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- With the Swann DVR4-1200 4 Camera Security System, peace of mind has never been easier - or more affordable.
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With the Swann DVR4-1200 4 Camera Security System peace of mind has never been easier - or more affordable. Capable of monitoring and recording video from the 4 cameras included in the pack the Swann DVR4-1200 Digital Video Recorder offers you state-of-the-art professional monitoring in an easy to install easy to setup and easy to use package. The 4 professional grade PRO-560 CCD cameras will provide crystal clear video direct to the DVR and can see during the day & night (up to 65ft / 20m). Even better you can also securely access your system from practically anywhere in the world from almost any computer connected to the internet or even from your 3G capable Smartphone. The Swannview app can be viewed with iPhone iPad Blackberry Android Windows Mobile 6 Symbian OS and more. (Note: Product contents may change without notice).
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Arrived very quickly via Amazon and the kit was very well packaged (quality). Very simple to set up but had to cut off the camera connectors as they were not really suitable for external use and/or required a larger hole to thread through.
Mounting the cameras was very easy and I bought extra wire as the 18 metres supplied was not enough for two of the cameras. You will have a lot of wires so try hard to keep the wiring neat as it approaches the DVR. Video quality is a bit disappointing but these cameras are only average resolution and really quite cheap. Perhaps a narrower field of view would be better or an optical zoom on each camera perfect (but cost a problem)
Night viewing (without an external light source) is basic.
Linking to my router was quite easy after I bought a "mains wiring" Ethernet extender. This allowed me to base the DVR where I wanted to.
Access from my computer is easy although sometimes (quite regularly) the software crashes when accessing past events. Access to all 4 cameras from a remote computer is a good feature. Access from my iphone using the Swann App also works but bandwidth seems to limit the view to one camera at a time. I use the alarm feature to start the recording and this is a good flexible feature and enables a quick review of past alarms.
The alarm feature starts recording the alarmed camera but unfortunately not the other cameras - a disadvantage.
Overall I like the system and would recommend this system.
Mounting the cameras was very easy and I bought extra wire as the 18 metres supplied was not enough for two of the cameras. You will have a lot of wires so try hard to keep the wiring neat as it approaches the DVR. Video quality is a bit disappointing but these cameras are only average resolution and really quite cheap. Perhaps a narrower field of view would be better or an optical zoom on each camera perfect (but cost a problem)
Night viewing (without an external light source) is basic.
Linking to my router was quite easy after I bought a "mains wiring" Ethernet extender. This allowed me to base the DVR where I wanted to.
Access from my computer is easy although sometimes (quite regularly) the software crashes when accessing past events. Access to all 4 cameras from a remote computer is a good feature. Access from my iphone using the Swann App also works but bandwidth seems to limit the view to one camera at a time. I use the alarm feature to start the recording and this is a good flexible feature and enables a quick review of past alarms.
The alarm feature starts recording the alarmed camera but unfortunately not the other cameras - a disadvantage.
Overall I like the system and would recommend this system.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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After ordering another external security system and spending a whole day back and forth with only email support I wanted a system with tech support manned by real people which Swann seemed to offer so after returning my other camera due to it being faulty I received this Swann system today and set about installing it
So there are a lot of wires but don't be tempted to start fixing everything into place without checking all the cameras work as I can't imagine how annoying it would be having to wind back up 72M of wiring!!! Anyway all was good and the cameras functioned as planned and I was impressed with the image quality as a prev reviewer suggested it wasn't that good? The night vision seems to work well too (I tried them in the loft and the quality was perfeclt adequate)
Now onto the tech support, I had everything up and running but the network setup and ability to view remotely through a mobile (iPhone and blackberry needed for me) I called them and after 28 minutes (was not rushed or fobbed off) everything was up and running, they had info to help with my router settings and talked me through port forwarding and firewall settings without any issues
The Apps on offer of which there are two, one is the Swann own version which just would not connect and the other is Asee available on both apple and Bb works perfectly and enable me to view all 4 cameras on wifi or 3G, only one concern is without a static IP which Sky do not offer with their broadband I will need to keep updating the Ip info so may need to look into a DDNS service which I believe does cost but the only option to avoid needing to keep updating the external ip info on the apps
All in all very happy with the product, need to spend tomorrow installing the cameras which should be fun!!!
So there are a lot of wires but don't be tempted to start fixing everything into place without checking all the cameras work as I can't imagine how annoying it would be having to wind back up 72M of wiring!!! Anyway all was good and the cameras functioned as planned and I was impressed with the image quality as a prev reviewer suggested it wasn't that good? The night vision seems to work well too (I tried them in the loft and the quality was perfeclt adequate)
Now onto the tech support, I had everything up and running but the network setup and ability to view remotely through a mobile (iPhone and blackberry needed for me) I called them and after 28 minutes (was not rushed or fobbed off) everything was up and running, they had info to help with my router settings and talked me through port forwarding and firewall settings without any issues
The Apps on offer of which there are two, one is the Swann own version which just would not connect and the other is Asee available on both apple and Bb works perfectly and enable me to view all 4 cameras on wifi or 3G, only one concern is without a static IP which Sky do not offer with their broadband I will need to keep updating the Ip info so may need to look into a DDNS service which I believe does cost but the only option to avoid needing to keep updating the external ip info on the apps
All in all very happy with the product, need to spend tomorrow installing the cameras which should be fun!!!
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