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Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11
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MSRP: $299.00
Your Price: $256.73
Savings: $ 42.27 ( 14% )
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Manufacturer: Panasonic
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Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 Features
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Place anywhere you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location
View and control from a standard web browser, video display, or compatible cell phone or PDA
Point the camera where you want with eight shooting position presets
Built-in heat sensor allows record and/or notify by email when someone enters the room
Connect wirelessly with standard 802.11b/g devices, SSID filtering and 40/64/128-bit WEP encryption
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Additional Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 Information
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What happens when you're not around? Life is precious and valuable. View the things you value when away from home or when you're 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 instantly 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 almost 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 button 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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What Customers Say About Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11:
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In the end, however, it's worth the effort. The documentation, as commented elsewhere, doesn't adequately cover port forwarding (necesssary if you want to view your picture from over the internet), so you will undoubtedly end up in long sessions with their telephone tech support people (who are not uniformly knowledgeable, so you'll probably end up calling back a few times till you get one who really understands the subject). The result is superb. This is a remarkable device and well worth the money. It has a wide range of scan and tilt, good picture quality, especially within 100 feet of its objects, and outstanding sound pick-up.
My camera ceased operation over the internet a week after I left home. The camera meets the expectations drawn from the published literature. Kudos for Amazon's posting of the Panasonic installation video. Nothing in the literature explains the fault or offers a method of correction. The documentation, however, is less than satisfactory. I am particularly displeased with the detail relating to the use over the internet.
After a few calls to Panasonic (very minimal wait time and intelligent and helpful staff - WAY TO GO PANASONIC.). The camera looks and works great - [.]. I bought this camera through ebay and got a good deal ([.].refurbished but looks and works fine) to use for my home weather station. I am up and running with all of the features. The network server and ftp feature work fine with my weather station ([.].) and I am now online and able to see my yard from anywhere with an internet connection - I still haven't figured out how to get the picture using a cellphone, but it is supposedly possible. The setup was a bit difficult for my Mac (2007 imac) because the enclosed software is PC only. It is also strange that the only way to set it up is via an ethernet cable, even though it is a wireless camera.
It seems to be exactly as advertised. I can see no reason not to recommend this camera. I couldn't get it to work on the internet, but will try again. Because I could tell for sure the problem was me, and not the product.
I thought the motion-detect/store would be a "throw-away" feature, but it's turned out to be very effective. I own 6 webcams from two different manufacturers (Toshiba, D-Link). Very highly recommended. I'm planning on gradually replacing my other cams with more of the Panasonics. This Panasonic blows them all away. Setup was a breeze, Image quality is great (although it doesn't do as well as my Toshiba in low light) and the performance of it's "streaming" video mode is 2-3x better (frame rate) than my other cams.
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