Is the camera angle down below the smoke detector or would it able to cover the horizon of the room?
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Horizon but at an angle. Mine is 8 foot 4 inches high and can view people 12 foot away with out chopping their heads from the camera. I like it for my entry as it has a slight fish eye and can cover the door to the side also. It would not work in low ceiling areas. My basement is 6 foot 2 inches and it would not work at that height unless the people were sitting
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The camera lens is at a 45 degree angle from the horizontal so you can see accross the room although not quite the opposite top corner. This of course will vary with the size of the room.
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If you look at the image provided by amazon. You will see the pin hole on the side of the smoke detector. It covers the room horizontally. I'd say its angled down about 10-15 degrees. Has a wide angle of coverage. The room I've installed it in is rather large. 30' X 30' installed in one corner and covers the entire room other than about a 6' radius directly below the camera.
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The camera is at an angle. I was able to shim the opposite side of the smoke detector mounting base to increase the horizontal perspective by several degrees. I can see an extra 15 feet or more by making this adjustment. This is a low end camera with no night vision. The resolution is diminished over greater distances. I still like mine anyway.
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I have it set about 9 feet away from my apartment door.From that distance,it covers about a 6 foot wide field of view.The video is surprisingly good.
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No, if your seeing smoke coming out you may need to adjust how it's stacked. Should not see almost any smoke come out.
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The pamphlet inside the package recommends putting the detector in certain areas of the house that may become susceptible early-on such as stairs, near kitchen, etc. The height on wall is not specified. I have mine plugged in close to the floor. I am assuming it is calibrated to pickup on low CO levels before it becomes dangerous. You might have to call in and talk to their customer service people about the specifics.
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Yes there is a guideline. If used for surveillance it would have to be pretty close to make out the face.
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It does not look like it. You may be able to cover up part of the sensor with black tape to try and narrow it's view
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The view angle is great. What I realized after using the camera, if my wife or myself is shopping in a parking lot, if we're in the car with the foot on the brake we can see any one coming up behind us. It's also a good SECURITY CAMERA.
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The camera is set up with a smoke detector that can be hard wired into an alarm system.
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Thanks for your question about the Sharx Security SCNC2900 camera. Yes, the camera has a wide viewing angle of 72 degrees. Mounted in a corner of a rectangular room and aimed towards the middle, you'll be able to see almost the entire room except for tiny slivers at the walls. The included desktop stand is also a wall and ceiling mounting bracket with a ball joint for complete adjustability. The length of the power cord is 10 ft, so you may want to take that into account when selecting a mounting location.
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mine is only 8' off the ground above my entry way and it covers the entire area quite nicely! you will be happy with the results as long as your dvr is HD and not a cheap 640x480 one as the image doesn't downscale very nice.. it becoms way too crisp! it is variable focus and zoom so all the way from 2.6mm to 9mm lens equivalent.
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I would say pretty close to 90. If you look at the picture, it has a U-shape recess. This allows you to move the face (camera front) downward. If you are planning to mount this above a door, I believe this would work just fine. It has quite a range setting. Mounting above a door would be ideal. You will have very good quality that close up. I have mine mounted further away (20-30 ft) Visibility/quality is still good, but not like what you are trying to do. I think you will be very satisfied with this camera and your mounting location.
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I don't think the motion detector would have much reception at that angle. You could fasten a board across the angle and mount it level. It would probably be worth the trouble to get it level and working right.
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Yes. It won't show the full coverage of 180º, of course, because of the "cropped" sensor, but it will have a wide view and a bit of the characteristic curvature of straight lines near the edges.
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This from Reviewer, 'Joe': "Here is a tip, you can cut down the amount of area the motion sensor picks up by just putting a couple small strips of masking tape vertically along the edges of the motion sensor fresnal lense, you can also do this across the top and bottom of the lense to narrow the detection field vertically. Simple thinking and it works like a charm."
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The monitor is attached to a bendable metal arm that plugs into the cigarette lighter. As far as the viewing angle I couldn't tell you. The monitor is unviewable once the camera gets more than a couple of feet away from it. Lots of static. I returned my unit.
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You can hard wire it but still need the power adapter. Power adapter is 2.8" x 1.8" x 0.8". Mounting on a regular ceiling maybe difficult if you do not have any space for the power supply above the camera. If you are replacing an existing smoke detector, you can have an electrician connect the power supply to the existing 110V and connect the camera.
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The distance is not an issue you will be able to see it at 6 ft away. We have never used it in the day or in a bright room but I do feel if may be an issue as it at times was not extremely bright with some videos displayed on it.