I have just purchased an Avtech 780W DVR from a UK shop (online). Was really looking forward to getting it all set up and ready to record (mainly motion detection). This is the first DVR I have owned.
http://www.avtech.com.tw/english/product_13_784w.htm
I installed all the wires and camera and then powered up but nothing seemed to really happen. I had no picture on the TV. Took me ages to find the problem. The instructions book is useless that comes with it. I removed the hard disk and noticed that the pins were not alligned with the rack, so I adjusted this and re-installed. It then worked, the quality seemed fine and the motion detection appeared to work nicely. Thinking I had now a working DVR I started to play around with it a little more but only to find that the picture would cut out and I would not be able to get it back. Even after turning off and then back on (which in itself takes ages to turn off!) there was still no picture output.
I removed the hard disk once again and pushed back in thinking it might be the disk not connecting properly I managed to get it working again, but the slighest movement to the unit would break it again! Some times I would get the HD light always on after re-installing the disk sometimes with a picture, sometimes without, but with no recording (hard disk problem message.) It's driving me mad, do I have a faulty unit or is there something that I should do that is not described in the instructions?
Any help would be great. Also... if I have to send this back then I might not want to get the same one again (depending on what you tell me about it), so is there a better one available for around the same price available in the UK?
Many thanks.
Shawn
