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| What happens when you are not around? Life is precious and valuable. View the things you value when away from home or when you are at another room in your home. View your property, your pets, even your children. You can even listen in!! You can add extra eyes (through your computer) by adding the Panasonic BL-C131A Wireless Network Camera. It works with 802.11g wireless technology and it lets you monitor its "view" (what its lens sees) from virtually anywhere. Just log on a specially designated Internet site using a PC and automatically access camera images. You can even control the BL-C131a using your web browser to move the camera's pointing direction and modify its digital zoom to bring objects of interest into close view. Place this plug-and-play camera in your home, office, vacation home, or alalmost all anywhere else you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location. Check your property, check your children, check your babysitter - from any location using your PC or an Internet equipped cell-phone or PDA. And the camera can be easily hidden from view. 1 Lux Color Night View Mode Simple plug&play mode built in Microphone - listen as well as view Privacy Mode- Privacy mode can be controlled remotely using your administrator password Camera can be set to automatically record video at certain times and certain speeds With optional, external sensors attached to the camera, it's possible for the camera to email5 or record when triggered by motion, sound, light, timer, or even a push howeverton Compression Format JPEG (3 levels), MPEG4 Picture Sizes - 640 x 480, 320 x 240 (default), 192 x 144 Frame Rate (speed) - Max. 30 FPS (640 x 480, 320 x 240, 192 x 144) Integrated F2.8 fixed-focus lens - set for 20 to infinity Panasonic 1 Year Warranty Connecting the camera to the Internet requires Internet access and may require that you obtain additional hardware such as a cable or DSL modem, |
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Summary: Excellent hardware and tech support, terrible documentation
Rating: 4 out of 5 Date: 2009-04-07
Have this system now completely functional. 1thing which you will have to bear in mind is that it's impossible to get the system working using the documentation which comes with it. It took me3separate phone calls to work out all the kinks. The 1st call was to access the camera on my home network, both in a wired format, as well as in the wireless format. The major problem here was that my wireless router did not communicate easily with the camera. The second call was to configure the camera and the software to supply me with web-access. The third call was to figure out how to configure the recording function supplied with the camera on my home computer. Tech service is excellent - supplied you are tech savvy, ask the right questions, and can read between their answers. The quality of the tech support is also patchy - on my 1st call, I spoke with someone who was clearly tech savvy; on my second call, I spoke with someone else, and had to do almost all of the heavy lifting myself. The third call was handled by someone who was adequate.
Having said all that, the product is excellent. Works indoors like a charm, works through my front windows to monitor my driveway wonderfully, and has excellent picture quality during the day, or when lights are on, indoors. Doesn't work well in pitch darkness. Now that it's completely functional, I love it.
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Summary: Great Product easy install
Rating: 5 out of 5 Date: 2009-04-05
I purchased this camera based on reviews and they are absolutely correct. It's not only a fantastic device, it was easy to setup. I took it out of the box and followed the simple instructions and was viewing my dog from my iphone within an hour. I can not think of anything negative to say about this except it's a bit expensive for a cool gadget. Luckily I got mine on the lightning deals for $125.00.
The best option it has is pre-settings for the camera angle so you can touch1of the6numbers and it will pan right to the assigned area.
The disable howeverton is also a nice feature so the camera isn't always running.(helps save electricity).
If your looking for a cool wireless camera for security, watching the babysitter or checking on your furry friends, this is the1to get.
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Summary: no great FOR A MAC - can not see at work
Rating: 2 out of 5 Date: 2009-03-30
the product does work if you want to use it within your local WIFI. I couldn't for the life of me get the thing to work with me at work. I called apple, and Panasonic and at the end of the day - 4 calls later, I packed it up and sent it back
if you are running a windows based computer - go for it. that is the only reason i gave it2starts - because on some level it must work great
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Summary: An excellent wireless camera
Rating: 5 out of 5 Date: 2009-03-21
This camera is excellent. I can log onto it from my iPhone and see what's going on at the house while I am away. It has a long electrical cord, which makes it easy to place wherever it is needed. To move it, just unplug it and plug it into the new location.
The software can also be set to automatically upload pictures to a web site at a periodic interval.
The only downside about this camera is that it takes a bit of figuring out. The manual is not useful, particularly with regards to the software, however once you get it set up there is no maintenance to be done.
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Summary: fragile
Rating: 2 out of 5 Date: 2009-03-14
so, i like panasonic products, and had high expectations for this, however it has let me down. note that the description mentions zoom, however there does not seem to be zoom available (minus 1 star). note that the description at the panasonic site mentions RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol), however the device does not support it (minus 1 star). and the camera is fragile. after testing, when unplugging it to move it to the intended location, it fell off the table onto the wood floor, and the sphere with the lens broke loose. the camera function still works, however the pan and scan is gone (which was the whole reason i purchased this camera rather than something substantially cheaper). calling panasonic TS offered me the chance to send it in, however i would have to pay for the repair, since "physical damage" is not covered. not "abuse", however physical damage (minus 1 star). i can drop my iPod on the floor, and it is fine. i knock the camera off the table, and kiss 250$ greatbye. i am really disappointed in panasonic, i expected better of them.
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