Infrared lights shine bright

[billbgo 0]

1st system, a NEWBE to this........

 

I have a Qsee QT528 DVR system currently running one Qsee qm6006b and one Swann Pro-771 Dome camera. The system is setup out of the box and works great. My question is that at night, both cameras turn their infrared LED's on. These infrared LED's are so bright, you can see them a good block away from my house. There are several other people in my neighborhood who have camera systems (w/infrared cameras) which do not light up the way mine do. My neighbor has 8 Qsee qm6006b cameras and when I look at his house at night, I don't see his infrared LED's on?????

[Kawboy12R 0]

My first slapstick guess was that the camera construction robot at the factory mistakenly got fed a box of red LEDs instead of INFRAred ones, but you've got a Swann and a QSee that do the same thing. I've had some cams that do light up brighter than others though. Depending on how bright they really are, it might just be differences between the batches and makers of the LEDs rather than something wrong. I had a varifocal Aposonic that was really quite noticeable in the dark. I don't mind lots of red lights in the back of my house but I prefer the front to not have them. This thread has some interesting hints on IR passing and blocking filters. You might find something that'll work for you to tone down the visible red portion while still letting enough IR through to help the cameras.

[billbgo 0]

Thank you for the help!!! I went to the thread you sent and tried the old floppy disk film. I cut it out and put it in front of the LED's. You can't see the Infrared Red glow anymore unless you get really close. It does pass enough IR so the cam can still see at night. I watched a playback and can tell you that this film drastically reduces the RED glow and doesn't really have that much affect on the camera. You can't see the Inferred LED's from a block away anymore. I sure I'll have other questions, Thank you.