Pro iCam Manual

Introduction
Thank for your purchase of our new 1080P version
SCS WiFi Camera.
This manual’s graphic is based on an iOS device. As
for Android devices, the procedure is very similar.
You will not have much problem using the camera
if you follow this manual step by step. If you do
come across any difficulties, please do not hesitate
to contact us. This manual will constantly be
updated so please check back time to time.

T: 845-533-4460, M-F, 10:00-5:30 ET

SMS: 914-882-1054 (Best Way)
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 Part A. Installation

“Please follow this set-up exactly and step by

step.”

1. Connect power to the camera.

2. Connect power to the camera and WAIT

until the faint LED light blinks every 2 sec. (the
LED will be ON  OFF  then Blink)
If the LED remains solid or rapidly blinks, press
the reset button for about 10 sec while ON,
and wait. (The LED can be turned OFF by the
app)

3. Download the app: “Pro iCam”

4. Go to your smartphone’s WiFi setting and
turn the WiFi ON.
5. Wait until the camera SSID appear, choose it
and wait until it connects.

It is normal when you get a message such as:

- No internet available
- Unsecured network, etc..
Connect to the camera SSID anyway.
6. Open the app, wait until the WiFi icon
appear. Then click on the search icon:

7. Camera will be found. Please click on it.

If no camera is detected, hit refresh.
8. When the camera becomes ‘online’,
press the gear icon and choose Device Settings.
Do not press anything else.

9. Select WiFi Config.

10. Choose your network. There is currently no
WiFi spy cameras that work on 5GHz in the
market. If your network is not found, please
make sure to turn ON the 2.4GHz and DHCP for
your router.
11. Input WiFi password correctly.
Review the PW and hit OK.

12. Press the back button

13. Must wait for a reboot, up to 1-2 min. until
the camera becomes on-line again.

14. Click on the camera to view live. It will

prompt you to change the PW for the camera.
Please use alphanumeric, lower case only and
make sure to choose a PW that you can
remember.
If the live video does not show and remain at
black screen, simply go back one screen and
come back.
Congratulations, the set-up is done!
15. Trouble shooting

Set-up failure
1. If the camera setup is successful, the camera
public SSID (step:#5) will no longer be visible; if
it is, it indicates that the set-up has failed.
99% of the reason for failure is due to inputting
a wrong PW at step:#11 .
Please reconnect your phone to the camera’s
SSID as step:#5 and try again from step:#8.
2. WiFi password and name only support the
numbers, characters, symbols, etc. in the ASCII
code table. It only supports the characters and
symbols that can be typed on the English
keyboard.
3. WEP encryption is not supported.
4. Your WiFi router must have internet service.
5. Reset the camera and try again. (step#17)
Camera is online only when the phone is in
the same network and offline when using
remotely.
- Turn the camera OFF and ON so the camera
can reestablish the P2P connection
Remote live view is very slow
- Lower the resolution
- Internet connection may be slow
- May be out of range. Place the camera closer
to the router
- Reboot the camera or unplug power and re-
plug to reestablish Wi-Fi connection
Even at 480p resolution, remote live remote
view is very slow and keeps disconnecting.
- Reboot your router to refresh wireless
connectivity.
- Reboot the camera or unplug power and re-
plug to reestablish Wi-Fi connection
Wrong password error
- If you have changed the PW and can’t
remember, you must reset the camera and
setup again.
- If you have not changed the PW, try the
default PW: 8888
The angle of the camera does not cover the
area
- Cameras are permanently fixed and its angle
cannot be adjusted by a user. Please contact us
and send in the camera for us to adjust it for
you.
No audio
- As stated on our product description, all spy
cameras sold in Amazon are not equipped
audio function due to the Amazon Policy which
is accordance with the Federal Law. Plz Call us.
No night vision
- There are few models with night vision
capability built-in but this is not a standard
feature for all cameras. However, if you have
the 1080P SONY chip super low light model, it
is equipped with 940nM filter and will be
extremely sensitive total invisible 940nM IR
lamps such as:

Please search on-line using the model number.

16. Adding multiple devices
Once the set-up is complete you will be able to
stream video remotely. You can add up to 5
devices (phones) and access the camera
simultaneously. To adding the camera to other
devices does not require a reset, simply set the
device on the same network and start from
step:#6 through step:#14. You must use the
same camera PW because the PW is in the
camera, not in the app. In other words, If you
change the camera PW with one device, you
must change to the same PW for all other
devices connected.

You can also add the camera to a new device

by clicking + and “Add new online camera”.
This method does not require the device to be
at the same network as the camera.
17. Resetting the camera

- You will need to reset and repeat all above

steps if you are…..
a. Moving the camera to another network
location.
b. Changing your router or router settings such
as WiFi PW, wireless encryption mode etc.
c. If you forget the camera PW.
d. Camera malfunctions.

While the camera is ON, hold down the reset

button for about 10 seconds and release. Wait
about a minute. When LED starts to blink again,
you must refresh power by unplugging it. Plug
it back and wait until the LED blinks.
Reset is now complete, please setup the
camera again.
Part B. Using the App

The main features of WiFi cameras are live

viewing, recording, playback and push
notification. We’ll guide you to setup for these
features.

There are many other features and settings,

however most of them are none-essential and
we’ll not cover them all. Please feel free to
click and experiment with all the buttons on
the app, they are straight forward and easy to
learn.
Please notice that the app is made for many
other camera models and some buttons will
not work. For example, as stated on our
product description, all spy cameras sold in
Amazon are not equipped audio function due
to the Amazon Policy which is accordance with
the Federal Law. Therefore, audio button will
not work because there is no microphone built
in to the cameras.

This manual will be constantly updated so

please check back time to time.
1.1 SD Recording

All our WiFi cameras come with 16GB built-in

memory which you can store 100+ hrs of video.
The recording feature works independently
and will record as long as the camera is
powered ON. The best way to record is by
motion detection.

1. Press  Device Settings  Alarm Config.

2. Set the “motion detection sensitivity”
(You can also control “Push Notifications” here)
3. Press “OK” and go back one screen.
4. Choose “SD card Record Config.”
5. Press “record”  “Record when alarms”
6. Set “file length” to 1~3 min.
7. Press “OK”
1.2 SD Recording Playback

Playback feature is one of the strong point of

this camera. You can fast forward, rewind,
zoom, import, export, delete files etc..

1. Press 

2. Choose

3. Click on a file to playback

* Left swiping or holding down on the file list

will able you to delete or download the file.
2.1 Spot Recording

On top of its ongoing SD card recording, you

can spot record manually onto your phone.
This feature is a redundancy measure to record
an incident while watching live.

1. Tap on the screen while watching the live

view. Pop out menu will appear.
2. Click on the record icon to record & stop.
2.2 Spot Recording Playback

1. Press 

2. Choose

3. Click on a file to playback

* Left swiping or holding down on the file list

will able you to delete or download the file.
3. Main Screen Overview

1. Multi Screen Mode: for viewing multiple

cameras simultaneously.
2. Camera Name: can be changed by:

 Modify Device
3. Search Cameras: Will detect cameras within
the same network. Also will detect a camera if
your phone is directly connected to the camera
SSID.
4. Add Camera
 Add new online camera: this is used to add
a camera that has already been set-up to your
router. You can add ‘on-line cameras’ from a
remote location.
 Setup device WiFi connection: Another way
of installing a new camera.
5. Camera UID number
6. Refresh connection
7. Connection status and number of users
logged in. Important note: if it displays more
than one user, it does not always mean there is
another user connected. Sometimes error
occurs when you go in and out of the app
frequently. Please be assured that there is no
way of others to connect to your camera if
they do not know your camera UID and the PW.
8. Device Settings
9. Cameras Listings
10. Storage for snapshots taken while viewing
live
11. Storage for SD card recording (1.1) and
spot recording. (2.2)
12. Storage for automatic snapshots by motion
trigger. (see 1.1)
4. Live view
Tap on the live view for pop-up menus.

Resolution Setting: Ideal resolution is 720p. 1080p

is recommended if you have fast and stable
internet for both camera and phone.
5. Device Settings

- Motion Detection Sensitivity: Motion is

triggered by video pixel movement. Therefore
the detection range is not limited by distance.
Lower the sensitivity if you are experiencing
too many false alarms.
- PIR Sensor Alarm: This is for an external PIR
sensor and do not apply to SCS cameras. Please
keep it OFF.
- Alarm Interval, Warning Tone, On-Screen
Display: These settings are for a PC. Please
keep them OFF.
- Alarm Schedule: You can designate one
bracket of time for detecting motion. If left
alone with 00.00 – 00.00 values, will detect
motion 24/7.
- Email Alert and FTP Upload: We do not
support, please use “Push Notifications”
for external PIR sensors, does not apply to SCS
cameras.
- Push Notifications: Unlike other cameras, our
notification will work even if the app is not
running.

Used for initial WiFi setup and changing

network.

- SD Card Capacity: Displays the SD card size &

usage. If it displays 0, please reboot the
camera.
- Record: Choose from many different
recording modes. Alarm recoding is
recommended.
- Resolution: Lowering the recording
resolution will greatly increase the storage
capacity.
- File Length: Length of file that is created
while recording. If recoding by motion, 1-3 min
is recommended. For example, if set at 3 min,
when motion is triggered, the camera will
record for 3 min and pause for the next trigger.
If recording continuously, will create 3 min files
continuously.
- Loop recording: When the memory is almost
full, the camera will start erasing the oldest
files to make rooms for new recordings.
However, it is recommended to format the
card time to time before the card gets full.
- Format: You must stop the recording first
before engaging to format.

This feature only applies to a model with night

vision.
When our camera connects to a router, it will
automatically sync with the router time. If the
time is not correct, please check the router
time and fine tune here.
First adjust to the correct time zone  hit OK
 Sync with App Time  hit OK.

We do not support

We do not support

-Work LED: You can turn off the LED here.

- Power Line Frequency: In USA, should be
60Hz. Wrong setting can cause the video to
bloom or flicker.
You must know the current PW to change the
PW to something else. If you have forgotten
the PW, you must reset the camera and do the
installation over from scratch.

When poor connection caused by heavy

internet traffic, IP conflict etc, rebooting the
camera will reestablish the connection and
improve the quality of the connection. This
function does not reset the camera.
 Part C. PC Viewing
Local PC browser viewing
1.Once the camera is connected with Wi-Fi,
install software “IPCamera” from
www.spycameras.com/ipcamera.exe and
open software to find the connected device’s
IP address.

2. Double click the IP address, input

User name: admin
PW: (no password or 8888, depending on the
version)
and press ok.
3. After above steps, you can insert setting
interface. For first use, please choose
language, download and install plug-in
by clicking on:
4. Click on the gear icon to go to the final
setting interface.

5. Click left options to set other needed

functions.
Remote PC browser viewing

Manual: www.spycameras.com/multiview.pdf
CMS: www.spycameras.com/multiview.zip
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845-533-4460, M-F, 10:00-5:30 ET

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