Review on 🎥 ZOSI 5MP Lite 8CH Home Security Camera System - 1080P H.265+ CCTV DVR, 4pcs 1080P Dome Camera, Night Vision, Motion Alerts, Remote Access by David Bar

I purchased this system when 2 weeks after purchase someone broke into my son's new/used car and stole over $500 worth of electronics; GPS, speed camera detectors and dashcam add to the cost of replacing a broken window and it's easy to figure out I need a dashcam with a camera. First off, there is no guide on how to place a DVR on the internet, but a search on duckduckgo.com will give you more than enough help. Short answer: You need to open the port (37777) in the firewall in order for the dash cam to be viewable from a mobile phone or remote computer. The DVR presets allow recording right out of the box, and the Internet settings default to DHCP, so networking is fairly easy, but working with a cable modem or DSL modem is tricky; more on that later. The camera has a good clean sharp image and in low light the IR LEDs turn on automatically and the camera switches to black and white mode. in any case, apart from black and white with IR lighting, nothing can be seen, that's how the world works. If you try to use the camera at night by pointing it outside through a window, the IR LEDs will act like a mirror and you won't see anything. the rest of us in the free world. They sell extra cables for a very low price so you don't have to make your own. The ends of the cables prevent incorrect connection to the cameras, making installation easy even with additional cables. You will need to purchase some female BNC stems to use with the extensions. There is a choice labeled "WLAN" in the "Network" section, but it only works with a third-party USB wireless adapter. There are 2 USB ports on the back of the dash cam, the top port is labeled 'USB 2.0' for a flash drive to back up the recorded data and the bottom one labeled 'USB Mouse' which was enabled. The optical mouse worked in both ports, so I think the DVR doesn't support the keyboard. The keyboard is almost not needed as all the information that needs to be entered can be easily done with the mouse and the only time I needed the keyboard was to type in a password. NTP but I still had to set the time manually the very first time, there is DST support but you need to tell the DVR which days you want daylight saving time to start and stop. The power for the DVR comes from a small wall mount, however there are terminal connectors that allow for 2 wire power supply, the cameras are powered by a separate power supply, one power supply can support 8 cameras, it comes with an octopus cable . Another nice design feature ZOSI added is a slot on the side of the camera's bottom bracket. The slot is for routing cables outside of the mounting plate if you cannot drill a hole behind the mounting plate. Drilling a hole behind the mounting plate hides all your cables from view and gives you a very clean install. I used an HDMI port to connect my TV as a display, there is also a VGA port. However, this could be used at the expense of HDMI TV. This is probably the connection that most users will use. On the display you can see up to 9 cameras simultaneously in real time, and double-clicking on any image expands it to full screen. I only have a 740p TV, but the cameras output 1080p with no problem. Internet Access: After reading the online documentation on how to view the DVR on the Internet from the device, I found that I need to add a port forwarding rule to allow port 37777 for the DVR. To do this, you need to hardcode the IP address into the DVR, which is very simple. You just need to figure out how to add port forwarding to your DSL/Cable modem, which may get you in trouble. If your modem supports adding DMZ, you can also add the DVR to DMZ without worrying about port forwarding. Each modem is unique, so you may need to return to Duckduckgo.com for help. You must remember to turn off Wi-Fi on your cell phone when trying to test the remote viewing app because if your cell phone is on the same network as the DVR, firewall rules do not apply. The Android ZOSI Viewer app is not as easy to navigate as I expected. I don't have an iPhone so I can't talk to this app. One thing I did NOT like about the ZOSI Android app is that you have to give it unreasonable access to your phone's resources. Why would they need access to your camera, contacts and many other items? ZOSY, fix that or at least explain why you need all this access. The remote display is lowered to prevent excessive use of your network data plan on your mobile phone. I've played around with it a bit, but can't tell if this setting can be changed. I found out that you can record video from camera remotely on your mobile phone and also play it. As I learn more about the system, I'll be able to post more. system as I have yet to install all 8 cameras but will try that later and post the results.