If I don't run the blinking red light because it looks fake, how can the "red glow of the infrared" show up at night, like real night cameras?
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The batteries make the light glow = which makes it look very, very real. My batteries only lasted 3 months at a time, so I had to get out the stepladder and do some reaching to keep changing them. That was annoying, but it looks just like the real ones if someone is looking over your wall or from a small distance. Use the batteries, keep that red glow going, that is a good feature.
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No. It must blink. If you go look at real security cameras = they blink. This camera and it's blinking, its decals, everything looks just like the real ones.
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Unfortunately, there is a power cord for the infrared lamp. HOWEVER if you set the camera up near a light source at night - it will pick up motion. I have a motion detector light and I mounted my camera near it so that I wouldn't have to use the infrared lamp. Save money - but the regular add-on motion camera, set up near a light source and you'll have your night time covered.
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There are adjustments for brightness, color, contrast etc for each camera's image. If you are not picking up ANY images at night (even close up?) then there is something wrong. The camera switches between color day/lighted viewing and B&W; night vision...you should hear a click sound when it senses low light and switches over. When you look at the cameras at night there should be a slight red glow from them which is the infrared LEDs that illuminate objects within ~25ft. Check all the VCR settings, like motion capture, make sure the cameras are on, and the LEDs are functioning.
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Zero Lux or Night Vision Setting. That is an infra red light - it gives that green hue like you see in Ghost hunters or a military op at night.
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Same problem. I just opened the unit and so far I love it, but on night vision there is no constant image. It keeps "blinking" from night vision image to black, back and forth. Is this normal? I was expecting uninterrupted image in night vision as when there is light on the room. By the way, when I turn lights on, the blinking desapears. Can anyone help us with this?
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Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare from the glass dome is way to bright to see much of anything.Good luck, Dan Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare... » Read More Hello, I bought a light source that looks exactly like the one pictured here. So, it is probably what you are researching. I have been told that my cameras need 820 to 850 nm, but when I hooked up the ir light, there was no illumination at night. If I turned the light directly to the camera about 8 feet away, the front panel of the light was white, but it didn't illuminate anything when turned away, I mean nothing. What a dissapointment. I don't know what else I can try. The ring of ir lights that are inside the glass dome around my cameras are useless, if I turn on those lights, the glare from the glass dome is way to bright to see much of anything.Good luck, Dan « Show Less
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This "camera" (remember....it is a decoy) has a blinking red light that comes on at dusk and turns off at dawn. AA batteries last about a year,
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The camera records in infra red at night, it produces it's own illumination from the infra red LEDs on the front. If illumination is low the LEDs only provide enough light to recognise faces at a few meters distance. The unit can apparently record audio but I have not used the function.
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If you are talking about the red dot in the top left of the lcd screen, no it will either blink when it is recording or glow solid when it is not.
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There is no flash. The LED Infrareds will glow red at night for a brief second when it takes a picture, but that is all.
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There is probably either too much ambient light in the room or the IR Leds are reflecting off some nearby surface and fooling the light sensor into thinking there is plenty of light in the room (thus turning off the IR Leds). You could try placing a bit of tape or something semi-transparent over the light sensor and see if that helps. Or as a quick test, while it's flickering, place your finger over the sensor and see if the IR Leds stay on (night vision mode). If it's too close to some surface, move it further away. If those suggestions don't work, the camera may be defective.
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The camera has to be infra red capable, or it will not work at night. You can set it up daytime, but you will have to check at night to see if the light is in the correct place.
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No. There is a small red light that is on the sensor. It blinks when activated. No visible light like a night light,
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There are 2 differant wavelengths used for ir elliminated night vision on cameras (850 nM & 940 nM) the former is the most comon, and results in a slightly visible red glow, the latter is newer, and provides an illumination the is not visible to thehuman eye. Whether a camera works with one, the other, or both has to do with the bypas filter included in the camera. The only way to get an accurate answer is to email your camera,s manufaxturer and ask them if the 950nM wavelenth of this illuminator will work? Sorry, but without the key bit of technical data. Any answer is speculation Jim
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The "night vision lights are not IR lights they are actually very bright led's which just light up the windshield area of your car making it impossible to see out of the windshield at night. very big flaw in the design also the night vision is not true night vision it will only record what your headlights illuminate
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They have a faint, red glow looking directly at the camera. This is less noticeable the more you go off to the sides. From 30-40 feet away I don't think they would be very noticeable, unless it's pitch black. Although they don't look bright they do provide excellent night vision. I've been very impressed with the image quality.
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Cameras and infrared detectors don't emit light - they just detect light and/or heat emanating from whatever source they are aimed at. There is nothing to measure.