Customer Reviews:
 Some supported needed, but works as advertised September 6, 2008
Rod G. Mcclaskey (Seattle, WA United States)
Needed some help from Panasonic tech support to get the wireless mode working. Picture quality only average, but overall a good product.
 Review of model August 29, 2008
Ramon J. Ardavin Migoni (Mexico city)
We need to check well, what model is good for your work, since BL-C130 is similar to BL-131A. Finally I choose BL-C130, and I am very hapy for the easy way has amazon to interchange or return items that you really want and need.
Normally great camera but watch who you buy from. August 22, 2008
ejwitt (United States)
I've had 3 of these and they all work great. Unfortunately the last one came in with a defective CCD sensor. Since the lead-time on Amazon's supply for this camera is 1-2 months (as of August 2008), I went with an alternate Amazon Marketplace vendor. When their supplied camera came in defective they refused an exchange and simply specified that I send it back to Panasonic who's now taken a week with no response on returning it. Because this vendor's stated policy (Hint: A small 6-legged insect that lives in "hills"-Online.com) was that they don't take these things back, Amazon's A-Z guarantee doesn't cover it.
Bottom line, if you buy this camera, you'll want to buy it from someone who will exchange it if you receive it defective. Otherwise, you'll have a brand new camera that has to go back to the manufacturer and be replaced with a refurb.
Excellent Turn-Key Network Cam August 14, 2008
R. Johnson (Pacific NW)
This is an excellent product with a very intuitive software interface for manageing the camera. I found it to be very simple to set up with my wireless router. The whole process from opening the package to viewing the camera image on the internet took less than an hour. If you have never logged into and configured your router you are probably going to struggle more setting it up, however the instructions are very easy to follow so take your time and read each step carefully and you won't have any problem. I found it easier to view the camera over the internet directly to the camera's IP address rather than using the web address they provide for you. I can access the camera homepage on my Blackberry but the links for viewing or configuring aren't able to be activated, so I'm still trying to figure that part out.
Be aware this camera requires power, so you need to plan for that wherever you are going to install it.
This product exceeded my expectations and I recommend it for anyone for consumer use.
Great all around Camera ! Beware its not plug and play !! August 8, 2008
J. LEE (Walnut, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is overall a great camera. If you are looking for a basic camera that allows you to watch your kids or pets than its great. Don't expect high resolutions or you will be disappointed. The camera is easy to install, but the wireless function requires a user with a little bit of knowledge in setting the network router.
Great camera. I highly recommend it.
To set up the wireless mode:
Go Into your router and make sure it support port forwarding. Set both (the netcam and your router) with the same SSID name, and have both ports setup the same port number ( 50000). The manual doesn't help much, once you set up both port number to 50000 than switch to the wireless mode. I was having difficulty at first , but it is mostly due to the router setting. So make sure your router is set right , the camera just autodetect right out of the box !! But you have to manually go into the netcam setup to change the port number !!
Good Luck !!
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