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#4522116 - 05/23/20 05:06 PM So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay  
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So like I said I bought a (new) Track IR on EBay
This is the listing https://www.ebay.com/itm/303560305107

So right off the bat I'm suspicious when it comes in a cardboard box in a ziploc bag and a sheet with basic instructions.
The unit has a window in the back with a chip on it displaying the Track-Ir logo and a tag on the cord.
I installed the software and it works, the head unit is attached by a magnet kind of fiddly but taping the cord to the back of the monitor helps otherwise it would pull it off of the mount. Has anyone else ever got a Unit like this?

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#4522140 - 05/23/20 08:15 PM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: KRT_Bong]  
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Mine doesn't look like yours from the back,it has a raised '5' moulded into the plastic. The head is attached via a magnet. I just looked and the magnet is strong enough to hold up the spare cable that I have coiled up behind the monitor.

I'm not saying yours isn't genuine,there may have been manufacturing differences,plus mine is around 2 years old.

*edit*

This is how mine came packaged. Note,this one looks exactly like yours from the back so it must be manufacturing differences.


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#4522168 - 05/24/20 02:11 AM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: KRT_Bong]  
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it was really cheap< i thought this is too good to be true and yet..


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#4522183 - 05/24/20 05:58 AM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: KRT_Bong]  
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My TIR5 looks just iike that.

Edit: and btw, I have this little "jack" in the magnet-tripod where I can secure the chord, no need for a tape.

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#4522187 - 05/24/20 09:28 AM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: theOden]  
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Originally Posted by theOden
My TIR5 looks just iike that.

Edit: and btw, I have this little "jack" in the magnet-tripod where I can secure the chord, no need for a tape.


I never noticed that smile


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#4522195 - 05/24/20 01:36 PM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: theOden]  
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Originally Posted by theOden
My TIR5 looks just iike that.

Edit: and btw, I have this little "jack" in the magnet-tripod where I can secure the chord, no need for a tape.

The shape of my monitor requires the base to be turned 180 degrees so I can't use the grooved keeper. As far as I can tell it's a real Track Ir but sure weird not to get it in the blister.


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#4522636 - 05/27/20 08:22 PM Re: So I bought a Track-Ir on Ebay [Re: KRT_Bong]  
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My TIR 5 is like Chucky's. All-black back with a raised '5'.

If I am not mistaken, the red back is for the Pro model, which included a different hat clip, the Track Clip Pro. Standard TIR 5 have the black back and the Track Clip (not to be confused with Track Clip Pro) smile


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