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#9 Camera
The #9 is one version of the 808 car keys micro camera.
It is sold by Meritline and DealExtreme and the processor seems to be a Sunplus variant.
It has a Generalplus processor.

120121 - #9 JH_1203E
Jo in Germany sent me this information about an 808 labeled JH_1203E.  It seems to be a #9 with newer circuit board and fewer parts (cost reduced).  Received from a German car tuning seller on eBay, €11. Video: 720x480, aspect ratio correct, 30.000 FPS.  Missing frame rate about 22%.  About 48 MB per minute. Audio: PCM, 16 bit, 8000 Hz, 128 kbps. Photo:  1280x1024, aspect ratio distorted. Filenames: SUNPXXXX.avi, PICTXXXX.jpg TAG.TXT is written on formatted card: 2012-05-01 23:59:59 The NEC chip is a 16M Bit (2M Byte) Synchronous DRAM. The processor is an encapsulated chip-on-board..
1280x1024 #9 photo	720x480 #9 video frame

110901 - #9 JH_1103E
Sindre in Norway received an 808 #9 from DealExtreme and sent me photos and video. The camera has the characteristics of the 808 #9 with a newer circuit board (JH_1103E).  The date time stamp is a new color, cyan.  Other #9 cameras have a yellow or white date time stamp.
808 #9 battery side JH_1103E	808 #9 button side JH_1103E

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110618 #9 Internal Photos
TG sent me these internal photos of his #9.
#9 battery side	#9 button side

110522C9Internal

110522 - #9 Internal Photo

Sven from Germany sent me a sample video from his 808 and an internal photo.  The video seems to be a #9, but the internal parts layout is different.

#9 battery side

110418 - Another #9
www.gadgets2u.net provided me a sample AVI and photos.  The missing frame rate of this video sample is about 16% which is better than other #9 cameras. #9 cameras have either white or yellow time stamp in the lower right. The yellow font is a different font than used in the #3.
#9 Sample Video Frame Grab.  Click for full size.
#9 battery side	#9 button side

110318 - Another #9 variant
110318 - Martin received a slightly different #9 camera.  Differences include a Chip-On-Board  (potted) processor, the photo JPG is 1280x1024 (not 1024x768). The missing frame rate is bad at about 28%.  That is about 3 times an acceptable %. It is very interesting that potted CPU (COB) is being used. The parts count is maybe much less than other 808 cameras. The JPG image taken by the camera looks "mottled".   My guess is that the camera module is producing a lot of image noise, and the MJPEG compressor is filtering that noise, resulting in the mottled appearance in both the JPG and AVI.  The hardware ID (1b3f 0c52) matches the #9 mass storage device.
808 #9 with potted (Chip On Board) processor.  Battery side.	808 #9 button side.

2010 Oct 08 - #9 Internal Photos
Jared made these internal photos of the #9.  The processor is a Generalplus GPL 32080A.  The 16 pin chip on the battery side is not found in any other 808 camera.
#9, Battery side	#9, Button Side, Processor is Generalplus GPL 32080A
#9, Battery side, the 16 pin chip is something new.

2010 Sep 28 - #9 - An 808 #5 Syntek Variant Generalplus from Meritline

101006 - Jared requested a webcam driver from TGF for his Meritline 808 camera but they sent an SPCA_1528 driver that does not work.

100930 - Jared did some research and noted that this camera could not be put into webcam mode in the usual way.  Jared discovered that the hardware ID of the mass storage device is VID 1B3F  PID 0C52.  This VID does not match any existing 808 camera.  Existing 808 webcam drivers will not work with it because the hardware ID VID does not match existing 808 webcam drivers.

100928 - Raj Sent me this detailed info about this #5 variant. Just wanted to let you know that I received what may be a new variant of #5 from Meritline They have it advertised as a #3 camera but the specs don't match.  The camera-mode pictures are 1024x768 with a resolution of 96dpi (horizontal and vertical) and a bit depth of 24.  The videos are 720x480, 30.000fps, bit depth of 8, and the audio is 128kbs, sampling of  8khz, and bit depth of 16.  Also, the time/date stamp is placed in the lower right hand corner and is white. A file named "time.txt" is automatically written to a blank card when inserted with the format of "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" with a default value of "2010-10-01 23:59:59". If deleted, the file reappears on the next power cycle.  If modified to the correct date and time, and power cycled, it stamps the correct date and time to the pictures.  However, if the device is power cycled again, it reverts back to the default date of "2010-10-01 23:59:59" in the "time.txt" but still displays the accurate time and date in the pictures.  Pretty bizarre.  The manufacturer property shows up as "GENPLUS" and device description property shows up as "USB-MSDC DISK A".

100926 - Christian received a camera from Meritline described as a #3. It is not a #3.  The video quality and the missing frame rate is visibly worse than a #3 camera.   The audio is worse than a #3. It is a new variation similar to the #5 camera. It is probably a Syntek Generplus processor. It is mostly like the #5 because of the 720x480 undistorted aspect ratio. It is unlike the #5 because it has1280x768 undistorted photos and 16 bit audio. VIDEO 720x480 MJPEG, 30.0000 FPS and is not aspect ratio distorted.  The video date time stamp is white, lower right. Missing video frame rate is bad (25%).  This could be due to the camera or a slow flash card. The video sample is 4,272,824 bytes, 4.8 seconds, 53.4E6 (53 megabytes) per minute, typical of a Syntek processor. AUDIO 8000 Hz, 16 bit, 126Kbps. PICTURES 1024x768 JPG and are not aspect ratio distorted.

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