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- Model: VIM-CLOCKCAM4K6
Most days there is nobody home between eight and six. This is a working alarm clock that plays music off your phone and glows in six colours, and there is a 1080p camera behind the silver strip that records sound along with the picture. Footage saves onto its own 32GB inside the unit, so nothing is written to a card and nothing is parked in a cloud account.
Key Features & Benefits
- Tap the Top to Change Colour - tap the mesh on top to step the white light through three levels of brightness, then hold your finger there to move into colour. It behaves like the bedside lamp you would have bought anyway.
- Red Digit Display and Alarm - big red digits you can read across a dark room, an alarm you set from the top buttons, and a snooze that works the way you expect.
- Bluetooth Speaker, 10 Metre Range - pairs to your phone from anywhere in a normal room and plays through a 5W driver, so the music side is not a token feature bolted on.
- 1080p Camera Behind the Silver Strip - the lens is a pinhole in the metal band above the clock face, covering roughly 90 degrees, which is one room from a corner or a shelf.
- Microphone Reaches 1 to 2 Metres - sound is recorded with the picture, so it picks up someone standing at the unit rather than a conversation on the far side of the lounge.
- 32GB On Board, No Card - the recordings live in the camera, not on a card you have to buy first, and not in a cloud account somebody has to pay for every month.
- Motion Alert on Your Phone - it pings you when it sees movement inside 5 metres in decent light, which saves you opening the app on the off-chance all afternoon.
- Live View in the Free App - watch and listen from anywhere you have signal, on iPhone or Android, and scroll back through what it has already recorded.
- Take Calls Through the Speaker - pick up and hang up from the play button, so your phone can stay charging in the other room.
- Memory Card Slot for Music - the back of the unit takes a memory card, a USB stick or a 3.5mm lead, for playing your own music files through the speaker.
- Reset Button on the Bottom - the camera keeps its own slide switch and reset button underneath, on the bottom face, nowhere near the buttons anyone actually uses for music.
- Runs From the Wall, No Battery - it records all day without a charge cycle to think about, though that also means it stays wherever there is a power point.
- No Infrared LEDs - there is no night vision on this model, so it needs the room lit to give you a picture you can actually use after dark.
Real-World Scenarios
- While the House Is Empty - you are at work and the place is locked up. Open the app at lunch, see the lounge, and get a ping on your phone if something moves in there before you are back.
- When Someone Else Has a Key - a cleaner, a tradie, a house-sitter or a family member coming and going. You get a record of the room without a camera sitting on the shelf making everyone self-conscious.
- Checking on a Dog Left Alone - you can hear as well as see, so the barking that the neighbour mentioned either happens or it does not. Note the microphone only reaches a metre or two.
How It Works
- Set It on the Bedside Table - plug the micro-USB cable into a power point and stand the unit where it can see the room. There is no battery, so it lives near a socket.
- Join It to Your Home WiFi - download the free app for iPhone or Android and connect the camera to your 2.4GHz network. It does not use the 5GHz band.
- Check In From Your Phone - open the app to see and hear the room as it is right now, deal with the pings when they land, and scroll back through what is already stored.
Technical Specifications
- Model: VIM-CLOCKCAM4K6
- Video: 1080p (2MP)
- Audio: recorded with the video, microphone range approximately 1 to 2 m
- Lens: pinhole, approximately 90 degrees
- Night vision: none
- Camera storage: 32GB built in, no card required
- WiFi: 2.4GHz only
- Motion detection: up to 5 m in good light
- App: free smartphone app (iOS and Android)
- Cloud storage: not supported
- Power: mains only, 5V DC via micro-USB; 1A AU plug pack included
- Speaker: 5W, 4 ohm driver, 100Hz to 18KHz
- Bluetooth: 4.0, working distance 10 m
- Light: touch controlled. White at three brightness levels, plus six colours (red, green, blue, orange, pink and light blue) and two multi-colour cycle modes, one stepping and one fading
- Clock: LED display with alarm and snooze
- Music playback: microSD card slot (audio only), USB flash drive, 3.5mm AUX in
- Dimensions: 95 x 115 x 95 mm
- Weight: 390 g
- Material: plastic
Packaging Contents
- 1 x Hidden camera alarm clock unit
- 1 x Micro-USB to USB-A charging cable
- 1 x 1A AU power adapter
- 1 x User manual
Not included: 3.5mm AUX cable, memory card. The camera has its own 32GB, so a card is only worth adding if you want to play your own music through the speaker.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Are alarm clock cameras legal?
Yes, to buy and to use in your own home. What is not legal in Australia is recording someone without their consent, and audio carries stricter rules than video. Keep it out of bathrooms and any bedroom a guest is using.
2. How do alarm clock cameras work?
The camera sits behind the silver strip and joins your home WiFi, so the free app puts the room on your phone screen, with sound, wherever you happen to be. It records onto 32GB inside the unit, and the clock, light and speaker carry on as normal.
3. Does the light need to be on for the camera to work?
The light and the camera are separate, so you can run either without the other. The room does need some light though. There are no infrared LEDs in this model, so in a fully dark room you will get movement and shapes rather than a face.
4. Do the alarm and the music still work normally?
Yes. It is a real alarm clock with a snooze button, a Bluetooth speaker that pairs to your phone within 10 metres, and a touch light you can set to red, orange or pink, through to green, blue and light blue. None of that stops when the camera is recording.
5. Where do the recordings actually save?
Onto 32GB built into the camera itself. The slot on the rear panel is for the speaker, so you can load your own music onto a card, and no video is ever written to it. There is no cloud account either.
Lawful Use
Keep it in rooms of your own home, and out of bathrooms or any bedroom a guest is using. In Australia you need consent to record a private conversation you are not in, and the audio rules are tighter than the video ones.
