Renting a motel or hotel room when traveling or working is no longer strange to everyone. One of the issues that everyone is concerned about is the safety of the room they have rented. Nowadays, the issue of installing hidden cameras in motels and hotels makes many people worried. Although the owners of these accommodation units do not intentionally install illegal recording devices in the room, it is inevitable that bad guys will rent a room and install hidden cameras.

Normally, after checking in, people will have to check around the room to ensure safety and hygiene. One of the places that is easily overlooked and forgotten during the inspection process is the TV. In fact, this is a very easy place to hide cameras.

The camera can be mounted on one of the sides of the TV or on the TV signal decoder box. Bad guys take advantage of the fact that the TV and the signal decoder both use infrared rays (which connect to the remote control) to confuse the room renter with the infrared source of the hidden camera. If not checked carefully, it is difficult for the tenant to detect anything unusual.

In addition, the TV is usually placed in the middle of the room, opposite the bed. This is where a fairly comprehensive image of the room can be recorded. Therefore, installing a camera here will help the bad guys grasp the developments in the room in more detail.

Therefore, when entering a hotel room, you should unplug the TV and the TV signal decoder. Hidden cameras often have their own power supply to operate. When unplugging the TV and the signal decoder, if the infrared source is still on, it may be an unusual sign that you need to pay attention to.

Cameras are usually very small in size and can be mounted in many different locations. Therefore, you need to observe the room carefully.

You can close the doors, close the curtains, turn off the lights and turn on the phone camera to record the room. The phone camera has high light sensitivity. While moving the phone camera around the room, you can observe on the phone screen to detect unusual bright spots in the frame.

In addition, you can turn on the flash function and point it into the corners of the room. The locations with hidden paper cameras will often create light that reflects back to the flash.