topic Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera in Buying Options & Tips

have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

jasmine — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:28:59 GMT

I just start use 2 camera , Can I find more only the camera to add to my base station to be 4 camera ?

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

TomMac — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 20:36:02 GMT

adding only extra cameras , like this?

http://www.amazon.com/Arlo-Smart-Home-Add--VMC3030-100NAS/dp/B00QH0Q8IA/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1434486885&sr=1-3&keywords=arlo

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

Nhellie — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:16:03 GMT

You can also refer to this thread for more information:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Buying-Options-Tips/Adding-more-wireless-cameras/m-p/1387#U1387

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

squidman — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:14:22 GMT

Be aware, the cameras are like the original base station tied to one customer...so can't be resold without netgear transferring ownership. I found out after being sold unknowingly a second-hand arlo system as new. Sucks very hard, 3 days of phone calls to netgear in philippines...just a warning....

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

TomMac — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:49:56 GMT

squidman wrote:
Be aware, the cameras are like the original base station tied to one customer...so can't be resold without netgear transferring ownership. I found out after being sold unknowingly a second-hand arlo system as new. Sucks very hard, 3 days of phone calls to netgear in philippines...just a warning....

Not to my knowledge.... Yes the bases are serialized, but cameras are not and can be synced to any other registered base.

( you can only sync a cam to one base at a time )

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

Nhellie — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:36:52 GMT

Could be that the camera was not deactivated from the original base station's list.

Re: have the 2 camera, need add more 2 as 4 camera

TomMac — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:18:42 GMT

Nhellie wrote:
Could be that the camera was not deactivated from the original base station's list.

yes...

made a call to verify re cams and results were (other thread);

The cameras have MACs and serial number that get tied into into a base when the cameras are sync'ed. The BASE serial number is tied to an account and the cameras will show as linked to that account in the servers database ( which is how the data re cameras is logged ).

So if a base with cameras is registered to a person and the person returns it to a store, there may be trouble attempting to resync the camera to a "new' base as the server database may have them tied to another base.

If you get a 'used' camera, netgear can clear it but you'll prob have to make a call for that to happen.

If you buy a new unused camera, then there's no problem as it was never linked to a base account.