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The BT Smart Home Cam 100 is as neat and clean looking as the packaging, built inside a glossy, black shell with a silver band for accenting. The central lens is the only other notable part on the front, though when it enters low light mode, red LEDs shine through the translucent casing. Those are to provide infra-red illumination, as you will see later.
The BT Smart Home Cam 100 comes pre-mounted on a small L-stand, giving it a pretty sturdy base and therefore it is able to rotate into all manner of positions.
The back of the camera has a small power socket and a switch that toggles between setup and “camera” mode. The former is the one used when initially connecting the application to the camera and setting up your BT Smart Home Cam account.
There is also a pair of LED indicators that will give you an idea of what state the camera is in, perhaps for troubleshooting purposes.
While only really explained inside the Home Cam application (more on that later), this little camera can perform quite a variety of functions. It has the ability to detect motion and sound, and can be set up with a BT account to record footage of any events that set off the sensors. It can also record in low light conditions and at a number of different frame rates and resolutions.
While it can go up to 720P quality, it is restricted to 10 frames per second at that resolution. If you lower it to 640×320, you can get that up to 30 frames per second, but that's as high as it goes, despite the fact that you can lower the resolution to as little as 160×90 pixels – obviously included for those with poor internet upload speeds.
