Home & Family
Homes, Driveways, Garages, Gardens, Holiday Homes, Elderly, Baby Monitoring, Celebrations…
Use Y-cam to protect your home and your family:
- Protect your home whilst you’re away, giving you peace of mind
- Log in and verify false alarms from the other side of the world
- Initiate a fast Police response to break-ins, successfully bring offenders to justice
- Protect your car and driveway, and defend against vandalism to your property
- Help protect your local community
- Resolve disputes, nuisance neighbours or disturbances by monitoring & providing evidence
- Look after your holiday home remotely
- Look after elderly or unwell relatives remotely, provide them reassurance
- Check the baby is safe in its cot, from your mobile or computer
- Show off the new baby to your friends and work colleagues
- Don’t keep calling the Babysitter, just take a look in to calm your nerves
- Check the kids arrive home safe from school
- Keep a safe eye on kids playing in the garden
- Catch and keep special family moments
- Include your distant relatives in birthday or festive celebrations
- Keep an eye out for the health of your pets (or that of your sofa)
A Y-cam camera is a security surveillance camera for the home, and uses built-in Y-cam internet, mobile and computer technology.
In 2004, one of the founders of the Y-cam was abroad on holiday with his family when his house alarm set off. He was notified immediately by his alarm company, however he had to wait until the Police arrived on the scene to check the premises. Being so far away and having to wait so long was unbearable, and not something he wanted to experience again. Eventually a Police officer checked the premises only to inform him that that it seemed to be a false alarm.
If only he could see what was happening…
During the holiday it became clear that something kept triggering the alarm as he was alerted daily, however due to the number of false alarms, the Police were no longer able to respond. This event encouraged him to investigate the possibility of finding a camera solution to tell him what was happening at home while he was away. He found many products in the market but none of them were simple or easy to install for non-technical users.
In early 2005, he teamed up with a small group of like-minded engineers and designers to develop a camera that met some very specific criteria. The product was initially meant to be used by their family and friends, especially those who had no knowledge of computers, but it soon became apparent that everyone could benefit from an accessible camera solution.
This solution has now developed into the Y-cam.
17 Reasons why a Y-cam is perfect for the Home
Easy to Install – Due to the unique way the Y-cam has been designed, you don’t need to be "tech-savvy" to install and use our cameras. The user-friendly installation procedure and intuitive web-based interface allows you to easily connect to your camera whenever and from wherever you wish.
Affordable – Y-cam have taken advances in computer technologies and applied them to security cameras, enabling access to powerful new features via the internet, mobile phone and email, all at an affordable price.
High Quality – Y-cam cameras are fitted with high quality lenses and image processing technology. They produce excellent video, allowing recognition and identification of subjects that have been used successfully by the British Police in identifying, charging and prosecuting intruders. Y-cam uses MPEG-4 compression technology and matched resolutions to minimise bandwidth usage and cost, as well as maximising performance.
View from anywhere – The internet and computer technology inside a Y-cam allows you to view your cameras from anywhere in the world via the internet. Either on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, Blackberry or other internet-enabled mobile phone or browsing devices.
Detect motion – The Y-cam can detect motion, and trigger events when motion occurs. 4 different ‘zones’ can be set on the image, and sensivity adjusted independantly. Unlike conventional activity detection, the Y-cam uses vector information to detect motion, therefore achieving better reliability against false alarms.
Receive alerts when activity detected –
The Y-cam can send you an email when motion is detected, and even include a snapshot of the event. The alert function can also upload images to websites, or activate recording of the event on to memory card.
See in the dark with night vision – See up to 15 metres in pitch black darkness. Night vision enabled Y-cams utilise powerful infrared LEDs to provide high levels of "invisible" light in dark environments. The intelligent photosensitive components can automatically turn on the LEDs in low light conditions or the user can select "moonlight view" which superimposes frames together to increase brightness (frame integration).
Uses connections you already have, such as WiFi – The Y-cam can connect directly to a network or the Internet, either over Wireless networking, or over 10/100 ethernet. The Y-cam utilises encryption methods such as WEP, and even the more powerful WPA and WPA2, so you can be sure your camera will only be accessed by authorised users.
Record footage internally to memory card - MicroSD enabled models allow you to plug in a microSD memory card to record footage continuously, periodically or on triggered alarm events. Just like the live view, you can view this footage from anywhere, or download it to anywhere. An 8GB memory card allows you to record over 20 hours of footage at the very highest quality settings, or 2,000 hours at low quality settings.
Schedule automatic backup of recorded footage – Automatically backup stored footage to a local or remote computer from any microSD enabled Y-cam. Ideal for backup, redundancy or additional security should the camera itself be a victim.
Control who has access to your Y-cams - Secure password access to the Y-cam ensures no-one else can access the cameras without your authorisation. The WiFi connection is protected with WEP, WPA or WPA2 encryption for security.
Works with all the computers you already have – Compatible with Windows PCs, Macs, Linux, and professional security storage and monitoring products, the Y-cam needs no special software or additional hardware to run.
Use with your iPhone, Blackberry, or other Internet enabled Mobile Phones – Carry access to your Y-cams around with you, and access them using your browser on your mobile phone. We even give you free apps for your iPhone, Android or Nokia phone, so viewing from your phone is trouble-free.
Blend in to your surroundings – Y-cam’s sleek and unobtrusive design allows it to blend in to the home or office, rather than stand out like a traditional security camera.
Use them inside or outside – Our range of camera provides for indoor and outdoor applications – we even supply a Shell that fits around our indoor product allowing them to be used outdoors.
Re-use it, move it, use it again – The Y-cam cameras are easy to move and re-install. So as your needs change, you can change what the camera does for you. As your baby grows up, use it to keep an eye on the kids in the garden, broadcast family festivities to distant relatives, then check the kids get home from school, or check if their friends have joined them! The Y-cam can be wall-mounted, ceiling-mounted, or placed on a flat surface using the supplied camera stand.
Look after several locations at the same time – View and record up to x36 different cameras, at different locations, at the same time using Y-cams free MultiLive software – available for most computers and devices.
 | Ana’s StoryY-cam offered Anna & her Family a helping hand in ensuring their Grandmother’s safety. "Immediately our lives got a little easier" |
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 | Ian’s StoryY-cam helped Ian regain confidence and feel secure within his own home. "Seeing outside makes the world of difference" |
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 | Mark’s StoryY-cam lends Mark Jones & his family a supportive shoulder, providing peace of mind in securing their mothers safety. "Y-cam has helped me gain peace of mind" |
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 | Steve’s StoryY-cam provides Steve with a smart home monitoring solution – Immediate alerts, Instant access, Total protection. "Having the cameras offer us the comfort factor" |
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Demo Cameras | See the Y-cam Range | Which one’s for you? |
| We’ve put together a small collection of real users cameras | See our entire range of award winning cameras | Use our easy comparison chart to work out which camera is best for you |
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Online Stockists | Specialist Installation | Buy Direct from Y-cam |
| See a list of worldwide online Y-cam stockists | Feel like you might need help? or need something custom? Get a specialist | Buy Direct from Y-cam – worldwide shipping. Secure, genuine, and fast |
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Knowledge Base | Ask on our forum | Contact Us |
| See a list of common questions asked and answered | Our forum is a great place to ask general questions and search other customer questions | Still can’t find the answer? Don’t worry – we have customer service agents on stand-by to help |
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