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I am considering the Vivotek FD8161 for indoor use (home). I like the built in PIR, IR illumination, 2 MP capability, and adjustible lens. However, if I am reading the specs correctly, the width is 155 mm - which seems very large for a home. Anyone used these in a house - seems like they are bigger than other cameras - how did they look? Any similar spec cameras that are smaller? I was originally thinking of the FD8134 since 1 MP would be fine, but the built in PIR seems like it would be pretty nice.

OK - it seems to be working much better in the daytime now - pretty happy with that. But all of the cameras are recording continuously at night - so it looks like you are correct that the camera noise is the main issue. Is there a way to reduce that?

I have an AverDIgi hybrid DVR and 4 CNB VCM-24VF cameras. The AverDigi is set on Motion record, sensitivity 25 out of 100. 3 of the cameras are outdoor, 1 indoor. My issue is when I review the playback, it seems like the cameras are recording nearly continuously. The outside ones I guess I could understand with trees or branches moving from wind, but the one inside is of a stairwell - with no traffic it still seems to be recording. Would changes in light/shadow be triggering it? I looked at the CNB manual, and it looks like the camera has settings for motion sensitivity. I don't know what each is currently set at, or how you actually access each camera menu (some of the cameras are high up under eves and not easily accessible). Any advice as to how to improve my motion recording? I am assuming I am missing something obvious here since even the default setting seems like it should work better. I contacted the person that installed the cameras, and the response was that I should mask the trees outside. Any advice? Update: OK - I am not very bright - I have been playing with the settings quite a bit and had switched it to Smart recording - which is low frame rate all the time and max frame rate with motion. OOPS! I will try again on Motion record, sensitivity 25 out of 100.

Awesome - really appreciate the help. One more question if I could (this should be easier). I have it set to Motion recording, Sensitivity at 70. Ideally it would only record cars or people etc. But it seems to be recording most of the time - so even very minor things are triggering it (leaves moving). Any suggestions on what to set the sensitivity to?

Out of curiosity do you have a proxy setup in IE, or auto detect turned on? (Tools, Internet Options, Connections tab, LAN Settings) Both of those could slow the initial load. Otherwise not sure but as you said doesn't really matter if the viewer is working. All this is good info for me too as I'll be getting an Aver hybrid very soon. Turned off auto detect, but no difference in load speed. I also have a few other internet add ons that initially load really slow. Just going to have to chalk that up to a computer mystery I am not going to solve! I least I can view the DVR now with remote viewer - speed is fine on that.

Wow - you guys are awesome! I uninstalled program in IE and re-installed on the desktop. Now it is back working again. I then downloaded remote viewer and it seems to be working properly on the desktop!! The web viewer still loads very slowly on the desktop vs the laptop which is very odd. But, the remote viewer runs quickly so I don't really care. I turned off windows firewall to see if the web viewer would run faster, but I didn't notice any difference. I don't currently have anti-virus running. Thanks everyone for the really fast help!

Ok - I am getting somewhere, much thanks to both of you. I tried one of my older laptaps which is on wireless. It ran the webviewer without problem. So, I then clicked on remote viewer and it installed it. Here is the strange thing. Webviewer loads VERY quickly on this laptop (a huge suprise). It works great! Remote viewer also loads very quickly. So both appear to work as I would have hoped. It's awesome! But there is no reason wireless should be much faster than desktop (it isn't for anything else) - so I need to get the desktop working. So, now I just have to figure out why my superfast desktop has never run Webviewer quickly, and why it is no longer running on explorer. I ran explorer in adminsitrator mode - didn't make a difference. I cleared the temp internet files - still didn't work. I think if I could uninstall the ActiveX control that initially ran the first time and let it re-install I would probably be OK. Any idea how to do that?

Thanks tomcctv and benf for the really quick replies! I upgraded to IE 9 because I was hoping it would fix the problem. It was working fine previously on IE 8, and then stopped working. I tried compatibility mode, but I am getting a C++ debug compatibility error, and then it crashes. It won't let me install the remote viewer as tomcctv suggested because I have to login first. As soon as I login, it crashes. I tried to load in google chrome as well as safari, but it says it is loading software and then never does. I will try this on another computer and see what happens.

sounds like you are using the webviewer and not the remote viewer also which ports are you using ?? Correct - I was trying to use the webviewer. The desktop software installed is Remote iSetup, Remote iBackup, and Qplayer. Is there another program I am missing? I can view the cameras in remote iSetup, and that that is definitely faster. Is that what you mean? Can I review the recorded video through iSetup as well? I don't recall ever setting the ports during setup. When I go into Remote iSetup, it says the port setting is 80.

I set up an AverDigi EH1000H hybrid DVR and 4 analong CNB cameras. I was planning on adding IP cameras to the setup, but I am having problems with the AverDigi. I will admit I found the initial setup a bit difficult, and the documentation not very good. The remote viewing seems very slow (from a computer connected to the network). It takes almost a minute to load the remote viewer from internet explorer, which seems pretty slow (I have a i7 desktop and gigabit router/switches). I also was never able to figure out how to review video from the desktop (I could do it attached to the Averdigi with a local monitor). In any case, my question/current issue is that when I enter the IP address from internet explorer, it eventually loads the remote viewer and the login. However, as soon as I enter the login ID/password, IE crashes. So I can't access the remote viewer. I am using the latest version of IE (version 9) - which I upgraded to hoping that would fix the issue. It didn't. Any suggestions? As an aside, would another hybrid DVR have quicker remote viewing capability? I am tempted to purcase a hybrid NVR like QNAP and use encoders for the 4 analogs. Is there any way to the use Aver simply as an encoder for the QNAP? I am sure the Averdigi is a great device, as it seems to be popular, but thus far it has been a frustration!

Has anyone tried this camera on an Avermedia EH Hybrid DVR? It's not listed on the compatibility list - wonder if it would work...

Hi. just so as you are not pulling your hair out when setting up. this hybrid only takes 4 ip cameras max Yep. Good point. I will be starting out with 4, eventually moving to a dedicated NVR.

Thanks NotoriousBRK and ak357. I will only have 5 cameras - 2 will be 1 megapixel, 1 will be 2 megapixel and 2 will be 3 megapixel. Sounds like it shouldn't be a problem. NotoriousBRK - One question on the setup you mentioned. That's what I was planning - 2 dedicated switches. One for the cameras and NVR (Switch 1), one for everything else (Switch 2). I was planning on connecting each separately to the internet wireless router. In your example, I think you suggested connecting the camera switch (Switch 1) to the computer/printer switch (Switch 2) which is then connected to the router. Is there some advantage to linking them like that or is it better to connect them separately to the internet router? Thanks!

I am trying to design my hybrid camera network and need some basic networking advice. I have the analog cameras installed and connected to an Aver EH1008H hybrid DVR. I am now trying to figure out the IP portion of the system. My plan is to have my cable modem connected to a Linksys E4200 Gigabit 4 port router. One wired connection on the Linksys will go to a Trendnet 16 port Gigabit wired switch. All my computers, printers, etc will be connected to that Trendnet switch. A second wired connection on the Linksys will go to a Gigabit POE Switch (still trying to pick that out). That switch will be used for connecting the IP cameras and the AverEH1008. I am trying to set this up so that the IP/DVR switch does not slow down everything else on the network. Is this the correct way to design it with 2 separate switches? Is this all I need to do? How do I ensure that the cameras/DVR are "separate" from everything else but still accessible? Sorry, I realize this is a pretty basic question, but any general networking advice would be appreciated!

Has anyone tried the View-DR technology at night? How does it do dealing with car headlights?