{"id":452,"date":"2021-02-09T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2021-10-16T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:08:00","slug":"physically-disconnecting-the-speaker-and-microphone-on-the-wyzecam-v3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carson.fenimorefamily.com\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Physically Disconnecting the Speaker and Microphone on the Wyzecam V3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Wyzecam v3 comes with some great features – namely the $20 price tag and excellent starlight sensor. It also comes with a microphone and speaker – both of which have their downsides. For those that wish to disconnect them (say, for privacy reasons) — and don’t fully trust the software “disable” — one can physically disconnect them without damaging the camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NOTE: if you plan to disconnect the speaker you should probably do this only AFTER setting up the camera, as it provides voice prompts during the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estimated time: This takes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1 – Use a plastic spudger such as this one for $1.99 from ifixit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n