Specification:
Model No: GD2805
Video Input : NTSC
Video Resolution : NTSC: 640*480(VGA), 320*240(QVGA)
Video Parameter Adjustment : Brightness, Chrominance, Contrast, Saturation, and Image Quality
CMOS Parameter Adjustment : Automatic white balance (AWB), automatic gain control (AGC), backlight compensation (BLC), automatic light control /electronic light control (ALC/ELC)
Stream Format: Pure video stream or composite video & audio stream
Video Frame Rate : PAL: 1 25 frame/second;
NTSC: 1 - 30frame/second;
Video Compression Code Rate : 16Kbit/S~8Mbit/S
Video Compression : H.264 baseline profile@level 2.2
Audio Input: One linear input, impedance: 1K?
Audio Compression : G.726
Audio Output: One linear output
Call Input : One microphone input
Wi-Fi Module : One 10M/100Madaptive Ethernet interface
Supporting IEEE802.11b/g wireless network;
Input Power : DC 9V 1.5A
Maximum Power: <5W
Operating Temperature: -10 ~ +50(Degree C) / +14~ +122(Degree F)
Storage Temperature :-20 ~ +70(Degree C) / -44~ +158(Degree F)
Operating Humidity : 10 ~ 85%
Storage Temperature : =85%RH
System Requirement : Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Brower Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above
Dimensions : 104*125*106mm
Weight : 260g
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars GD2805 issues
Have bought this camera via ebay for its cost and functionality.
When I received it, the camera performed ok when connected to my router’s wired network, however it took a few attempts to get the wireless to work. I discovered this camera will only support WEP 64-bit “open system” incryption on my netgear. After many attempts and much emailing to the seller (great support by the way), I found that my netgear router’s wireless has some weird issues with this camera. I also found that my 3Com wireless router (and several others) must match the IP assignments.
For example;
Cammer settings:
IP Address - 192.168.1.1 (default)
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Gateway - 192.168.1.254
Router settings
IP Address - 192.168.0.1 (netgear default)
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
Gateway - 192.168.0.1
IF your router has a default address that is the same as the camera, you will need to change it first.
I ended up with the following that works both wireless AND wired independently.
— Wired –
IP Address - 192.168.2.20
Subnet Mask - 255.255.250.0
Gateway - 192.168.2.254
— wireless –
IP Address - 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask - 255.255.250.0
Gateway - 192.168.2.254
Just note that the router’s address sss.sss.sss.xxx and the Camera’s IP sss.sss.sss.xxx Of which the “sss” fields must match for the wifi.
Got it to work on the internet as well by simply fowarding the port/address on the router a few seconds later.
Now to hook up all 42 cameras!!!
Will say one thing about these, they are inexpensive and almost fun to use. The camera is quite sensitive at night and using a IR flood light source was able to view a very large area in total darkness.
great camera for the dollar.
2 Stars Some things work well, others don’t work at all
I purchased this web-cam because it has everything I was looking for, features wise. Specifically, it was a wireless IP camera with night vision, and tilt/pan, and had the ability to remotely log in and observe from either a cell phone or another computer.
My initial impression was favorable, as it appeared to come with a CD with drivers, a quick install guide, and a more detailed guide, but things quickly took a turn downhill. The online setup password defaults to “123456″ yet is incorrect; only after digging into the manual do you find it’s “admin”. After connecting via ethernet cable, I was able to finish the rest of the setup despite the clumsy UI and design. The camera itself pans and tilts smoothly, very low lighting works just as advertised, and everything else seemed to work nicely. I didn’t run into any of the other issues one of the other reviews mentioned, but that is perhaps because I am running Vista (though the manual says it is supported on 2000, XP, and Vista).
Now for the bad part: I immediately started running into problems when I tried to get the wireless feature working. After putting in the antenna I followed the instructions exactly but only after some trial and error and digging through the manual did I find that it only supports WEP but not any of the more secure/robust encryption techniques. That’s about the extent of “support” you will find. No mention of 64/128 bit, no mention of shared/open keys, nothing. Despite this, I changed my wireless security to try every flavor of WEP and could not get it to work even after maybe 2 hours of tinkering. As a side note, I noticed the camera was not accessible via firefox and only IE.
I’ll probably keep the camera but just use it for wired purposes and keep looking for the wireless one I need.
1 Star Didn’t work on with XP
Even though this camera had no reviews I could find and I intuitively knew it would come with a skimpy manual in broken English with little description of setup or help for troubleshooting the inevitable problems, I ordered it based on its written capabilities, which (if it had worked) were absolutely fabulous: wireless/E-net connection, view from any internet location, infrared, digital audio, PTZ control, adjustable triggers for email/recording, SD card storage, (even comes with a starter SD). It was more than I needed at a very good price. Too good to be true, right? Sadly, it was.
When first powered up and plugged into my router the camera comes alive gyrating into position. Through a browser (ActiveX required which means Internet Explorer) I could connect to the camera’s web server login screen. The first login requires downloading and installing a small software package from the camera. The next login brings up the control/viewing window in the IE browser window. This is where my setup failed. The window populates with the menu to change settings of the camera such as recording triggers or SD card info or PTZ control buttons, but the central area of the window should display the video, the audio should come through the speakers. However, my IE would bring up the “Internet Explorer has encountered an error and must close…” message. If I ignored the message, I could manipulate internal settings of the camera but couldn’t Pan, Tilt or Zoom the camera, I couldn’t see any video, nor was there any audio. Once I acknowledged the error message, IE closed immediately. This happened every time. I even tried two other laptops with EXACTLY the same results. My feeling is that it is an XP-related incompatibility, since the other computers I tried had XP SP3 loaded.
There is also a stand alone viewing program on the accompanying CD, which is used to view the recorded videos. The recordings are in a proprietary .MP6 format. Since I was able to manipulate the camera settings, I had it record to the SD card. The files were on the SD card when I transferred it to my computer BUT the viewing program would incur the exact same crash error every time: “MP6viewer.exe has encountered an error and must close…” I was able to try this viewer software on a desktop computer running VISTA, and the software/recordings WORKED! This is why I think it is XP, which is incompatible.
In conclusion, I think this camera would have been an excellent value, which is why I had such high hopes for it: small size, great capabilities, moderate price, convenient to use. If only the audio/video didn’t crash my browser (arguably a major disadvantage) I would have had the system up and running in minutes. Instead I went back and forth with the seller (very helpful and conscientious as he was) trying multiple suggestions for a week. If you have a newer computer with VISTA I have no doubt this would work for you.
