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Hi, I have a dvr with 500gb hard drive, it records for around 2 weeks before overwriting footage I want to only record 3 days then it overwrites Is this a common setting on dvr's? Or can I be done? Thanks

i have purchased this out right 1 year ago from this company, only getting round to setting it up and getting an error "HARD DISK FAIL" looking to know if anyone has used it before or anything about it as it is completely unbranded and i dont know where to start

in what "format" should i format the disk too? NTFS? Fat? Fat32? etc before deleting the partition? Downloaded maxtor software(Max Blast) to try the zero fill method but there does not seem to be an option to do that thanks for the info guys

Hi have had problems with hard drive which came in DVR so i have 2nd hard disk that i know is running in a pc and want to use this in DVR now. my question is how to get this hard disk back to factory settings(as in when you ake it out of the static packet) , this hard disk has some windows files on it which i no longer need EDIT: by the way its a maxtor hard disk

the unfortunate thing is i did buy this model from a uk online security company called "Security Max" about a year ago, they since have closed down. if anyone can shed any light on this for me

Anyone know this DVR? looking model number or any details about it as it seems unbranded and very little details are with it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CCTV-4Ch-HDD-DVR-Digital-Video-Recorder-USB-Backup_W0QQitemZ360040869734QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CCTV?hash=item53d41baf66&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

not sure if i fully understand but i cant get a cat5 cable between DVR in shed and computer in house need this to be wireless

yes there is a clear line of sight, sorry did'nt know what that ment not sure if power is supplied from house to shed Dont really need control of the DVR just need to view the camera's from the house so analog wireless system maybe ok for the job For a point to point network wifi network do i need a broadband connection in the shed and the house? sorry would like someone to explain this system

no yard is concrete so cables cant be buried house and shed is just built in usual block

hi just been to look at a job and the customer wants a camera system with dvr setup in a shed about 200yards from his house, he is happy with the dvr to stay recording away in the shed but wants to be able to watch the camera's from his house. As it's all concrete between house and shed i cannot use a wired system! What is my options and where to purchase etc.... thanks in advance

cheers for the reply have disk set to master and DVR is picking it up as master It came with hard disk (Sea Gate) 250GB IDE. Started up unit and got the "HARD DISK FAIL" and tried everything. Then as i thought it needed formatted i have connect the disk to a pc and formatted it to fat32, recorder and hard disk has never been out of box from new in 1 1/2 years.

Hi have bought a 4ch DVR and when setup and recording it stops and displays "HARD DISK FAIL" I then formatted the hard disk from the DVR itself, to no avail. anyone any ideas? Would the hard disk be faulty or does it need formatted to fat 32 etc? Any help appreciated