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| Panasonic Network Camera and Pet Cam (BLC1A) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $96.99
Buy New: $75.98
You Save: $21.01 (22%)
New (34) Used (1) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 1169
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9 x 5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: BLC1A
Model: BLC1A
UPC: 037988845040
EAN: 0037988845040
ASIN: B000EXVTJY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Open Box. as new condition. Fast shipping!!!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Product! December 13, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This has been a wonderful product. We just got a 1 month old Golden Retriever puppy, and it's been a complete blast to be able to login from the office or my cell phone to see what the little guy is up to. My friends and co-workers keep stopping by to get a look.
It was extremely easy to set up, only took a few minutes and I had the camera up and running. Much easier then I expected for a fairly new technology. The motion detection and zoom make it a complete winner, and all for under $100.
 Great Camera September 4, 2007
I have two of these cameras and they do a great job monitoring the front and rear of my house. I acutally have them outside, under the porch, though they aren't made for outdoors. We'll see how well they work when the temp drops this winter... I have them set to e-mail images while we are gone. havent' been able to get the viewing over the internet to work yet, but I think it's a router issue. Worth every penny...
 can't make it work correctly July 22, 2007
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
The camera is very nice, and was easy to install and be able to view on my home computer. However, it is supposed to be able to be viewed over the internet from other computers or from internet enabled cell phones. I have spent hours trying to make it work. I downloaded manuals for the camera, for my router and anything else I could think of. I emailed Panasonic, Verizon, and the camera web service and nothing has worked, so I have given up.
 Good Camera ..bad manual May 16, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Bought this camera and got it installed in no time. Camera images are clean, and low light images are very good. That surprised me giving the price. It's totally configurable by web browser, and I've adjusted settings and viewed images via explorer 7 and fire fox.
The issues I have with this camera is its documentation and remote access over the net. Documentation is weak and if you run into config problems......you're dead. Unless you are versed in network configuration etc. I thought I was until I came across this camera....boy that took awhile. Accessing it over the internet requires configuring my router to allow port forwarding etc.
As for getting emails..?....I've yet to get one with images. The only emails I obtain is its reports of how many pix it takes everyday. I really wish that I have better support somewhere for this side and I would be fine.
But again, over the local lan...its great.
No need for Windows or Internet Explorer, it's a Network Camera April 14, 2007
46 out of 48 found this review helpful
The BL-C1A is listed as "requiring" both Windows and Internet Explorer. After a bit of experimenting, it seems it doesn't, and is perfectly usable with Ubuntu (or indeed any OS) and Firefox. No need for Windows at all.
So, for anybody else who wants to use the BL-C1A camera with something other than Windows here's how.
First, ignore the shiny Windows CDROM in the box. Plug the camera into your router with your own network cable (they don't supply one!) and plug in the power supply. Wait a minute. If your router is 192.168.0.1, the camera should default to 192.168.0.253 (or 192.168.1.253 for a 192.168.1.1 router, etc).
From Firefox on the local network just go to the IP addess of the camera (as above) followed by ?mode=local and you should get the camera's built in web server. (The mode=local is essential, to activate it). Create an admin userid/password, hit enter. That's it.
Configuring the cameras for static addresses, different ports etc is all done via the web interface after that point, so still doesn't need Windows or IE in any way.
With a few lines written in the manual they could drop the Windows/IE requirement.
Camera works very nicely, and so does emailing, and the viewnetcam dynamic dns service (after a bit of a battle with router settings). One warning: you can't test the viewnetcam service from the same network that the camera is on, so before you think it's not working try it from elsewhere!
Camera does the job fine for the price, one point deducted for not having any non-Windows installation instructions.
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