The Clock Camera is not of good quality and built. It is unreliable for monitoring. It's battery charging can't cope up with the utilization of the Clock Camera. It's IR capability is not automatically triggered when there is a change in area conditions. It's recording is rather pixelated even in 1080p mode. Don't waste your money on buying this type of Clock Camera.
The problem with most of these camera-clocks is that the IR night vision does not turn on/off by itself according to the current lighting conditions. I have such a camera and the best I can do is schedule the night vision between 7:00pm and 7:00am. This works most of the time, but on a rainy day the image is too dark for the day vision schedule. Moreover the time range needs to be adjusted as the days of the seasons get shorter/longer. It is not clear whether the camera-clock you recommend, Lin, can automatically adjust the day/night vision based on the current lighting conditions. If the spec does not mention it, I doubt it can. I have only found one camera-clock that claims to adjust for day/night vision automatically, but I do not have one to confirm this.
It would be nice to actually see a full screen shot of the video for night vision and day light, the iphone is not really the best, if you can post it on big screen transferring the files into your PC for video and pictures, and if you can specify what's the maximum time it can record it would be great. People do not like recording where the picture comes out grainy , blurry,, pixalated, etc. And a reason why I think that''s the second most important part to mention in regards to a camera. 1) If it is PC compatible (you covered that), if it is iphone compatible (you did cover this well) 2) Quality of image and example ( you half covered that, not the best in depth information there, passable but not entirely helpful) 3) Recording time (where to get the memory cards, and what the max recording time, I may have missed it) Thanks, I hope you can include that in any of your future reviews. People always miss something. And that something they miss is usually important.
All of the camera's functionality is accessible from an iphone, ipad or Android phone. The PC app (IPCam) is not as comprehensive. It is best suited to watch live video. It cannot access the camera's SD card whereas the the smart phone app can. There are several apps that can be run from your smart phone. They are virtually identical because they are all written by the same programmer (Gang Zhang). Some of these include, iminicam, HDminicam, P2PLiveCam, BvCam and MuCam. I use MuCam because I find that it works for different model cameras that are documented to run from the other apps I listed. Micro SD cards can be purchased ($5-$50) anywhere computer peripherals are sold Some camera models can take a 32gb micro SD card while others can take 64gb. The length of continuous recording depends on the capacity of the SD card, the chosen resolution, and whether the recording is in color or in IR mode. If I remember correctly, you can get a few days of continuous recording on a 8gb SD. But you probably will not chose continuous recording since the camera can be configured to record whenever it detects motion. Don't forget, it is very cumbersome and boring to search for relevant information when you choose continuous recording. Motion detection is often the best option, but the camera may sometimes be a couple of seconds too slow to start recording after it detects motion. The recording time after motion is detected can be set between 1 and 60 minutes. The default is 3 minutes.
this looks exactly like the cameras I bought from Walmart online. I see at about 3:30 that you opened in a split second with your fingernail, but I had a LOT of trouble opening mine. I had to try with a screwdriver, and felt like I was going to break the case, so I returned them. I like the thoroughness of your reviews, but am confused because you provide an Amazon link for the camera and at the end of the video you said it picks up sound (just not 2-way). Yet, in another video, you said that Amazon doesn't allow cameras that have sound.
As someone who does over night babysitting often, this is horrifying. This could easily be placed next to my guest bed night stand and record every time I change or bend down to tie my shoes. Gross!!!!
There are apps you can install on your phone that will detect the infrared lights that the camera emits for night vision. I am not sure what you can do to find such cameras during normal lighting conditions. These cameras can be disguised as just about anything: a light bulb; a pen; a smoke detector; an electrical outlet to name a few. The weakness of these is that they cannot run very long on battery power. So they would have to be conspicuously plugged into an electrical outlet.
Motion detection not working. 64K SD card installed. MD alarm set on in software to max sensitivity. Still not working. No motion events are being triggered. Any ideas ?
Hello, I have this camera. I wonder if you can tell me the type of battery. And also the type of cable for this watch. Thank you very much, best regards, Peter.
Can you help.... when recording I can’t seem to record audio and not sure why. How do I get this clock to record audio? When I go into the live video feed I can click the wee microphone and speaker which have a red line through them and I can hear what’s being said in real time but it doesn’t continually record audio even though I’ve got the settings to record audio. Any advice? I’ve tried to reboot the device but that hasn’t worked x
No, but you need wifi to configure the camera and access it with your phone. If you set up the camera to record and bring down wifi, the recording will continue and store the video on the SD card. However, you must set up recording through the scheduler not from the "record" button on the app on your phone because the record button records the video to your phone. The scheduler records to the SD card.
@@dkyrtata6688 wait so if I buy the camera can I connect it to a internet pass and also do it have to be in my house I wanted to take it to another property and watch over it without being there.
@@bensalah1, The existing cameras bought before 2019 are obsolete. I do not know if the cameras have been changed since then. I've stopped paying attention other than my cameras are useless beyond my wifi area
Thanks for the review. Apparently, the quality and usability of this unit depends on where you buy the unit from.Was mine defective right out of the box ? The night vision does not work at all, and in fact, you can only get a grainy picture in the brightest of light. 1080? no way. The sound is inaudible and garbled. Unusable. It has about a 40 degree line of vision, which means you really won't capture movement, which is a mute point since the camera does not record unless you are asking it to while you are watching it. The alarms work, but no recording remotely even with an sd card. Another thing no one has mentioned is that it can not be set to standard Eastern time. A dead giveaway that it is more than just an alarm clock is the fact that it can only display in military time, which most people in the US do not use.The company does not respond when contacted.
Judging from your testimony, your camera may be defective. However do hear me out. (I will assume you are using the Android version of the app which is slightly different than the Apple version.) The quality of live video, depends on the strength of your wifi signal. However, the quality of the wifi signal should not affect the quality of what is actually recorded on the SD card. So you need to view the video from the SD card. There are two types of recorded video: a) "Live Video" that is recorded when you manually start recording. b) "Alarm Video" that is automatically recorded upon motion detection. Only "Alarm Video" is stored on the SD card. "Live Video" is stored on your smart phone where you initiated the recording from. Since there are two types of recorded video, there are two places within the app where the resolution can be set for each type. So set the resolution to 1080p for "Alarm Video" by going into "Advance Config > SDCard Record Config". This will not affect the resolution of "Live Video". Set "LIve Video" resolution, from the top of the "Live Video" screen. Again, this will not affect the resolution of the "Alarm Video" recordings. Although it is far from obvious, the "Alarm Video" recordings (i.e those triggered from motion detection) are accessed from the third icon (i.e. the movie camera icon labeled as "Record") on the bottom of the main screen. From the next screen, you must choose from the pull-down menu "RemoteSDCard" (the default is "Local" which contains only "Live Video" recordings that you initiated manually from your smart phone). Finally, as I mentioned in a previous post, the app does allow you to display a 12 hour clock rather than 24 hour military time. From "Advance Config", go to "TIme Settings." Then under "Time Mode", select one of the other two date formats (Day/Month/Year or Month/Day/Year). These formats display a 12 hour clock. The default format of Year/Month/Day displays a 24 hour clock.
yep, tried it all. The camera is a dud! No response to my inquiries either from them. Looked like they sent me one that had already been returned to them as faulty because it was dirty, battery dies after an hour, does not work without very bright light, and has about a five foot width of view. Total dud.
I understand that you can connect the camera to a home Wi-Fi router, making the camera accessible through the Internet. I got a couple of questions about this: 1. How does the Android app know the IP address of the camera to connect to? My guess is that the camera reports its IP address and UID to some vendor web service, so that the Android app can ask the vendor web service for camera's IP address known only the UID. Is there an option to disable this reporting and enter the IP address manually? I don't want the camera phoning home to the vendor due to privacy concerns. 2. Is the video stream encrypted in any way? If it's not, anyone on the same Wi-Fi network would be able to see the video feed by simply intercepting the Wi-Fi transmission. This might be a concern if you want to place the camera on a public Wi-Fi network, for example in a hotel to make sure hotel staff doesn't mess with your belongings, connecting the camera to hotel's Wi-Fi. 3. If it is encrypted, is it encrypted with a randomly generated, per-device unique key or a global hard-coded key that is reused on all of the cameras? 4. Is there any way to analyze, modify and and re-flash camera's firmware to make sure there are no backdoors? Is the firmware open source? If I put a camera in my home, I want to make sure that no one would be able to spy on me with some hard-coded super password or anything like that. I'm a professional software developer, so I will have no issues understanding the code (or even disassembling the binary).
Hi don't buy this product, as you stated the camera report your router ip to a server god knows where it is, which worked for a while, lately this server is down for the past 2 months so basically your stuck with a camera in your local area network, what i did is a ddns server in my router with port forwading enabled i can access the footage over the web but i lost the camera functionalities as audio and remote SD card access to it, cheers
Hi. I got a problem with the camera and i don't know what cause it. I connected it to my wifi router but when i leave the area of my wifi signal i can't see it, It just stays on reboot. when i connect my phone back again to my router it works. Anyone can help?
i bought this camera but the loop recording not working it automatically stop when the sd memory card is full it doesn't overwrite the old vid to continue its recording even thou i enable the loop recording..how to fix?
Hello. I ordered this product after watching your review. Unfortunately the one I ordered came with a battery. I don't even know what kind of battery it uses. Can you please help to find out the battery type. I am really lost
hello, I'm away from home, I left the device and the camera turned on and everything was fine until after 3 days , the program informs me that the device is offline and shows on the display 88: 88, is it possible to restore the connection from a distance, I'm not at home, or simply the device broke? Cheers
I am surprised you managed to get any connectivity since you left home. No, I doubt the device is broken. You just need to get somebody to reboot it; turn it off and on. It is very common for it to go down especially after you reboot your modem/router.
I found one of these clocks a few months ago and I've been holding on to it and went to bring it to my new apartment and I'm looking at it and I guess the front screen fell off because I had no idea it was a camera I never really looked at it that much I hope I can find the front cover! Does it take an SD card or?
good to hear back from you Dkyrtata. I have noticed from some other videos (utube) that the instructions (especially for a non tech minded sort of person) can be quite long for getting the camera set up. Have you found with your multiple purchases some that have better instruction manuals than others? Which camera did you buy , and from whom. I didn't see many on Ali Baba. how does one SCAN a code? I have never done or seen that done?
I am not sure. I have not done it myself, but I think the user manual contains a unique code that can be scanned by your smart phone through its camera. Instead of scanning, I always connect to the camera's wifi signal. (if it does not appear, it does if the camera is reset). If I am not on the same wifi network as the camera, I just type in the 27 character identifier. Fortunately, this only has to be done once, unless the camera is reset or deleted from the smart phone.
great to hear back from you. I have been sending requests for user manuals to a couple of companies. The video above is / seems quite long ....but the video instructions seem clear.
I think all the user manuals are identical for all brands of the same camera; written in Chinese in the beginning followed by English. Totally useless and incomprehensible. I wrote my own manual in a Word document that covers everything I learned about the camera. If you want a copy send me an email at dkyrtata at hotmail dot com. I do not know if Alibaba sells the camera. You need to check it on Ali Express which is geared for regular consumers, not wholesale buyers. Go there ( aliexpress.com ) and search for "Camera clock". I provided some links to several cameras (including the one I bought) in one of my responses below, so I won't repeat them here. The camera is not difficult to set up, but I did struggle with it. It must have been my frustration trying to understand the manual? Useless!
Neem Meem I do not own this particular camera, but all similar camera-clocks that I have read about state that they only support 2.4g not 5g. I quote this from one seller on Ali Express: "Only supports 2.4GHz wireless band. If router is 5GHz, please switch to 2.4GHz, and make sure DHCP is on."
I felt like I was watching a magician doing a card trick, flipping the cards (in this case the phone and clock) around so quickly that it was virtually impossible to see any real detail of the phone's screen or clock's details. It was like watching a Jason Bourne "shaky cam" movie. What a "headache maker". :-(
The camera records onto its micro SD card. However, when you manually start recording from the "Live Video" screen of your phone, the recording will be stored on the phone, not the SD card.
You should always be plugged into a power source. The battery is intended to keep the camera running for a few hours during a power failure -- most of which are shorter than the battery life.
@@xianjison It should not overcharge if you keep it plugged in. But like any rechargeable device, I assume the battery will gradually not hold a charge as well as when it is new.
Does it only work in the 24 hour military format? Or does it have a 12 hour format as well? Does this have cloud recording or only SD card? What is the maximum capacity SD card it will take?👍
Here is a link to an online store that shows the camera specs: goo.gl/NYYD3S So as you can see the largest SD card it accepts is 32gb. I do not have this particular camera but I have a similar one that uses the same app. So, the app allows you to change the date format which also sets the time display to 12 or 24 hours. Only the Apple version of the app has this detail labeled; the Android version does not, but both work exactly the same to set the time format to 12 or 24 hours. So assuming the camera is designed to display either time format, go to "TIme Settings." Then under "Time Mode", select either "Day/Month/Year" or "Month/Day/Year" to display a 12 hour clock. The default format of "Year/Month/Day" displays a 24 hour clock.
@@evansusmc The specifications have changed in the past 3 years since I posted my comment. I would hope they replaced the app so that the camera can work as designed. Otherwise, the camera is not very useful.
It should last a couple of hours; maybe up to 5 depending on how old the battery is. The battery is not intended for normal use. It serves as a backup for prolonged power failures.
It is black and white because you have the camera's night vision turned on. You may have turned it on from the Live Video screen or you may have scheduled it to be turned on. Both cases seem unlikely, but that is all I can think of.
Good news everybody; the problem has been resolved. I established a remote connection with all my cameras (Nov19/2019). The connection time is slow, but within 5-10 minutes it succeeds. Hopefully, this problem will also be resolved soon.
@@dkyrtata6688 dang, all 4 cams of mine still are still appear to be 'logging in' forever failing to establish connection outside my internal network, hence i couldnt view my cams from anywhere else using my cellular data, any lead? server failure still proly eh? sighs
@@kaharabdullah8010, yes it's true. The P2P servers have been down again since around Dec18/2019. So remote connections are no longer possible. I hope we don't have to wait another 3 months for them!
Is it possible to make a spy cam that is destructible at distance in order to make it disappear after the job done to make sure that it will never be discovered ?
Try any of the apps that are written by Zhang Gang. There are several; virtually identical. First try iMiniCam, P2pLiveCam, MUcam, and pro_iCam. There are others
Hello, Can you please advise how to set the camera to continue recording even if I exit the smartphone app ? I need to put it on continious record for 2 hours independently of my phone. Now when I exit the app the recording stop. How to make it continue for a longer time?
The camera has two recording modes. Apparently, you are using the mode that is turned on from the "Live Video" screen and stores the video on your phone. Once you exit the screen, the recording stops. This mode is intended to capture things spontaneously at your discretion. The other mode of recording stores the video on the SD card in the camera -- not on the storage of your phone. It allows you to record upon motion detection or on a given schedule such as all-day or during certain hours. This is the feature you are looking for. To access it, select "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings" on Apple). From there select "SDCard Config" to configure the recording schedule. Then later, select "Alarm Config" for additional options.
The camera's wifi appears when the camera is reset or when first taken out of the box. Once you connect the camera to your wifi network, its wifi signal disappears from the list.
The camera is unsupported since August/2019. So the app has been removed from the Google/Apple stores. There is nowhere else to get it for Apple, but you can still get it from here for Android. Try using MUCam: apkfab.com/developer/gang.zhang
No, don't buy it!. The camera is no longer supported and the app has been removed from the Apple/Google stores. Even if you obtain the app, you will be unable to make a remote connection to the camera.
Yes, but not anymore since the app is unavailable on the Apple/Google stores. For Android you can still get the app elsewhere but you cannot establish a connection outside your wifi area. Don't buy!
The smart phone app can display live video of up to 4 cameras on the screen, by simply providing the UID for each camera. Although, 4 can be displayed simultaneously, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that you can connect up to 9. The PC app seems to allow any number of cameras. I have not tested more than 2 however.
@@dkyrtata6688 no longer supported? What's that mean that I can't get the pictures off of it? I had found one of these a while ago and had no idea it was a video camera until I brought it to my new apartment and apparently the front cover fell off somewhere so I finally saw that it was a camera I've never really looked at it before.
@@brandons7272 you can still retrieve your photos/videos since they are stored on the Micro SD card. But you cannot connect to the camera from outside the wifi network it is connected to. You can only connect when you and the camera are at the same location.
I do not have this particular camera, but I have two similar ones -- one with a button on the top and one without. If your camera has the button on the top, the time can only be set with the button. The app cannot alter the time displayed on the device. However, what you are probably not aware of is that the camera maintains two times -- the external time that you see on the face of the camera, and an internal time. The app sets the internal time which is embedded on the top left corner of the video. If this timestamp is not present in the video, you can turn it on by flipping on the "On Screen Display" switch from "Alarm Config" under "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings"). For cameras without the button on the top, the app will set both the internal and external time.
Hi please can you help im struggeling to pick up the clock on my search browser on Hd mini cam it dont want to pick up with my phone it shows no devises??
The camera's wifi signal should appear on the list of wifi networks that your phone can see. The list I am referring to is not in the app, but rather found under "wifi" in your phone's settings. If your phone cannot see the camera's wifi signal, you should reset the camera by gently pressing the reset button with a pin in the back of the camera for about 7 seconds. Then refresh the list of wifi networks so that your phone can display the camera signal near the top of the list.
@@dkyrtata6688 hi thamk you for responding, yes my phonr picks it up on the clocks wifi that i dont have a problem with its in the app that i cant pick it up i tryed everything deleting the app, resetting the clock, removimg battery and still dont pick it up, (keep in mind i did put everything back 😂😂😂) do uou have WHATSAPP? Then i can send you a video
@@cornevandalen1443, no I do not have WhatsApp. If you wish you can make your video file available on a cloud drive. Coincidentally, you seem to be having the exact same problem as someone else is having. I have cut and pasted my reply to them below: "Oh, I understand what you are confused about. You are not supposed to connect to your camera's wifi signal from the phone app. The goal is to use the app to connect your camera to your HOME wifi. Once you do that, the camera will stop emitting its wifi signal. At that point you should also connect your phone to your home wifi. Now both your camera and your phone are connected to your home wifi network, thereby allowing the two devices to communicate with each other. Try it! "If you are wondering why the first step is to connect your phone to the camera's wifi (from your phone's settings), it is because you need this temporary "bridge" (connection) to let your phone access the camera from the app (since the two devices are not physically wired together). Without this bridge, the app on your phone cannot access the camera. But once the phone is connected to the camera, you can establish a permanent connection from your camera to your home wifi."
Yes, unmute the microphone and speaker from the bottom ribbon of the "Live Video" Screen. Then hold down the microphone icon to speak. The feature is supported if you hear yourself through the camera.
Both. It depends on how the recording is initiated. But that is irrelevant since you can no longer download the app from the Google/Apple stores. So do not buy this camera!
All apps written by Gang Zhang that are compatible with the camera have been removed from the Apple/Google stores. This suggests that the camera is no longer supported by anyone, though still being sold. You can still download the app from here: apkfab.com/developer/gang.zhang If you recently bought your camera, you should get yourself a refund while you can.
Just using the app. The camera connects to the internet (using Wi-Fi). So wherever you are (you don't need to be connected to the camera or same network) you can see the live feed. I think it's the same principle as any home security camera
Most of these types of cameras can record sound (though the video say it does not). However, for legal reasons, the sound is often disabled if the camera is purchased in the US. I do not know if the sound can be re-enabled.
Mine has sound enabled but the quality is so poor that you can not hear anything clearly, even with a person talking 5 feet from the unit. There is also a lot of feedback in it-white noise that can not be eliminated no matter where I place it. I have another one, and there is no interference, so it is just this camera.
I think they need to update WiFi to just phone mode or just record as most pips don't have home landlines and they have been proven to. Not be safe and can be haked too so crap
The CD contains the app for a PC. If it is the same PC app I have, the functionality is limited; mostly for viewing live video. You can copy the folders from the CD to a USB stick in order to get them onto your PC. I don't think the app needs to be installed for it to run. Just click on the executable. Mine is called IPCMultiView.exe. You probably won't be using it much since it does not do very much. All the features of the camera are accessible from the HDminiCam app which you must download from the Apple or Google Play store. If that app does not work (for whatever reason) you can try some of the other apps written by the same programmer (Zhang Gang). They all look the same with some very minor differences. Mine is called iMiniCam. My camera used to run both of them, but HDminiCam stopped accepting my camera's UID a few months ago.
When I set my phone up to the camera wifi that is the only way I can view the live video. When I leave the house I am no longer connected to the camera so it shows the camera is offline and I cannot see what's going on. Ways to fix this?
Once you connect your phone to the camera's wifi signal, you are supposed to configure the camera to connect to your home wifi. Otherwise the camera cannot reach the outside world beyond your home. So go into "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings" on Apple), and select "Wifi Config" from the menu. Then choose your home wifi network and type in your home wifi password. This will connect the camera to your home wifi. Don't forget to disconnect your phone from the camera's wifi signal and reconnect it to your home wifi (or whatever network your phone connects to when you are at home). Since both your phone and your camera can connect to the internet, your phone should be able to connect to the camera from anywhere in the world. One final note: Once your camera is connected to your home wifi, it will no longer emit its wifi signal (I.e. it will no longer appear on the list of networks on your phone or PC.) If you want its wifi signal to reappear, you will have to reset the camera by gently pressing the reset button for about 7 seconds. This will undo all the settings and revert the password to its default of 8888.
I have 5 cameras of 3 different models (none of which are of the one featured above). I bought them at different times during the past year. Like several other people have been claiming, I am confirming that none of my cameras can establish a remote connection anymore, since late August/2019. I sent a message to Zhang Gang, the programmer of the app. I provided him the details of the problem as well as my UID and password so he can test it for himself. I am hoping that he is affiliated with the people who maintain the servers that these cameras rely on. I will let you know what he says if he responds. Is there anybody who has a camera that can still establish a REMOTE connection (i.e outside the Wifi network that the camera is connected to)?
I have same problem. Camera not working from one month. This is answer "from the developers of this APP, their servers are currently being hacked and are currently being repaired. After the repair, they will return to normal."
@@ufo131, thank you for the update, but I am still skeptical. If it were me, I would have published a status report somewhere rather than letting us all hang the way we have been. Can you provide us with the email address that you used to contact the developers? Maybe the more of us who write them, the more responses we will get. Also, could you please cut and paste the response you received?
@@JROKRIZZY, all my cameras seem to work the same as they used to. The only difference of course is that I cannot connect to them when I am away from the wifi network that the cameras are connected to.
@@maiktayson9152 There are many brands of cameras that offer remote access from your phone. The cameras I ended up buying are the Yi cameras because they also have an app for the PC to view live and recorded video. The setup controls however are only on the phone app. All the cameras accept a micro SD card and offer an optional cloud subscription for storage (I did not buy the subscription). None of the cameras are spy cameras disguised as a clock.
I do not have this particular camera, but I assume it uses the same software. The CD is only used to connect your PC to the camera to basically view and record live video. It does not do much else. So it is better to download and install the HDminicam app for your smart phone to take advantage of all the camera's features. After you install the app on your smart phone, you can connect to the camera using several methods. One way is to allow the app to detect the camera's wifi signal so you can connect to it. Once you are connected, you can configure the camera through the app. Make sure you go into the app's "WiFI Config" option to choose your home wifi signal. This is important so that the camera knows where to send its data to. Once that is done, you can disconnect your smart phone from the camera's wifi signal and connect back to your home wifi.Your smart phone will continue to communicate with the camera through your home wifi or internet signal even though you disconnected from the camera's wifi. I believe the PC software runs from a single "exe" file without needing to install it. I can arrange to make that available to you if you wish.
You control recording through the app which has various settings such as continuous recording or motion detection. This type of recording is stored on the camera's SD card which you can access from your smart phone through wifi or internet. You can also manually turn on recording by pressing the record button on the live video screen of the app. This type of recording sends the video directly to your smart phone. It is not saved on the camera's SD card. There is no record button on the camera itself.
Dkyrtata so you don’t necessarily have to buy the SD card if u want to save all recordings to the app itself? What do u recommend because it costs more if u get the SD card with it wats the SD card good for if I can save all my vids to the app
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The Clock Camera is not of good quality and built. It is unreliable for monitoring. It's battery charging can't cope up with the utilization of the Clock Camera. It's IR capability is not automatically triggered when there is a change in area conditions. It's recording is rather pixelated even in 1080p mode. Don't waste your money on buying this type of Clock Camera.
I will recommend the jayol spy camera: www.amazon.com/dp/B07FJMNHQ9
The problem with most of these camera-clocks is that the IR night vision does not turn on/off by itself according to the current lighting conditions. I have such a camera and the best I can do is schedule the night vision between 7:00pm and 7:00am. This works most of the time, but on a rainy day the image is too dark for the day vision schedule. Moreover the time range needs to be adjusted as the days of the seasons get shorter/longer.
It is not clear whether the camera-clock you recommend, Lin, can automatically adjust the day/night vision based on the current lighting conditions. If the spec does not mention it, I doubt it can. I have only found one camera-clock that claims to adjust for day/night vision automatically, but I do not have one to confirm this.
Maybe you need to change another one.
How you cope with automatically triggered the IR capability . I once can get the wireless signal but once I delete it and never can detect it anymore?
It's only 60. Cheap in price. What do u expect . Stop being so picky
How many hours of video recording does it have?
It would be nice to actually see a full screen shot of the video for night vision and day light, the iphone is not really the best, if you can post it on big screen transferring the files into your PC for video and pictures, and if you can specify what's the maximum time it can record it would be great.
People do not like recording where the picture comes out grainy , blurry,, pixalated, etc. And a reason why I think that''s the second most important part to mention in regards to a camera.
1) If it is PC compatible (you covered that), if it is iphone compatible (you did cover this well)
2) Quality of image and example ( you half covered that, not the best in depth information there, passable but not entirely helpful)
3) Recording time (where to get the memory cards, and what the max recording time, I may have missed it)
Thanks, I hope you can include that in any of your future reviews. People always miss something. And that something they miss is usually important.
All of the camera's functionality is accessible from an iphone, ipad or Android phone. The PC app (IPCam) is not as comprehensive. It is best suited to watch live video. It cannot access the camera's SD card whereas the the smart phone app can.
There are several apps that can be run from your smart phone. They are virtually identical because they are all written by the same programmer (Gang Zhang). Some of these include, iminicam, HDminicam, P2PLiveCam, BvCam and MuCam. I use MuCam because I find that it works for different model cameras that are documented to run from the other apps I listed.
Micro SD cards can be purchased ($5-$50) anywhere computer peripherals are sold
Some camera models can take a 32gb micro SD card while others can take 64gb. The length of continuous recording depends on the capacity of the SD card, the chosen resolution, and whether the recording is in color or in IR mode. If I remember correctly, you can get a few days of continuous recording on a 8gb SD. But you probably will not chose continuous recording since the camera can be configured to record whenever it detects motion.
Don't forget, it is very cumbersome and boring to search for relevant information when you choose continuous recording. Motion detection is often the best option, but the camera may sometimes be a couple of seconds too slow to start recording after it detects motion. The recording time after motion is detected can be set between 1 and 60 minutes. The default is 3 minutes.
@@dkyrtata6688 Thanks most appreciate it hun
Thanks from Egypt 🇪🇬 , awesome video
this looks exactly like the cameras I bought from Walmart online. I see at about 3:30 that you opened in a split second with your fingernail, but I had a LOT of trouble opening mine. I had to try with a screwdriver, and felt like I was going to break the case, so I returned them.
I like the thoroughness of your reviews, but am confused because you provide an Amazon link for the camera and at the end of the video you said it picks up sound (just not 2-way). Yet, in another video, you said that Amazon doesn't allow cameras that have sound.
As someone who does over night babysitting often, this is horrifying. This could easily be placed next to my guest bed night stand and record every time I change or bend down to tie my shoes. Gross!!!!
There are apps you can install on your phone that will detect the infrared lights that the camera emits for night vision. I am not sure what you can do to find such cameras during normal lighting conditions. These cameras can be disguised as just about anything: a light bulb; a pen; a smoke detector; an electrical outlet to name a few. The weakness of these is that they cannot run very long on battery power. So they would have to be conspicuously plugged into an electrical outlet.
Motion detection not working. 64K SD card installed. MD alarm set on in software to max sensitivity. Still not working. No motion events are being triggered. Any ideas ?
Hi , have to be closer to the router all the time ? How far I can put the alarm clock to function correctly please?
Hello, I have this camera. I wonder if you can tell me the type of battery. And also the type of cable for this watch. Thank you very much, best regards, Peter.
Where can I buy a battery for it? Mine did not come with one.
Can you help.... when recording I can’t seem to record audio and not sure why. How do I get this clock to record audio? When I go into the live video feed I can click the wee microphone and speaker which have a red line through them and I can hear what’s being said in real time but it doesn’t continually record audio even though I’ve got the settings to record audio. Any advice? I’ve tried to reboot the device but that hasn’t worked x
did you ever have any luck figuring this out. I don't have audio at all.
Do you need constant WIFI connection to be able to record something?
No, but you need wifi to configure the camera and access it with your phone.
If you set up the camera to record and bring down wifi, the recording will continue and store the video on the SD card. However, you must set up recording through the scheduler not from the "record" button on the app on your phone because the record button records the video to your phone. The scheduler records to the SD card.
@@dkyrtata6688 wait so if I buy the camera can I connect it to a internet pass and also do it have to be in my house I wanted to take it to another property and watch over it without being there.
@@solojay_1634 Not anymore since Aug/2019. Don't buy this camera. It is no longer supported
@@dkyrtata6688 are you clearly saying that we can't get online with it anymore? Is this obsolete?
@@bensalah1, The existing cameras bought before 2019 are obsolete. I do not know if the cameras have been changed since then. I've stopped paying attention other than my cameras are useless beyond my wifi area
Thank u. Keep up the good reviews
Dose it need internt connection for it to record?
no
Can you use as a regular alarm clock?
OSReviews is it color night vision if the surroundings is pitch black with no external light ?
What time of the day is 26:29? Very convincing clock!
what other similar app can be used for this camera?
My unit did NOT come with a battery. What's type/brand/name so I can order one? Thnx
Can't find the camera app that you mentioned
Thanks for the review. Apparently, the quality and usability of this unit depends on where you buy the unit from.Was mine defective right out of the box ? The night vision does not work at all, and in fact, you can only get a grainy picture in the brightest of light. 1080? no way. The sound is inaudible and garbled. Unusable. It has about a 40 degree line of vision, which means you really won't capture movement, which is a mute point since the camera does not record unless you are asking it to while you are watching it. The alarms work, but no recording remotely even with an sd card. Another thing no one has mentioned is that it can not be set to standard Eastern time. A dead giveaway that it is more than just an alarm clock is the fact that it can only display in military time, which most people in the US do not use.The company does not respond when contacted.
Judging from your testimony, your camera may be defective. However do hear me out. (I will assume you are using the Android version of the app which is slightly different than the Apple version.)
The quality of live video, depends on the strength of your wifi signal. However, the quality of the wifi signal should not affect the quality of what is actually recorded on the SD card. So you need to view the video from the SD card.
There are two types of recorded video: a) "Live Video" that is recorded when you manually start recording. b) "Alarm Video" that is automatically recorded upon motion detection. Only "Alarm Video" is stored on the SD card. "Live Video" is stored on your smart phone where you initiated the recording from.
Since there are two types of recorded video, there are two places within the app where the resolution can be set for each type. So set the resolution to 1080p for "Alarm Video" by going into "Advance Config > SDCard Record Config". This will not affect the resolution of "Live Video". Set "LIve Video" resolution, from the top of the "Live Video" screen. Again, this will not affect the resolution of the "Alarm Video" recordings.
Although it is far from obvious, the "Alarm Video" recordings (i.e those triggered from motion detection) are accessed from the third icon (i.e. the movie camera icon labeled as "Record") on the bottom of the main screen. From the next screen, you must choose from the pull-down menu "RemoteSDCard" (the default is "Local" which contains only "Live Video" recordings that you initiated manually from your smart phone).
Finally, as I mentioned in a previous post, the app does allow you to display a 12 hour clock rather than 24 hour military time.
From "Advance Config", go to "TIme Settings." Then under "Time Mode", select one of the other two date formats (Day/Month/Year or Month/Day/Year). These formats display a 12 hour clock. The default format of Year/Month/Day displays a 24 hour clock.
yep, tried it all. The camera is a dud! No response to my inquiries either from them. Looked like they sent me one that had already been returned to them as faulty because it was dirty, battery dies after an hour, does not work without very bright light, and has about a five foot width of view. Total dud.
@@DeeCee1878 See my response from another thread of yours.
Dkyrtata agreed because I have the same issues. There’s a couple of things I’m still fighting out. But I have options for 24h and 12h in the clock.
Hours 26:29? What time is it? Ahahahahah
I understand that you can connect the camera to a home Wi-Fi router, making the camera accessible through the Internet. I got a couple of questions about this:
1. How does the Android app know the IP address of the camera to connect to? My guess is that the camera reports its IP address and UID to some vendor web service, so that the Android app can ask the vendor web service for camera's IP address known only the UID. Is there an option to disable this reporting and enter the IP address manually? I don't want the camera phoning home to the vendor due to privacy concerns.
2. Is the video stream encrypted in any way? If it's not, anyone on the same Wi-Fi network would be able to see the video feed by simply intercepting the Wi-Fi transmission. This might be a concern if you want to place the camera on a public Wi-Fi network, for example in a hotel to make sure hotel staff doesn't mess with your belongings, connecting the camera to hotel's Wi-Fi.
3. If it is encrypted, is it encrypted with a randomly generated, per-device unique key or a global hard-coded key that is reused on all of the cameras?
4. Is there any way to analyze, modify and and re-flash camera's firmware to make sure there are no backdoors? Is the firmware open source? If I put a camera in my home, I want to make sure that no one would be able to spy on me with some hard-coded super password or anything like that. I'm a professional software developer, so I will have no issues understanding the code (or even disassembling the binary).
Hi don't buy this product, as you stated the camera report your router ip to a server god knows where it is, which worked for a while, lately this server is down for the past 2 months so basically your stuck with a camera in your local area network, what i did is a ddns server in my router with port forwading enabled i can access the footage over the web but i lost the camera functionalities as audio and remote SD card access to it, cheers
Is it able to record when there is no time displayed? Like just blank
Whats kind of the baterry is? my clock came without the battery.
can you give me a Link to buy it?
Hi. I got a problem with the camera and i don't know what cause it. I connected it to my wifi router but when i leave the area of my wifi signal i can't see it, It just stays on reboot. when i connect my phone back again to my router it works. Anyone can help?
i bought this camera but the loop recording not working it automatically stop when the sd memory card is full it doesn't overwrite the old vid to continue its recording even thou i enable the loop recording..how to fix?
I’m worried about hackers or app company accessing camera whenever they want.
Hello. I ordered this product after watching your review. Unfortunately the one I ordered came with a battery. I don't even know what kind of battery it uses. Can you please help to find out the battery type. I am really lost
Batteries are like the ones used in most power banks
@@user-eg8os4rk2f what the name or type
Duracell 123 lithium.
Do you need to plug it to power source 24/7?
hello, I'm away from home, I left the device and the camera turned on and everything was fine until after 3 days , the program informs me that the device is offline and shows on the display 88: 88, is it possible to restore the connection from a distance, I'm not at home, or simply the device broke? Cheers
I am surprised you managed to get any connectivity since you left home.
No, I doubt the device is broken. You just need to get somebody to reboot it; turn it off and on. It is very common for it to go down especially after you reboot your modem/router.
I found one of these clocks a few months ago and I've been holding on to it and went to bring it to my new apartment and I'm looking at it and I guess the front screen fell off because I had no idea it was a camera I never really looked at it that much I hope I can find the front cover! Does it take an SD card or?
Yea it takes a micro and comes with a usb to plug in but you can use your own of choice im sure
good to hear back from you Dkyrtata. I have noticed from some other videos (utube) that the instructions (especially for a non tech minded sort of person) can be quite long for getting the camera set up. Have you found with your multiple purchases some that have better instruction manuals than others? Which camera did you buy , and from whom. I didn't see many on Ali Baba.
how does one SCAN a code? I have never done or seen that done?
I am not sure. I have not done it myself, but I think the user manual contains a unique code that can be scanned by your smart phone through its camera.
Instead of scanning, I always connect to the camera's wifi signal. (if it does not appear, it does if the camera is reset). If I am not on the same wifi network as the camera, I just type in the 27 character identifier. Fortunately, this only has to be done once, unless the camera is reset or deleted from the smart phone.
great to hear back from you. I have been sending requests for user manuals to a couple of companies. The video above is / seems quite long ....but the video instructions seem clear.
I think all the user manuals are identical for all brands of the same camera; written in Chinese in the beginning followed by English. Totally useless and incomprehensible. I wrote my own manual in a Word document that covers everything I learned about the camera. If you want a copy send me an email at dkyrtata at hotmail dot com.
I do not know if Alibaba sells the camera. You need to check it on Ali Express which is geared for regular consumers, not wholesale buyers. Go there ( aliexpress.com ) and search for "Camera clock". I provided some links to several cameras (including the one I bought) in one of my responses below, so I won't repeat them here. The camera is not difficult to set up, but I did struggle with it. It must have been my frustration trying to understand the manual? Useless!
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Neem Meem I do not own this particular camera, but all similar camera-clocks that I have read about state that they only support 2.4g not 5g. I quote this from one seller on Ali Express:
"Only supports 2.4GHz wireless band. If router is 5GHz, please switch to 2.4GHz, and make sure DHCP is on."
Can it detect voice???
I’ve done the connecting routine 10 times and still cannot get it to connect. It didn’t come with bare code to scan.
I felt like I was watching a magician doing a card trick, flipping the cards (in this case the phone and clock) around so quickly that it was virtually impossible to see any real detail of the phone's screen or clock's details. It was like watching a Jason Bourne "shaky cam" movie. What a "headache maker". :-(
Can i send that camera to other country and still watch everything on my phone or PC?
Where can I find the firmware for this camera?
It won't boot up anymore, so I wanted to try to recover it with the firmware
Thank you
Hi. The only wifi i have is thru my cell phone. Can i use this?
Great review
Can I only use the sd card to record or do I have to connect online?
The camera records onto its micro SD card. However, when you manually start recording from the "Live Video" screen of your phone, the recording will be stored on the phone, not the SD card.
Is this a alarm clock aswell?
Can't find HDminicam app anymore, is there an updated one?
Is there another app for it??
@@paigegarrett4100 There are several that will work from the link I provided. Try MUCam
How long does the battery last or do i need to plug in to a powersource?
You should always be plugged into a power source. The battery is intended to keep the camera running for a few hours during a power failure -- most of which are shorter than the battery life.
Nice. But, ok so no overcharging for this device? So it works like an emergency light function right?
@@xianjison It should not overcharge if you keep it plugged in. But like any rechargeable device, I assume the battery will gradually not hold a charge as well as when it is new.
Does it only work in the 24 hour military format? Or does it have a 12 hour format as well? Does this have cloud recording or only SD card? What is the maximum capacity SD card it will take?👍
Here is a link to an online store that shows the camera specs: goo.gl/NYYD3S
So as you can see the largest SD card it accepts is 32gb.
I do not have this particular camera but I have a similar one that uses the same app. So, the app allows you to change the date format which also sets the time display to 12 or 24 hours. Only the Apple version of the app has this detail labeled; the Android version does not, but both work exactly the same to set the time format to 12 or 24 hours.
So assuming the camera is designed to display either time format, go to "TIme Settings." Then under "Time Mode", select either "Day/Month/Year" or "Month/Day/Year" to display a 12 hour clock. The default format of "Year/Month/Day" displays a 24 hour clock.
I can't find a way to change it from 24 hour military format.
@@dkyrtata6688 link no longer works
@@evansusmc The specifications have changed in the past 3 years since I posted my comment. I would hope they replaced the app so that the camera can work as designed. Otherwise, the camera is not very useful.
Can you leave this device plug in to power source for a month?
How long does the vedio record with 1 single batry charging
It should last a couple of hours; maybe up to 5 depending on how old the battery is. The battery is not intended for normal use. It serves as a backup for prolonged power failures.
I got my clock yesterday. The screen is in black and white. Is yours in black and white too? This is very lousy. It should be in colour. :(
It is black and white because you have the camera's night vision turned on. You may have turned it on from the Live Video screen or you may have scheduled it to be turned on. Both cases seem unlikely, but that is all I can think of.
I kinda like the QR Code on the back of the unit and more when it read WIRELESS CAMERA
NEAT HUH, shhhh no one will know
Good news everybody; the problem has been resolved. I established a remote connection with all my cameras (Nov19/2019). The connection time is slow, but within 5-10 minutes it succeeds. Hopefully, this problem will also be resolved soon.
All 5 of my cameras can now be connected to remotely, but it takes 5-10
minutes to do so. Hopefully the connection time will improve over time.
@@dkyrtata6688 dang, all 4 cams of mine still are still appear to be 'logging in' forever failing to establish connection outside my internal network, hence i couldnt view my cams from anywhere else using my cellular data, any lead? server failure still proly eh? sighs
@@kaharabdullah8010, yes it's true. The P2P servers have been down again since around Dec18/2019. So remote connections are no longer possible. I hope we don't have to wait another 3 months for them!
Can you hear the audio?
Is it possible to make a spy cam that is destructible at distance in order to make it disappear after the job done to make sure that it will never be discovered ?
1 oz of c4 inside
Hey Noel Great Channel man ...subbed 😉 🙌 😎 🎅
can we actually hear audio ..i ordered one and no audio
does this work on apple ??
Since HDMiniCam is not an iOS app, what other app is compatible with this camera?
Try any of the apps that are written by Zhang Gang. There are several; virtually identical. First try iMiniCam, P2pLiveCam, MUcam, and pro_iCam. There are others
What is the name of this unit ?
bad video show us how you connect it
When viewing my recording the speed seems faster than normal. What can I do.
Hello,
Can you please advise how to set the camera to continue recording even if I exit the smartphone app ? I need to put it on continious record for 2 hours independently of my phone. Now when I exit the app the recording stop. How to make it continue for a longer time?
The camera has two recording modes. Apparently, you are using the mode that is turned on from the "Live Video" screen and stores the video on your phone. Once you exit the screen, the recording stops. This mode is intended to capture things spontaneously at your discretion.
The other mode of recording stores the video on the SD card in the camera -- not on the storage of your phone. It allows you to record upon motion detection or on a given schedule such as all-day or during certain hours. This is the feature you are looking for.
To access it, select "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings" on Apple). From there select "SDCard Config" to configure the recording schedule. Then later, select "Alarm Config" for additional options.
If I’m keeping this in my room do I need the battery or can I just plug it in?
Just plug it in. The battery is just for backup in case of a power failure
This honestly makes me sick to my stomach. So many people would use it for the wrong reasons.
Yes, but at the same time many people would use it for legitimate reasons.
You can also drive a car into a crowd of people, but most drivers don't.
What about scan who scanned will know is the camara?
Whats the App called please ?
Is the wifi hiden from the normal list?
The camera's wifi appears when the camera is reset or when first taken out of the box. Once you connect the camera to your wifi network, its wifi signal disappears from the list.
can you please show some of its recording resolutions
mahmoud` Nada a
hi the app 'hdminicam' isn't available in my region according to apple can you help
The camera is unsupported since August/2019. So the app has been removed from the Google/Apple stores. There is nowhere else to get it for Apple, but you can still get it from here for Android. Try using MUCam:
apkfab.com/developer/gang.zhang
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I agree.
What's the range can i setup this up at my friends house say 30kms away and see them
Zero, with the P2P servers down (as is the case). Otherwise, anywhere around the world. Don't buy.
How clear is the camera on this clock? I wanna know before I purchase
No, don't buy it!. The camera is no longer supported and the app has been removed from the Apple/Google stores. Even if you obtain the app, you will be unable to make a remote connection to the camera.
@@dkyrtata6688 thank you
I can't find the app for this camera
My question is i work alot can I on the app watch the live feed if im in a different state ?? Help please
Yes, but not anymore since the app is unavailable on the Apple/Google stores. For Android you can still get the app elsewhere but you cannot establish a connection outside your wifi area. Don't buy!
I would like to add additional minicams can you advise me how to do this
The smart phone app can display live video of up to 4 cameras on the screen, by simply providing the UID for each camera. Although, 4 can be displayed simultaneously, I vaguely remember reading somewhere that you can connect up to 9. The PC app seems to allow any number of cameras. I have not tested more than 2 however.
I would love for you to show the visuals at night. How's the quality at night or in the dark?
The night vision is good but don't buy this camera. It is no longer supported
@@dkyrtata6688 no longer supported? What's that mean that I can't get the pictures off of it? I had found one of these a while ago and had no idea it was a video camera until I brought it to my new apartment and apparently the front cover fell off somewhere so I finally saw that it was a camera I've never really looked at it before.
@@brandons7272 you can still retrieve your photos/videos since they are stored on the Micro SD card. But you cannot connect to the camera from outside the wifi network it is connected to. You can only connect when you and the camera are at the same location.
Can u set it to your wifi and view away from house
Not anymore unless that server the camera relies on is brought back online. After three weeks... nothing
How do you change the time on this thing?!? The clock doesn’t sync with the app
I do not have this particular camera, but I have two similar ones -- one with a button on the top and one without. If your camera has the button on the top, the time can only be set with the button. The app cannot alter the time displayed on the device.
However, what you are probably not aware of is that the camera maintains two times -- the external time that you see on the face of the camera, and an internal time. The app sets the internal time which is embedded on the top left corner of the video. If this timestamp is not present in the video, you can turn it on by flipping on the "On Screen Display" switch from "Alarm Config" under "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings").
For cameras without the button on the top, the app will set both the internal and external time.
Hi please can you help im struggeling to pick up the clock on my search browser on Hd mini cam it dont want to pick up with my phone it shows no devises??
The camera's wifi signal should appear on the list of wifi networks that your phone can see. The list I am referring to is not in the app, but rather found under "wifi" in your phone's settings.
If your phone cannot see the camera's wifi signal, you should reset the camera by gently pressing the reset button with a pin in the back of the camera for about 7 seconds. Then refresh the list of wifi networks so that your phone can display the camera signal near the top of the list.
@@dkyrtata6688 hi thamk you for responding, yes my phonr picks it up on the clocks wifi that i dont have a problem with its in the app that i cant pick it up i tryed everything deleting the app, resetting the clock, removimg battery and still dont pick it up, (keep in mind i did put everything back 😂😂😂) do uou have WHATSAPP? Then i can send you a video
@@cornevandalen1443, no I do not have WhatsApp. If you wish you can make your video file available on a cloud drive.
Coincidentally, you seem to be having the exact same problem as someone else is having. I have cut and pasted my reply to them below:
"Oh, I understand what you are confused about. You are not supposed to connect to your camera's wifi signal from the phone app. The goal is to use the app to connect your camera to your HOME wifi. Once you do that, the camera will stop emitting its wifi signal. At that point you should also connect your phone to your home wifi. Now both your camera and your phone are connected to your home wifi network, thereby allowing the two devices to communicate with each other. Try it!
"If you are wondering why the first step is to connect your phone to the camera's wifi (from your phone's settings), it is because you need this temporary "bridge" (connection) to let your phone access the camera from the app (since the two devices are not physically wired together). Without this bridge, the app on your phone cannot access the camera. But once the phone is connected to the camera, you can establish a permanent connection from your camera to your home wifi."
When using the app on my phone can I talk with the person on the room where the cámara is? I see that there is a microphone on the app
Yes, unmute the microphone and speaker from the bottom ribbon of the "Live Video" Screen. Then hold down the microphone icon to speak. The feature is supported if you hear yourself through the camera.
Cool!
Be nice if you could actually set a 12 hour clock
Can I just record with out WiFi smh 🤦🏼♂️
I want to change the password BUT, it needs the OLD password to make a new one. Directions dont tell you what this is. Anyone know ??
can you record on it from 30 miles away live on your phone or do you need the sd card ?
Both. It depends on how the recording is initiated. But that is irrelevant since you can no longer download the app from the Google/Apple stores. So do not buy this camera!
I can not find the HDMiniCam app on Apple store
All apps written by Gang Zhang that are compatible with the camera have been removed from the Apple/Google stores. This suggests that the camera is no longer supported by anyone, though still being sold.
You can still download the app from here: apkfab.com/developer/gang.zhang
If you recently bought your camera, you should get yourself a refund while you can.
How do you view the live feed once you leave your house?
Just using the app. The camera connects to the internet (using Wi-Fi). So wherever you are (you don't need to be connected to the camera or same network) you can see the live feed. I think it's the same principle as any home security camera
Can this camera record sound also?
Most of these types of cameras can record sound (though the video say it does not). However, for legal reasons, the sound is often disabled if the camera is purchased in the US. I do not know if the sound can be re-enabled.
Mine has sound enabled but the quality is so poor that you can not hear anything clearly, even with a person talking 5 feet from the unit. There is also a lot of feedback in it-white noise that can not be eliminated no matter where I place it. I have another one, and there is no interference, so it is just this camera.
Voiceov Reason this camera model or you have two of the exact same and only one has bad audio?
I think they need to update WiFi to just phone mode or just record as most pips don't have home landlines and they have been proven to. Not be safe and can be haked too so crap
does it support rtsp?
I don't know, but it is probably irrelevant now since the server the camera relies on is no longer operational. Don't buy this camera at this time
how can we see recording from this watch
Do you have to pay for services don't like cameras to for pain for services
Can u see the inferred lights at night time?
no
How do I change the time format from military to normal
choose one of the other two date formats listed. This hidden feature is obvious on the Apple version of the app.
if i dont have CD how i instal the program becouse i have pc gaming
The CD contains the app for a PC. If it is the same PC app I have, the functionality is limited; mostly for viewing live video. You can copy the folders from the CD to a USB stick in order to get them onto your PC. I don't think the app needs to be installed for it to run. Just click on the executable. Mine is called IPCMultiView.exe. You probably won't be using it much since it does not do very much.
All the features of the camera are accessible from the HDminiCam app which you must download from the Apple or Google Play store. If that app does not work (for whatever reason) you can try some of the other apps written by the same programmer (Zhang Gang). They all look the same with some very minor differences. Mine is called iMiniCam. My camera used to run both of them, but HDminiCam stopped accepting my camera's UID a few months ago.
It says I need to used 2.4 ghz instead of 5 how do I make the switch
The camera should be able to find the 2.4 ghz signal coming from your router. Make sure that your router is sending a 2.4 ghz signal
When I set my phone up to the camera wifi that is the only way I can view the live video. When I leave the house I am no longer connected to the camera so it shows the camera is offline and I cannot see what's going on. Ways to fix this?
Once you connect your phone to the camera's wifi signal, you are supposed to configure the camera to connect to your home wifi. Otherwise the camera cannot reach the outside world beyond your home.
So go into "Advance Config" (or "Device Settings" on Apple), and select "Wifi Config" from the menu. Then choose your home wifi network and type in your home wifi password. This will connect the camera to your home wifi. Don't forget to disconnect your phone from the camera's wifi signal and reconnect it to your home wifi (or whatever network your phone connects to when you are at home).
Since both your phone and your camera can connect to the internet, your phone should be able to connect to the camera from anywhere in the world.
One final note: Once your camera is connected to your home wifi, it will no longer emit its wifi signal (I.e. it will no longer appear on the list of networks on your phone or PC.) If you want its wifi signal to reappear, you will have to reset the camera by gently pressing the reset button for about 7 seconds. This will undo all the settings and revert the password to its default of 8888.
Does it have an SD card slot
Yes, in the rear.
I have 5 cameras of 3 different models (none of which are of the one featured above). I bought them at different times during the past year.
Like several other people have been claiming, I am confirming that none of my cameras can establish a remote connection anymore, since late August/2019.
I sent a message to Zhang Gang, the programmer of the app. I provided him the details of the problem as well as my UID and password so he can test it for himself.
I am hoping that he is affiliated with the people who maintain the servers that these cameras rely on. I will let you know what he says if he responds.
Is there anybody who has a camera that can still establish a REMOTE connection (i.e outside the Wifi network that the camera is connected to)?
I have same problem. Camera not working from one month. This is answer "from the developers of this APP, their servers are currently being hacked and are currently being repaired. After the repair, they will return to normal."
@@ufo131, thank you for the update, but I am still skeptical. If it were me, I would have published a status report somewhere rather than letting us all hang the way we have been.
Can you provide us with the email address that you used to contact the developers? Maybe the more of us who write them, the more responses we will get. Also, could you please cut and paste the response you received?
Dkyrtata so your camera working shitty now?
Dkyrtata Or is it just wen your away from your house
@@JROKRIZZY, all my cameras seem to work the same as they used to. The only difference of course is that I cannot connect to them when I am away from the wifi network that the cameras are connected to.
Can i watching check on camera live if I was far away of my home. /(not at my home)???????
Not anymore since Aug/2019. Don't buy this camera. It is no longer supported
@@dkyrtata6688 thanks man .but can you recommend me of some cam if I was far away from my home
@@maiktayson9152 There are many brands of cameras that offer remote access from your phone. The cameras I ended up buying are the Yi cameras because they also have an app for the PC to view live and recorded video. The setup controls however are only on the phone app. All the cameras accept a micro SD card and offer an optional cloud subscription for storage (I did not buy the subscription). None of the cameras are spy cameras disguised as a clock.
The Yi 1080p camera is the least expensive one:
The Yi Camera 3 is virtually identical but the base is a magnet so it is more convenient to mount on magnetic surfaces.
HOW TO SET UP MINI CAM WITH OUT CD I LOST OR MISS PLACE CD FOR MINI CAM
I do not have this particular camera, but I assume it uses the same software. The CD is only used to connect your PC to the camera to basically view and record live video. It does not do much else. So it is better to download and install the HDminicam app for your smart phone to take advantage of all the camera's features.
After you install the app on your smart phone, you can connect to the camera using several methods. One way is to allow the app to detect the camera's wifi signal so you can connect to it. Once you are connected, you can configure the camera through the app. Make sure you go into the app's "WiFI Config" option to choose your home wifi signal. This is important so that the camera knows where to send its data to.
Once that is done, you can disconnect your smart phone from the camera's wifi signal and connect back to your home wifi.Your smart phone will continue to communicate with the camera through your home wifi or internet signal even though you disconnected from the camera's wifi.
I believe the PC software runs from a single "exe" file without needing to install it. I can arrange to make that available to you if you wish.
Will somebody please inform me if it can record by simply turning on the plastic switch button or does it only work using wifi?
You control recording through the app which has various settings such as continuous recording or motion detection. This type of recording is stored on the camera's SD card which you can access from your smart phone through wifi or internet.
You can also manually turn on recording by pressing the record button on the live video screen of the app. This type of recording sends the video directly to your smart phone. It is not saved on the camera's SD card.
There is no record button on the camera itself.
Only Wifi save your money it sucks
Dkyrtata so you don’t necessarily have to buy the SD card if u want to save all recordings to the app itself? What do u recommend because it costs more if u get the SD card with it wats the SD card good for if I can save all my vids to the app
@@112cprincess it’ll still record everything to the SD card though, right?
@@evansusmc that's what i wanted to know
Mine says no internet access