LOFTEK Newest CXS 2200 Wireless/Wired Pan:270°&Tilt:120° Dual Audio Alarm Ip camera,15 Meter Night vision,3.6mm Lens ,67° Viewing Angle,easy installation.Black

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004GWQBWY
• Item model number: CXS 2200
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
  • #35 in Camera & Photo > Surveillance Cameras
  • #54 in Electronics > Security & Surveillance
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 21, 2010

Product Description

Description:
The CXS 2200 IP Camera is designed for high-definition network surveillance. Based on an ultra clear CMOS sensor with a high-performance multimedia processor, the CXS 2200 uses MJPEG video encoding standards to produce high-quality video and audio.

The camera supports local recording as well as picture snapshots, and all of the functions - video capture, image processing, video transmission, video management - are all integrated into the camera, which greatly facilitates installation and use.

The Loftek CXS 2200 cameras support all major browsers, including Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox, and Safari, and the included software allows for a quick and easy set-up. The CXS 2200 is compatible with Mac,Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/7, as well as mobile devices including the iPhone.(Pls kindly note that following feature couldn't be fulfilled in Mac:Audio,Record and Multiple pictures in one website)

Technical Details:
Sensor:1/4"CMOS
Resolution:640x480(VGA),320x240(QVGA)160x120(QQVGA);300k pixels
Lens:f=4.5mm,F=2.0,Fixed Iris
Pan Coverage:270°;Tilt Coverage:120°
Compression:MJPEG
Frame rate:30fps
Bit rate:128kbps~5Mbps
Image Rotation:Mirror/Up-side down
OSD supported
Audio Compression:ADPCM
Basic Protocols:TCP/IP,UDP/IP,HTTP,SMTP,FTP,DHCP,DDNS,UPNP,NTP,PPPOE
Additional Protocols:802.11b/g/n
Dual-directional audio;Motion Detection
Triggered Actions:Email/FTP/external alarm/send message to alarm server
User Settings:Three levels
Date/Time Setting supported
Upgrade:Upgrade from network
DDNS:A free DDNS provided by manufacturer
Ethernet:10Base-T/100base-TX
Alarm In:1 way;Alarm Out:1 way
Audio In:Internal microphone;Audio Out:External Speaker/line out interface

Note:If you cannot find the Loftek logo on either retail Box or ip camera, please contact Loftek.Only buy it from Loftek to qualify for full service and 1 year warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuine LOFTEK Brand CXS 2200, April 23, 2011

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John Mcclenon (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LOFTEK Newest CXS 2200 Wireless/Wired Pan:270°&Tilt:120° Dual Audio Alarm Ip camera,15 Meter Night vision,3.6mm Lens ,67° Viewing Angle,easy installation.Black (Electronics)

First off, I really like this camera. Mainly I wanted to share some helpful tips with others that may be considering this for purchase.

1. This is a night vision camera. If you use this outside in the daylight colors will appear different than they do to the human eye. This is normal. (It looks like my trees are Cherry Blossom's in full bloom. Kind of cool.)

2. They hard code an IP address in the camera and expect to see your home network in the 192.168.0.X range. If it's not, (like mine, it's a 192.168.2.x net) then you may have difficulty getting to the camera from your PC to set it up. I simply backed up my router configs, changed it to a 192.168.0.x network, reset my PC's networking, and I was able to browse to the camera and set it up to where I wanted it.

3. This is an indoor camera. If you plan on pointing it out a window it will work pretty good during the day, but after dark the infrared lights will reflect back off the glass and blind the image. This is normal for this type of camera. You can still point it out the window, but you'll need to do something like cover the existing LED's on the camera and purchase an "infrared illuminator" (there are several on Amazon) and install it outside the window, covering the area you want to see.

4. I have 64 bit Windows7 and could not get the little CD to work for me, but was able to configure the camera just fine via my web browser after I got through the initial networking stuff mentioned above.

On the CON side, I'd have to say that it would have been smarter to simply make the networking DHCP and not have hard coded the IP address. I'm sure a this has confused folks into thinking that their camera was dead on arrival. I'd also like to have an easy way to turn the built in infrared LEDs off if I want to use an external source. That's all the negatives I have though. Great bang for your buck.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Camera, Great Support, Great Price!, April 23, 2011

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Seed - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LOFTEK Newest CXS 2200 Wireless/Wired Pan:270°&Tilt:120° Dual Audio Alarm Ip camera,15 Meter Night vision,3.6mm Lens ,67° Viewing Angle,easy installation.Black (Electronics)

I bought a non-PTZ camera to watch my puppy while I was away at work. It's a nice camera but I found that I needed to be able to pan or tilt to see anything beyond the set view. I was skeptical in PTZ cameras being so cheap in price as usually for a good quality one they would be hundreds more. I took a chance on the loftek one and I was very impressed.

I opened the box and everything was there including a little CD for drivers. Well I have a slot loaded CD that can't accept these so I surfed the net to try and find the drivers. no luck. So I wrote support and with a few hours they wrote back saying please send us your regular email and we will send you the drivers. I was skeptical that they actually would but I sent my email anyway and waited. The next day I checked my inbox and low and behold there was a compressed file with all the goodies in it to get me going. Setup was easy and the PTZ option is great. I even setup audio to be the "voice of god" for when my pup is being bad or on the couch. The audio feature works but only with IE.

Now that the dog is pretty well behaved I'm going to move this to an external camera for security. I then told myself, bummer I wish they had white because black really sticks out, at least on my home. I wrote to them and asked if they had any white ones. Within a few hours they replied they would in a couple days. Sure enough I get another email in 2 days stating they now have em on Amazon. Amazing. I ordered 2 more just because the support experience was so good. The price can't be beat and the CS is great. This is my first review ever and I felt I really needed to do it because this experience was by and far the best experience I've had dealing with a company and their product support.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't beat the usability for the price, May 25, 2011

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iERG - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LOFTEK Newest CXS 2200 Wireless/Wired Pan:270°&Tilt:120° Dual Audio Alarm Ip camera,15 Meter Night vision,3.6mm Lens ,67° Viewing Angle,easy installation.Black (Electronics)

It's the most cost effective solution per feature I could find.
Great picture quality in light or pitch dark.
Pan and Tilt controls have a wide range of motion.
The flip/mirror feature allows upside down mounting for high on a wall.
Motion detection notification works like a charm.
Audio monitoring is surprisingly sensitive. I haven't tried to *send* audio yet.
Works with WPA2 WIFI.
The setup software on the CD is the key to successful use of this camera. Allow the software utility to *find* the camera on your LAN, then manually configure the IP address that you want your camera to have. THEN: setup an external (visible to the internet) port (pass-thru) on your home router so the camera is accessible from the internet (via username and password you establish) and then you can view your camera at home from work... or vice-versa.
Setup multiple cameras in multiple locations and the very slick viewing software allows you to see all cameras on one screen... or choose to monitor just one camera in full screen mode.
I'm going to buy several of these to keep an eye on my senior parents while I'm at work.
You probably won't use it for cinematography any time soon, but it's a wonderful WIFI/IP camera for the money.
There may be more "high-end" cameras with more intuitive software interfaces... but for the money, I think this one deserves 5 stars.