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Why Do I See Orbs Or Bubbles When My Camera Is Using Night Vision?

What is it?When in lowlight settings, your camera may pick up ghost-like "orbs" while recording. Don't worry—there's nothing supernatural going on. These orbs are called backscatter, or near-camera reflection. Backscatter happens when dust, water droplets, or other particles are

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Outdoor Camera Solar Panel Accessory

With the Outdoor Camera Solar Panel, you can power your Outdoor Camera without the need to separately recharge or replace the battery—like a traditional wired outdoor security camera, while retaining install-anywhere convenience. With just 3 hours of direct sunlight per day, the water-resistant Sola

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How to Find the MAC Address of a SimpliSafe® Device

In some instances, you may need to add the MAC Address of a SimpliSafe® product to your network’s allow list or firewall in order for it to connect to Wi-Fi. A MAC Address is a unique, 12-character alphanumeric attribute that is used to identify individual electronic devices on a network.Only the Ba

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Unable to Set Up a Camera Because it is Already Associated With Another Account

Why does this error happen?This error usually occurs because this camera is already associated with another account. To deter theft, we do not allow a camera to be added to an account without being fully removed from the original account. This tends to occur when a camera is purchased second-hand. T

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Outdoor Camera is not Recording

The Outdoor Camera will record motion events to your system’s timeline, with select monitoring subscriptions. If you are subscribed to a monitoring plan that supports timeline recordings and are not seeing recordings appear within the SimpliSafe® Mobile App or Web App, this article will walk you thr

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Night Vision Troubleshooting for Cameras

Night Vision is a feature that allows your camera to use infrared technology to see in low-light conditions. The setting for this feature can be found in the SimpliSafe® Mobile App by navigating to camera settings:Choose the Cameras tab at the bottom of the appSelect the gear icon for Camera Setting

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How to Remove a Camera from your SimpliSafe® System

You can remove a camera from your system in a few easy steps within the SimpliSafe® Mobile App. We recommend that you download recordings from your system's timeline before removing the camera from your system, to ensure you preserve any video you may need in the future.Remove a Camera from the

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