New (to me) RS bodied SR8: Stack dash questions

Yea it used a old style card , I have no card fitted currently but if I did fit one , does it a automatically record? I don’t see any way to turn it on etc 

Let me see if I can find the user's guide for it to answer that question. 

Alan, I think you will need to get one of these (my car is also missing this key piece of kit):

https://www.amazon.com/Stack-ST8991-CAN-USB-Download-Adapter/dp/B008IZCSG8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Here are some documentation links:

http://www.stackltd.com/pdf/datapro_2009/542101-001.pdf

http://www.stackltd.com/pdf/datapro_2009/542051-009.pdf

Thanks John 

im wondering how good the camera would be as it’s a few years old , in comparison to today’s camera systems ? 

The camera is DVD quality: 640x480 in NTSC format, a similar resolution in PAL (which is probably what yours is).