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First, make sure you can connect to your DVR from network, try to use a computer connected with cable on your internet (Thomson) router. If that works, you will need to forward the needed ports from the Thomson router to the D-Link router; then again from the D-Link router to the TP-Link router; and then from the TP-Link router to your DVR. I wonder why so many routers in there, do you have more things connected on the D-Link and TP-Link routers besides the DVR?

There is such a gap because otherwise you (and everyone) would be paying for it with a more expensive device. The point of the main stream is to be able to have a recording at the higher possible resolution/frame rate/bit rate, so whenever an event happened you will have the recording stored at the best possible quality. The point of the substream is so you can have a secondary stream on each camera that is light, so you can see it easily from somewhere else, be it a computer, tablet, smartphone, on the network or on the go. Each stream needs to be encoded, analised for events, stored, streamed, etc. and that needs CPU power which the NVR must provide. And each DVR/NVR has to be dessigned so it exceeds the CPU requirements of all channels with the max settings on (so that it is always able to do encoding at the maximum resolution on all channels at the same time, analise for movement detection, detection areas, video loss, sabotage, alarms, record to hard disk, etc) and if you wanted the substrem to be a 1.3mpx video stream instead of just 0.3mpx, that would make the processing requirements higher. If you really do feel the need of having a substream with as much quality as the main stream; just buy a NVR with double the channels you need, if you wanted 4 cameras, get a 8ch NVR, that way you can have each camera two times, and you can have 4 stream on each camera, with 2 of them being able to go to the max settings. Edit: So yes, it is a technical limitation. The fact that a device can encode multiple 1080p streams doesn't mean it can encode two times those streams with the same computing power.

After 4 posts you still have not even bothered to post what tablet you are using, or what software you use to try to access your DVR. And why upload any images that might help? It is better to just say that you have them, but why bother uploading them? Good luck with your H.264 Network DVR.

Saying your DVR is "H.264 DVR" gives as much information as me saying that I just bought a "car that has 4 wheels". H264 is the compression algorithm, and DVR is "digital video recorder". So, any DVR you buy now will be a "H.264 DVR". The whole idea of a forum is to give help; and if you do expect someone to actually be able to help you, you should at least provide a minimum information on what your problem is, since no one here will magically know what DVR you just bought, or what software you are trying to use to access the DVR from your tablet. You are welcome.

You can usually watch main or/and substream, from both LAN or internet. When watching remotely you will be limited to the uppload bandwidth your internet connection has. A 1920x1080 IP camera might have a bitrate of maybe 4-8mbps on the main stream (1080p), and maybe 256-512kbps on the substream (probably D1). You can choose any time what stream you want to watch. Watching the main stream from a smartphone is usually a waste. But, if you want, of course you can watch the main streams from anywhere, keeping in mind of course that if you want to watch the main stream of 4 cameras, and they are configured with a 8mbps main stream, you would need 32mbps of upload bandwidth. An internet connection is no different than a network connection, just slower, and more expensive.

If you can not get it working with a manual, how do you expect anyone to help you at all without a manual, and without even knowing what DVR you are talking about?

Short answer, yes, you will have to buy 4pc 12mm M12 board lens, open the camera, and replace one for another.

If you are using Cat6, you should be using video baluns, anb not those BNC connectors. But if the image quality is fine, oh well... I would be upset too if someone installed me some domes like that, those boxes do look ugly. I would rather have a biger hole (if the BNC can fit, the power connector will do too) and have the connectors inside the house. Also, I also think that the camera does not seem to be an outdoor rated camera, but the picture is too small to tell for sure.

I would try to open the unit, remove the HD, and see if it powers up without the HD. Maybe S.M.A.R.T. was warning you that the HD was failing, and now it did.

That is a Hikvision DVR. You will have to contact your supplier, and probably send the unit back for servicing (maybe not, if you still have a working non-admin working account).

So, what DVR card do you have? Ara you aware that not all cards work with all softwares, and not all softwares work with all cards? Many cards will only work with the software that comes with it.

Any IP camera will do that by using a dynamic DNS; you do not need a static IP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS

Never had an issue. You can connect a laptop directly to an IP camera, DVR, NVR, etc. the same way you would connect it to a switch/hub/router. Many years ago sometimes you had to use a crossed network cable (pins 1-2 3-6 connected to 3-6 1-2). I think nowadays everything is auto sensing, and they will work with a normal cable.

I have been there too... MD sucked on a Dahua IP system I set up. Either I missed too many events, or recorded almost 24/7. I end up configuring scheduled recording during business hours. I also remember testing Dahua NVR with a couple ONVIF IP cameras, and while they were recognised ok, MD was not working at all. So only manual, alarm or scheduled recording was possible. It has been a while, first thing I would do now was to check for the latest firmwares for both NVR and cameras.

While all of us here will know that they did steal the "patinete" (I don't even know how to say that in english, it was a scooter?), the footage would not be good for much with the police. As ssnapier said, they could just say that earlier that day they had left it by your house because some other kid was chasing them, whatever. You do not have any footage of them stealing anything, so they could make up any history that fits what is recorded. Also; the footage won't be of much use the the cops if they do not know who are the ones recorded. Do not expect them to have a database of faces that will give them their names and addresses. If you did know who those kids were, of course it would be more than enough to go have a talk with their parents, so you could hopefully get the scooter back, and have them get reprimended.

This one will work. You could also try using the 2.2A power supply for one camera, and the 3A for the other camera. But 3A should be more than enough for powering both cameras.

You will need another power supply. The one you have now is OK during the day when the IRs are off, but it doesn't supply enough A to make the cameras work at night when the leds turn on.

If puting the DVR on the DMZ works, then that means previously you did not have all the open ports needed. Puting it on the DMZ was just to check if it was (or was not) a problem of port forwarding; and it was. You can leave it on the DMZ, or find what ports you actually need, and forward only those ports.

That is all you have? No video from inside the garage where you can see them clearly? No video of them stealing anything?

Try puting your DVR as the DMZ host, so all connections are forwarded to it.

Hikvision sells this camera with 4mm, 6mm or 12mm lens. So yes, it is possible.

I think so. I say you can. I use the following baluns which use one pair for video, two pairs for power, and the extra pair for either audio or PTZ (it has screw connector). http://www.securame.com/transceptor-pasivo-de-video-alimentacion-audio-ptz-por-par-trenzado-dvt7001-par-p-124.html You really do want to go on the cheap, but yes, you can. Cat6 cable is thicker, and better quality. But with 35m you shouldn't have a problem with Cat5e.

Try connecting another video source on the video input; try connecting the camera on another one of the video inputs. If the problem persists, I would just send the unit back for replacement.

Many DVRs/NVRs can be recorded offline; the problem is at what cost. You will need a stable and very good internet connection to be able to do so smoothly. Let's go big (megapixel), like if I have 4 IP cameras 1920x1080@25fps. Each stream might be about 8mbps, that means I would need an internet connection capable of transmiting at least 32mbps. I would also need somewhere else another connection that can receive with no problem 32mbps, and a computer, NVR, NAS, etc. that will store the recordings there. If what worries you is a break in, it is usually way cheaper to install two DVRs. One in plain view (cheaper DVR, old DVR, non working DVR, whatever) and the real unit hidden somewhere. Once a thief finds the fake one, they will not bother looking for another unit.

That is an IP camera, not an analog camera. So no, it can't control a zoom lens, it doesn't even have RS485 input. It does have digital zoom. Why do you ned zoom? With 5mpx you do not have enough? Where do you want to zoom? And you want zoom without movement? (that is, you want to make zoom on the center of the image)