Home Networking

198 readers

1 users here now

A community to help people learn, install, set up or troubleshoot their home network equipment and solutions.

Rules

Please stay on topic.
Please use the search function to look for keywords related to what you want to ask before posting since most common issues have been answered.
No Ads. This community is for support and discussion. Ads and self promotion are not welcome here.
No product reviews or announcements. If you have a question about a product, be specific about what you want to know.
Be civil. Don't be a jerk. Not being a jerk is surprisingly easy.
No URL shorteners. URL shorteners tend to hide the real use of a link. For this reason, please use normal links, even if they're long.
No affiliate links.
No gatekeeping. With profession shall come professionalism. Extend help without judging others for their ignorance. The same goes for downvoting of comments or posts for "stupid questions" or not being as knowledgeable as others.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Question about security camera belongs here, right? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hello,

I got WiFi security camera from China, it worked fine for few months.

Now the colors are messed up, I think they are inverted, there is no option in settings for inverting colors, I did reset the camera, but it didn't work. I did firmware update and neither did it work.

Camera model: JA-C10CS

Image from my phone

Image from Security Camera

What could have caused this?

P.S. before you ask, I did contact manufacturer and they are offering replacement, but I have to send camera back and since I ordered using freight forwarder, sending it back is more expensive than it's worth.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those are not worth returning or repairing. Just replace it. If you want to try a repair, I'd suggest /r/diyelectronics or similar, but it will cost way more to fix than a quality new camera most certainly.

I like ReoLink cameras for home use.

No matter what you choose, be aware of security implications for connecting cameras on any trusted network. Always isolate them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like this camera, because it doesn't even offer cloud recording, so I'm not annoyed by that popup some other apps have I have used before.

I don't really care that much about this camera, I was just curious what could have caused this, I have never seen colors messed up like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The reolink cameras dont have popups and not even sure about cloud services, although I have not really looked into them. I have over 20 at my house and just record locally