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  1. Hi. You will have to restart your recorder to detect mouse.
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    Need help with custom camera setup

    $300 will not get you 3-4 camera system To keep it simple for you a NVR with built in Poe and 4 cameras Tvi or cvi is your cheapest option but you will need a dvr for what ever format you go
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    Fake ptz camera

    Hi. Community park ........ Deter kids from going down there??? Have you never wondered why local authorities or police don't use dummy cameras. Then you have the legal problems that will go with a fake or real camera in a public place.
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    Can anyone suggest

    Why is your comparison site only showing old analog systems ? Why are we going backwards ....... ..?
  5. The review was really helpful. Thanks. Hi. Bad review .... First that camera is not for outdoors 2nd you asked for IR That cameras IR will not give you any light for your distance and most of all it is a low res and no good. I would look for a hikvision 2 or 3mp with IR
  6. Hi. The link is from a spam don't use the site ... What footage are you looking at catching Axis avigilon and Sony and bosh will give you good lowlight
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    Firmware for DS-7208HQHI

    Nope.. From Manchester.. But there is no guarantee they didnt get it from China.. But they are a reputible seller, so i would be surprised.. Will update the Firmware and see how it goes. Hopefully it "fixes" the issue i have, if not i will make a post as, its possible this is just a feature/option i am overlooking. Reputible seller would not send you a 2014 fw unit that why I asked. Before you do any FW what problems are you having. Europe units have a patch on over a 1.500 recall of the DS7208 And this patch must be done BEFORE a fw update
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    Firmware for DS-7208HQHI

    Hi. Before you do a update it's important to say where you got your recorder from ...... Did you buy from China ?
  9. Hi. If you only do 5% then use cat5 with baluns as you already use cat cable for the other 95% And you will find it cheaper
  10. Hi. If using LAN why not just call each camera to both NVRs
  11. It has to be a Hikvision IP camera, it does not support third parties. No way? I didnt realise that. Glad i asked now, as i assumed ALL IP cameras were supported.. This has just upped my bidget as Hikvision IP cameras arnt cheap. Edit. Actually, they arnt as expensive as i thought.. The DS-2CD2035-I is about £60-£70 Hi. That is a out of date camera .... No updates
  12. It's the licence that is given upgrade status. So yes it's still in place for backward compatibility And that is not piracy
  13. Experts in 50ohm not 75 were copper is best . You still have not said which format your cameras are Unlike you ham experts I have over 30 years and I would still look into cat5 First it's cheaper as you get 4 cameras down one cable plus a year or so you might want better once you have CCTV and cat5 runs all formats Sorry.. I should have said, its Hikvision and therefore TVI... First of all, I am not saying that copper is NOT best.. Of course it is, certainly better than CCA and CCS cables.. I am just saying that my 2 "expert" friends do not believe that this will be a problem for 7-15m runs (I have done some measurements and they are even shorter than I thought).. Their view is that at these sort of lenghts it won't matter.. I also do not doubt that CAT5 is better.. And in truth, I have more CAT5 than I know what to do with it (as I work in IP).. But the additional costs of baluns put me off. I just preferred COAX as it just feels stronger.. Since my DVR is in the airing cupboard, I just felt that it was easy to put strain on the cables and felt that a Coax and BNC felt better for my application.. But since all my cabling is in a loft space with 20mm holes into the eaves, I could so easily pull CAT5 through in a matter of minutes if I wanted too. So I am stuck with COAX now, even if I wanted to change, its too late as I can't get the CAT5 from work, and the cost of Baluns would be 2x the cost of COAX. With hindsight, I would have ordered some Baluns from China (Which cost £1 per pair (not sure if they are any good)) and would have done the whole thing in CAT5... But its too late for that now.. I am commited. Jon Hi you don't need to go China for £1 baluns ..... U.K. Is full of £1 baluns. By saying dvr I guess your installing analog system ..... So yes at that cable distance you should be fine.
  14. Getting personal again are you Let me educate you and Google if you don't understand Microsoft and Linux Canonical have been partners for the last 3 months So again no licence problems So I stand by my post in saying YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT PIRACY. Red bull racing is using it now
  15. Experts in 50ohm not 75 were copper is best . You still have not said which format your cameras are Unlike you ham experts I have over 30 years and I would still look into cat5 First it's cheaper as you get 4 cameras down one cable plus a year or so you might want better once you have CCTV and cat5 runs all formats
  16. Facina RG59 CCTV Is the one to get. The other has coated power
  17. It is approved by Microsoft ..... So no problem with piracy or licence.
  18. It depends on what CCTV format you are going ....... Use crap coax with tvi or cvi and you will have quality problems . City electrical factors have good coax But if you give your location
  19. Depends also on which camera format you are using . Which part of uk are you Copper would be best ..... If you can't get good rg59 look at cat5 cable My dilema now is that i yave the cable and i have te BNCs and need to start the install on Monday (as i have a week off to do it). I dont have anywhere locally to supply bew Coax and certainly not Baluns.. So i am pretty stuffed. Considering all my runs are less than 20m, is CCS really going to cause a problem? Jon
  20. Copper would be best ..... If you can't get good rg59 look at cat5 cable
  21. http://www.bigasoft.com/articles/lvf-avi-converter.html
  22. Hi have the cameras ever worked ??? 16 to go down at same time Have you tried cameras individual on a other monitor Does your gui show on monitor from recorder Are your camera comparable with recorder
  23. Hi. You could use twist on BNC connectors. Or you could find BNC that come with 2 different pin sizes
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    Hikvision HQHI box vs HGHI

    Hi. If you have 8ip cameras none of your links will do as they are both limited to IP camera number ..... Why are you going tribrid if you have IP cameras
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