Camera is fine, good resolution, but having problems with car headlights being mistaken for movement at night causing. Has anyone overcome this?
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Maybe limit the area that motion is detected? This can be done in advanced settings. Best solution is recording to larger server that can handle more storage than SD card. Requires some IT knowledge but expands the record time. I wouldn't decrease the motion sensitivity as this will delay recording. You are able to designate different areas in the camera view to different sensitivity levels also. For this level of camera it is somewhat limited. Let me know if this helps. I've had mine for 2 years. It takes a bit of adjustment
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I was I happy with this cam for this high price of about $300 but it frequently caused mistaken recordings for me as well. I wound up returning this camera.
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In general light movement is hard to overcome with any security camera. I minimized mine by tweeking the motion detection settings. In there you'll find an area to choose what to record, how sensitive it is to motion and the percentage of the recording area to cover before recording starts. Mess with those and see if your recording footage decreases...
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Mine is ok at night because any motion that triggered the recording feature also triggered my motion light in the area of camera focus. I have mine set to the ultimate focus for the area it covers,but I don't believe you can alter the focus once it has been recorded.
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Never looked. I can see when backing up at night. Going to have to try that.
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The night vision is great! I did not expect it to be as good as it is. I can see with no issues. The reverse lights provide more than enough light. Like J2P3 said, the picture is grainy but that's expected at night. You can clearly see at least 10ft behind the car.
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as far as the eyes could see the car, while monitoring from the second floor of the house. try with fresh batteries (and without obstruction)! hope would help
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Hi Night vision is great. I had sensors issues with the first one I lost sound and grid lines after one month.Amazone replaced it no charge .Have this one for 3 months and it's perfect.
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There is no IR for this cam, so no night vision. How much the cam can capture depend on the street light and your car head light.
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My issue was the dash lights would only work intermittently. I replaced this module and that fixed my problem. The module contains the headlamp selector switch, the dial for lighting level for dash lights, as well as the dome light override button. Replacing this module could very well fix several issues, I just can't say if it will absolutely fix yours. Hope that helps some.
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Can someone please answer the question? Does it work as a dash cam at night? LEDs are not really the point, as they help only for close objects.
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Did you try the camera in another car? If the problem persists in another car, try another power cord.I think I had another camera brand that did it and after I tried everything I had to return it.
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I agree that the camera does not work well at all in the dark but is fine in daylight and hope that will be upgraded or improved in future versions. Other cameras might work better for night but mine does go off if senses motion.
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I think I found an answer to the issue. The problem I had is that I changed the settings immediately to "Dynamic," which raises the brightness significantly, and is only supposed to be used in a very bright room. When I put the settings back to normal everything looks great and the side light issues disappear. I guess I just need to listen to the suggestions of what the different picture modes are for.
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Dont know if its too late to answer this to you... but I did fix it myself just sticking a piece of dark tape on the lateral... just over the round mirror found bellow the on/off switch. I did realize that it was sending some signals to the camera saying it was not night. Maybe some reflex from the white wall. So, I did tape it and now its working fine!
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First I'd make sure I don't have bad batteries . Then I'd check the Iram that is for infrared aiming if that don't work then cam locater is bad. I have mine set to every 1 minute and HI res and on auto. Good luck can't believe all the Awsome pic I have got with cam!!!!!
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I have not used that particular model, but I have placed other models in driveways. The changing light results in a 2-3 second "blindness" while the CCDS adjust. I have compensated by positioning the camera to the side of the driveway in one case and by adding a second side camera in another. If you are ble to mount the camera high enough, D-link claims you would not have the problem, but my installations were all too low.
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Yeah, we have some Speco cams that have invisible IR lights. So they are not visible at night. It seems the invisible IR lights are getting harder and harder to find these days.
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I have been using this camera for a good bit of time now. In my experience, the low light capabilities are acceptable for me, but it is not super by any means. With headlights and streets lights it works reasonably well. Even the colors like the sodium vapor street lights and the traffic signals show well. Don't count on moonlight for good performance. Its not anywhere as good as night vision technology in comparison. Don't expect that.