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I have an easy solution to change the language to English in my camera firmware V5.2.3 build 141024 with Internet Explorer(tested on IE8 and IE10). It is not permanent, but will allow you to change it each time you login and there is no changes to the camera that need to be made. It works on the principle that the language is stored as a cookie "language=zh". All you have to do is clear the cookies once logged in and it defaults to english. 1. Login to camera in chinese. 2. Enter a different site in the address bar(eg. google.com) 3. Open the Developer Tools(F12) 4. Select from the menu, Cache > Clear Session Cookies. 5. Hit the back button on the browser and that session is now in english until you login again Seems like a lot of steps but it is easy enough to do without any serious hacking like loading firmware with a different region code. Hope it helps someone out there.

Thank you maxicon. I thought there would be a little extra designed into it. Probably the quality outside of the designed image circle loses quality but I don't think i will notice for my purposes. I think i will give that lens a shot once i can get a hold of the camera.

Hi I had a similar question. I am trying to get one of the new Hikvision box cameras DS-2CD2820F, but the sensor size is 1/2.8"(0.357"). Being just over 1/3" I am not sure if a 1/3" CS lens will fit without vignetting. It is only about a 7% difference in size so it doesn't seem like much. I personally think I will be ok, but I was wondering what others with some experience think. I was looking to get a Fujinon 3 MP Varifocal Lens (15-50mm, 3.3x Zoom) YV3.3X15SA-2 which is a 1/3" CS lens. Hoping to use this setup to capture a mid to tight shot of a public speaker indoors at a podium with quality good enough to post to youtube. So will the slightly larger than 1/3" image sensor give me trouble with a 1/3" lens?

Ahh, thanks, that is a good trick to know in the future.

I haven't tried it, but to test if you have an IR filter installed you could point a TV remote at the camera and press a button. You should see the IR LED light up if there is no filter.

Glad it was an easy fix.

I don't have any experience with this model camera but in general "line-in" inputs are line level inputs for signals that have already been amplified. If you are going to hook up an external mic I believe you would need to connect it to a pre-amp first. The pre-amp will provide the line level output to your camera's line input.

Pages 12 and 14 of the installation manual cover waterproofing. http://www.acti.com/download_file/Product/hardware_manual/E32_Hardware_Manual.pdf

I believe I read in another post that ACTi had a production issue at one time with the lens alignment on one model camera. I don't know if that is the problem with this camera or not, but that could explain why the left side of the camera is out of focus while the right side is in focus. As far as the low contrast night picture, it has got to be an internal reflection or something near by reflecting IR back into the camera.

The height of the ceiling and resolution of the camera will also be factors in coverage. A fisheye in retail should be good for an unobstructed birds eye view of shoppers, but you will probably want other cameras in your system to get other angles. You can never have too many cameras.

I don't know what alarm panel you have but the Envisalink EVL-3 works with DSC and Honeywell panels and does just what you ask. http://www.eyezon.com/?page_id=176

Door jamb armor or ezarmor are good too since they reinforce the door, door jamb and hinges.

If you have IP cameras why not setup the camera to email your cell phone with the picture when a motion event is detected. Then you can review the picture in a text message on the spot. Those PIRs look nice and expensive but I would bet you will get false alarms since the outdoors are so unpredictable. If your fence line is fairly straight maybe an infrared beam would work just as good for less money. Still I could see birds breaking the beam and triggering it. Regardless of how you do it I think it is worth doing if you want to track movement in that area. You just might find there is a lot more wildlife movement than you would like to be notified about. I live in a city and cats set off my motion light every couple weeks, but i can live with that false alarm rate. I get the picture of the cat on my phone and just delete it.

The night pic looks like internal reflections or possibly from a near by object(maybe even the ceiling). Take off the dome and see if it goes away. If not then reaim the camera down more and see if it goes away. I would also check that it has the latest firmware installed. For the daytime it is wierd that the left side is out of focus but the right side is somewhat in focus.

I had a suggestion for camera 1. If you angle it down toward the ground more so the street light is out of frame it will eliminate the lens flare and increase the contrast at night. It would also give more coverage of the ground and not sky.