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Bug - Camera switches between night/day modes, even when the shutter is closed, causes clicking
At night, every time the light changes in the room (i.e tv lights the room up) the camera switches from night mode to day mode (the red light comes on/off) or vice-versa. This happens even when the shutter is closed so is redundant. It can be pretty annoying to hear it click each time.
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davey_d
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5.7K Messages
3 years ago
Hi werwulf,
I did reply in the other thread where you discussed this with other users. Yes, the camera does switch between night and day modes automatically (just based on the light level of the room), and this does produce an audible click. It doesn't start a recording, but it is getting ready for if it ever needs to record. So this behavior is intentional.
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vstam390
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2 years ago
Isn't this due to the camera losing connection, and reconnecting? i've noticed the click as well when shutter is closed, look at camera, and the white light is on.
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peter5897
2 Messages
1 year ago
This behavior is incredibly annoying and distracting. I recently got a new tv and it’s causing the camera to “click” as it switches between modes which can happen frequency. I really wish there could at least be an option to have it “auto with shutter open” or “auto if alarm armed”.
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jwmole
11 Messages
2 months ago
@davey_d Reviving this old thread because this issue is still ongoing, three years later.
I understand the reasoning behind the camera preparing itself for potential events — it needs to be ready to switch between day and night modes. That makes sense if it's in line with the camera behaviour the user has selected. You have a setting for Night Vision to be ON, OFF or Auto but not intelligently.
If I’ve activated the alarm in away mode, then yes — please go ahead and adjust the camera mode automatically.
If I’m in home mode and I’ve manually opened the privacy shutter, fair enough — it's clear I want the camera active.
But if the shutter is closed and the alarm is off, then no events are going to trigger anything. So why on earth does the camera still make that loud clicking noise every time my TV gets a bit too bright?
It's annoying for us, and I’ve had house guests panic thinking they’re being watched remotely — not exactly reassuring.
Please sort this out. Having a one-size-fits-all setting across every mode just feels lazy. The cameras are needlessly using power — and I assume network bandwidth too — constantly switching modes when they shouldn’t need to.
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