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Hikvision has a very good PCNVR software available for free download on their website, but probably will only work with their cameras. Has web-interface and worked on my phone too. and its freeee

Try to increase the frame rate and bitrate for mainstream Main menu->Record->Encoding (or parameters) ->frame rate change to 15+ for main-stream for a smooth picture, Max bitrate around 3000-4000kbps. If you get a laggy picture when seeing the cameras in small blocks (2x2, 3x3), change the substream option by following the steps above but under the substream tab and I usually do D1, full frames, 1500kbps.

From experience many linksys routers can do it. alot of netgears routers can't.

Did you put in the gateway in the NVR? 'I have a Comcast cable modem and a Linksys router' Looks like you have two routers. Linksys is usually 192.168.1.x while Comcast is 10.1.10.x. Type in 10.1.10.1 and see if it brings you to the comcast router, if it does, then configure port forwarding on the comcast router and forward to the IP of the linksys routers, which you then already set up to forward to the IP of the NVR. default comcast business class user and pw is cusadmin and highspeed if you need. for residential is admin and password .

Finally got an answer from vendor : we can just cut them . thanks for your help!

Hi guys, I have no idea what to connect this with, the vendor did not include a cable with this. I think I just cut and strip the audio cable then connect to a cable to RCA plug to use with a mic? Thanks for any ideas!

I would like some advice about the live view from a 32 ch NVR by Hikvision... Even though it is the live view straight from the HDMI port of the NVR to the TV, there is still a very noticeable lag/stuttering. I understand the compression happens at the camera side and it is inherent in IP system that whatever the record frame-rate is set to will also be the live view frame-rate. Due to bandwidth issues, in order to have the highest quality picture, I have to compromise with a lower frame rate (I set this at 15fps). But the lag is like stop and go....not even 15fps. I have the bitrate mode set to Constant. I also understand that when viewing many cameras at once, the NVR switch to the substream (as in a 4x4 configuration) I am going to try to set the substream to 30 fps @ D1 resolution and give it about 1000 kbps per camera. I will check for any bottle necks at the network too, maybe they are using a cat5 cable from the poe switch to the router or the router can't handle it. and try to plug in the PoE switch to the Lan instead of to the router and see if the stuttering still happens. My question is, do you have any advice or favorite settings regarding resolution/bitrate management on the NVR that gives you a smooth live view with great pictures?

Thanks for your suggestions!

It is a liquor store. I feel like many of our clients are still used to the full frames of live view of analog cameras and can't accept any lag of IP. Total will be 21-22 x 1.3 mp cameras with 2-3 x 2MP thrown in there, the machine is for 32 ch and 8 built-in PoE. The machine is rated at 160Mbps. This is kind of suspicious though, as before a firmware upgrade the machine was only rated at 80 Mbps. It seems like it is unreal that a firmware upgrade can double your bandwidth. But under Cameras, the 'Net Idle Bandwidth' says 160 Mbps now when no cameras plugged in. The lag isn't there when you full-screen 1 camera and 15fps looks smooth, but just at the 4x4 screen the stuttering happens. I typically set the cameras at 4000-5000 Kbps/Constant/Higher quality/ 15fps and highest resolution that the camera is rated at for main stream, then 1000 kbps /constant/higher/15fps and D1 for sub-stream. Thank you for your help!

Hi, Please keep in mind distance limitation: HD-SDI has a rating of ~150-300 ft for RG59, after 300 ft you can get a repeater (which has to be powered), then extend another 300 ft. IP typically can go 300 ft per device. i.e. camera<--->300 ft poe switch<--300 ft---> router <---300 ft---> NVR. They also have repeaters for this. In my opinion, hybrid NVR are so expensive. Maybe get a DVR then another NVR and combine the two with a VMS software. (same brand DVR and NVR, I mean.) I work for a distributor but we only sell to installers/reseller who then sells/install it for their customers. If you are a new installer (or thinking of becoming one) maybe they will sell it to you, we are based in Queens, NYC. Please PM me if you would like more information. But we don't have online stores though, you will have to call our salespeople. Your first step however, is to decide IP vs HD-SDI and the number of cameras you need.

Thanks Mindtwist for the comment about the warranty, I wasn't thinking that. Our company ordered 8 of them, I opened 4 of them, no cables...only a bnc test cable that plugs to the board. It did come with a large junction box though. Our senior tech who is the contact with Hikvision thinks they just forgot the cable lol, but he works in another branch so he ignores my plea for help alot. I've been looking for something like a 'two pin male to RCA female' cable (kind of like the test BNC cable they included, but its two-pin female to BNC female) but no luck. Well it is what it is, hopefully senior tech guy is right and they'll ship us the cables later. I'll tell our sales not to let them cut the cable as it might void the warranty, even thought that method will work. Thanks again.

I can confirm the instruction from the video works for Hikvision NVR with POE too. I will try out the telnet command/addroute stuff when I get to the office. Your best option is to follow the instruction from the video. You can keep internet going if you have Wifi on laptop and connect the lan port to an empty PoE switch. Your other option is keep the NVR, buy a separate 8 ch PoE, keep using the NVR to record. Under cameras, switch from 'Plug and Play' to 'Manual' and add each camera's IP address to the NVR, this disables the built-in PoE switch. Good luck!

Hi Mindtwist, hope these pictures provide more clues. The manual I got from hikvision europe's site called 'baseline installation' and it also didn't tell me what cables to connect to. The labels are just things like alarm in/mic +/mic -, etc.

The cable is coming OUT from the camera, which is why its so perplexing that they did not include another cable with all the termination with it lol. Thank you for reassuring my assuming on the cut and strip ~

Each DVR needs its own Ports Example : DVR 1 192.168.0.19 http port: 80 server port : 37776 and 37777 (i'm guessing) DVR 2 192.168.0.20 http port: 81 server port: 37778 and 37779 or something type in http://192.168.0.20:81 after you change the http port Remote viewing separate DVRs DVR1 http://external IP (don't have to type 80, but any numbers besides 80 you have to type in a colon then port number) DVR2 http://external IP:81

Since you want to make use of the built-in PoE switch, connect your computer/laptop to one of the Built-in port, configure your computer's network setting to match that of the Built-in switch, then you can access and config all your cameras without unplugging and re-plugging all those cameras in. SADP will also show all cameras through this setup. So: Laptop's Lan port --> NVR built-in port Cameras -> NVR built-in port Set laptop's address to match your NVR's built-in NIC's address and gateway. Remember to set it back to DHCP on your laptop afterwards or you won't get internet.

Hikvision's app (ivms 4200) only needs rtsp port and server port (sdk) opened, does not need the http port behind the ip/domain name like you do in a browser. So if you enter http://108.9.10.23:85 on a browser, you only need 108.9.10.23 in iVMS4200. And the port that it asks for when you are at the device adding page is the server port (sdk port) but you still need rtsp opened to see the video. Secondly, the default RTSP 554 seemed to have issue for some US mobile customers (AT&T and Verizon), change it to another number.

Yes! a wire block! It looks like i can disconnect the cables i need from the block and just splice it to the mic + and mic -. I will get some audio-cable and try. Thank you so much for your help. Must I use speaker cable or can I use cat5e/ coxaial /red/black power cable? I was still hoping hikvision makes one or would include a cable that fits that wire-block and then have the audio/alarm input on the other end... I guess with Cat5 I have to use baluns though...

Good news, It is a 3 axis, it has an sd slot, if you had the cables the headers are there for the audio and alarm, infact it talks about it in the manual, saying not to connect them. Review and pics shortly Hi Zikronix, do you have any idea what kind of microphone or adapter I can use with this header? (or could you tell me the technical name for it) At first when I opened the camera and saw that kind of connection I thought the factory forgot a cable or something! The IP cameras I had work with usually takes RCA or even 3.5mm, but I guess I will try to find a cable that fits in this header on one side and is RCA on the other... Thank youu

If she's looking at you remotely, that means she has to had port forwarding done on the DVR. Log into your router and check out each 'Attached Device' and maybe you'll hit the DVR. Heck just find your router and modem and make sure nothing is connected to it except only your stuff. Unless she is using your neighbor's network though....with cameras pointing at your apartment. Try to use your own cameras, since cameras can detect IR lights, just hook one up (without IR, but has IR cutter) to a portable tester with screen, turn the lights off, go around and see if there's any IR light coming from the wall. If she is as crazy as she sounds, she'll be looking at you in the dark.

Run it for a few days without the harddrive, if it doesn't shut down, then you'll know the HD was causing it to shut down. If it still shuts down, then you know its the DVR.

Does your phone automatically connects to the Wifi when you turn wifi on? If so, then you might need the local IP address of the DVR to view the camera instead of using the external IP when you are using your phone's data. phone on Wifi= local network= try local IP phone on 4g = external network = use external IP

For Q-see dvr (which are just TVT DVR) you can turn on the shake and audio alarm on the app for motion detection, the shaking and noise will remind you that the app is still streaming and you can exit the app properly.

Hands on experience will be enough, just know what your products can and cannot do. I'm a tech support for an wholesaler, there are installers who call me for every little things which are answered by the user manual that they never read, then there are installers who knows much more than me and rarely calls. Needless to say, the latter are vastly more successful. With IP systems, knowing the correct settings is everything, and will affect the camera image as much as the hardware itself. I would say stick to one or two vendors, then know everything about the system. Especially vendors with decent technical support (sorry if you get put on hold/they just won't hire that many of us and hire people without experience since its cheaper)/website with updated firmware for downloads/user manuals/ software and responsive techs who can answer things you just can't figure out.

If you know the date and approximate time when it was vandalized and which cameras were near your van , takes about 10 mins or less to find the data...seems like the detective doesn't care. I had a few cases where the guy didn't know how to back up data, but had to do it ASAP at the request of the police...maybe its different since its NYPD though, then called me for a walk-through on how to backup. i think the video should go from management to police and not to you though, then police to you if they let you...nobody wants to be responsible for anything these days.