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Image Distortion (red/pink/orange glitch) on Outdoor Camera and Smart Alarm Indoor Camera footage

We have received reports of users seeing video recordings and livestreams from the Wireless Outdoor Camera and the Smart Alarm Indoor Camera, where the image appears to be distorted, or has a reddish, purple, or orange tint. Examples from our Community can be found in the thread below.

 

Some users may be advised to try a hard reset of the camera to force the software to refresh. We still recommend that you try this as a troubleshooting step (instructions for the Outdoor Cam can be found on the Help Center here, and for the Indoor Cam can be found on the Help Center here.

 

However, we have identified a potential hardware issue that is affecting at least some cases. Our engineering team continues to investigate a solution. In the meantime, if you have already tried a reset as mentioned above, and you continue to see the image distortion, please comment below.

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4 months ago

The video in my Outdoor Camera has a red tint that I can't get rid of. I've tried pulling the battery out for a few minutes a couple times. I even removed the camera and set it up again. 

It has happened before and removing the battery for a couple minutes usually fixed it. The signal strength is fine.

Is there something else I can do or does it need replaced?

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Outdoor Camera has red tint in video

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Hi @steph75ia, 

I know you mentioned removing the Outdoor Camera's battery and removing it from your system, but have you tried completely resetting the camera? We list out the steps for resetting the Outdoor Camera in this article in our Help Center

But if a reset does not help, please let me know and I can forward this to our engineering team.

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I did the reset like the instructions said and there is still some red tint. I tried wiping the lens with isopropyl alcohol but that didn't change anything.

Could you please forward to the engineering team?

Thank you

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@steph75ia​ Thank you for this update! I have just forwarded your case to our engineering team for further investigation.

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Thank you. Will they contact me here on this thread or by email?

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@steph75ia​ They should reach out to you via email.

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4 months ago

A power cycle of my indoor camera restored the colour to normal.

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