The Business Portable Recorder or BPR is a .avi version of the 640 x 480 DVR Spy Pen packaged in a nice retail box, upgraded to 4GB of memory.

We can only ship this pen direct from China to Government or Law Enforcement customers in the USA due to US Customs seizing our shipments from China. We can ship to Citizens of all other countries, except USA & its territories.

If you are with any US, State, County, or City Government, or in any Police, Sheriff, or any other Law Enforcement, we can ship these direct to you from China.

If you are a civilian in the USA, we can ship to you, though we can't guarantee US Customs will let it pass and they could seize it, so order this at your own risk if a civilian.

We can ship this to anyone in the rest of the world, just not Citizens of the USA.

This is the only gold trimmed .AVI format video pen on the market.

If you need a quick way to record discrete video, the business portable recorder video pen is always in your pocket or purse, ready for your next mission. It quickly changes from megapixel still photos, to voice recording mode, to video recording mode with the flick of a switch.

The video on the Business Portable Recorder 4GB is a very clear 27-29 fps @ 640 x 480 video, which is slightly better than the Digital Video Pen.

It works fine on a PC with Windows Media Player and the audio is clear, and not tinny or robotic like the prior version of the DVR Spy Pen. With 4GB of internal memory, you can record over 1 hour of video, depending on the lighting conditions. Movies are AVI files that work with Quicktime, Windows Media Player, or KM Player.

And the latest version now works on the Apple computer! This is the video spy pen with the highest frame rate and the clearest audio.

It's very easy to starting recording with the digital video recording pen. The camera lens is just above the pocket clip, and the microphone is just under the pocket clip.

We let it run until it the battery died. With the larger video and higher frame rate, you are going to get about 60+ minutes of recording now. It records 2 files and the battery will die. You can use the optional battery field charger to increase the recording time. Insert a AA battery and you can get another hour of recording.

In our test, the Business Portable Recorder took 2 movies; one was  exactly 50 minutes for 1.99 GB, and the other was a 13.5 minute movie that was 562MB for 63.5 total minutes.

When it takes a photo, this video spy pen shoots 3x, so you will three of each pic, so it will give you choices to choose the sharpest image & delete the other two.

We Have 4 Sample Videos Of The Business Portable Recorder - Right Click To Download:

1. Parking lot of the Vons store on Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa on a clear day. The microphone is very clear and sensitive; it picks up the traffic on a major street. (13 seconds 12MB)
2. At the meat case inside Vons a man and his meat. (9 seconds 8.3MB)
3. Customer Service Counter  listen, no robotic or metallic sound, the audio is very clear and if the light is decent, it will give good video. (10 seconds 9.1MB)
4. Customer Service Counter 2 You can hear the person who is more than 3 feet away. (10 seconds 9.9MB)
5. Low light with the BPR video pen recorder It's pretty low light, they dont work as well and are grainy. (10 seconds 4.6MB)

We Some Sample Photos Taken With The Business Portable Recorder - Right Click To Download:

1. Mother & daughter in parking lot. (508KB)
2. Mother & daughter walking in Vons. (768KB)
3. Vons Flower Shop  listen, no robotic or metallic sound, the audio is very clear and if the light is decent, it will give good video. (776KB)
4. Store isle @ Vons You can hear the person who is more than 3 feet away. (904KB)
5. Low light with the BPR video pen recorder It's pretty low light, they dont work as well and are grainy. (10 seconds 4.6MB)

Sample WAV File From The Business Portable Recorder - Right Click To Download:

Sample WAV file (508KB)

To watch the videos, unscrew the video pen, and the USB connector will be exposed. Plug it directly into the computers USB port, or use the supplied USB cable if it's too crowded. Windows will automatically ask if you want to play it in Windows Media Player, or open the directory where the files are. Either works great.

It now works on an Apple computer, Quicktime plays them just fine. On a PC, you want to use KM Player.

Click to enlarge these photos of the Business Portable Recorder Spy Pen

Specifications:

• Video compression: VGA video format, 640 x 480
• File type: AVI
• Frame rate: 30 fps
• Voice recording: Yes, very clear
• Internal memory: 4GB
• Video file size: 34M per minute
• Adapter type: DV 5V by USB cable
• Battery: Lithium-Ion
• Recording time: up to 70-90 minutes
• Charging time: About 3 hours
• USB interface: USB 2.0
• Weight: 42g
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 15 mm x 15 mm

Operation instructions for the Business Portable Recorder:

• Charge the BPR with the USB to 110V adapter, or use the USB port on the computer, for 3 hours.
• Press the button on top for one seconds, and if you look at the top hole on the back side of the pen, it will have a solid blue light; this is photo mode. Push the button once and hold it still while it takes 3 photos. Push it again to record more photos.
• To record video, push the top button for 2 seconds and it will turn red. Don't hold it down longer, or it will turn off. It will be a solid red light.
• Push the top button once and the light will start blinking red. You are recording video. Press the top button when you want to stop, otherwise it will stop when the battery needs charging, and save your files.
• You can move audio recording by moving the switch along the USB port to the other side. Look at the USB port with the switch on top. To the left is audio, to the right is video.
• To record audio, slide the switch to the left; the status light will be red/blue. Press the top button once to start recording. The blue light will flash & you are recording audio. Press the top button once to stop and return to stand-by mode; red/blue. Either record more audio, turn off, or to switch back to photo/video mode, slide the switch to the right.
• Now you will have a blue light, and you are back in photo mode.
• To turn off your spy pen, press the top button for 3 seconds until it turns off.

If the pen won't turn on or off, you might need to do a hard reset. The other hole below the light is for doing a hard reset on the BPR. Just insert the end of a small paper clip straight into the pen until you meet resistance. Push LIGHTLY to reset the pen. Only do this if it won't turn off or on, especially when disconnecting from a computer.

And, the BPR also has an optional AA battery powered remote field charger that will recharge the internal Li battery. The Business Portable Recorder will record for about 80 minutes before you need to recharge the battery. If you are in the field, it comes with a mobile recharger. Just insert a AA battery (we suggest a Lithium-Ion), and plug in the USB adapter cable into the field charger, and you can recharge the DVR pens internal battery, even when you are in the country with no electricity.

All in all, this is one great package, especially if you need a handy and easy way to record meetings, interviews, interrogiations, parties, birthdays, weddings, nature, sports events; anywhere you need a small, discrete camera that does not take up a lot of space.

Add an optional battery charger when you check-out. Lets the pen run for another hour while recording, or recharge your pen in 3 hours when you are away from electricity or your PC.

AA Battery Field Charger

Download the Users Manual for the Business Portable Recorder.

Model: E-BPR - Business Portable Recorder Video Spy Pen