LaView Camera Setup Manual (Beginner’s Guide)

This guide contains all the contents of LaView camera, multiple ways to add, settings of camera functions and common problems, and will be continuously updated.

You don’t need to spend hours searching the internet, just check out this guide to solve all your problems.

This guide is a universal way to connect LaView cameras, with this guide you can connect all LaView cameras.

According to our tests, you can also connect tuya cameras or other tuya smart devices to LaView APP, so you don’t have to use multiple APPs.

How To Connect LaView Camera?

There are 2 ways to add a LaView camera, we recommend using ‘OR Code’ to add a camera.

Before adding the LaView camera, please connect the camera to the power supply, if it is a battery camera you will need to turn on the power switch.

Once the camera has been powered up wait for the camera to start up (about 20 seconds) and then you can start connecting the camera.

OR Code connect

1. Click the “+” icon, select Video Surveillance and select Smart Camera (Wi-Fi).

Or select your camera, LaView camera connection method is the same, select the same camera, APP will have a detailed guide.

2. Click Make sure the indicator is flashing quickly or a prompt tone is heard, then click Next.

3. When your phone is connected to wifi, your wifi name will be displayed here, enter your wifi password and click Next.

Please connect 2.4G wifi, most LaView cameras only support 2.4G wifi.
If your wifi is not displayed here, please make sure your phone is currently connected to wifi.

4. Hold the mobile phone screen in the front of the camera, the distance between the two should be 5 to 8 in, Try not to shake the mobile phone during the scanning. when you hear ‘Connect Router’, click “I Heard a Prompt”, and wait for connecting.

5. Wait for the camera to connect to the Wi-Fi (approx. 30 – 60 seconds), if it goes well, you are now successfully connected to the LaView camera.

AP Mode connect

If OR code mode cannot connect to the LaView camera or scan, you can try using AP mode to connect to the camera.

1. Click on the top right corner to switch to AP Mode, then click on the Next step.

2. Click Next, if your phone is connected to Wi-Fi, your Wi-Fi name will be displayed here, enter your Wi-Fi password and click Next.

Please connect 2.4G wifi, most LaView cameras only support 2.4G wifi.
If your wifi is not displayed here, please make sure your phone is currently connected to wifi.

3. Click Go to Connect, connect to the camera’s hotspot wifi, then return to the LaView APP.
LaView camera wifi name: SmartLife-XXXX or SL-XXXX

4. Wait for the camera to connect to the Wi-Fi (approx. 30 – 60 seconds), if it goes well, you are now successfully connected to the LaView camera.

How to set up LaView camera?

If you can’t find certain settings on your LaView camera, then your camera doesn’t support this feature and you are advised to contact your LaView seller for details.

Share LaView Camera

You can share your LaView camera with your family or friends to use the camera for multiple people.

The other party needs a LaView account to use the camera.

1. Click on the icon in the top right corner to enter the settings screen, select Share Device, click on Add Sharing.

2. You can enter the shared account number or copy the link to your friend or family member, who can then use the LaView camera.

Recording setting

Recording setting will only be displayed if the memory card is inserted into the LaView camera and is recognised.

Click on Recording settings, open Local Recording.
By default, the camera is in Non-Stop recording mode, you can change the Recording Mode.

• Event Recording: The camera will only record when it detects motion or sound
• Non-Stop: The camera will always record
• Schedule: Recording starts at regular intervals

View recording video

In the live video screen of the LaView camera, click on Playback to view the video on the memory card, the coloured time indicates the recorded video.

Click on the ‘‘date icon, you can select the recording date. By default the sound is turned off, click on the ‘‘ in the top right corner to turn on the video sound.

Save recording video to your phone

Click on the record icon, you can save the video to your phone.

Detection Alarm Setting

Click on Detection Alarm Settings, turn on Motion Detection Alarm and the app will send a notification to your mobile phone when the camera detects a moving object.

If there are frequent false alarms, you can adjust the detection sensitivity and turn on Human Body Filtering to reduce false alarms.

Detection area

If you don’t want to detect the whole frame, you can select a specific area,Drag/Resize the red frame to set an detect area.

Siren Sound

When the LaView camera detects motion or sound, the camera will make a Siren sound.
You can turn on Trigger Siren in Detection Alarm Settings, and adjust the sound timing and volume in Siren Adjustment.

Motion Tracking Setting

Motion Tracking can follow objects automatically. You can turn on Motion Tracking in the Detection Alarm Settings.

Basic Function Settings

In Basic Function Settings, you can switch on and off the camera’s Status Indicator, Flip Screen, Time Watermark and Talk Mode.

Voice Intercom Settings

The Smart Life or Tuya camera has two voice modes, speech may be affected by the environment. We recommend that you select one-way or two-way speech according to the actual situation.

• One-Way Communication: As with the intercom mode, you cannot hear the sound when you speak.
• Two-Way Talk: As with the phone mode, you can hear each other when you speak.

Controlling camera movement

You can swipe the video screen to control the camera movement, or click the Direction control button

Quickly move the camera

In the Site screen, click on Site added succe… Save the camera’s current location, so that you can move the camera to the saved location quickly by clicking on the picture.