I cannot get anything. I got it to work once using either imou or EasyViewer Lite (just to test since BI wasn't working) and my wife loved it. She said it was the best sounding camera of all the ones we have. Once I closed that app it never worked again in any app. The camera is for a baby room so the talk feature is important for her.
Review-Dahua IPC-A46 4mp indoor PT cam.
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I cannot get anything. I got it to work once using either imou or EasyViewer Lite (just to test since BI wasn't working) and my wife loved it. She said it was the best sounding camera of all the ones we have. Once I closed that app it never worked again in any app. The camera is for a baby room so the talk feature is important for her.
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My bad. Yes, I had used the app to test the audio rather than BI. The PC has no mic to test with, but the PC speaker has the audio streaming in fine.
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On the camera's PTZ tab, the 'Enable Pan/Tilt/Zoom' checkbox is enabled, and the 'Network IP' set to 'Dahua New.' On the Video/Configure window, the Make is set as 'Generic/ONVIF' and the Model is 'RTSP H.264/H.265/MPG/MPEG4'.
Is this your path? /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&unicast=true&proto=Onvif and what do you have for audio? G.711 u-law? Is setup back channel selected?
So I have everything working in BI except for talk. All I seem to get is the voice coming thru the server. I also figured out the talk in the other apps (Smart PSS, imou, etc). If I add the camera to BI and it is active then talk doesn't work in any app. If I disable the camera in BI talk works everywhere else.
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Recently this camera went offline. I went to go check on it and it just has the led light in red color slowly rotating. Power cycling and pressing the reset button seems to have no effect 
I think it might be toast? I've only had it for a few months..
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I think it might be toast? I've only had it for a few months..
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Recently this camera went offline. I went to go check on it and it just has the led light in red color slowly rotating. Power cycling and pressing the reset button seems to have no effect
I think it might be toast? I've only had it for a few months..
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How long did you hold the reset button? Try holding it for at least 30 seconds.
If that doesn't work, power down the cam, while pressing the reset button, provide power back to the cam. Continue to hold the reset button for 60 seconds.
You will then need to set it backup from scratch.
Thanks for the tips. Unfortunately tried the steps and it didn't seem to make a difference.
Held the button for a minute, pulled the power while pressing button and repowering up. Continued to hold button for over a minute.
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Held the button for a minute, pulled the power while pressing button and repowering up. Continued to hold button for over a minute.
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Ha! I was browsing around other threads and someone mentioned that if your PTZ camera has trouble booting up check the power supply quality. I swapped out the 5v power supply that came with the camera and now the camera works again!
So how is the receiving audio on this camera? Are people that have it still having a lot of static? Is it a lot of static or something that can be dealt with? I am looking to use this in a baby room and I do not have that room wired as of yet.
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My A46 stopped working some months ago. Power is there, but the ring is always orange, and I cannot get the device to be re-added via the app. Saw this thread and thought I'd give it another try. No such luck. Am not very fond of cameras which require an app to get going to begin with.
I'd go with this instead, gets good reviews from members, and no app that needs used.
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Thanks looney2ns. I am probably going to order one tomorrow. Have you tried the Dahua IPC-K46? I saw your review on the k35 and I like the image quality of it. I have not seen really anything on the K46. Would you recommend the Amcrest over the K series?
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Get the Amcrest Pro HD Indoor PTZ camera, amazing camera, hasn't failed on me in the last 3 years