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bvrwally:
I too had this opinion several years ago. I decided to give them a try and have a great results! I never had a run of good luck with (Radio Shack Crap) and associated this product with them! ie. X-10.

Saw the link to the cheap cameras and decided to give them a try. That was 3 years ago and I have had good results with them.

Granted, I still have issues with some of the software, ie. things radomly turning off and on, but that may be the result of noise on the local power company that serves me. You know the one that shut down the east coast and parts of Canada two years of go? Cleveland Electric & Iluminating Company!

Other than that, most things work rather well!

The new problem that arose this evening is the patio lights keep cycling on and off and going from bright to dim? This all since installing I-Witness? More tweaking to do on my part I guess? Oh, did I mention, I programmed the timing of the outdoor lights for certain times of the evening to turn on and they never do? I'm very satisfied with the cameras tho, ' caught the neighbors doing all kind of weird sh*t! They still do not know they have microphones in them! I'd wish X-10 would add the feature of sound recording to them!

B.W.

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--- Quote from: brewswain on June 26, 2005, 06:23:18 PM ---
3 of my cameras wont work, I have tried two powerhorns and Never got them to sound, the door sensors say the doors are open, they are not.   I am beginning to think this is all chinese junk.  What do you think?
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timothy:
Yes, X10 is junk.

my lamp module wont go above 75%, sure
software repots 100% but a quick check with
my multi-meter proves it wrong.

My transcever hs quit sending x10 over the
power lines, sure the RF still works, and it
can recive, it just wont send.

my other reciver keeps "jamming" the system.
every now and then nothing works when its
pluged in.

both of my cameras are screwey, well the
power packs that is, the camera part works
fine. sometimes it will just switch over to
the one cam and stop accepting x10 commands.

The only thing that seems to work right is my
pc module, but its not much good when nothing
else works.

timothy:
Well I forgot a few things:
-no sound from my cams.
-6-in-1 remote always lost codes (no matter
what brand of aa's I used)

I have no clue how I forgot this one because
its the reasone I came here.

My motion sensor recently stoped working (yes
new aaa's have been tried)

The Whole Setup Is Under A Year Old!!

tha18 7um:
Great, so i decided to check here before I
checked the support... so would you pretty
much say Im screwed? I bought the package
that was like $600... the two flood cams I
have outside work whenever the hell they
want, sometimes they stay on all night long
and sometimes they will not turn on... the
sad thing is that I bought the package
about a year ago and I have still not set
up ever cam yet, so chances are that I will
run into more disappointments... I could
have spent that same amount of money for
two IP Cams with 1000 times better quality
overall...

brewswain:
We ought to file a Class Action Lawsuit
against X-10.   ALL   their products are JUNK

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