WOW2084 4 Camera 8CH System with PIR Motion Detection

Bought this system after watching the "how-to" setup video (posted just below product pics) that is available to watch when looking at the product on Amazon website. Seemed easy enough and the guy who did the video was step-by-step on his game. Product arrived intact and well boxed. 4 cameras all ready to be hung up. Found an old 16" monitor laying around the house, went out and bought a HDMI cord and followed the video instructions without much hitch at all. Hooking the unit up was a breeze. Cord that attaches the NVR unit to my router/modem could be longer (only because now I have to keep the monitor and the NVR machine directly next to my home office desktop.) Turned everything on and plugged in the cameras - instant viewing. We put the cameras up on 4 corners of the house to view the exterior. Helpful hint wound have been what I suppose is obvious to some folks - the higher the camera, the broader the footage view. Syncing to my phone seemed daunting and I put it off for a day, but I finally dove in, watched the video again off the Amazon product site and sure enough, it was done in less than 5 minutes. Had to sync the phone with the scan method (don't use the scan mark provided in the pamphlet that comes with the NVR, you have to scan the mark that popped up on the NVR screen at one of the prompts provided in the video. All in all, it was easier than I thought and I tend to give up on this kind of higher level computer stuff but it was worth it. Now I can do it all from my phone and even mess with my animals when I use the speaker to talk to them from my phone when they're visible in the camera! Definitely recommend this to anyone who thinks that home installation is too hard to do. High quality cameras and visuals, infrared at night is awesome and installation was easy. The NVR unit seems to run itself at this point. Very happy with this purchase!

Installed the 4 cameras, plus 2 additional PTZ for a total of 6. Easy to pair the additional cameras to the NVR.Swapped out the included 1TB hard drive with a 3TB drive to increase storage. This took about 5 minutes. Just removed a few screws to open the NVR, removed the included drive and installed the 3TB drive. It was immediately recognized and prompted to format the drive. Instructions can be found on the Xmarto Support forum if needed.Still exploring the features, but I get good range from the cameras, almost 100' and thru multiple walls. I have 2 cameras installed about 125' away and their connection to the NVR is intermittent, so install the Xmarto Extender that was included as a bonus with my purchase and see if it helps. Other than that, the picture quality is excellent. The NVR capabilities of the cameras is rather impressive, both indoor and outdoors.The applicatations to control the cameras and NVR are a little buggy, but they work. I can control the system by direct hardwire connection to the NVR, by browser over my home network, or using the Wall Pixel software. I haven't tried the smart phone app yet but plan to in the near future. I'm still playing with the options, but so far I have nothing negative to report.

This is a really good system with many features making it an excellent choice for home use. The software isn't proprietary to Xmarto, several other manufacturers use it in their NVR's as well. It's fairly easy to navigate through and set all operating parameters to your specific needs. You do need to be somewhat computer savvy though, it's a window based system. Video clarity and color is exceptional (depending on what your using for viewing) I use a 12" HDMI monitor which works well and doesn't take up much desk space. The infrared night optics are exceptional as well. The cameras are "PIR" units (passive infra red) so there's no false triggers to annoy you. All four cameras can be configured differently for each hour, of each day of the week, for different alert types, all independent of each other. There is an alert feature built into the NVR to alert you when a zone is triggered (excellent for overnight hours when your asleep) as well as being able to send an e-mail and / or an alert to the phone app. You can configure the NVR to utilize all of these alerts or just the one's you prefer. Video playback is easily accessed and accomplished. The app itself is easy to set up and use. You can view a live feed or play back previously recorded video. The system also has the capability of two way audio, but only through the app, not through the NVR. Now for the "glitch". I get a recurring alert every morning (after the system disarms), a little red triangle that when "clicked" on opens a window stating "error message", which says "IP conflict, use different channel". It reoccurres three times and stops. I have contacted their support dept several times and they have made suggestions, but the three alerts continue every morning. After my last communication with their support dept they responded with "as long as the system is working okay, don't worry about it. We get the same type of error messages on our office computers". REALLY??? I think they gave up. It would seem that no one in their support dept understands the software, or they don't have a support dept, just someone responding to e-mails. Anyway, I decided to keep the system because the "error messages" do not affect how the system operates or performs. There is a way to disable that annoying little red triangle from popping up every morning three times with that "error message". The not so good part is that the red triangle is also used as an alert for system triggers. So I just configured the system to alert my phone when a zone is triggered and I can either use the phone to view it or go to the NVR and view it there. Not having that triangle really isn't an inconvenience. Other than that software glitch, (which doesn't affect system operations) this is a real nice system that does what it's supposed to do.

The system worked for several months. However, the antennas on the cameras all broke off, and the cameras could no longer connect to the NVR.