How to Set up Siren for Your Camera

To enhance your security system, it's essential to configure the siren for your camera. The siren will sound an alarm whenever motion is detected, providing an immediate alert to potential intrusions. Below are the various methods to configure the siren effectively.

• Via Reolink App

  Here is a video for your reference:

  1. Pre-Alarm Sound

  When motion is detected, you will hear the pre-alarm sound from the camera, indicating the camera is determining the motion. The pre-alarm may last 3 seconds.

  Note: Only Reolink battery-powered cameras with smart detection support this feature. Once enabled, the pre-alarm sound will trigger whenever motion is detected, while the siren will only activate based on your chosen detection type. Therefore, you might hear the pre-alarm sound without the siren. 

  Step 1. Launch the Reolink App, tap icon  > Siren.

   

  Step 2. Enable Siren and Pre-Alarm Sound. Then tap Default sounds to check whether you could hear a sound from the camera.

  

  2. Customize Siren Sound

  Step 1. Enable Siren and go to Siren Sound. You can select the Default sounds as the siren alarm. If you want to customize the alarm sound, tap Add customized sound.

  

  Step 2. Tap the  icon to start recording your siren sound. And tap the icon to end the recording. The sound cannot be longer than 5 seconds.

  

  Step 3. You can tap Redo to re-record the audio or tap icon to play the audio that you just recorded. Tap Save if you are satisfied with the recording sound. 

  

  Done! Now you could use your personal siren sound.

  3. Set up Siren Schedule

  You can set up a siren schedule for the camera to make it just ring at a certain time when it detects motion.

  Step 1. Tap Schedule and choose the Detection Type for the siren alarm.

  Note: The detection type varies from camera models.

  

  Step 2. Tap the icon to edit the times by swiping the schedule grid. If you want to remove a scheduled period, tap icon and then swipe the schedule grids. Blue grids indicate the periods when the siren is enabled. White grids indicate the siren is disabled for the selected time period.

  (Optional) Tap Select All to fill the entire schedule with the selected siren. Tap Erase All to remove all scheduled siren.

  Tap Save to apply the settings.

  

  4. Adjust Siren Volume

  If you find the volume of the siren too high or too low, you can adjust the volume as shown in the image below.

  Tap Sounds. Then adjust the siren volume according to your needs.

  

• Via Reolink Client

  1. Pre-Alarm Sound

  When motion is detected, you will hear the pre-alarm sound from the camera, indicating the camera is determining the motion. The pre-alarm may last 3 seconds.

  Note: Only Reolink battery-powered cameras with smart detection support this feature. Once enabled, the pre-alarm sound will trigger whenever motion is detected, while the siren will only activate based on your chosen detection type. Therefore, you might hear the pre-alarm sound without the siren.

  Step 1. Please launch Reolink Client and connect the camera, then go to Camera Settings > Surveillance > Siren.

  

  Step 2. Enable Siren and Pre-Alarm Sound. Then click Sound Test to test whether you could hear a sound from the camera.

  

  2. Set up Siren Schedule

  For a camera with smart detection, you can set a schedule and select the detection types (which vary from camera model) to determine when and what kind of motions the camera detects could trigger the siren to go off.

  

  

  Click Enable all to activate all grids, which means the siren for the camera will be enabled at all times. You can adjust the schedule using the tools Enable or Disable.

  

  Click Disable all to deactivate all grids, which means the siren for the camera will be disabled at all times. You can adjust the schedule using the tools Enable or Disable.

  

  3. Adjust Siren Volume

  If you find the volume of the siren too high or too low, you can adjust the volume as shown in the image below.

  Click Sounds. And then adjust the siren volume according to your needs.

  

• Via Reolink Web browser

  Applies to: Which Cameras/NVRs/Home Hub Can be Accessed via Web Browsers

  1. Enable Siren

  Step 1. Log in to your camera via Web Browsers. Click the gear icon on the top right to get to the device settings page.

  

  

  Step 2. Click Surveillance > Siren. Toggle the switch to turn it on first. 

  

  2. Set up Siren Schedule

  Choose the detection type you want and fill in the grids in blue to enable the schedule. One grid means an hour. Click Save to save the configurations. 

  

  Click Enable all to activate all grids, which means the siren for the camera will be enabled at all times. You can adjust the schedule using the tools Enable or Disable.

  

  Click Disable all to deactivate all grids, which means the siren for the camera will be disabled at all times. You can adjust the schedule using the tools Enable or Disable.

  

  3. Adjust Siren Volume

  If you find the volume of the siren too high or too low, you can adjust the volume as shown in the image below.

  Click Audio. Then you can adjust the alarm and speaker volume according to your needs.

  

  If the web interface of your device is an old version, you can refer to the steps below. 

  Step 1. Log in to your camera via a web browser and go to the device settings page. 

  Step 2. Go to Alarm > Audio Alarm. Click Enable to turn on the audio alarm and click on the grids to set the schedule as you need. One grid means an hour. Then click OK to save the settings.

  

• Via Reolink NVR (new UI)

  Applies to: RLN8-410 (hardware version NVR_NNT3NA78P / N7MB01 / N3MB01 / N2MB02 / H3MB18), RLN16-410 (hardware version NVR_NNT4NA716P / N6MB01 / H3MB18), RLN4E, RLN36, RLN12W, NVS4E, NVS8, NVS12W, NVS16, NVS36, RP-PN8, RP-PN16, RP-N64.

  1. Set up Siren Schedule

  Step 1. Log in to your camera on the NVR monitor, and click the Settings gear icon on the Preview page.

  

  Step 2. Go to Surveillance > Siren. Click Daily Schedule under the Siren option.

  

  Step 3. Set up Siren Schedule for your camera.

  • Click the drop-down menu to choose the channel your camera is occupying. 
  • Click on the switch button to enable the siren (the switch will be in blue). If you want to disable the siren for this camera, click again to turn it grey.
  • Tick the checkbox under Alarm to select the motion type that will trigger the siren.
  • Click or drag your mouse on the grid (one stands for one hour) to set up a weekly time schedule for the siren. Blue/grey grids mean the siren is enabled/disabled during those hours.

  

  For example, the picture below shows that the siren of RLC-823A will go off when a Person or Vehicle is detected during 06:00-20:00 on weekdays.

  

  If you want to copy the siren settings to other cameras connected to the NVR, click Applies to Other Camera(s). Tick the camera channel of the camera, or click All at the top right corner to copy the same siren settings to all the cameras. Then click Continue.

  

  2. Adjust Siren Volume

  If you find the volume of the siren too high or too low, you can adjust the volume as shown in the image below.

  Click Audio. Then you can adjust the alarm and speaker volume according to your needs.