I have the 5mp system, it took me a lot of trial and test positioning to get it all to work this way but my cameras all change to colour when my security lights come on, and the security lights trigger each other using a fibaro switch, the security lights that watch my front door and car are also activated using person detection off my nest hello, its really worth the hassle setting it all up.
Great Video. I have the NVR 8580 16 channel with 9 cameras, I have the previous 4K cameras with one way audio. I wish Swann would give you trade in credit on older cameras. I also wish they allowed you to upload the video to the cloud directly as the device records. Otherwise a thief could just steal your NVR making your system pretty useless. I realize it currently has the capability to upload stills only. But that is hit or miss on what you get. If you could remotely login via SSH you could install your own backup software unfortunately Swann has locked the system down. I love my Swann system but having no option to upload video automatically can be a real deal killer for some.
Extremely well done and thorough review. After watching, it looks like most of the siren and spotlight settings are available on the mobile app except the zone settings for when the lights/siren come on. I'm away a lot, so if I set this up and end up getting too many siren alerts when I'm away, is there a way to disable that setting from the app, or would I need to physically be at the NVR? I'm good fiddling with the NVR but because I travel a lot would need to be able to disable the siren/strobe functions if they end up being overly aggressive to avoid angering my neighbors. Wonderful review and appreciate any response. .
You are correct in your assessment. But... You can disable the siren or lights on each camera from your phone. You can turn off all notifications if you wish from the phone app too. You can’t turn off notifications from individual cameras via the app. That’s something you’d need to do from the NVR itself. I appreciate the nice words and thank you. Thank you for watching!
Another solid review. Do you have a video showing how far out the light broadcasts from the spotlights? Like using your phone and recording how bright they are.
Whats good!! just dropping a comment I've been sub'd since I was 15 im 21 now just realize I've never commented Its dope that you branched out from the mini bikes. they're still dope though I wasted my money on a grom last year I probably should have got a knock off but oh well lol peace bro
I guess it depends on your budget and if you can run wires. I personally have this system (listed below) and got one for my father in law. It has a rich feature set, notifications and it’s expandable. So if you want to add these spotlight Cameras or more cameras you can. Even adding just one spotlight cam over your front porch is awesome. You can hear and SPEAK to anyone. Even delivery guys. No matter where you are in the world. The spotlight cams are the only ones that allow you to talk and hear. The others only let you hear. Swann 8 Channel NVR with 2TB Hard Drive & 4X 4K Pir Cameras Expandable Surveillance System, White (SWNVK-885804-US) www.amazon.com/dp/B079QRFBQY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wCxaCbEA35YFN
Great review... I am in the trying to purchasing 4K camera system, but struggling between few brands.... One of the main thing for me the is app experience which can't really be found anywhere.... How is the app? Fast or Slow....may be comparing other camera system? Most camera apps seems to run very slow.... The fastest I have experienced is Amcrest.... Thanks!
Great video man! When you are standing on the front porch talking to your wife, how long is the delay from when you say something to your wife to the time you hear her response? You spliced a clip right before each of her three responses, leading me to believe there is a long delay. But awesome that they now provide the ability to have 2-way talk. Have you tried having conversation from remote location (not on your own wifi network) -- I would assume the delay is too long to make it usable remotely.... Also, could you show what the strobe and steady light look like when looking at the camera from the porch?
I will compile more footage and put it all together for you. That way you can see. My wife was being silly, laughing... so I edited it out. I’d say there’s a 1-2 second delay. I’ve spoken to the mailman and UPS from my phone at work. With no WiFi.
Hey thanks for the informative review! Question - If these new speakers have the audio feature, then i assume the older cameras that came with the Swan 8580 system also had speakers too? If so, why are you replacing them, is it much louder?
Hey Swann...the mic pics up way too much wind and background noise, you can even hear it in this video demonstration. It distorts speech and what you're actually wanting to hear. Please improve that. Improve the mic. Also, the speaker volume is too low. Also, on the next generation of your NVR, put a mic on the front of the unit AND a mic input jack on the back of the unit so users can speak directly into it (by pushing a TALK button or something). The app is clunky, takes too long to load, often shows spinning wheel delay, crashes, etc. Not very practical in real world use when you want to speak thru the camera speaker. By the time the app is ready, the person you want to talk to is probably already gone. Silly. Also, put more time into your app. Improve the stability.
Hi, the driveway specific area detection for siren and lights you described can be done from both 4K and 5mp or this feature is only available in 4K? Thanks
@@locoboof the driveway example of defining area for siren and spotlight you gave at the end of this video was from the 5mp spotlight or 4k spotlight camera?
How is the home safe app? A lot of negative reviews on the google play store. Can anyone comment from personal use? Thanks for your replies! It's the one thing holding me back from purchasing a unit from Swann.
The 5580 is a analog 4K version. And no spotlights or two way audio on the cameras. The 7580 is over ethernet and is digital, but it’s only 5mp and no two way audio and no spotlights. The 8580 is the full 4K best of the best. Power over ethernet, full 4K, two way audio and spotlights on the cameras if you get the upgraded cams with spotlights and two way audio.
Hello we have 7 cameras 4K. But as soon as it goes dark at night 4 switch off completely. How do we rectify this. Also one camer that switches off then starts the lights flashing. How do we stop this too ? Many thanks vicki
Maybe go into the setting and manually turn on the IR (infrared) sensors? Sounds like they are not automatically switching on when dark. You can even set it to color IR at night too. That’s what mine are on.
I can tell you personally, I have their 4K system and it’s the clearest picture I’ve ever seen. Maybe they the NVR (ethernet connected cameras) system and not the DVR one.
It is totally awful. Three different smart phones, even bought an extender in case signal strength was a problem NONE of them could get the camera to connect and set up - either using manual or QR scan. Absolute junk. After days of trying everthing..I went out smashed to pieces. Total rubbish.
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Great Review, you provided exactly what information I was looking for about how the siren and lights work.
Glad my video helped Peter!
Wow ,the camera not only infra led but also plus light,that really good
It’s excellent.
I have the 5mp system, it took me a lot of trial and test positioning to get it all to work this way but my cameras all change to colour when my security lights come on, and the security lights trigger each other using a fibaro switch, the security lights that watch my front door and car are also activated using person detection off my nest hello, its really worth the hassle setting it all up.
Great Video. I have the NVR 8580 16 channel with 9 cameras, I have the previous 4K cameras with one way audio. I wish Swann would give you trade in credit on older cameras. I also wish they allowed you to upload the video to the cloud directly as the device records. Otherwise a thief could just steal your NVR making your system pretty useless. I realize it currently has the capability to upload stills only. But that is hit or miss on what you get. If you could remotely login via SSH you could install your own backup software unfortunately Swann has locked the system down. I love my Swann system but having no option to upload video automatically can be a real deal killer for some.
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Extremely well done and thorough review. After watching, it looks like most of the siren and spotlight settings are available on the mobile app except the zone settings for when the lights/siren come on. I'm away a lot, so if I set this up and end up getting too many siren alerts when I'm away, is there a way to disable that setting from the app, or would I need to physically be at the NVR? I'm good fiddling with the NVR but because I travel a lot would need to be able to disable the siren/strobe functions if they end up being overly aggressive to avoid angering my neighbors. Wonderful review and appreciate any response. .
You are correct in your assessment. But...
You can disable the siren or lights on each camera from your phone. You can turn off all notifications if you wish from the phone app too.
You can’t turn off notifications from individual cameras via the app. That’s something you’d need to do from the NVR itself.
I appreciate the nice words and thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Another solid review. Do you have a video showing how far out the light broadcasts from the spotlights? Like using your phone and recording how bright they are.
Unfortunately I don’t......... but I can tell you it can easily light up anything in a 10-15ft area very well.
Whats good!! just dropping a comment I've been sub'd since I was 15 im 21 now just realize I've never commented Its dope that you branched out from the mini bikes. they're still dope though I wasted my money on a grom last year I probably should have got a knock off but oh well lol peace bro
Haha! Yeah, I’m still doing videos. I still do the bikes as well as other stuff. Got a few moto-toys coming on a few weeks.
Good hearing from you.
The IRs on these lights are a lot better than the smaller ones around the regular 4k cameras they produce better night vision
Agreed
@@locoboof I need them to hurry and make a PTZ compatible with this 4k NVR and my system will be complete for now lol
Great review as always. Just bought my 1st home. What 4k system do you recommend sir?
I guess it depends on your budget and if you can run wires. I personally have this system (listed below) and got one for my father in law.
It has a rich feature set, notifications and it’s expandable. So if you want to add these spotlight Cameras or more cameras you can. Even adding just one spotlight cam over your front porch is awesome. You can hear and SPEAK to anyone. Even delivery guys. No matter where you are in the world.
The spotlight cams are the only ones that allow you to talk and hear. The others only let you hear.
Swann 8 Channel NVR with 2TB Hard Drive & 4X 4K Pir Cameras Expandable Surveillance System, White (SWNVK-885804-US) www.amazon.com/dp/B079QRFBQY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wCxaCbEA35YFN
@@locoboof thank you Im gonna go with this system. Awesome that you add on camera later. Just got hire some one to install it lol
Question , how is the 2 way audio working with an NVR ? Do have another device for that feature or is it built in with the NVR already ?
No, it’s all built in. There’s mics and speakers in the cameras. You just use the app to talk.
Great review... I am in the trying to purchasing 4K camera system, but struggling between few brands.... One of the main thing for me the is app experience which can't really be found anywhere.... How is the app? Fast or Slow....may be comparing other camera system? Most camera apps seems to run very slow.... The fastest I have experienced is Amcrest.... Thanks!
Great video man! When you are standing on the front porch talking to your wife, how long is the delay from when you say something to your wife to the time you hear her response? You spliced a clip right before each of her three responses, leading me to believe there is a long delay. But awesome that they now provide the ability to have 2-way talk. Have you tried having conversation from remote location (not on your own wifi network) -- I would assume the delay is too long to make it usable remotely.... Also, could you show what the strobe and steady light look like when looking at the camera from the porch?
I will compile more footage and put it all together for you. That way you can see. My wife was being silly, laughing... so I edited it out. I’d say there’s a 1-2 second delay.
I’ve spoken to the mailman and UPS from my phone at work. With no WiFi.
I have a question can you turn off the mic so you can’t hear anything ?
Yes. Buy default it’s off, you have to turn it on to hear.
Hey great video do the 5MP works as a add on with this Swann model DVR SWDVK-849808
Hey thanks for the informative review! Question - If these new speakers have the audio feature, then i assume the older cameras that came with the Swan 8580 system also had speakers too? If so, why are you replacing them, is it much louder?
The original ones only had the ability to hear. These new ones with the flood lights have 2 way audio. You can hear and speak.
Thanks for presentation
My question what is the width is it 70 or 102 degrees.
Thanks again
I forgot, but you can look on their site. It’s over 100 for sure.
How do you get the 2 way audio working?
I can't find a way to speak from my phone to the camera.
I just hit the mic button on the onscreen menu from the app. Then hold to talk.
Hey Swann...the mic pics up way too much wind and background noise, you can even hear it in this video demonstration. It distorts speech and what you're actually wanting to hear. Please improve that. Improve the mic.
Also, the speaker volume is too low.
Also, on the next generation of your NVR, put a mic on the front of the unit AND a mic input jack on the back of the unit so users can speak directly into it (by pushing a TALK button or something). The app is clunky, takes too long to load, often shows spinning wheel delay, crashes, etc. Not very practical in real world use when you want to speak thru the camera speaker. By the time the app is ready, the person you want to talk to is probably already gone. Silly.
Also, put more time into your app. Improve the stability.
Hi, the driveway specific area detection for siren and lights you described can be done from both 4K and 5mp or this feature is only available in 4K? Thanks
I’m not sure honestly. I think it works on all newer cameras, but don’t quote me.
@@locoboof the driveway example of defining area for siren and spotlight you gave at the end of this video was from the 5mp spotlight or 4k spotlight camera?
4K
Do they make a POE version for my SWANN NVR?
it is POE
How is the home safe app? A lot of negative reviews on the google play store. Can anyone comment from personal use? Thanks for your replies! It's the one thing holding me back from purchasing a unit from Swann.
I have only used it on iOS and no issues for me.
Are the constructed body metal or plastic?
How did you connect them to the box? Just use Ethernet cable between cameras and the box? Thanks
Metal. And yes, just used the supplied ethernet cable.
Is it possible to disable the Audio? Please let me know if you know how to do that. Thanks
It’s somewhere in the camera settings. You can disable it.
Do you know what the major differences are between the 5580,7580 and 8580 series?
The 5580 is a analog 4K version. And no spotlights or two way audio on the cameras.
The 7580 is over ethernet and is digital, but it’s only 5mp and no two way audio and no spotlights.
The 8580 is the full 4K best of the best. Power over ethernet, full 4K, two way audio and spotlights on the cameras if you get the upgraded cams with spotlights and two way audio.
It’s any way to identify the 5 mp from the 4K one ?
Should say on the box
I have the 4980 series would this new camera work with the included DVR?
I don’t believe so. I think you need the 8580
Hello we have 7 cameras 4K. But as soon as it goes dark at night 4 switch off completely. How do we rectify this. Also one camer that switches off then starts the lights flashing. How do we stop this too ? Many thanks vicki
Maybe go into the setting and manually turn on the IR (infrared) sensors? Sounds like they are not automatically switching on when dark. You can even set it to color IR at night too. That’s what mine are on.
As far as the lights..... you can manually turn those off too. Maybe even double check the settings?
Can 2 phones work for eg ur wife can log into the app aswell as you can on your phone ?
Yes
Have you tried this with Blue Iris? Will they work?
No, I haven’t.
I believe swanns equipment is proprietary.
I purchased a Swan 4k 6 camera system and it's absolute garbage. I have had 1080p cameras that have
had clearer footage. 4k my Ass!
I can tell you personally, I have their 4K system and it’s the clearest picture I’ve ever seen. Maybe they the NVR (ethernet connected cameras) system and not the DVR one.
It is totally awful. Three different smart phones, even bought an extender in case signal strength was a problem NONE of them could get the camera to connect and set up - either using manual or QR scan. Absolute junk. After days of trying everthing..I went out smashed to pieces. Total rubbish.