Are There Any Doorbell Monitors Available In Brazil?

@roddiesho i have ring in brazil and it works perfectly

If you might like to monitor more than just your front door, I have had installed a camera system in my house and grounds, as well as in a small condominium where I have investments. It is completely self contained, supplied by a Brazilian company, installed by a local guy, and records 24 hours a day on to a hard drive, which re-records over the images every 15 days or so. Personally I have 8 cameras in total, also connected to the internet so it is possible to monitor from elsewhere...

We have used Intelbras products at our condos in Brazil and find them to be reliablehttps://www.intelbras.com/pt-br/seguranca-eletronica/interfonia/residencial

When in Sao Paulo, visit Rua Santa Efigenia by old downtown.  The whole street is like a Giant Radio Shack. 

It's like a beehive.   Lots of surveillance gear vendors. 

@dedecadaver Thanx, I might have had old information, I will check it out.

Roddie in Retirement

@Peter Itamaraca Thanx, I will try to work with it as well as some of the other suggestions. We really are kind of a senior retirement complex, I will encourage   my wife to do it.  We actually had a monitor system that observed my 96 year old mother when she was in Rhode Island as well as a GPS on my daughters car in the USA, that  my wife both operated from  Brazil  Thanx!

Roddie in Retirement

I use a host of intelbras equipment, so far been fairly reliable, i got about 6 1080p outdoor motion tracking cameras , doorbell ones not needed, i got cameras at the door angled out to see both directions street level but all depends on your finances.

intelbras apps do support english for accessing the camera software, however you may need to rely on local storage if you wish to keep recordings

As long as you have internet, Ring works. I saw the same statement from Amazon, I think what it means is that they won't warrantee the camera while being used in Brazil. My Ring works fine there.

yeah, not saying the ring doesnt work. but based on the antitrust probes against the ring company, not something i would personally suggest ( dont let my opinion hinder anyone just if you want to know look up issues with ring employees watching and sharing personal private videos )

Unique and strong passwords for your wifi and ring camera are the best ways to avoid hacking.

@Mikeflanagan  Thanx, suprisingly my wife is gung ho for this. We actually had a Blink Mini from Amazon when my now 96 year old brazilian mother was in R.I. and my wife was in her house in Brazil.  Now my mother is in Ceara and she is the top priority for getting the cameras.  We have three homes in my wife's Senior Retirement Campus here and it would really help in monitoring me, my mother and my wife's uncle since we are all spread out. Obviously there is a security concern, but it really is about keeping an eye on us.

Any suggestion from the Amazon.com basket.?

Roddie in Retirement

P.S. Also, my wife - bless her heart, -  had a portable GPS attached to my daughter's car so she could monitor our daughters' movements even though at the time our daughter was in Maryland and my wife was in Brazil. Any chance of getting that for our almost new car in Brazil, in case someone steals it.

    Unique and strong passwords for your wifi and ring camera are the best ways to avoid hacking.
   

    -@EricPau

it was their employees doing this so they didnt need passwords or anything lol.

    @Mikeflanagan  Thanx, suprisingly my wife is gung ho for this. We actually had a Blink Mini from Amazon when my now 96 year old brazilian mother was in R.I. and my wife was in her house in Brazil.  Now my mother is in Ceara and she is the top priority for getting the cameras.  We have three homes in my wife's Senior Retirement Campus here and it would really help in monitoring me, my mother and my wife's uncle since we are all spread out. Obviously there is a security concern, but it really is about keeping an eye on us.
Any suggestion from the Amazon.com basket.?

Roddie in Retirement

P.S. Also, my wife - bless her heart, -  had a portable GPS attached to my daughter's car so she could monitor our daughters' movements even though at the time our daughter was in Maryland and my wife was in Brazil. Any chance of getting that for our almost new car in Brazil, in case someone steals it.
   

    -@roddiesho

For outside, look up Câmera Externa Inteligente iM7 Full Color Branco Intelbras , I have closed circut version of these, however if she faces internet outages in her area, you can always get microsd cards to toss in so it continues to record without internet. you can install an app for android / apple phones that allows you to view remotely. why you can use these versus the ring camera. these have two way mics, and you can set your phone to notify when someones at the door etc, or if shes in distress and you can see you can communicate with her outside or inside or wherever you mount these cameras - the quality has been excellent in terms of audio both ways.

I've used Ring doorbells in Brasil for about five years. They work fine. Their cloud recording subscription, which I purchase in Canada, also works well in Brasil. I also have Blink cameras, which work here.

@Mikeflanagan OK, and thanx again. After much shopping I purchased 4 of this exact model. My wife had an installer come by this weekend and apparently there was much conversation about extras I needed to go along with them Any Idea of what else I may need.

Roddie in Retirement

Well if you want to simplify access. get a tablet that you can mount on the wall if you want to be fancy so you can view all cameras at once.

other things are soley dependant on if you are planning on wired or wifi, if wifi you want to do hidden wifi networks that are not publicly avaliable. preferrably not a router setup that has band steering enabled ( 2.4g+5g blended into 1 network name) these cause issues for smart home devices.

if its a possibility, go wired because wireless is about as secure and solid as a stop sign in rural texas. lol and if you have any downtime its based on your internet at that location going down either way all is controlled well quality video recording and audio and due to being wired you dont get wifi throttling in events of interference in the area ( like rain )

11/19/23    Hello dear friends !
I hope you are fine and doing well. I have got invitation letter from Brazil me and my friend both are Electrical Engineering i want to visit him but I don't know how to process invitation letter and get visa can you guid me
thank you!
   

    -@Rafiullah Hamkar

Good morning.   Check the website for the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate nearest to your location, and follow the directions to request a VIVIS visitor visa.  If the instructions are not clear, send them an email asking how to apply, and telling them that you have been invited to visit Brazil.

    If you might like to monitor more than just your front door, I have had installed a camera system in my house and grounds, as well as in a small condominium where I have investments. It is completely self contained, supplied by a Brazilian company, installed by a local guy, and records 24 hours a day on to a hard drive, which re-records over the images every 15 days or so. Personally I have 8 cameras in total, also connected to the internet so it is possible to monitor from elsewhere...    -@Peter Itamaraca

@peter_itamaraca, closed loop systems are great for self-monitoring.  What happens when there is a burglary in progress?  Is there a need to pay for a monitoring service that will deter or respond to vandalism / burglary?

@Pablo888

That is far too hi-tech for this area! Actually I am sure it exists in some lower form, but response times will not do much to deter...!

Of course you can always pay a lot more and receive a better service, but nobody I know has ever found themselves in a position to require this, although I am sure it exists in Sao Paulo, for example.

Here more simple devices like property management, exterior lighting, security grills, dogs, caretakers, friendly neighbours, etc seem to do the trick!

@Pablo888 @Peter Itamaraca I am going to follow the road Peter has paved. The "real" reason to have them is because my Brazilian mother is 96 and thanx to my wife we have 3 separate houses on her property. Separated by hundreds of feet. My wife has a very successful Sorvette business that is often busy in the early evening and even though we have a live-in caretaker she is often part of the business and none of us have the opportunity to monitor my mother when it gets busy.

As far as the Robbers are concerned it is more of What they don't know will help us. If we have 3 visible video monitors, 2 guard dogs and a next door neighbor with half a dozen bulls and a low fence, I hope this will help deter them from coming onto our property.

In truth we are in a small village of 2,500 in North Eastern Brazil. The nearest Police station is 2 hours away.

Roddie in Retirement

P.S. We also have extensive lighting and I have seen one of our friendly neighbors, of course a frequent customer of our Sorvette business, with  a long barrel shotgun.

with  a long barrel shotgun.
        -@roddiesho

This seems to solve a lot of problems. How acceptable is this in rural / vacation areas?  Assuming that urban areas should be well covered in terms of police service.

If the goal is to monitor remotely and take action remotely , there are solutions for those too but will this be too much a "wild west" scenario?

Man, I couldn't tell a thing.   Seems like you have all of your bases covered . Perhaps install some sirens and activate them via your cell phone when your phone receives a signal of an intruder.

Where I live, a doorbell monitor is called a porterio.

I have a few cane corsos and imported my presa canario. People have never seen such a large dog before lol that on its own is a deterrent lol

@hocytek3 Simba is  a beagle, voted the personal dog that barks the most. My wife also has a vicious female dog that barks very loudly. They are a very dangerous pair....Did I tell you about the Bulls next door.

Roddie in Retirement

@Pablo888 Our police and fire are two hours away. I only saw my neighbor do target process a long time ago, so I do not think it is an issue. FYI, we are in an area where we do not have official help, just great neighbors.

Lol  @roddiesho wife has a beagle. it confuses people when they come to our door, giant towering dogs and one little beagle lol

@Mikeflanagan ....8 Noisy Dog Breeds That Bark All Day Long

1. Beagles

Beagles are some of the cutest dogs ever, and they were bred for rabbit hunting as well as other animals like wild pigs and jackals. Nowadays, these lovely pups are some of the people's favorite house pets, thanks to their intelligence as well as their goofy personalities.

Beagles aren't just typical barkers because they have a deep and long sound when they pick up a scent and want to tell you all about it. They love to play and go outside for walks, so if you plan on getting a pup like this, you should know that their hearing is really strong, which means that they might pick up howling from other dogs in the neighborhood as well as trains and other loud noises.

Don't under estimate your Beagle

Roddie in Retirement

@Peter Itamaraca Since this will probably be the most definitive thread on video security on EXPAT.COM,  I just wanted to add that my wife came up with a new twist.

Due to privacy concerns she is connecting the video camera's to a burner phone that only my wife and myself will share depending on who needs to do the monitoring. She discovered that the video camera in my 96year old mother's room picks up conversations in the entire house - public or private. The one that covers my house also picks up conversations at the pool and yard.  Some of these conversations may include the staff, so she wishes to keep them private.

Roddie in Retirement

    @Peter Itamaraca Since this will probably be the most definitive thread on video security on EXPAT.COM,  I just wanted to add that my wife came up with a new twist.
Due to privacy concerns she is connecting the video camera's to a burner phone that only my wife and myself will share depending on who needs to do the monitoring. She discovered that the video camera in my 96year old mother's room picks up conversations in the entire house - public or private. The one that covers my house also picks up conversations at the pool and yard.  Some of these conversations may include the staff, so she wishes to keep them private.

Roddie in Retirement-@roddiesho

@roddiesho, it's not necessary to buy an extra burner phone number to achieve privacy.  What is needed is a server that allows web access via https / ssh.... You can easily run that web server on a beagle board or a raspberry pi.  The administrator grants / denies access to whoever needs it.

I have built and deployed thousands of those systems before.

Is this not available in Brazil?

Yeah, most devices are pretty sensitive in this aspect, However you can disable / enable microphone per camera via the application and it shuts off mic recording.

Had to turn down my mic on mine because it was picking up what the workers down the street were saying, what a nuance, lol.

@Mikeflanagan Good Idea, but I think there may be another shoe to drop, so I'll stick with the wife's reasoning and protocol.

Roddie in Retirement

@Pablo888 I wanted to cut and paste the answer I gave to Mike, but in short, When the Wife Speaks...

Roddie in Retirement

@roddiesho, agree.  Happy wife, happy life....;-)