Set Up HDWiFiCam Pro Camera Use Manual (Ultimate Guide)

This article covers a variety of ways to add HDWiFiCam Pro cameras, camera function settings and more, and will be updated regularly.

Suitable for: hidden cameras using the HDWiFiCam Pro APP, mini cameras or any other brand of camera.

This guide uses an Android phone as a demo. There are slight differences between the iPhone and Android interfaces, but the operation is the same.
Android phones have more recording settings than iPhone phones.

Download App

HDWiFiCam Pro supports Android and iPhone and can be downloaded from Google Play or the App Store.

Indicator Status

It is important to know the indicator mode of your camera, most HDWiFiCam Pro cameras only have one indicator light.

By looking at the indicator, you will know exactly what state the camera is in. As there are many manufacturers of HDWiFiCam Pro cameras, different manufacturers have different indicator patterns, so please consult your camera retailer for details.

The following light descriptions are for reference only:

• Red light flashes slowly (1 second): The camera is in AP mode.
• Red light flashing quickly (2 flashes for 1 second): the camera is connected to the wifi; if it is flashing for a long time, it means that the camera is not connected to the wifi or that the wifi password is incorrect.
• Red light is always on: the camera is successfully connected to the router’s wifi.

• Blue light on: charging
• Blue light off: Charging completed or not charging.

Connect Camera

Before connecting the HDWiFiCam Pro camera, please charge and switch on the camera.
If the power button is a push button, press and hold it for 3 seconds to turn the camera on and off.

The HDWiFiCam Pro camera has two modes of operation:

AP Mode

Please follow my steps to connect to the HDWiFiCam Pro camera.

1. Open the wifi list in your phone’s settings, find and connect to the HDWiFiCam Pro camera’s hotspot wifi.
HDWiFiCam Pro camera wifi name format: xxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx

Note: If your phone prompts you to switch wifi due to poor or no network, please do not click to switch.

Can’t find the AP Wi-Fi of your HDWiFiCam Pro camera?

Make sure your camera is turned on, then reset the camera.

2. After connecting to the Wi-Fi of the HDWiFiCam Pro camera, open the HDWiFiCam Pro APP, then wait a few seconds for the app to automatically add the camera.
If the camera is not added automatically, please turn off the network on your SIM card, then click the ‘Search‘ icon in the top right corner and search for the camera.

3. Now that you have successfully connected, you can start using your HDWiFiCam Pro camera.

Note: AP mode only works when your phone is connected to the camera’s Wi-Fi, if you need to use it remotely, please proceed to the next step.

Remote mode

1. Click on the Settings icon > WiFi, select your Wi-Fi.

2. Enter your wifi password, click confirm and wait for the camera to connect to your wifi, about 30 seconds. If the camera displays online, you can start using the camera.

If the camera still shows offline, check the status of the indicator, then reset the camera and reconnect.

Share Camera

You can connect your HDWiFiCam Pro camera to multiple mobile phones.

Note: In our tests, although the camera can be connected to multiple phones, they cannot be viewed simultaneously. When HDWiFiCam Pro is turned on on one phone, the cameras on the other phones will appear offline.

AP Mode

Add the camera by connecting to the camera’s Wi-Fi, just as you did when you first connected the camera.

Remote mode

1. Go to camera settings, you will see a QR code, save this QR code.

2. Download the HDWiFiCam Pro APP from another phone, then click on the ‘+‘ in the top right corner, select Add online camera. Click on the ‘Scan‘ icon in the top right corner.

3. Scan the QR code you have saved and the app will display the camera information, click Save to add the camera.

If you have changed your camera password, please enter the new password.

Changing Camera Password

For security reasons, you should change the password of your HDWiFiCam Pro camera.

Enter the camera’s default password of 6666 and enter the new password by clicking Done.

Setup Recording

The Record settings will only appear when the HDWiFiCam Pro camera Record the memory card, if the memory card is not Record, please restart the camera.

If the camera detects the memory card, it will automatically start recording without any setup.

You can stop recording in the Record setting. (Settings are not supported on iPhone, only Android)

To view the video recording

Click Video, select REMOTE, then click the camera and you will see the video stored on the memory card.

Setup Alarm

Go to Alarm settings, turn on Motion detection and Alarm push, or if you need to record video, turn on Mobile detection video.

• Push Server: Select the alarm push server, if you do not receive alarm notifications, try a different server. (iPhone does not have this option)
• Motion detection switch: This switch sends an alert and recording when the camera detects a moving object.
• Alert push: The app sends an alert when motion is detected.
• Motion detection video: The camera records video when motion is detected.
• Alarm recording time(s): Set the recording time for the alarm, you can set it from 10-60 seconds
• Alarm delay(s): Set the detection interval, e.g. only one detection in 120 seconds. This can be set from 30-240 seconds.
• Detection sensitivity: Set the detection sensitivity, if there are too many false alarms you can try reducing the detection sensitivity.

Viewing alarm messages

Click on Event > Cameras, select the date and you will see the alarm message, click on the message to view the video.

Setup Night Vision

Some HDWiFiCam Pro cameras do not detect automatically and you will need to activate the night vision function manually.

Click the ‘‘ icon to turn on night vision.

Turning off the Indicator

On the Live video, click Indicator to turn off the indicator.

Reset HDWiFiCam Pro camera

1. Turn the camera on.
2. Press and hold the Reset button for 6 seconds to reset the camera. Some HDWiFiCam Pro cameras have the ‘MODE’ button as the reset button.

Icon description

• Rotate the video 180° up and down or left and right.
• Night vision switch
• Switching resolution
• Recording, saving live video to the phone.
• Take a picture, save the picture to the phone
• Voice talkback, most HDWiFiCam Pro cameras do not support this feature.
• Sound switch
• Indicator switch

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