Boogieman

If the soffit is strong enough you likely dont need the 2x4....acutally you can use something way thinner than 2x4...regardless, since you have to make a hole in the soffit for the camera wires, put a screw or two into the wood and let it pass trough the hole, this way you can hold it in place...or just get someone to hold it in place while you drill...carefully

where is the photo?

Its not common. Well at least not in a reliable brand. You got exactly what you paid for. Try replacing the drive and see if the freezing stops... In all honesty,would i be better off just buying a new DVR? Yes, but this time do some research..look for a system that is at least 1080p...consider dahua. Or buy a lorex/flir system from costco...made by dahua, lifetime return.

Cheap NVR...you got what you paid for?

Its not common. Well at least not in a reliable brand. You got exactly what you paid for. Try replacing the drive and see if the freezing stops...

lol...

If your dvr loses its settings after a power outage then its worthless..

STOP. Start doing research..that camera is garbage..

Yes, but you have other limitations, like no onboard storage for cams, you need to homerun an analog system, whereas an ip system does not have to be home run. You cannot easily stream to two different recorders with analog...thats just a start...Its 2016, everything should be ip unless there is a specific reason not to...

Stop spamming. You are providing complete misinformation. Stay away from cctv Singapore.

Do yourself a huge favor and return that garbage...

you dont have to install anything on the disk...its "embedded"...

Get a quality ip system...both of those linked are garbage...annke has fake reviews...use fakespot.com to see.

no...some with line cross will help...otherwise use PIR sensors.... Some pc based vms software have more options to adjust motion detection...

The amazon reviews are fake....use fakespot.com Upgrading the dvr will depend on the cameras/technology used...

yes, your dvr does not support those cameras... Best thing is to ditch the old DVR and buy a dahua CVI hybrid. They are not expensive. Or rewire and use ip cameras with an NVR.

You're fired?

You dont need wireless cameras....search ubiquiti point to point wireless.

SPAM, Zmodo is garbage.

Lesson: A cheap system is NOT better than no system... You would be better off with a single IP camera with SD card that actually works. Check with them to see of there is a firmware upgrade but i wouldnt hold my breath...

Send the unit back. Buy a haswell based i5-4590 optiplex or elitedesk on ebay for 250. Install blue iris . Done.

You will have to replace the DVR.

Correct. It would be a function of the NVR, rather than the camera. Zones can be set up on the NVR to mask off areas that you don't want to be detected. Like if a particular camera is facing the road, and you don't want it recording every time a car passes through its FOV. That is incorrect, with these systems the motion detection is done in the camera.

Hey, I installed a DS-2CD2732F-IS its working fine. The issue I am having is with DYNDNS updates via the camera. I have the settings as follows DDNS type = DYNdns Server address = members.dyndns.org Domain = xxxxxxxx.dyndns.org where xxxxxx is the hostname port=0 it will not let me change the port to anything else username and password are correct... it is not updating to dyndns at all, the dyndns logs show no activity for over a week... Edit: I solved this problem....it is so silly. I had inadvertently left a space after the server address (a space after the g in org)... I have seen this happen in other cases as well, user names etc... I hit backspace, saved and everything is working and updating.

just use your router to update the account.