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So if I have both the spotlight and night vision toggle on in low light settings, I suppose the camera will use the spotlight rather than infrared when motion is detected at night? Or both? Should I turn infrared off if the spotlight toggle is on?

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@Valsokol wrote:

So if I have both the spotlight and night vision toggle on in low light settings, I suppose the camera will use the spotlight rather than infrared when motion is detected at night?

AFAICT, the two modes work independently. But I find that it ends up using just the spotlight in that case - the spotlight is bright enough to keep Nightvision off. It's ok to leave them both on, but it's also fine to disable the one you don't want to use.

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@Valsokol wrote:

So if I have both the spotlight and night vision toggle on in low light settings, I suppose the camera will use the spotlight rather than infrared when motion is detected at night?

AFAICT, the two modes work independently. But I find that it ends up using just the spotlight in that case - the spotlight is bright enough to keep Nightvision off. It's ok to leave them both on, but it's also fine to disable the one you don't want to use.

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