Philips In.Sight Wireless Home Monitor - Duo
Philips In.Sight Wireless Home Monitor - Duo
Product Information
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Overview
Philips In.Sight wireless home security cameras are connected to the internet so you can watch over your home while you’re away, securely and easily from your iPhone or iPad. They’ll even alert your iPhone if motion or noise is detected, and system can work with up to 16 monitors.
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Highlights
- Monitor your home from your iPhone or iPad
- Use apps or a browser such as Safari to check on your home
- Easy to set up using a QR code
- Two wall-mountable wireless cameras with adjustable positions
- Noise and motion detection pushes alerts to your iPhone
- Watch up to 16 monitors in a single app
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Did you notice?
Pair your iPhone up with In.Sight quickly and easily using a QR code. -
Apple Recommends For
Wirelessly and securely monitoring your home while you’re away. -
What's in the Box?
- 2 x Philips In.Sight Wireless Home Monitor
- USB power adapter
- 2.5m USB cable
- 6 x Screw/wall anchors
- Quick start guide
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Tech Specs
- Height : 95 mm/3.74 in.
- Width : 45 mm/1.77 in.
- Weight : 402 g
- Length : 45 mm/1.77 in.
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System Requirements
Mac
- OS X 10.4 or later
Windows
- Windows XP or later
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Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- UPC or EAN No. : 8712581655327
Warranty
- Note : Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Non-Apple-branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer's warranty provided by the product manufacturer — please see your product box and literature for details. Benefits under the manufacturer's warranty are in addition to rights provided by consumer law. For details, click here.
Manufacturer Note
- * Requires iOS 4.3 or later
Compatibility
iPhone models
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iPhone 3GS
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iPhone 4
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iPhone 4S
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iPhone 5
iPad models
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iPad (1st generation)
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iPad 2 (2nd generation)
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iPad (3rd generation)
iPod models
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iPod touch 4th Generation
Ratings & Reviews
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I can monitor my holiday home now!
I have a ski chalet in Chamonix and wanted to check if I had problems with flooding in the cellar or if there was snow on the grou nd outside that needed shovelling or grass that needed mowing. The units are neat and are easy to set up. I upgraded my router to a Netgear N600 and these units connected straight away. The firmware also need to be upgraded on setup. I can now see the state of my chalet from the UK with either an iphone app or on a web browser which needed a plugin downloaded.
When setting up it is important to follow some very simple instructions. It would be nice if these units worked in low light levels which they don't. However if you need cheap, remote monitoring of a holiday home that all connects wireleesly this systems works very well.
To get full use you need to pay for an additional web service.
I needed to unplug the cameras a couple of times to restart them in the beginning but all is working fine now and it is stable. …- Written by Peter D from London
44 of 45 people found this useful
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Disappointed
In theory, this should be a brilliant product, but it's let down in a few areas(All).
1. The pack as standard does not allow unli mited monitoring, as in continuous streaming, you only get 5 minutes per session, but unlimited sessions per day. As its your camera, I can't fathom out why your not allowed continuous streaming.
To enable a better stream(2 hours continuous), you have to pay a fee of $25, again, it's my product, why should I pay more to use it in the way I want, this was not mentioned on the product packaging.
2. The streaming connection is apparently dependant on your home Internet speed, I have 80mb BT broadband, yet it's still slow to connect.
3. It tells you to setup a private YouTube account for video recording, and this should be under a setting tab, it's not even there.
4. Picture quality is poor, I cannot even read a car licence plate from a distance of 5 meters with it.
5. After turning on the alerts function for motion, it alerts you on your iPhone that there has been motion detected, yet you cannot view these alerts on the iPhone.
I was able to view the alert list on my iPad mini, but this isn't always the case.
6. A useful addition would be night capable recording, a small price to add into the device.
All in all, extremely disappointed with this product, and I shall be seeking a refund unfortunately. …- Written by Michael M from Banbury
16 of 17 people found this useful
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Easy set up, exactly what we were looking for
I purchased these last week for our office after a series of attempted break ins. I was a bit apprehensive as I have limited IT sk ills. I did not need to worry. Very easy to set up. I can now watch our offices from my iPad anywhere with a wifi connection. Brilliant. It even sends alerts when motion or sounds are detected and can send video to Dropbox. I couldn't ask for more. We are now planning on purchasing more of these to expand the camera network. I could not recommend these more, does exactly what it says on the box. …
- Written by alan P from east kilbride
16 of 18 people found this useful
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Disappointed
In theory, this should be a brilliant product, but it's let down in a few areas(All).
1. The pack as standard does not allow unli mited monitoring, as in continuous streaming, you only get 5 minutes per session, but unlimited sessions per day. As its your camera, I can't fathom out why your not allowed continuous streaming.
To enable a better stream(2 hours continuous), you have to pay a fee of $25, again, it's my product, why should I pay more to use it in the way I want, this was not mentioned on the product packaging.
2. The streaming connection is apparently dependant on your home Internet speed, I have 80mb BT broadband, yet it's still slow to connect.
3. It tells you to setup a private YouTube account for video recording, and this should be under a setting tab, it's not even there.
4. Picture quality is poor, I cannot even read a car licence plate from a distance of 5 meters with it.
5. After turning on the alerts function for motion, it alerts you on your iPhone that there has been motion detected, yet you cannot view these alerts on the iPhone.
I was able to view the alert list on my iPad mini, but this isn't always the case.
6. A useful addition would be night capable recording, a small price to add into the device.
All in all, extremely disappointed with this product, and I shall be seeking a refund unfortunately. …- Written by Michael M from Banbury
16 of 17 people found this useful
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Complete waste of time
A very poor product, with software that does not work reliably, particularly after every upgrade, and very poor customer support f rom Philips. Emails and phone calls to customer support consistently ignored. After spending hours trying to sort out the issues, took it back to the store. Never again. …
- Written by Misha E from London
6 of 8 people found this useful
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If anyone thinks....
...that this product will work well with any old 'old' router, their low-speed broadband, or their bargain-basement data plan then they're placing 'hope' above 'reality'!
We had issues initially setting up just one device - everything else on our network and broadband worked fine and had the latest updates applied, but it took a new router PLUS its latest update BEFORE we could get a connection. Even then, the first thing the device did was update itself! Once one device was set up though, the other one went through the process smoothly.
IF people have problems with these devices then it really is back to basics: NO assumptions, trust NOTHING in your existing installation, DO NOT TINKER with configurations in the hope that you'll get it right! If it works, it works easily because everything is correct already: standard configurations FIRST, tinkering later!
One other key point: PATIENCE is a virtue - the warnings in the setup process that "this may take several minutes" are quite correct, so when you get to those points, go and make yourself a cup of tea!
The result IS worth the wait, we've found! …- Written by Fraser B from CLACTON-ON-SEA
15 of 19 people found this useful
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
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When charged how long do they last
- Asked by Bill F
- 11-Mar-2013
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How long do the battery's last?
- Asked by Russell W
- 05-Nov-2012
Answer
No batteries. The need to be plugged in with a USB - Micro USB cable to a socket.
3 meter cable and plugs provided …- Answered by Bernard V
- 31-Dec-2012
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can the wireless home monitor duo be controlled by ipad 4th generation
- Asked by Martina T
- 15-Nov-2012
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What is the maximum number of cameras that can be monitored / added
- Asked by Paul G F from Harpenden
- 04-Nov-2012
Answer
16 cameras maximum
- Answered by Bernard V
- 31-Dec-2012
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Do they work in the dark?
- Asked by Russell W
- 05-Nov-2012
Answer
No. I have 4 around the house and by night they are useless. I had to install separate remote lightn ing for them to be of any use …
- Answered by Bernard V
- 31-Dec-2012
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could this be used to monitor an elderly parent
- Asked by Susan C
- 19-Sep-2012
Answer
Absolutely. We use ours to watch our young children, the principal is the same
- Answered by David B
- 29-Oct-2012
