Below is a simple guide to configuring advanced image settings for your Reolink cameras via the Reolink client.

Applies to: All Reolink cameras except the battery-powered camera 

For image settings on battery-powered cameras, refer to: How to Configure Advanced Image Settings for Battery-powered Cameras via Reolink Client

Advanced Image Settings – Features and How to Use Them

  • Anti-flicker: Use this feature if some devices such as TV screens and lights are flickering.
    50GHz: Used for Australia and the UK.
    - 60GHz: Used for the USA and Canada.
    - Off: If the camera is for outdoor use, and the image is a bit exposed, please choose off.
  • Day and Night: Set the camera’s color mode during different times of the day and night.
    - Color: The camera will show a color image which is usually in the daytime.
    - Black and white: The camera will show the image only with black and white which is usually during the night when the IR LEDs are on.
    Auto: The camera will automatically switch between ​color and​ black and white​ according to the light conditions.
  • Brightness: Use this feature to make the preview darker or brighter.
  • Contrast: Select the contrast level to adjust the range of the light and shadow of the image.
  • Saturation:  Adjust the vividness of the color of the picture. The larger the value, the brighter the color, the smaller the value, the lighter the color.
  • Sharpness: Increase or Decrease the sharpness of the image objects' edges.
  • Black & White and Color Switching Threshold: Adjust the threshold to adjust the day/night mode switch time. If you want the camera to stay in the color mode for a longer time, adjust the value to the right, do not exceed +45. If the camera is too early to switch to day mode, you can adjust this threshold to the left, but do not lower than -45.
  • Color Day Mode (Color image): 
    - Manual: Drag the slider to set up the whole level of the bright and the dark for the color image.
    - Auto: The camera will automatically set up the whole level of the bright and the dark for the color image according to the light conditions.
  • Black & White:
    - Manual: Drag the slider to set up the whole level of the bright and dark for the Black & White image.
    - Auto: The camera will automatically set up the whole level of the bright and dark for the Black&White image according to the light conditions.
  • Color Night Mode (Only available for a camera with spotlight and takes effect with a spotlight on): 
    - Manual: Drag the slider to set up the whole level of the bright and the dark for the color image when the spotlight is turned on.
    - Auto: The camera will automatically set up the whole level of the bright and the dark for the color image when the spotlight is turned on according to the light conditions.
  • Image Stitching: Click How to Set up Image Stitching via Reolink Client to adjust a better stitching effect. 

Configuring Image Settings Across Different Platforms

  • Via Reolink Client

    Launch Reolink Client and go to Settings > Device > Display page and click Advanced to configure more parameter settings for the camera.  

    display page

    advanced page

  • Via Reolink Web browser

    Applies to: All Reolink cameras and Reolink NVRs except battery-powered cameras, Reolink E1, Reolink E1 Pro, and Reolink Lumus.

    Log in to your device via Web Browser. Click the gear icon on the top right to get to the device settings page. Click Device > Display to configure more image parameter settings for the camera.  display web