Tonton (Touchscreen & 2 Way Audio) Wireless CCTV Camera System, 4CH NVR with 7 Inch LCD Monitor and 32GB, (2) 3MP Floodlight IP Cameras with Color Night Vision, PIR Motion Detection, Work with Alexa
M**.
Excellent quality & value for money
I bought the single camera system and have also just ordered a 2-camera system because I’m that impressed! [single camera system no longer available on the Amazon UK site] Just to be clear; for those choosing a ‘wireless’ CCTV system; These particular Tonton models are Wireless RF and should not be confused with Wireless Wi-Fi. I.E. This system does not require a network and router to work, hence the term RF or Radio Frequency. This is exactly what I wanted. Each camera transmits the video [and 2-way audio] signal directly to the receiver module/screen. The receiver module can also be connected wirelessly via IP to a router - this is when a smartphone can be used to monitor the camera feed or view saved recordings etc and to receive motion alerts [alerts only received when smartphone is in the wi-fi or connected network vicinity]. Recordings are saved on the receiver module itself assuming the preinstalled 32GB is present.It really is an out of the box power up and use solution! I have tested the range and was really impressed with no signal loss at all within 10-20 metres through walls and floors. Good coverage was experienced up to at least 40 metres away and through some walls!The unit is very easy to operate. The receiver options are very intuitive and menu driven. The PIR motion sensor and infrared works very well. It’s possible to ‘mask’ unwanted areas viewed on any camera to avoid unnecessary alerts and recordings. The receiver screen can display up to 4 camera feeds split across the screen or any single camera feed full screen with just a finger-tap on the screen. It’s possible to tap and hold the screen microphone icon option too and speak with the audio being heard on a camera speaker, sound level is quite high and clear too with no distortion.There are options to ‘blank’ the screen after a period of time or leave on continuously. [when the screen is blanked the system continues to monitor/record etc.] When the screen is left on continuously, I have found that there’s no overheating at all and actually operates quite cool. Recordings are identified by each camera name [pre-configured] and stored in date and time format allowing recordings to be identified easily. Individual recordings can also be saved manually to an external USB when attached at the side. I have found that the supplied 32GB storage has been ample with the one camera system during recent moderate use (i.e. 10’s of daily recordings) I am yet to test how long the receiver will remain powered on [when used on a fully charged battery] but so far have achieved a couple of hours. The receiver has a handy pull-out stand too for resting the system at in an upright angle.The camera is powered by a low voltage mains power adaptor, so bear this in mind when positioning but it’s worth mentioning that low voltage power extension leads are also available. The camera and receiver are well made and quite robust with expectations to last!The only negatives I’ve found are when activating the screen once it’s gone into standby mode [blanked screen] and/or when moving from split screen to full screen as just tapping the screen is not precise and I’m still working through this bit! There doesn’t appear to be any screen brightness or contrast controls which is not exactly a problem [yet] but it would be useful having the facility to at least dim the screen slightly at times.Overall though I would highly recommend this product!
T**E
A handy little touch screen monitor. Awful replay layout, poor instructions and no on-off switch.
Many of the revues are for different camera set-ups this gives an unfair false star rating for individual camera kits. This revue is for the two camera, with 4 channel 7” NVR kit.Firstly, the instructions although printed on decent paper with decent sized clear writing, suffer badly from hard to understand Chinglish. Even one wrong word can alter the whole meaning of a sentence. I have spoken to the lovely Milly at TonTon who has asked me to help them improve the wording, which I have now done.Once you’ve dissected the instructions it’s reasonably easy to set up.There is a setting which you access under System Setup titled Auto Close which enables you to choose the time the screen is on. Choosing Disable means the screen is on continuously with no way to turn it off each night when you go to bed etc. without having to go to the menu to alter the time you want the screen to be on. This is a serious oversight by the designers. Worse still: they didn’t even think to fit an on-off switch that turns off the screen. Crazy! One star deducted for that oversight.Also, there isn’t a setting which enables the screen to turn on when any of the cameras are activated by movement or heat which is the main reason you need to have the screen on continuously. There is only an alarm sound. When you do tap the screen to turn it on, the camera that was triggered shows a little moving man. You then have to go to the play back menu to view what triggered it. And that is not easy either! That’s another star gone.The instructions fail to tell you to tap the screen TWICE to turn images to full screen or back to camera grid. The instructions also fail to explain other things too.The IP cameras although having a rather long antenna send clear, good quality footage. One of my cameras is situated about 30 metres away and works most of the time on a low signal strength.The batteries in the NVR are good and will power the unit for about an hour which is plenty enough time for setting up cameras etc.Playing back footage is very difficult to understand. Made much worse by having the time and date laid out back to front. It may suit the Chinese but it doesn’t suit me, and probably won’t suit you either!In all: a reasonably priced set-up with extremely disappointing let downs. I would however recommend buying this camera kit if you need a small desk top monitor which you can use to keep an eye on things around you while you either work or watch TV. The footage as I said earlier is very clear. The first picture shows night view enhanced by the orange street light. The second picture shows the misleading date sequence that doesn’t even have spacer bars to make it easier to read.
M**A
Very easy installation.
I bought this system to cover the garage area at the back of the house and am very pleased with the results. Apart from the connection of the cameras to a mains supply socket (a 10m extension cable was a must as the power lead is only about 2m long) everything else is done wirelessly. The NVR immediately picked up the cameras signal showing a lovely clear image and wirelessly connecting the NVR to my broadband hub was as easy as connecting my phone to it.Motion activation of the cameras is very good too and the clever thing is that the recording starts a few seconds before whatever has activated it comes into view. You don't miss a thing and recording space on the memory card is saved. My cameras are not positioned in a particularly busy area with little or no activation at night but in 2 days of use I have only used about 1.5GB of memory so that should give about 3 weeks of recording on a 32GB memory card.I've tried out the alerts to my phone too and again I am very pleased with the results. Still trying to figure out how to delete the saved recordings off my phone but that's a minor problem which will hopefully be solved soon but if not I'm sure Milly at customer services will come to my aid.31/Jan/2021 - The saved recordings on my phone as previously mentioned are only there for 3 days so there is no problem with them using up too much memory. There is still an option to save a particular clip the "Screenshot/Recording" menu if you want to keep it.
S**W
Great CCTV at very good price
The TonTon video security system is extremely easy to use, set up and install.Once you turn on the machine, most of the settings are pretty easy to understand and the software was extremely easy to use and modify. We bought 3 cameras to cover every entrance plus our car and it only a few hours to setup the whole thing, including motion detect, mobile notifications. The table has an alarm which we’ve now switched off as it goes off every time a car passes. However it’s very useful when we are in the back garden as it lets us know if anyone is at the front door.Picture quality is clear with a wide angle and the night vision works very well zooming and captures far distances in the dark.The cameras are weatherproof and I can easily view them in real time on my phone app from anywhere in the world in few seconds. If the camera is triggered the camera has a very good led light that comes on to allow colour video to be recorded. In-fared is also very good and the red lights on the cameras give a good deterrent at night time.We had a problem with the app at one point and the support was fast and very good and we were backup and running within days.
J**C
Good pitcher, nice touch screen monitor, poor instructions, no on-off switch to turn screen off.
I bought the 2 camera system to watch over my property i also bought a replacement camera to add to this NVR.I discovered the replacement camera was not the same as the two other cameras it never had a light on it like the others two cameras did. So i contacted Enyee at tonton who confirmed it was not the same camera and did not have a light on it , so gave me a refund of £10 to keep the camera. I wish i had sent the camera back now because it will not record in any mode except record schedule where you set the time for continuous record which i dont want. I also had a problem with one of the other cameras so contacted Enyee again who may i say was very helpful and replaced it.The lights on the cameras are hit and miss one will come on when you walk in front the other will not. The siren on the camera will only work through the ismkit App which you can down load. So had some issues some sorted some not would have preferred to talk to some one on the telephone and not having to Email some one in china, but Enyee was helpful. Would consider uk next time.
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