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Indoor camera lost night vision
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# Issue One of the Ring Indoor Cam I've been using for more than an year suddenly started showing blacked out image when there's little to no light source in the darkness. It used to be able to capture a night time vision until a week ago. I'm not aware of adding any config changes. # Things I've done but didn't work - Disable (and re-enable) IR option in the device' config setting. - Reboot the device. - Factory reset and connect the device to my Ring home. - Wifi connection RSSI remains around 40, so I didn't try location change. - May be irrelevant, but I tested to see if the camera still recognizes IR light. - See the 2 screenshots below. I have a depth camera (Intel Realsense) that emits IR. 1st image is when the depth camera is on. You see the Ring camera recognized IR pattern. 2nd image is where depth cam is off. You see no light. This tells me Ring camera does still recognize IR. 1st img: ![2022-11-15_21.12.38_ring.com-indoor-camera_ir|401x500](upload://asLPa6OuDetkj8jQJEdeCedwAB5.jpeg) 2nd img: ![Screen Shot 2022-11-15 at 22.19.27|401x500](upload://3lzvkeyIsTRjlWYSKyThf1pl4g5.png) - But the feature in question maybe IR "emission", not "detection", so this result might be irrelevant? I'm not entirely sure. Is there anything still left for me to try, other than contacting customer support (it's not super clear but I guess I still have a valid warranty)? Thank you.

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17-11-2022 02:24:31

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  • T

    Hi @r130s. Thanks for sharing these images. Your Indoor Cam should switch between nightvision and normal operation when the lighting is correct. It seems as if you've gone through all the troubleshooting steps that I would recommend, so it may be best for our support team to address this concern. Please give our support team a call at one of the numbers available [here](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/articles/213608406). If you are outside of the US, please visit [here ](https://support.ring.com/hc/en-gb/articles/213608406)to see how to contact support.

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    22-11-2022 03:51:58

      R

      After long troubleshooting session with tech support over the phone, they agreed to send a replacement (under a valid warranty).

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      08-01-2023 01:53:31

  • C

    @r130s I'm glad to hear that our support team has sent out a replacement. I hope everything goes smoothly once you receive the Indoor Cam and that the replacement resolves this concern. :)

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    10-01-2023 05:30:52

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