A: VIU² is a compact “mobile” security camera that supports event notifications such as motion detection and sound detection trough SMS and/or e-mail. It also enables you to stream live and recorded video from anywhere to your mobile phone, PDA, PC simply by using the best available mobile network (UMTS, HSDPA, 3G, GPRS, …)

A: 80 degrees.

A: By default, event detection is disabled. Enabling event detection can be done via web interface, sms or the button on the camera itself. You will receive a notification sms whenever this setting is toggled (regardless of how it was toggled). When master user enables event notification (either by sms, trough the web interface or by pressing the camera button), the event notification LED will light up.

A: It is possible to check what kind of connection is available on web interface all the time. At start-up of the device and sms is sent to you with a summary of the signal status within approx. 1,5 minutes. VIU² also includes an LED, which gives a simplified signal strength indication.

A: It will have the same speed as in 3G, the only difference is a lower resolution and frame rate.

A: Absolutely, this product is perfect for your normal home or business security/ surveillance needs.

A: Of course! Contrary to most other “mobile broadband” cameras, this one can be reached from anywhere you have a working internet connection. Just visit www.my-viu.com for World Wide Web access, or by mobile phone.

A: Yes. The built-in mono-cardioid microphone provides both noise detection and audio in live streams and recorded clips

A: This camera is (almost completely) wireless. All you need is a power source.

A: Either by sms commands or web interface

A: The video clip and snapshot associated with the last detected event is stored in the device’s internal memory (internal memory is cleared upon reboot).

A: Yes

A: Yes, VIU² has a micro-SD card reader which supports up to 32GB storage. Furthermore, the VIU² sports an additional USB port that can be used to hook up any USB mass storage class compliant device (from simple memory sticks to huge external hard drives).

A: No. VIU² has been developed so that everybody (even without technical background) can stream live video. VIU² is what we call – Plug’n’Play.

A: VIU² as a standard is a dual band 900/2100 MHz.

A: VIU² is built for indoor usage, but you can of course install the camera behind a window to keep an eye on your outdoor properties as well. Please mind your countries privacy laws though, as filming public spaces without notification can be illegal in your jurisdiction.

A: Of course…VIU² is shipped with a flexible stand that can both be standing or hung. Screws and plugs included as well

A: Users that have event notification enabled will receive an sms and/or e-mail when a so-called “event” is detected (an event can be any of the following: movement, noise, loss of mains power, low battery state, restoring of mains power), within less than 30 seconds.

A: The camera’s sensor is rated at 0,01 lux

A: Lux is SI unit of illuminance measuring luminance per area. 0,01 lux roughly equals the amount of light you get during a night illuminated by a quarter moon.

A: Yes, VIU² is plug and play. Plug in the 3G dongle, power cable, power on and send the sms command “init”. After that, you are master user and can start live streaming or use any of the other functions the device offers.

A: The frames per second (fps) is a measurement of how many pictures are displayed during one second. The human eye is unable to perceive distinct pictures when it is presented with more than 24 pictures per second. TV broadcasts are transmitted in 25fps (30fps in NTSC countries).

A: VIU² records to a micro-SD card or external hard drive if connected. Every second of recorded video will take about 350 kilobits on the hard drive (roughly 32 Kbytes), that's approximately 2 MBytes per minute, or 120 MB per hour. To record a full day of 24 hours you will need slightly less than 3GB of storage space. However, this is for continuous recording. Since the VIU² will only record video when an event (motion, sound or power failure) is detected, the actual usage will be significantly lower.

A: AAC is short for Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) which is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates.

A: H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding)) is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video.

A: Not at all, Option supports open standards and therefore we work hard to ensure ALL standard web-browser in the market are compatible.

A: VIU² is shipped with a re-chargeable battery (1410mAh), which functions as a back up if no power available. This battery supports up to 2 hours of streaming.

A: Yes

A: This depends on the viewer and type of internet connection that you’re using, but a fairly good average that we’ve measured in real life situations is 7seconds.

A: There is no optical zoom available (meaning, lens will not zoom in or out by remote access nor direct access. VIU² has a fixed focus lens.

A: 640x480 pixels

A: It has an internal memory of 16MB, which equals 5 minutes (highest quality) of recording.

A: The notification is sent out straight away, but the time that it takes to arrive at the user depends on the speed of the network. Typically though, we can safely assume that a user is notified within 30 seconds of detection.

A: All mobile phones that have a streaming media player (Real player on Nokia, Packet Video on Sony-Ericsson, ...). All mobile phones that support mobile YouTube without the need for a special app.

A: camera, foot/wallmount, 2 screws, power adapter, USB modem and server client access license.

A: No, this is another great feature with VIU². Option has added a server between the camera and the devices, which will ensure that each user who is streaming will have the optimal streaming quality that his/her platform can handle. So there will be no quality loss if there are multiple users streaming at the same time, nor will the bandwidth requirement on the camera’s side increase.

A: No. VIU² can be used (watch event detection, receive event notification (sms or e-mail), watch live stream…) by your mobile phone, PC, PDA, and Tablet. It’s perfectly possible to configure your VIU² by sms or by web interface.

A: Yes. The Signal strength LED (second LED when you look at the VIU² and start counting from the left towards the right) will indicate by color what your signal strength is. White = HSDPA or more, Orange is EDGE or 3G, red is GPRS or lower.

A: The red light indicated that the VIU² is currently streaming or recording video, this indication is required by law in a lot of countries. The VIU² does support a “discreet” mode which turns all LED’s off, but it’s availability depends on the legal requirements in your jurisdiction.

A: Any SIM-card with data subscription and that supports sms will work with the VIU². Note that if you use a pre-paid SIM, you need to make sure that your dataSIM billing is based on volume and not on time (ie, you pay per kb that you use, not per minute that you’re connected).

A: This is placed behind the rechargeable battery. In order to insert a Micro-SD card, please first remove the battery.

A: This depends on the available bandwidth that your VIU” has (HSDPA, UMTS, 3G, Edge, …). In the worst case scenario (best video quality), 1 minute of recorded video will use about 5Mb of disk space. Thus 1GB available space for recording will give you around 200 minutes of recorded video.

A: VIU² is developed to be as small and lightweight as possible. Dimension: Without Base: 130 x 105 x 26 mm / With Base (standing): 160 x 105 x 26 mm. Weight: Without Base: 180gr / With Base: 330gr.