The Martel Digital Enterceptor-2 has quickly become the United States Standard Digital Police Car video system. The US Military has deployed them to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. Customers include the US Air Force, Navy, BLM, Border Patrol, US Forest service, Coast Guard, FEMA, ATF, Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin and a majority of Sheriff and Police departments in all 50 states. Martel has over 5,000 state and local law enforcement agencies as customers.

They have eliminated any moving parts, including buttons, using advanced touch screens in the system so there is nothing to break down on you.

The Digital MDE2 is the most significant police in-car video system since VHS was introduced in the late 1970’s. It is the first video system that completely overcomes the drawbacks of tape systems without introducing the new set of back office computer problems and court admissibility issues inherent with all other digital video systems.

• New 2 Piece Design Fits any Vehicle! Every unit is hand assembled by an American engineer with more than 10 years of experience. Each system is individually signed by that same craftsman as a symbol of pride and experience
• MDE2 Video Resolution is 720 X 480 MPEG2 High Definition. Why settle for VHS quality (352 X 240), in a digital system. Video system is HD.
• New, Touch Screen controls just like the Apple iphone.- No old fashion buttons. No Trunk Mounting or Rear Mirror mounting that a suspect can Steal off the window after assaulting an officer. MDE2 Unit Mounts on the visor and is a steel, Lockable vault for maximum protection against suspects.
• Switch Users of the MDE2 by inserting Flash Thumb drive into the front door of the unit. This allows the department to hot seat cars and change user information with a supervisor.
• License Plate Auto Zoom. Just push the ZOOM button on the touch screen and the camera will Zoom in on the license plate, focus for 3 seconds and zoom back to its original setting.
• Radar Interfacing cable displays radar information onto the video system.
• Touch Screen Controls for easy recording.
• Pre-Alarm Recording - Captures up to 3 minutes of video prior to record activation. Documents Probable Cause & Eliminates Racial Profiling Claims. Its like having your own personal Time Machine! (Definition of Pre-event recording: The unit constantly captures
  images and puts them in temporary memory. When a trigger is received, the unit starts recording to the Secure Digital (SDHC) card, but it also has up to 3 minutes before the officer activated the recording.
• Pre-event recording: The unit constantly captures images and puts them in temporary memory. When a trigger is received, the unit starts recording to the Secure Digital (SDHC) card, but it also has up to 3 minutes before the officer activated the recording.
• Adjustable Pre-Alarm setting: 1 to 3 minutes
• 2.4 GHz Digital Wireless Microphone - 40 digital channels ensures multiple systems can operate in close proximity without interference
• Wireless Mic Auto Activation - the MDE2 automatically turns on the wireless microphone whenever the system is activated. Likewise the wireless microphone activates the MDE2. This means never worrying your officer forgot to turn on their either their video or audio recording.
• Martel MDE2 has No moving parts, which means nothing can break down. No hard drives, no spinning DVD burners, no moving parts. Testing has shown us that this is the only way to have a digital video system last more than 6 months in a police car without service. Hard drives will fail due to climate and motion. DVD burners will fail due to climate and writing to disc errors.
• Martel MDE2 records directly to Solid State Secure Digital (SDHC) Flash cards.
• 4 Gigabyte SDHC card can hold 8.5 Hours of Recording Time on normal mode & 5 hours on high resolution.
• Recording Over Protection - officers can review video but can not delete or rewrite.
• Built to withstand Temperatures from -40 Fahrenheit to 190+ Fahrenheit without a heater or cooling fans!
• Easy to learn 3 Button operation: Record, Play, Auto Zoom on license plate.
• Secure Digital (SDHC) Cards can with stand 50Gs of Shock - Download the video from the Secure Digital (SDHC) card using the supplied USB-2 reader onto your computer then erase the card. Each Card can be used 1 Million times.
• Digital image stabilization (Removes shaking from your video)
• On Screen indicators show "W" when your wireless microphone is activated. "L" for light bar, "B" for brakes.
• Simple 1 piece design for easy installation - Installs in minutes. Nothing in the Trunk of the Car!
• Linux Direct operating system. The operating system is not based on a PC and there are NO Windows operating system crashes.
• Supervisor Controls - Lockable Supervisor wireless remote for advanced functions & Secure Digital card Video Access
• Optional GPS: With an external GPS receiver module the system can record both Location and Speed of the police vehicle.
• If the DVR is damaged or destroyed, all recordings are safe, having been written and finalized on the card up until that point. Most other systems require finalization of the file upon ending of a shift risking a complete loss of recordings until this is done.
• Search Events by time/date using our easy player software.
• Maintenance Free
• One Year Warranty Parts & Labor
• The Only Digital Video System on the Market today that is rated by the Military