Panasonic BL-C131A Network Camera Wireless 802.11 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $299.00
Buy New: $219.00
You Save: $80.00 (27%)
New (37) Used (2) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 334
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 10 x 8.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: BL-C131A
Model: BL-C131A
UPC: 037988845156
EAN: 0037988845156
ASIN: B000NVR9SM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Place anywhere you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location | | • | View and control from a standard web browser, video display, or compatible cell phone or PDA | | • | Point the camera where you want with eight shooting position presets | | • | Built-in heat sensor allows record and/or notify by email when someone enters the room | | • | Connect wirelessly with standard 802.11b/g devices, SSID filtering and 40/64/128-bit WEP encryption |
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Product Description
What happens when you're not around? Life is precious and valuable. View the things you value when away from home or when you're at another room in your home. View your property, your pets, even your children. You can even listen in! You can add extra eyes (through your computer) by adding the Panasonic BL-C131A Wireless Network Camera. It works with 802.11g wireless technology and it lets you monitor its "view" (what its lens sees) from virtually anywhere. Just log on a specially designated Internet site using a PC and instantly access camera images. You can even control the BL-C131a using your web browser to move the camera's pointing direction and modify its digital zoom to bring objects of interest into close view. Place this plug-and-play camera in your home, office, vacation home, or almost anywhere else you'd like to keep an eye on things, with no PC required at the location. Check your property, check your children, check your babysitter - from any location using your PC or an Internet equipped cell-phone or PDA. And the camera can be easily hidden from view. 1 Lux Color Night View Mode Simple plug&play mode Built-in Microphone - listen as well as view Privacy Mode- Privacy mode can be controlled remotely using your administrator password Camera can be set to automatically record video at certain times and certain speeds With optional, external sensors attached to the camera, it's possible for the camera to email5 or record when triggered by motion, sound, light, timer, or even a push button Compression Format JPEG (3 levels), MPEG4 Picture Sizes - 640 x 480, 320 x 240 (default), 192 x 144 Frame Rate (speed) - Max. 30 FPS (640 x 480, 320 x 240, 192 x 144) Integrated F2.8 fixed-focus lens - set for 20 to infinity Panasonic 1 Year Warranty Connecting the camera to the Internet requires Internet access and may require that you obtain additional hardware such as a cable or DSL modem,
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| Customer Reviews: Read 112 more reviews...
 BL-C131A November 16, 2008
The camera meets the expectations drawn from the published literature. The documentation, however, is less than satisfactory. I am particularly displeased with the detail relating to the use over the internet. My camera ceased operation over the internet a week after I left home. Nothing in the literature explains the fault or offers a method of correction. Kudos for Amazon's posting of the Panasonic installation video.
Good for Mac - although not intuitive to set up November 3, 2008
I bought this camera through ebay and got a good deal ([...]refurbished but looks and works fine) to use for my home weather station. The setup was a bit difficult for my Mac (2007 imac) because the enclosed software is PC only. It is also strange that the only way to set it up is via an ethernet cable, even though it is a wireless camera. After a few calls to Panasonic (very minimal wait time and intelligent and helpful staff - WAY TO GO PANASONIC!!!) I am up and running with all of the features. The camera looks and works great - [...].
The network server and ftp feature work fine with my weather station ([...]) and I am now online and able to see my yard from anywhere with an internet connection - I still haven't figured out how to get the picture using a cellphone, but it is supposedly possible.
 As advertised October 30, 2008
I couldn't get it to work on the internet, but will try again... Because I could tell for sure the problem was me, and not the product. I can see no reason not to recommend this camera. It seems to be exactly as advertised.
Awesome WebCam October 12, 2008
I own 6 webcams from two different manufacturers (Toshiba, D-Link). This Panasonic blows them all away. Setup was a breeze, Image quality is great (although it doesn't do as well as my Toshiba in low light) and the performance of it's "streaming" video mode is 2-3x better (frame rate) than my other cams. I thought the motion-detect/store would be a "throw-away" feature, but it's turned out to be very effective. I'm planning on gradually replacing my other cams with more of the Panasonics! Very highly recommended!
Nice Webcam for Mac September 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nice product, but the documentation could be a little better for a Mac. Once I found that the default IP address was 192.168.0.253 I was able to get into the unit and configure all the options I wanted. So you can basically toss the diskette they send since is PC only. In general the documentation is useless but who reads that stuff mostly anyway. Got it configured to do wireless communications with my Apple Airport nicely. Haven't set up a DDNS yet, but that will be next. The triggers are a little odd, not sure I understand them but I'm sure I'll figure them out. The main thing is it works with Safari over the Internet. I'm a happy camper.
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