Flickering Camera

[HouseCam]

Hi. just installed an outdoor camera. Night vision set to auto. Image flickers from colour to black and white back and forth.  If I then set the night vision to off yo stops and stays in colour. When I reset it back to auto it flickers again. How can I get it to not flicker when set to auto night vision. Thank you!!

[EmptyNester · Accepted solution]

Hello, I'm an end user like you.  It should definitely not be doing that.   As a test can you try moving the camera or try aiming the camera in a different direction to see if it is catching a reflection of some kind?   When the IR LEDs turn on  they could be hitting a surface that is too close to the camera it can get confused and thinks it has become is day time.  So it turns off the IR and gets into a loop.

Otherwise it sounds like it may be a broken camera.  Can you return or exchange it for a replacement from where you bought it?

[EmptyNester · Accepted solution]

Hello, I'm an end user like you.  It should definitely not be doing that.   As a test can you try moving the camera or try aiming the camera in a different direction to see if it is catching a reflection of some kind?   When the IR LEDs turn on  they could be hitting a surface that is too close to the camera it can get confused and thinks it has become is day time.  So it turns off the IR and gets into a loop.

Otherwise it sounds like it may be a broken camera.  Can you return or exchange it for a replacement from where you bought it?

[HouseCam · Accepted solution]

Maybe yes. It’s beside a fence so it could be that. Will experiment. Thank you for taking the time to reply!

[EmptyNester]

Great, I will  be curious to see if that is it.