Protect Your Home This Holiday Season
Posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Forget worrying about Father Christmas sliding down your chimney this Christmas, its burglars you want to keep out. Winter, and Christmas in particular, sees a peek in domestic burglaries; with cold, dark nights and families away from their home, it provides the perfect opportunity for criminals to strike.

In recent years the risk of becoming a victim of crime during the winter months have increased, mainly due to extended hours of darkness providing the perfect cover and the ever decreasing temperature driving people off the streets. All of which reduce the chance of burglars being caught, making your property increasingly more vulnerable to opportunistic thieves.
This problem increases around Christmas, with criminals taken advantage of houses stocked up with presents, or those left unattended whilst people spend time away visiting relatives.
How can you protect your family and property?
Home surveillance is one of the best ways to protect your home, belongings and, most importantly, your family. With the ability to record and monitor from anywhere in the world, an IP camera can make you feel safer and more secure as well as act as a deterrent, considerably reducing the risk of break-ins.
You are able to program what, when and where your camera monitors. Whether that is watching over a vulnerable loved one during these colder months, surveying your property through the dark nights or the option to be alerted on any movements while you and your family are away, you can be reassured that your loved ones and possessions are safe.
Y-cam offers an affordable and easy to install home security camera that enables you to utilise features including remote viewing via any PC or Mac and through our free Multilive app on an iPhone, Android, Blackberry or Symbian smart phone. Alongside Y-cam’s motion detection with email and FTP alerts and easy recording capabilities, with on board microSD slot, Y-cam’s NAS-Ready feature or direct to your computer’s hard drive, users can have a low-cost, robust home security set-up in minutes.
Y-cam internal and external cameras are also available with night vision, PoE and 2-way audio, providing you with the option of even more ways to secure your home.
For more information on Y-cam’s products and features please visit www.y-cam.com.
New firmware for Y-cam SD brings full Mac compatibility
Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2009

The latest firmware update for our Y-cam SD range has now been released and is available for download in the Downloads section of our website.
This latest firmware, version 4.08, utilises the SD’s redesigned chipset, and allows us to bring full Mac compatibility to the entire SD range (utilising Quicktime for display of video with sound, and Flash for motion detection setup).
The power of using 3rd party plugins such as Quicktime and Flash allows the Y-cam to be less dependent on Microsofts ActiveX software, which has previously been required to enable and modify motion detection settings. The camera will now auto-detect which version of the camera software to use dependent on your system setup.
Updates in the SD settings also allow the introduction of an FTP video sending function, aswell as fixes to other minor software bugs.
These latest updates really brings the Y-cam to the front of the wireless network camera market – fully compatible with PC and Mac systems, excellent motion detection, built-in DVR (via SD card slot), wireless connectivity, and much more… The Y-cam SD is a truly all-in-one surveillance solution.
The firmware is a recommended update for all Y-cam SD users, and is available for download in our Downloads section of our website.





