I also hate the mouse with the short cord, but a cordless mouse will take care of that

The wired optical mouse that comes with it is fine if I was going to set this up on a desk with its own dedicated monitor, so bear that in mind if that's your intended setup

A wireless mouse will solve the problem and let us review the footage from the comfort of the couch

In order to get the QR code to use it with your cell phone you need to hook it up to an HDMI cable / monitor, then use the crappy mouse to type in a password and then hook it up to the internet.

One of the main issues I have is that it will not support a remote keyboard/mouse