Recent content by JB1970

Strange. I was just thinking about this and wondered (long shot) if you had changed the 'Device No' on either the previous one new NVR, as that would prevent your saved IR codes working on the new NVR if that address was different to previous. The default is 255 and I've only ever needed to...

The camera can be updated directly to the latest 5.7.19, the only issue being that Smart Search/VCA Search will no longer work if you want to retrospectively search recordings for anything other than Human/Vehicle. For example "who's fecking cat shat all over my garden last night? I know I'll...

I'm certainly no expert on compression, but read that there can be micro delays in VBR adjusting the bit rate as motion is picked up that can cause these 'see through' problems. As for H264 vs H265, the improvements in H265 are generally seen as storage saving, while it needs more resources to...

I get the beeps at start up and I tried adding the beeps as an alarm action. You used to be able to disable the buzzer in the maintenance page on V4 but I've not looked on V5. You could also enable it/disable it fro specific system events like HDD fail, IP address conflict, illegal login etc...

The M model has an identical front panel to the I model so I'd imagine the remote control will still work. Hikvision stopped providing an IR remote with their NVRs many years ago. I've lost count of how many I've binned as the buttons weren't well matched to the NVR functions (it's far easier...

Yes the 2 in M2 refers to the numbers of SATA HDD connections so you can pop a second one in.

If low light performance is important the 4MP models might be a better option. As both the 4 and 8 MP models use the same 1/1.8" sensor, the 4MP will outperform the 8MP. You'll have a choice of either the current DS-23x7G2H-LISU/SL or the new DS-23x7G3-LISU2Y/SL (ColorVu 3.0). Hikvisions...

No you can go back to the live screen and it’ll complete in the background

You mention that sometimes only some days are shown for playback and that would be a symptom of corruption of the recording database. On the storage page tick the box next to the disk, and rather than format/initialise use the 'Repair Database' option. This will take some time to run, but just...

I'd already downgraded the firmware on mine to 2.2.78 because of issues I was having with Hik-Connect. As it happens mine is now knackered; the daytime image is pink suggesting that the IR cut filter is jammed so I'll have to return it.

It looks as though this version (3.7.0_250317) has been pulled. On both the global and UK firmware pages as well as the product page it is no longer available and is showing the previous version (2.2.78_241012) as the most current firmware.

As Kyle mentioned, he'd left that camera on its default settings; Auto Exposure with 100% gain, 1/12sec exposure time (will cause image blur), H265+. I do think that the G3 provides a clearer image than previous models; better colour image day and night, brighter and sharper mono image when...

It's simply an unstable network connection... ...probably caused by these. Noise in the electrical circuit to which they're connected can affect how well they work. It might not be apparent at the time that you connect them and a speed test would only show you the results for that brief...

You should hear audio as soon as the camera live stream is opened. 2 way audio is available once the microphone icon is clicked, just the same as any other 2 way audio camera. Just turn the volume up a little on your phone, you'll actually hear that the audio is there but clicking the 2 way...

I noticed a couple missing on my system earlier but they've now appeared. While demonstrating a job this morning I noticed that the pictures weren't loading on the customers app. Also when I walked around the perimeter, the push notifications were coming through delayed, some of them after I'd...