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  1. Posted

    Is there a reasonably priced dvr that will record audio as well as video onto a usb back up.?

    the avtech records audio and you can hear it on playback but it doesn't put it on to the backup disc.

    I'm assuming this is because the box continues to record what's going on currently during a usb backup and the's only one input and output for audio and it can't do two things at once. . . . .

  2. Posted

    My outside camera flicks on and off and goes off for a short time in the dark. Then it comes back on and stays on for the rest of the night. It's all right during the day.

    It's a good quality colour camera with a 3.5 - 8mm computar lens.

    Should I be tweaking one of the adjustable bits on the outside of the camera or is the fault likely to lay elswhere?

  5. Posted

    Bought and installed an Avtech machine only to find later that it can't broadcast sound over the net as well as pictures. (they don't mention this of course)

    Is there any way to do this or is there some other DVR (4ch) that will put up sound as well as pics that isn't inordinately expensive?

  7. Posted

    THE ROUTER PERIODICALLY DROPS OUT AND WHEN IT'S REBOOTED, IT ASSIGNS A DIFFERENT ADDRESS TO THE DVR BOX.

    E.G. 192.168.0.3 INSTEAD OF .2

    I THEN HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO WORK TO PORT FORWARD THE NEW ADDRESS IN ORDER TO GET IT TO WORK ON THE NET AGAIN.

    ONLY THE DVR BOX IS CONNECTED TO THE ROUTER BY THE WAY.

    IS THERE A WAY ROUND THIS?

  9. Posted

    They can always get at the box if they have a real mind to.

    I have notices saying that recordings are being monitored externally.

    I've also left the old video recorder there with a tape in it so they can take that.

    Most burglars are pretty thick so they'll recognize that and not look any further . . . . .

  13. Posted

    Default password is admin/admin.

    How do you alter it in the Video Server E software? I've altered it in the DVR box but can't find the way in the software at home.

    It says in the manual to enter the 'system config account' in the supplied software but there's no mention in there of accounts or passwords. . .

    Thanks

    Bob

  14. Posted

    I haven't updated IE or changed any settings. I checked them all three times over.

    It must be port forwarding OK otherwise, I wouldn't receive the pictures via the video server software.

    My business partner gets exactly the same at her house. She can access via software but not IE so the fault must be at the sending end (I.E. router or DVR box)

  15. Posted

    It's a static address. There's only the dvr box connected.

    As I said, I can view it OK at home as long as I use the video server software. It just won't show up on Internet Explorer.

    I've re-booted everything.

    The reason I need to view through IE is so that I can access the router remotely as well as the dvr box . . .

  16. Posted

    I can log in to my AVC box remotely using the remote software but I suddenly can't access it through internet explorer (I could before)

    It's the same on different machines.

    I've looked at all the settings til I'm blue in the face.

    The address is definitley right - with colon followed by the port number - indeed, it's the same as the one in the server software.

    I've tried clearing the cache, turning off the firewall, checked all the settings in the router twice over. I'm just mystified and the other person with access is experiencing the same at her house.

    Any suggestions?

  18. Posted

    Thanks for your reply.

    I was beginning to suspect that it didn't transmit live since there was no mention of it anywhere.

    Does that mean that if I download a backup over the net I won't get any sound either because that will have recorded the sound?

  20. Posted

    Mikey

    I've got mine set on CIF normal. I record all four cameras on screen and it's fine. The resolution is a bit lower but still great pictures - and you get a lot longer recording time depending on how big your hard drive is. (mine is 200gb)

    As for usb. I've found that some don't work and some do but the back up time is incredibly slow. Better to use a disk. You could change the cd writer for a dvd writer but that depends on how long the back ups you want are . . .

    Bob

  24. Posted

    Avtech 782 box is recording and playing sound ok but I can't access the sound over the internet .

    Read the manual but there's no mention of this.

    Is it possible to hear it over the internet? Have I missed a step out?

    Thanks

    Bob

  25. Posted

    J.

    Thanks for your reply.

    Motion detection isn't activated. What I meant was: At the office, everything is viewed fine, in real time but watching the images over the net, it's extremely slow and jerky and I wondered if they was any way to buffer it so that you see it after a time delay when it's caught up - much as you get when downloading streaming video over the internet. . . .

    Bob

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