact ''them''. can you help?
I'm pretty sure flashing blue means recording so if that's coming up while charging try holding down the power button to try and turn it off maybe? also, try charging with a wall adapter if you can as the computer may be causing issues, but I'm not too sure
I followed your advice to a T but when I put the micro sd into my PC it shows no files. Any help would be appreciated! Cheers!
The one I bought from Amazon is not working, as well
did you also try it on your phone?
Does it come with the chips? Also Is there an app for this?
@@Zacoy how do you use them on the phone?
Nice review! Thanks :)
Great video, simply put.
What about the battery life?
how do i connect the SQ 11, so i can see in live on my Samsung phone?
Ya even I want to know how to connect that to mobile...
Mee too haha
sonu did you find out if you can use it on your phone
Thanks it was very helpful and detailed information about what I needed to know
thanks you have been very useful !
why does my sq11 turn off after a few seconds of blue light? it charged for some time, so the battery shouldn't be empty. maybe it's broken? does it stop charging if it's full?
Make clear what exactly you want to know. When charging, the lights turn off when fully loaded. When recording, the lights will flash and then turn off.
@@claussanta2341 I did what he did, and it flashed perplex and stops. Doesn't leave a file on the sd card.
How many hours of video footage for 32gb? Like depending on the setting ex. 720p, 1080p Please reply, thanks!
Google it😏
@@coldeeshiashi5922 We’re asking China Tech who made the video 🤯
@@darknessblayzer7120 who?
Excellent video buddy. Thank you very much for all your help and guidance god bless you
Thanks! Great video. I was so worried that I had to read the operating manual!
when in motion detection how long the battery last?
Up to 5h
@@cupson2009 hello my cam flashes always red and blue light and then turn off can i know why
@@abbaabbascell8077 or micro sd card not detected. Or is full. Or is in wrong format.
As far i tested, maximum suport was 32gb and it mus be in fat32 format
NOT NTFS
Can you make a video that you use it with your phone
Where You able to find out if you can use it off of your phone
nice video dude. I purchased this sq 11 from banggood and working properly. from your review, only I purchased this item and it's properly working. only one issue that my night vision is not working or may be i don't know how to use it. thanks man
Thank you for doing that video. Dose the camera have a sensor mode and hiw much battery life dose it have.
Can I check footage on cell phone?
It’s not wireless but you can
@@mycreations4527 how tho? I'm trying to figure out how
@@lyricalburrito use a cable that connects with your phone that has a female USB port on the other side then connect the camera using the included cable
CAN THIS BE CHARGEABLE? OR SUPPORT TO PLUG FOR POWER SUPPORT? HELP.
I was thinking of putting inside my car at the back as a spy cam. Can I use a power bank battery to keep it surveillance on motion detection mode?
Thanks so much for the explanation! The manual was so confusing. Also, how do you use motion detection and TV Out?
I just bought two of them! But I would like to know how many hpurs can it record up to? Good video!
Bro can j somehow connect it to my cellphone so i can see what it pulls but without cable? Only Bluetooth, WiFi or something like this
Put the SD card in your phone and go to your file folder.. work it out from there.
@@alexk2416
What SD card? I was informed to buy a tf card and put into the camera. I have a 32gb SD card in my phone already. How do I use the camera thru my phone? Please, any info will be greatly appreciated
@@audiekavanaugh6110 TF (TransFlash) Card is the same as a Micro SD card, just a different name in some countries. It's actually a Micro SD TF Card, if you're being specific.
We just got this in the mail today. AND am still confused on how to work it.
r u still? did u get the hang of it
Good explain,thanks bro
Hey Bro!! Good work! I would like to know if Night vision works when connected to the computer as webcam. Thanks man I appreciate it!
does it record sound or just image?
both
And also please tell me how to connect it to a phone or computer?
you need a USB OTG
thank you man!... 1000's likes
Thanks for the tutorial!
How does everyone fail to show u how to view the footage while it’s recording
⟟ don’t think you can
What do you mean fail to? You can't. Do you see a screen? because there isn't one. How theheck did you expect them to preview the recording then?
@@mjyanimations1062 mah she actually asked a valid question… you’re a lil too harsh with this response my good sir
Can you live stream to your phone?
??????
Thanks and yes the instructions are long and all the place. So to find yours was great and I now know how to use it. Not bad for less than $5.
What do you mean by "instructions are long and ALL THE PLACE?
Thanks, I just bought it
need help witrh playback of recording...can i PLUG IN THE SD CARD TO MY ANDROID PHONE AND WATCH RECORDING? I TIRED VIA TV WITH CABLE AND I CANNOT GET ANY FILE TO PLAY VIDEO...PICTURE IS WORKING BUT WONT PLAY BACK VIDEO
hi, i just got this camera myself and i have the same issue no video play back - i tried the reset and no different - have you fixed the issue?
Plug it into a computer. Was caps lock necessary. This is a 3 dollar camera after all
blue=720 press once light goes off is recording
press mode once red+blue= 1080p
press mode once more = photo mode
from 1080p hold power for 2 seconds - 3 flashes indicates night vision
this thing's cost is amazing but it's interface is.... something else
also, mine doesn't seem to work like yours lol
Kanoshe for 1080p night mode after 3flashes do i need to click power button again? Does it the night mode record with or without the red/light?
got one at a flea market for one dollar. wasnt sure wether to put numbers on the side and turn it into a die or put it in the freezer and make an electronic ice cube out of it. This video helped a lot.
Do I have to turn on night mode on every night or will it automatically record day&night on day mode ???
Can you hook it on a smartphone??
I dont think so
why all of you never demo the use of rca video cable
Good question! I can't get mine to show on moniter via RCA coonection.
Thx a lot!
np 👌😊
@@ChinaTechnology hm po
That's pretty cool I have one of those.