I finally received my outdoor camera yesterday i setup everything i put a brand new SD cards 32GB In the base station and the camera since that’s what all Wyze cameras call for but anyway i formatted them both through the app . The camera turns on when motion is detected but doesn’t record not…

Oh that’s interesting. Did you power it off to charge or leave it on?

Interesting theory. Since the outdoor cam can’t record while your watching, there is now way to speculate where the issue may be within the lifecycle. Over simplified, it could be the inability to identify motion, to send the event to record when motion is identified, the record function, or somew…

I left it on. But the other one that I plugged in yesterday has been plugged in for almost 20 hours and still says its not fully charged.

After reading your observation I plugged mine in as well though I did choose to turn mine off to do so. I’ll post back After I power it up.

I tried everything, the wyze outdoor camera does not record!!! it only recorded once when I have the app on, then walked across the camera. I think Wyze rushed this product too soon. Also does not recognize SD cards!!!

I have had mine installed for about three weeks the only time it will record if you move the camera around . It does not pickup motion or sound. I am very disappointed in the product. I have tried everything.

Somewhere on the forum, I read the wco does not record to sd card…huh? For me, the cam detects fine, notifies my phone fine. With all settings checked, a 32g sd card in the cam and the base, that are recognized i never get recordings on the cards. I under stand the cam card is for “away” recording, …

I have put my wco and it is not recording not sending any notifications nothing in events. I have sd cards in cams and base station???Someone please help I am so glad I only bought two of these VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I have 1 WCO, battery life is fairly good, this afternoon I set it up for recording motion and that showed up in events… No Notifications though

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WyzeDongsheng September 28, 2020, 4:43pm 27

for those who has detection issues with WCO, sorry to hear that. we have a detailed post about the troubleshooting step, hope it can help. You can also comment on that thread, and I’ll be there to help with troubleshooting as well.

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