I have bought a (B grade) Sentient cctv system from Maplins. I am having nothing but trouble instaling it. First there was a lead missing, a new one was sent out to me which they sent a wrong one out. When they finally sent a right to me I then discover that one of the camera cables was faulty. Now I need to wait till a new lead arrives. My friend and I have fitted the cctv camera with only three of the four cameras working. Now believe it or not more things are going wrong with the system. Both remote controls for DVR and TV don't work, the mouse that they provided is sh*t that doesn't work properly. And for some reason I cannot log into the DVR control panel because I have no password, and nobody at Maplins can help me they don't know how to log in with a manufacturers password. I have found Maplins to be TOTALLY USELESS. Can anyone please help.

The system that I have is a Sentient H.264 4 camera DVR sytem (B grade).

maplins b grade are customer returns for reasons like not working or not what they expected......... i would return your unit ..... dont spend time on it.

another problem with maplins is you will find you will have problems on memory pen format whichwill not allow you to burn off. try and burn and view some of your footage (it takes about 1 to 2 hours to burn 20 mins)

It means un-instaling all the cameras and somehow this seems like giving up but it might be best in the long run and buy from somewhere else. Thanks.

Is anyone able to recommend a CCTV system to buy? I am looking for a four camera system that can take more cameras in the future if required, and one with a decent hard drive.

look at it another way its a "B" grade it has only a month warranty. after that your stuck with crap



what is your budget and where are you based

They assured me that I have a 12 month warranty with it. This is for my shop in Bolton. Budget wise I am looking around £400.00 mark.

yes 12 months (exchange) not money back ..... remember you bought secondhand (they call it B grade)

if installing yourself then £400 is good. dahua dvr and dahua cameras. take alook around the forum about info for dahua. (type in search) there is a distributor in bolton. if you pm me ill pass you his details.

Can you send me the details. I am a computer novice I'm not sure how to PM

Would it be safe to post my email on here.

I sent you an email, I'll have a look at it all for you since I live in Bolton, and see if it isn't something simple before you go spending lots more money. Sentient isn't the particularly good but you've already paid for it so you might aswell see if it will do the job. I can't supply you any equipment as I only supply equipment as part of a complete installed system, but I will be able to point you in the right direction locally.

Mark

To PM a member look their post, at the bottom of the post are some blue buttons on the left, one says PM, click it and send a message in the same way you make a post on the forum but it will only go to that member. To see if you have any PMs look at the top right of the page it shoes the number of new messages you have received, click the text to read your messages.

Talk to yourself NN because the the nube ain't listenin'

I have posted you an email. Hope you received it alright.

ebay is brilliant for used cameras. all the cameras in my system are second hand from ebay. the average cost of each one is about £35. bearing in mind when brand new these cameras go for over £100! and they all came to me in as new condition

although i know what to look for. if you don't know much about the world of cctv it may not be a good idea.

Thank You.

SEntient Dvr user is Admin password is 888888 by default

+1 Look for Bosch 495's, just saw one sell NIB for $50. Would have bought it myself but we have enough cameras...

To cbr1 post, I tried admin password 888888 wouldn't dork. I have since got an email from Maplin telling me the password. Never in a hundred years could I have guesed this password. It was a mixture of numbers and letters.