Does the camera have a motion sensor or does it just run continuously?
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No motion sensor. Also, recording pauses if you play a song. You can set it to resume when the song is over, but it's a roll of the dice. The manual claims that there are all sorts of settings and button functionalities. But they seem to work on an arbitrary basis. The only thing it does consistently is record whilst looking like a clock. I wouldn't rely on it for much else.
1150741
Yes. The camera can be set to automatically record when motion is sensed by the camera.
377341
thanks Draven...but do you know if i can also hook up extra motion/trip sensors ? ...and does the cpu use pixel changes in camera images to detect motion that act like a trip sensor/alarm ?
81283
Yes and no. It doesn't have a separate motion detector however the dvr will process a change in the image it sends as "motion".
1925474
Yes they do. You can set the cameras to take a pic or run video for a few seconds when motion is detected. They are dormant until motion is detected.
414096
It's not motion detected; it's turned on/off via remote control and stays on until you turn it off. I love it!
1364042
What the "motion detect" does is record only movement such as a person walking by the camera or if the camera itself moves, like when someone hits your car. In between this nothing is recorded. If motion detect is set to off it only records while you are driving/moving, but once the car is no longer in motion it will not record something like someone walking around your car.
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It has motion capture, so no need for extra sensors. Just go into setting and set it to record on motion .
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Yes it should come with a motion sensor setting. You can select and program each camera in the settings menu.
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It can do both. I use it mainly in the motion activated mode. But, you can set it up as a plot camera where it'll shoot so many seconds of video each day at a specified time. I own two of these and they've been great cameras for the money.
2084771
Camera Based Motion detection has always been problematic. the best ones let you set specific areas to monitor (like your desk rather that your whole office, or the gate and doorway rather that the whole back yard, etc). I haven't bought this one yet so I don't know if that feature is offered, but it is pretty standard.
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The camera stays on full time. Within the setup, you can set up zones by blocking out everything except the front door for examples. Then when it see's motion, the recording starts. There is also a sensitivity setting associated with each camera for motion.
655375
The camera is triggered by motion of humans or animals. If the sensor has not been triggered the camera will remain in sleep mode. This camera has the ability to do both video and photos.
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That depends on your DVR system, if you have motion detect recording then it is motion sensor activated.
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Tom, honestly I don't remember, but it will keep recording. What I love about the camera is that I can set it to record certain times or I can set it to when there's motion sensed to record. It let's you set motion zones from where you want motion to set off the camera. This is convenient because if you have pets you can set the motion zone higher off the ground to where your cats, dogs, etc won't set it off. The best part is that it records audio very well too. The only thing is because it is connected to the internet there is a 3 second delay, but to me that's not much of a con with all the other pros. I hope this helps. Tom, honestly I don't remember, but it will keep recording. What I love about the camera is that I can set it to record certain times or I can set it to when there's motion sensed to record. It let's you set motion zones from where you want motion to set off the camera. This is convenient because if you have pets you can set the motion zone higher off the ground to where your cats, dogs, etc won't set it off. The best part is that it records audio very well too. The only thing is because it is connected to the internet there is a 3 second delay, but to me that's not much of a con with all... » Read More Tom, honestly I don't remember, but it will keep recording. What I love about the camera is that I can set it to record certain times or I can set it to when there's motion sensed to record. It let's you set motion zones from where you want motion to set off the camera. This is convenient because if you have pets you can set the motion zone higher off the ground to where your cats, dogs, etc won't set it off. The best part is that it records audio very well too. The only thing is because it is connected to the internet there is a 3 second delay, but to me that's not much of a con with all the other pros. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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Yes, it has motion detection. Great camera; I get clear pictures in color with daylight and black and white w/infrared.
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The camera has a motion sensor, you can set the system such way that when motion is detected by the camera, the receiver unit makes a sound alarm, display the image and record what the camera is seeing .