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they say 15fps but i get at least 25fps out of it .. cause with 2 cameras they then look like 15fps . in fact the AVI files register as 30fps in the properties. For 8 cameras I would go with the GV650 and more than 8 cameras, the GV-800.

I took out a Digivue a while back and replaced it for something else, IMO its not that great, you can probably get a Geo Card for the same price and even if you get the slower fps like the GV250 at least you know its a stable card and decent software. Fas are you a dealer (in the dealer section?) and do you use the Geo or other cards?

Guys no links to web sites selling pirate cards pleeeaasee .. thanks. To answer your question, yes and no, for a standard color bullet you can get it for that price, and give you a pretty decent quality, not high res and cant handle lighting too well but over all its not bad for the price. For IR cameras not really, they are sub standard at that price, and thats being nice to them. See this post http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4092#33236 And before all the other sales people jump on the bandwagon, please no links to "i can sell you this", just info and details please, PM them if you want to sell them something .. thanks

http://www.bahamassecurity.com/geo/GeoSettingz.zip 12KB file, Import and Export the general Settings files, also export a manually configured user account to be imported for a fresh install so no need to create a user on start up. Import of said account makes it silently install it self as an admin with auto login when running the Geo Software for the first time. Good luck .. anyone have errors or comments please let me know. Rory

nah, its just an OEM setup, nothing anymore special than what everyone else is doing, thats why you pay for the line that sais Ademco Video on it, which is mostly OEM also but rebadged and a different line .. the Honeywell Korean line is "pure" OEM ..

DId you see Honeywell is doing a Korean Line now also, cheaper, but still its all just OEM from Korea ...

Never heard of it ..

thats brilliant man ... save some money without having to buy the Reg ... UF300 ..? Is that like the UF100 or UF500?? What IR beam and Lens was used and distances from camera and IR to car location? Also, hows the day image? thanks Rory

Do you have a link to the nteck gear?

The new version will do all that, there is a special program for backing up setttings. Meanwhile see the other EXE i posted in the Dealer Section. Rory

not the users as far as I know ... but there is a way to install users on first run, such as for a set up CD ... Also, the .ini files in the windows directory contain things like camera names , etc ..

did you check the video drivers ... i mean ive gotten this stuff to work in a Via Chipset if only briefly, it would then just give an error over time .. or very bad video quality, but generally always got some video . Are you sure DirectX 9.0 is installed? Try install it again, if it goes away right away then it is, if it reinstalls and retsarts then there is a hardware/video card driver issue probably.

Hmmm,I posted a couple things here .. on XP SP2 .. as for outlook express, i use plain text only, dont download in preview plane, high security ... Note the following was also a response to a person that had issues, which may have been trojans at the time hence #3 and the other suggestions to scan for spyware, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART 1:: ====== #1 - Make sure there is no other software installed on it ... besides the DVR software and XP updates/Fixes, drivers for the codecs for the DVR, etc. #2 - Make the DVR software reboot occasionally - if you want - i set them to every 24 hours just for kicks, though im sure it can get away with it being alot longer as well the way XP works is different from the older 9X OS's. #3 - Install these 2 programs, put them somewhere like a new folder called Services - CCleaner and Windows Cleanup. Normally you dont need these, but in your case you should run the 2 of these to the default settings: http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/ http://www.ccleaner.com/ #4 - The Following: this is a list of XP services I turn off by default on all PC DVRs, and my own PC. Speeds things up tremendously. I also use Port Filtering on DVRs to block all ports except the DVR server ports (eg. 80, 81, 82, whichever are used). -------------------------------------------------- Computer Browser (unless network for browsing other computers) Error Reporting Service Fast User Switching Help & Support Indexing Service Messenger Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Remote Access Auto Connection Manager Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Desktop Help Session Manager Remote Registry Routing and Remote Access Security Accounts Manager (unless you use IIS or DSL) Security Center System Restore Service Themes Universal Plug and Play Host Wireless Zero Configuration (unless you use wireless) NOTE: DSL May Require A Couple Of the Services Above. This is tested using Broadband Cable Internet for DVRs. ------------------------------------------ Additional Settings to Speed things up: -Classic Windows Folders -Classic Start Menu -Personalized Menu off -Group Similar Buttons off -Hide Inactive Buttons off -Remote Assistance off -Windows Classic Theme -No Screen Saver -Turn off all Graphic Effects (use Tweakui) -Performance on high setting -Automatic Updates off -MSN Messenger Uninstall & Disable -Interner Explorer Uninstall & Disable & High Secu Setting, Cookies Disabled, & Content Advisor Enabled (then cant browse the web) -TCP & UDP Port Filtering Also for DVRs -No games -No Outlook Express -No Antivirus -No Office -No All-in-one Printers (just the basic drivers) -No .Net (unless DVR requires it - eg. ATI card) -No Java Runtime (unless DVR requires it) -No Adobe Software #5 - if it still seems slow, after rebooting and doing all the above, you may have trojans, malware, or viruses. Download Ewido, but you will need to disable it from start up, and also make sure the Guard is not loaded, it takes up alot of CPU and memory. Do the full scan, also, check the start up processes. It is also trialware so the scan will still work but the guard and updates wont after a certain period. http://www.ewido.net/en/ if you see anything suspicious after the Ewido scan and it is still slow, you may need to do an antivirus scan, check out AVG Free: http://free.grisoft.com/ After all of these in #5, id suggest uninstalling them all and run the 2 Cleaner Cleanup programs above. If you want to keep them thats fine, just make sure they are not in start up by going to RUN and MSCONFIG STARTUP. Nothing but the DVR software should be there. #6 - Something else i always install is TweakUi - download from DOWNLOAD.com, its free (its the 2nd one that comes up). I speed up the mouse, turn off all graphics, turn off Active Desktop changes, Hide Documents and Favourites on the Start menu. #7 - I always install Real VNC so i can admin them remotely. If you do this than I could always log on with a password and check it out for you incase you have problems with doing any of the above. [uPDATE FEB 17th 2006 - I USE ULTRA VNC NOW FOR THE FILE TRANSFER IT HAS] [uPDATE JULY 2006-WORKING ON OWN ADMIN PROGRAM] #8 - Lastly, run the common windows Admin tools, Scan Disk, Clean up (select everything on the list - though wont be much left), and finally sit back and defrag. Make sure nothing is on start up once again, except the DVR server software - if you installed Tweak, that will be there also and thats okay. Now installing windows is another topic, i always do 10GB FAT32 and the rest NTSC, and load the DVR software on Partition D: but thats all personal preference. ----- There are some other cosmetic things i do like: only having the DVR server Software on the desktop, no recycle bin, no my computer, no nothing but the DVR software such as the Main program Shortcut, Back up, and Search. In the Start Menu and Programs I only have the DVR software programs, you can edit that via TaskBar advanced settings. Just select all the others like Accessories and right click and check hidden, and drag the DVR software menu items into the main menu, and you can also hide run from the taskbar settings. So basically its just a DVR and thats it. In Tweak Dont Show Documents or Favourites in the My Documents on the Start Menu, and in the Tweak desktop section i hide the Recycle bin, My network, and My computer (2 of those you can just right click delete on the desktop actually). So basically just some user settings to make it look less like a PC. PS. Use at your own risk, i wont be held responsible for anything .. Here are a couple screen shots. http://www.bahamassecurity.com/geo/DVR1.jpg http://www.bahamassecurity.com/geo/DVR2.jpg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART 2:: ======= -Upgrade to SP2 if you havent already -Switch the port from 80, to 81 or 82, for the DVR for remote view -Enable Windows Firewall and add the DVR ports and Remote Viewer Program to it (or use TCP/UDP Port Filtering - see below) -If you have an extra firewall or are using Nortons with Internet Worm Blocking (not needed if using TCP Port Filtering) add 1 rule to block all ports, then add a Permit rule above that for each Port the DVR Remote viewer uses - essentially also blocking ports. -Use TCP Port Filtering under TCP settings and advanced. Filter all TCP and UDP, just add the TCP ports your DVR Remote Viewer uses -Turn off all unneeded services - see the list i posted before -Take off everything but what the DVR server needs from the start up - MSCONFIG -Run Ewido, and if you have Nortons update it and then do a full scan - delete any trojans and viruses found. -Completely uninstall and remove MSN IM -Turn up all IE settings to high (Security & Privacy Tabs) & Enable Content Manager incase a staff member tries to browse (set a pass) -Disable Access to IE, MSN IM (if you dont want to delete it), and anything else that the DVR server software doesnt use -Run SpywareBlaster (once only) and enable all protection - just as added security -Run Windows Cleanup! ( http://cleanup.stevengould.org ) - use Thorough Cleanup from the Options -Run CCLeaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp ), use the cleaner and the issues, do both 3 times. -Make sure you have a router, then port forward only the Ports the DVR Remote Viewer uses - normally just TCP only. ------------------------------------------------------- ALSO SEE THIS GENERAL PC PDF FILE. http://www.bahamassecurity.com/uploads/XP-TWEAKING.pdf Rory

Yup .. but evidence sharing quality and speed is better with PC ... and if you do what I do, with XP SP2, your pretty close to never having a failure .... GE for plug play and forget ... foe sure. Im spoilt by the Geo features now though . .. did you get a chance to try one yet? Rory

which have the issue ... the PC DVRs .?? Or Ge ...??

No i didnt look (still workin), but yeah your right .. my bad ... been a while ... 4CIF is 720x480 /// Yup, Monitor Type (CRT vs LCD), Screen Resolution (800x600/1024x768), Camera Resolution, etc, all make a diff .. in fact if you are using 640x480 source resolution for the DVR it looks better at 640x480 ... though most DVRs will be messed up unless it is in Full Screen at that res ... and with 720x480 Source, 800x600 ..

AS far as I know 2 Cif is 640x480 (?) .. makes a difference with those PC DVRs ..

What type of Cable - RG59? Size of Power Cable? Is it anywhere near high voltage along the run? Try a good working camera in the same location. Camera's Power board could be faulty/bad. Lens Iris could be bad also. Rory

Hi, welcome .. They are Cloned/Copied cards, not the original, shipped with hacked software for the original cards. This tends to be far behind in versions and lots of problems with hardware drivers and software install, depending on who pirated it. Typically they all currently come out of China. An y ke eper and Ko d icom are the most Common, but there are also some GeoVision clones.

Were you getting a decent price on the Desa? Is it Brand new Pricing or a good deal type of price .. ? I mean its not the worst out there and was pretty decent for what it was ...I just wouldnt spend much on it .. when you can build one yourself that would be much better for much less ..

Darn Tony, we need to start a forum section just for this kind of thing ... Sounds like you are talented in that area .. between you and CachecreekCCTV .. we could get a really decent "manufacturing" / building forum section going ...

thats more than I think he wants to spend on the whole job including DVR and cameras ... it was specified as a budget install in a couple other threads ... Anyway he has the safe .. question is ... which DVR will he be putting in there .. more than likely it will be a budget 4 channel stand alone, so real question is, will that survive in the safe ...?? Will the HDD make it in that heat .. with no air? We put fans on our hDDs down here to make them run smoother and last longer as it gets so hot 99% of the year ... but not me, i just leave the sides off the PC and the HDDs hanging out the side ... food for thought //

We switched out a Desa for a GE DVMRe and the client is 100% much more happier ... i wouldnt even think about that older model, if you "must" buy a bosch DVR then get one of the new ones .. otherwise there are a ton more options out there that can be much better, better than even the GE. Rory

And all of this has just gone way over a budget install ...

Just making a point .. Also, if theive has cap, shades, bulky coat, as many do when they do armed robberies ... very very difficult to ever identify them .. so look into more vandal domes, more locations such as outdoors to catch any vehicles they may have come in, audio to pick up their voice, in case they call names, or give something else away, higher quality cameras and zoomed in closer on priority locations, and lastly, a high quality DVR ... no point in locking it down if it doesnt do the job right .. also with higher end DVRs you can set them up to email or ftp on motion detection.