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Product Specifications
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BrandY-Cam
ColorBlack
Item Height
7.6 centimetres
Item Width22.6 centimetres
Additional Specifications
Wattage3.75 watts
Technical Details
- Infrared Night Vision
- Quick and simple setup
- High quality video with sound
- Motion detection alerts via email
- Monitor and record live video and audio from anywhere
- Full Macintosh and Linux compatibility
- MPEG-4 compression for reduced bandwidth and storage
- Mobile Viewing
- Multi-client access and password protection
- Secured wireless connectivity
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Manufacturer's Description
The Y-cam Black S utilizes 30 infrared LEDs to provide high levels of "invisible" light in dark environments. The intelligent photosensitive components can automatically turn on the LEDs in low light conditions or the user can select "moonlight view" which superimposes frames together to increase brightness.Due to the unique way the Y-cam has been designed, you no longer have to be "tech-savvy" to install and use IP Video Cameras. The user-friendly installation procedure and intuitive web-based interface allows you to easily connect to your camera whenever and from wherever you wish.
Product Description
- Product Description: Y-cam Black S - network camera
- Device Type: Network camera - fixed
- Connectivity Technology: Wired, wireless
- Dimensions (WxDxH): 8.5 cm x 3 cm x 8.5 cm
- Weight: 150 g
- Camera: Colour - Day&
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This camera was more than I was expected.
It is the latest verion.
It is easy to install it to your network, you just have to plug it into your router the first time and it will be recognised from your network.
Alarm are working well, email sending and ftp.
Motion recognision also working well, you have to adjust it according your needs.
Infrared option is auto, or manual.
Possibility to deactivate the power led.
Very clear audio from the camera microphone. It is adjustable from the settings.
Software for view and record your cameras included. You can also do the same via your internet explorer.
Use with smart phone is also available. I can see my camera via wifi or 3g from my iphone.
There are a lot smartphone applications which are supporting the cameras.
Very good product with very good price.
It is the latest verion.
It is easy to install it to your network, you just have to plug it into your router the first time and it will be recognised from your network.
Alarm are working well, email sending and ftp.
Motion recognision also working well, you have to adjust it according your needs.
Infrared option is auto, or manual.
Possibility to deactivate the power led.
Very clear audio from the camera microphone. It is adjustable from the settings.
Software for view and record your cameras included. You can also do the same via your internet explorer.
Use with smart phone is also available. I can see my camera via wifi or 3g from my iphone.
There are a lot smartphone applications which are supporting the cameras.
Very good product with very good price.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This is the same as the YCK004 but in black plastic. It's a great product, but the support clearly leaves something to be desired. But let me take things in order.
First of all if you plan on buying a Y-cam make sure you buy the current model. This is a YCB004, and there are plenty of YCB003, a superseded model, on offer. Some at higher prices, some lower. I really suggest you go for the current version. This is true not only of the YCK but the other models they sell.
Second, when you receive it, and it is extremely nicely packaged, I would strongly suggest you plan on installing it using Internet Explorer. I am a Google Chrome user and this made for a very difficult time. In the end I realised that my problems were caused by Y-cam's lack of recognition of Chrome, and resurrected an Explorer window just for this installation and subsequent control of the camera. If you go the Explorer route, basic installation of the camera with a wireless connection to your own router is simple, with the default installation path normally doing the work for you. I have no experience about installing it with a Apple Mac. The documentation appears to be more mindful of Apple than Google though.
Once you have the camera up and running it presents a good picture in light and dark with a sound stream. This is easy to access from Explorer, Chrome, and I suspect all the other common OS. The colour is slightly distorted, but they put a note to say this is the case and that it is a compromise to enable the camera to operate successfully in the dark also. I have to say the night time picture is very good.
You will probably want to be able to access your camera from any PC anywhere. Since this is a function of your router, not the camera, I will not go into that here except there are good instructions as to how to go about this. It can seem complicated though, so if you are not comfortable with computers you might want one of your more technical friends lined up to help with this bit.
The motion sensing works well, and I get an email each time someone enters our back door, which is what I wanted.
Support is a different matter. Because of my initial difficulties with trying to set the camera up using Chrome, I did send an email, in fact two emails, to Y-cam's support organisation. I was given ticket numbers by an automated system, but close to two working days later I have heard nothing more back from them. Hence the 4 not 5 stars.
Now I have it working I am delighted with the product, but you will need to stand on your own two feet. If you use Explorer, it should not be too difficult.
First of all if you plan on buying a Y-cam make sure you buy the current model. This is a YCB004, and there are plenty of YCB003, a superseded model, on offer. Some at higher prices, some lower. I really suggest you go for the current version. This is true not only of the YCK but the other models they sell.
Second, when you receive it, and it is extremely nicely packaged, I would strongly suggest you plan on installing it using Internet Explorer. I am a Google Chrome user and this made for a very difficult time. In the end I realised that my problems were caused by Y-cam's lack of recognition of Chrome, and resurrected an Explorer window just for this installation and subsequent control of the camera. If you go the Explorer route, basic installation of the camera with a wireless connection to your own router is simple, with the default installation path normally doing the work for you. I have no experience about installing it with a Apple Mac. The documentation appears to be more mindful of Apple than Google though.
Once you have the camera up and running it presents a good picture in light and dark with a sound stream. This is easy to access from Explorer, Chrome, and I suspect all the other common OS. The colour is slightly distorted, but they put a note to say this is the case and that it is a compromise to enable the camera to operate successfully in the dark also. I have to say the night time picture is very good.
You will probably want to be able to access your camera from any PC anywhere. Since this is a function of your router, not the camera, I will not go into that here except there are good instructions as to how to go about this. It can seem complicated though, so if you are not comfortable with computers you might want one of your more technical friends lined up to help with this bit.
The motion sensing works well, and I get an email each time someone enters our back door, which is what I wanted.
Support is a different matter. Because of my initial difficulties with trying to set the camera up using Chrome, I did send an email, in fact two emails, to Y-cam's support organisation. I was given ticket numbers by an automated system, but close to two working days later I have heard nothing more back from them. Hence the 4 not 5 stars.
Now I have it working I am delighted with the product, but you will need to stand on your own two feet. If you use Explorer, it should not be too difficult.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The camera functionality is ok and as it says on the box the colours in daylight are rather odd - not true to life. Greys seem rather purple and grass looks yellow (dead). Night operation seems ok although I've not compared it with other cameras. It worked ok with my OSX Lion client and a Windows 7 machine. HOWEVER if you are wanting to use a wireless connection beware - it's very very poor. The unit was upgraded the the latest firmware via a wired connection and seemed to recognise the wireless network. However once rebooted in wireless only mode it would slow down awfully and sometimes not reconnect to the network at all. I tried all permutations of wireless encryption from WPA, WPA2, WEP and even none (mac address filtering only) and saw no change at all. Given the nature of the device I think wireless range is important and I could not get any connection to my Draytek 2820N router once it was more than about 20ft away. I simply could not use this device. My router is high spec and I have a number of laptops, mobile phones and similar devices which get excellent reception within the house and garden - not so this unit. I have looked at the Y-CAM support forum and others have reported the same problem. I will therefore be returning the unit. If you only want a wired connection you could argue that it is ok - but having said that it's rather expensive for just a wired webcam.
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