A:AnswerOur family is in the same situation. There are four of us who want to monitor my mother at home. But there's no convenient way to do it because you cannot turn OFF 2-factor authentication. So if my sister wants to log in, I get a 6-digit code on MY phone that I have to send to her for her to login? That's such short-sighted thinking on Amazon's part. We will probably go with another service.
A:AnswerI have a system setup in Mexico. I am now trying to setup 3 camera's in the United States. Can you tell me how to do that because the unit tells me I must change the wifi passcode. If I do that, I afraid it will disconnect my Mexico cameras.
A:AnswerI was not able to even locate the camera 20 feet from the wifi router and sync unit. I could not have a camera in both my front and back yard. I had to place the one outdoor camera right outside the window nearest the room with the wifi router.
A:AnswerThe cameras come with both brackets and screws. I did not want to screw into my vinyl siding so I put velcro on the house and the back of the bracket to attach to the house.
A:AnswerThe answer below is incorrect.
You need to arm the whole system.
Once armed you can touch the "running man" icon above each camera to turn off motion detection.
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A:AnswerThe Blink cameras have a field of view of 110 degrees - in the daytime, they provide enough visibility to identify an individual’s facial features that is 20ft away, recognize a person that is 32ft away, and beyond that depends on exact lighting conditions. At night, they provide visibility up to 20ft away depending on exact conditions.
A:AnswerYou need internet and a router for these. You can use a baby monitor as a security cam without internet, but it won't send it to your phone. I do use a baby monitor to keep an eye on my car at night. The camera just looks out the window.
I recently became aware of the security cam phenomena, after our place was broken into. I now have a number of the blink minis, and they are a total game changer. I can be anywhere; pull out my phone, and look at the front yard, front door, driveway, back door, etc. It's crazy how well it works. My phone will "ping", and i'll look at the blink app, and there is the neighbor's dog walking across the yard! It's worth it to get internet and wifi just for these.
A:AnswerHere are the Blink System requirements: A non-cellular 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network (name and password) and high speed Internet connection (DSL, Cable, Fiber) with a minimum 2 Mbit/sec upload speed. Unfortunately, due to high latency issues, we do not recommend using Blink with Satellite providers. Please note that Blink is unable to gain internet access on networks that require authentication through a third-party login website.
A:AnswerYou can save up to 7200 seconds of video clips to your 64 GB flash drive from the cloud when you insert it into the Sync Module 2. When you reach 7200 seconds of backup storage, you will be notified so you can bulk download clips from the USB flash drive. The oldest recorded clips will be deleted to make room for the newest recorded clips.
A:AnswerThis answer is incorrect there is a 3-5 second delay between the trigger and recording. I can walk past my cameras and it won’t trigger or record until I have past it’s field of view
A:AnswerThe Blink Outdoor cameras do have a Temperature Alert feature that you can enable within the cameras settings in the APP on your compatible mobile device.
A:AnswerThe battery operated Blink cameras are shipped with two non-rechargeable AA 1.5v Lithium batteries. Blink camera batteries should be replaced by Energizer Ultimate 1.5v Lithium AA batteries or the equivalent.
You’ll want to avoid using AA Lithium Ion or Li-ion batteries as these will carry a higher voltage and may cause issues with your camera. You also want to avoid Alkaline based and rechargeable batteries, as they may cause issues with your camera.
A:Answeramazon bought blink.. and changed everything...product isn't the same. and the old ones are grandfathered in for free.. anything recent requires a module 2 and flashdrive to record and save for free
A:AnswerYou can have up to 10 Blink devices per sync module as long as they are all within the 100ft operating range of the sync module in any direction. The cameras on the sync module can be in any combination.
Plus, if adding a Blink Indoor and Outdoor cameras to an existing Blink system that has been activated on or before 4/15/20, you will be grandfathered into your current free cloud storage model in the Blink app. Systems activated after 4/15/20 will receive motion alerts and be able to enter Live View for free, with the option to access video recordings in the Blink app through a cloud storage subscription. Local Storage options are available with the Sync Module 2 and a removable USB storage drive.
A:AnswerAll existing customers who have an account created on or before 4/15/2020 will receive free cloud storage on all devices added to their account going forward – this includes Mini, and Blink Indoor and Outdoor. Separately, any XT2 or 1st generation Indoor cameras added to an account created after 4/15/2020 will receive free cloud storage on those devices, but any Mini and the new Blink Indoor and Outdoor cameras added to that same account will require either local storage via the Sync Module 2 or a subscription for cloud storage to save videos.
A:AnswerAssuming a fairly standard home (single building, no unusually dense construction materials), the Sync Module should be able to communicate with Blink camera units up to 100ft away in any direction. As far as how far away the system can be from the wireless router that would depend on the strength of your internet/WIFI, we recommend at least three bars of signal strength for optimal performance.
A:AnswerThe Blink Outdoor cameras use an IR illuminator for night vision. This makes the image black and white. You can turn the IR illuminator off by going to the camera settings. This will make the image color. Changing this to Auto will let the camera determine if it needs to use the IR Illuminator.
A:AnswerThe Blink System is fairly easy to install and really only requires following three simple steps, download the Blink Home Monitor APP, connect the sync module to your wifi and then add the cameras. You can also find set-up and support articles on our website or you can reach out to us directly to assist as well, support.blinkforhome.com
A:AnswerYes they operate on the 2.4 ghz band not 5.... And I have spectrum and just got an updated router and modem and my luck only 5G Network pops up so I haven't even been able to put the cameras to use and I actually really needed them yesterday to figure out something that happened in my apt building.