Product Description
Package Contents:
Panasonic BL-C1A Wired Network Camera, bracket, power supply, mounting hardware, CD-ROM, software and instructions.
The Panasonic BL-C1A Wired Network Camera handles your digital photography needs at a price that won't hurt your wallet! This color surveillance camera allows remote video monitoring of a home or business. Remote home and business surveillance just got a lot more affordable. Receive an e-mail image when the home security camera detects motion--you'll always know what's going on at home or at your business. The 10X digital zoom and color night viewing makes sure you don't miss a detail. It's easy to install, easy to operate and requires no additional software for viewing on your PC. Indoor use only.
Server Features:
Image Buffer--About 250 frames (320 x 240, standard image quality). Image transfer via e-mail (SMTP) or FTP. View snapshots and control them from a compatible cellular phone Supports up to 12 cameras IPv4 Multi-Language Interface - English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Japanese
Camera Features - 1/4 320,000 pixel CMOS image sensor 10 digital zoom Viewing Angle - 53° horizontal, 41° vertical Auto exposure Aperture - F2.8 Illumination - 10 - 10,000 lux (normal), 4-10,000 lux (night view) Motion Sensor with Email Alert Auto & manual White Balance Network Connection - RJ45 Ethernet (10Base-T/100Base-X) System Requirements - Windows 98SE, 2000, ME and XP; Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Camera Dimensions(WxHxD) - 3-3/8 x 3-3/8 x 1 Weight - 0.22 lbs Networking Protocols - HTTP, FTP, SMTP, TCP, UDP, IP, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, and POP3 before SMTP
Customer Reviews:
BL-C1A-S set-up on Mac Pro OS X 10.5 Leopard?.......2007-12-29
Sorry, not network savvy. Anyone help here?
Thanx in advance for your help.
Great Product!.......2007-12-13
This has been a wonderful product. We just got a 1 month old Golden Retriever puppy, and it's been a complete blast to be able to login from the office or my cell phone to see what the little guy is up to. My friends and co-workers keep stopping by to get a look.
It was extremely easy to set up, only took a few minutes and I had the camera up and running. Much easier then I expected for a fairly new technology. The motion detection and zoom make it a complete winner, and all for under $100.
Great Camera.......2007-09-04
I have two of these cameras and they do a great job monitoring the front and rear of my house. I acutally have them outside, under the porch, though they aren't made for outdoors. We'll see how well they work when the temp drops this winter... I have them set to e-mail images while we are gone. havent' been able to get the viewing over the internet to work yet, but I think it's a router issue. Worth every penny...
can't make it work correctly.......2007-07-23
The camera is very nice, and was easy to install and be able to view on my home computer. However, it is supposed to be able to be viewed over the internet from other computers or from internet enabled cell phones. I have spent hours trying to make it work. I downloaded manuals for the camera, for my router and anything else I could think of. I emailed Panasonic, Verizon, and the camera web service and nothing has worked, so I have given up.
Good Camera ..bad manual.......2007-05-16
Bought this camera and got it installed in no time. Camera images are clean, and low light images are very good. That surprised me giving the price. It's totally configurable by web browser, and I've adjusted settings and viewed images via explorer 7 and fire fox.
The issues I have with this camera is its documentation and remote access over the net. Documentation is weak and if you run into config problems......you're dead. Unless you are versed in network configuration etc. I thought I was until I came across this camera....boy that took awhile. Accessing it over the internet requires configuring my router to allow port forwarding etc.
As for getting emails..?....I've yet to get one with images. The only emails I obtain is its reports of how many pix it takes everyday. I really wish that I have better support somewhere for this side and I would be fine.
But again, over the local lan...its great.
Product Description
Away from home? You can now view what's going on at home or at the office with this handy little network camera.
These cameras can be viewed and controlled from a standard Web browser, video display, or even a compatible cell phone or PDA. Place them in your home, office, vacation home or almost anywhere else that you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required on location!. They are easy to install and operate and require no additional software for the PC that you're viewing them on. Each camera also comes with a free Web address, which can track the camera automatically. All you need is a regular Web browser to view them on your PC, as all of the other required software, including control software (TCP/UDP) and e-mail software (SMTP), is already inside the camera. This network camera is truly easy to install and use in most cases. With industry standard automatic configuration (UPnP), the camera and your router or PC will automatically decide the best settings allowing you to access your camera without any complicated setup. Once connected, using a simpleWeb browser, just enter in your free, permanent Web address which comes with the camera and you can see and move the camera! It's that simple.
With the built-in heat sensor, the camera can be set to record and/or notify you by email when someone enters the room. It can even automatically move to a preset location when triggered, just in case someone was viewing a different part of the room.
Control tilt up to 120-degrees
Customer Reviews:
Panasonic Remote Video Monitoring Webcam BL-C10A.......2007-09-06
I have had d-link and linksys camera's in the past and have foudn them difficult to set up for over the internet viewing and the equipment failed after a year or two. So far i have had this one set up for a month and it was easy to set up and follow the directions. It works well over the internet. All in All I am happy with the camera and the free forwarding ip service so far. Witih linksys you had to sign up and pay for the service that didn't ssem to work all the time and had difficulty setting it up to even work in the first place.
Fry and Panasonic have terrible customer support.......2007-06-18
I ordered this Camera from Fry's online. It arrived with no AC adapter. Fry blamed it on shipping at Panasonic. They wanted to charge me for another one and return the one I had. I can not even take it back to a local Fry store. I am told by customer insult that they are 2 different companies.
The worst part is neither Fry's or Panasonic have a forum to rate their support or their products. They can continue to provide terrible service and no one will know any better.
I applaud Amazon for having this forum. I will order this camera through Amazon. I will also order all my online electronics at Amazon.
Great webcam for remote monitoring.......2007-06-09
This product works as described and is easy to set up and control. Works just fine on Macs as well. Safari works fine with it.
keeps an eye on the house.......2007-05-19
I bought this because I was going to be living in another country for a couple months and wanted to keep an eye on the place.
It worked great, they give you a website that you can go to (with your password) and control the camera from. It moves up, down, and side to side. It does adjust for light, which worked well from dim to bright light, but it does not have any night vision, so once it's dark and your lights are off (mine were on a timer), you can't see anything. Also, it doesn't shoot tasers at anyone trying to rob the house, so if you do catch someone inside, all you can do is call the police and take a snapshot (assuming they didn't already find and unplug the camera).
The only warning I would give is that you need to make sure you have a router within an ethernet cable's distance of where you want to put it. If you're not sure, it's probably worth springing the extra $50 and getting the wireless version.
Great Camera.......2007-03-29
Bought 2 of these to watch over my house while I am at work. Setup is pretty easy, but be prepared to wait a minute after changed settings, many changes when you initial setup the camera require it to restart. Camera's work great together and the free use of [...] to access the cameras is nice. Setting up timers and sensor emails/ftp is pretty straight forward but will require a user to test and retest to get the settings just right.
Pros: Price is good for a ip camera with tilt/pan. viewnetcam.com feature is a great addition to the camera package. Works great with similar model panasonic cameras.
Cons: Multiple restarts while setting up or making changes(minor issue), limited online support/how-to's.
Product Description
Place the Panasonic BL-C30A Wireless Network Camera on a WLAN in your home or office and view it from a remote location--anywhere. Just go to your permanent assigned site!
These cameras can be viewed and controlled from a standard Web browser, video display, or even a compatible cell phone or PDA. Place them in your home, office, vacation home or almost anywhere else that you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required on location! They are easy to install and operate and require no additional software for the PC that you're viewing them on. Each camera also comes with a free Web address, which can track the camera automatically. All you need is a regular Web browser to view them on your PC, as all of the other required software, including control software (TCP/UDP) and e-mail software (SMTP), is already inside the camera.
This camera can communicate wirelessly with standard 802.11b or 802.11g wireless devices, allowing the flexibility to install and operate the camera without running network wires, and utilizing SSID filtering and powerful 40/64/128 bit WEP encryption helps to protect your wireless network from illegal intrusion.
Just plug-n-play with auto configuration. Once connected, using a simple Web browser, just enter in your free, permanent Web address which comes with the camera and you can see and move the camera! It's that simple.
With the built-in heat sensor, the camera can be set to record and/or notify you by email when someone enters the room. It can even automatically move to a preset location when triggered, just in case someone was viewing a different part of the room.
With the built in Privacy mode, your privacy is protected by simply pressing a button. An indicator on the front of the camera turns red, and you know at a glance that the camera is now only accessible by you2. The camera can also be set up to show a green light when the camera is being accessed.
Customer Reviews:
Great product, very nice piece of art!.......2007-12-26
I bought this as "Used", but like new condition, the product is amazing, easy to configure, a lot of functions to play around, very nice user interface, I integrated into my website, looks great. First I used wired mode to configure it, then switch to wireless mode, it worked instantly. The product was registered with [...] by previous owner, I was not able to change the registration since I don't have the password, then I simply disabled viewnetcam.com and used dyndns.org free dynDNS service, not the big deal. I am very pleased with this purchase, and glad to have such great quality camera.
Cool and good clarity BUT only WEP, no WPA support.......2007-12-18
I think this is a fine camera for the money. Sets up very easily and works fine, but it's best to have an up-to-date router that can handle the load. The main problem is the security is only WEP, not WPA2 (the newest standard) and that is not a good thing. PC World reviewed this and said that it is very easy for someone to look in, though how they can do that without my password I don't know. Still,a good camera with decent enough clarity in lighted areas, not good in the dark, but easy and fun to use.
wireless panasonic internet camera.......2007-10-31
This camera is wonderful in picture quality and all other features. It has no audio, but that's ok and i ordered the upgrade version bl'131A and they are both excellent camera's. i would highly recommend either one of these cameras.
Great Product.......2007-08-15
There is about 10 minutes of tech support needed to set it up for a wireless router, but tech support is outstanding. Calling 800-272-7033 and stating 'IP camera' results in only about one minute of wait time, and the tech support staff is great. Setting yourself up as the administrator enables you to assign user accounts to family members that you want to have only limited access to the images. They go to a website to view the images, and for privacy you can turn their access on/off easily, or turn Internet access off altogether.
Good product, make sure your internet service provides you with a static IP address........2007-08-14
Without a static IP address you will NOT be able to view the camera from the inter
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