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I agree! I would have you change the port 80 to port 75. This can be done in the menu under networking. Here are some links for networking you DVR. http://scorpiontheater.com/videonetworkingwithavtech.aspx If you are looking for more information there are some links here: http://scorpiontheater.com/troubleshooting.aspx ____________________________________________________________ Buy, or borrow a router. If you get a Linksys, or Netgear, then most of us can help you through the menus. If you get some off brand then you are own your own unless you can find a forum for that specific brand to help you. An internet cable will go from the modem (from you ISP), and it will connect to your router. Your computer will plug in to the back of the router, and the DVR will also plug in to the back of the router. Get a pen/pencil/crayon, and a piece of paper to write on. For windows XP click on the start button on the lower left, and look for the run icon. Inside the run icon you will type cmd, and then click OK. This will open a box. Where your prompt is type in ipconfig. Write down all of this info. IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway If it shows your ISP DNS numbers then write that down. If not then do not worry. Now lets check to see if your computer connects to the internet. If yes continue. If no, and you are unable to resolve this then find a 16 year teenager, and they will have you connected, and downloading free video games in 5 seconds flat! You will need manually go through your DVR to the network page (from the front panel). Press the MENU button Press ENTER 4 times (this equals 0000) This will allow you into the menu. Click on ADVANCE Click on NETWORK set it for DHCP This will allow your DVR to "see" what your router is giving it for an IP address on the local LAN. Write down the IP address assigned to your DVR from your router. Change the port number to 75 (or any number you prefer). Now change your DVR NETWORK to STATIC. It may "remember" the numbers assigned to the DVR, or you may have to manually punch in those numbers. Once you have your number set up then you can go back to your computer. Open up your browser, and in the address bar type in ipchicken.com This will go to a website that will show you your outside address (or, public address). Write this number down. This is the number that you will give to your friend/relatives to see your DVR from their house, or for you to use when you are a way from home. Now click on Video Viewer (or for older models Video Server E), and you will see an ICON that looks like a piece of paper with a looking glass over it. Click on it, and it should show you your DVRs local lan IP address. On the bottom right there is an icon that looks like two arrows chasing each other. Click on that to see if it brings up your DVR. If it does not show up then there may be some issue that you may need to look in to. You can read more on how to network AVTech DVRs here: AVTECH NETWORKING GUIDE

OOOPS! I have been banging a claw hammer against these all this time! http://www.truevalue.com/content/products/ContentView.aspx?sec_id=30&subsec_id=179&con_id=3063 Now I know why my installs are taking so long!

Well! That explains why my wife is always handing me a crayon when I ask for a pen! You should see the look of people when I hand them a CCTV proposal written in crayon! LOL!

Witty! That is what I do in my spare time with a pocket knife, and a block of wood!

I will guess no. It is an apple product, and they do not like active x. I do not think they will allow you to download GPRS/3G either. You should try! http://211.22.74.18/

I always wanted to buy that .com name!

I had to chuckle because I was logging in, and I saw "scorpion" in the box not realizing it was my wife's screen name! LOL!

Now that was funny! Very interesting way to advertise a book!!

That explains the person offering me chickens, and a pig for a DVR! He rambled on about is hungarian wife, the town store owner by the name of Sam Drucker, his farm assitant Eb, and about how he bought this farm from a swindler named Mr Haney. I would gladly trade city life, for a life with green acres!

Wow! That was very impressive. You must have good technical skills as you have good insight! I mostly install AVTech AVC 760A DVRs. This is bottom rung DVRs, but I love the hell out of them! They are perfect in "my world" of installations. I have never used Intellicams so I would have to defer to others who have. I love Swann products, and I sell alot of the wireless cameras. I cannot speak of their DVRs. They do have a rebranded AVTech AVC 760, and I do like that DVR. You are right! A crappy camera on a $5000.00 DVR is still crap. It would be better to have a good camera on a crappy DVR. Selecting the DVR has nothing to do with brand names, or costs. It has to do with the "job". If the DVR is going to be viewed mostly over the internet then there are ICRealtime DVRs that I may pick for that situation. If cheap is cheap then the AVTech AVC 760 wins hands down for me. There are others, but they may not be in my distribution chain. I am not ignoring those it is just that I do not have the option to buy through my chain. Good choice about relocating the cameras. Here is a real good trick! Take one camera prior to the install, and hook it up to a small TV. Stand on a ladder and simulate where it will be mounted. What you see is what you get! This has educated my clients how a bad position will hurt them, and how a good position will make them happy! Clients will have a preconceived notion about what it will look like regardless of their idea of a mounting point! A bullet camera is an inexpesive way of building a camera. One thing to think about with bullets is the question can it be bumped in to a different position with a broom stick, or other device? If this is an issue then a dome camera may be a better choice. Do not get one that has "smoked dark tint" Clear would be better especially in dark video environments! You can mount cameras anywhere you want. This will be dependant on the camera itself. It may be ceiling mounted, but it may not have a gimble on the inside to allow it to be wall mounted, and view to the side. If you top mount a camera that is designed for ceiling mount then your video might be upside down. You would have to find out what camera you have, and where you are going to put it. The more expensive the camera the more likely that it will be better gimbled. Vari focal is the better choice of any camera. This is a great way to "dial" in a camera no matter where it is mounted. Here is a style that can be "gimbled" into any direction no matter where it is mounted! It can be top mounted, ceiling mounted, or wall mounted, and the camera can be rotated to get the right "horizon". http://www.avssys.net/?s=product&sub=camera&cat=outdoor&p=vnd49ir

Having a CCTV system is like racing in the Kentucky Derby for a trophy. You do not go out, and buy a horse. You hire specialist. It maybe those who specialize in the estrous cycle, or in training a horse, or one who rides the horse. I realize that you are not racing thoroughbreds, but if you "just go out, and buy a horse" then what are you getting without a specialist on board? You could be buying a diseased horse, or one that is 12 years old? I respect your decision to "do research", and I applaud you for it. It is very rare that someone does the right thing, and does their research before buying. The reason I am on this soap box is that most people are dropped to their knees when they come to the realization that the CCTV system did not "deliver". We can see the activity of the crime, but beyond that there is nothing that the police can "take away" to arrest someone. Now that is a crying shame. You spend all of this money for "protection", or "report of a crime", and you want the "who done it" video. Most "kits in a box" come with wide angle cameras. There are many reasons for this. One is the lack of training on those who buy/installs these. Wide angle cameras make it easy for a "lick, and stick" system. Wide angle cameras can have cheap lenses, or plastic lenses, or imperfect lenses, and they still work. The more you ask a camera to work the more you have to eliminate these imperfections. If the budget dictates the purchase then by all means buy it. I would rather see you with something then to see you with nothing. Buyer beware! If security is of the essence then hire someone to do it. I mean do your diligence. Do not hire anyone who claims to install CCTV. They could have been installing at a Cable Company the month before. I get a lot of "ex cable intstallers" who want to come in to our company. My first question to them is what does the red wire mean, and what does the black wire mean? Cable installers do not deal in "power". They just pull a cable, check the signal for tolerance, and try to teach you how to use the remote, and they try to get out of there as fast as they can in order to make any money. They get $10.00 bucks for the wire, they get $10.00 bucks for the delivering the cable box, and they have to pay for their own truck, and gas. One hour goes by, and they are in the hole! If they do not know what the Black wire means, and what the Red wires means then I cannot use them. Ex alarm installers, are much more trained for CCTV then Cable installers. Electicians pull wire for a living. How hard can it be to pull camera wires? An electrician can install cameras right? Wait until winter when it gets dark real early, and then you see a rise in service calls for us. We have to go out, and tell people that they have the wrong camera for what they are doing. We have people that come in to our shop all of the time, and ask us all kinds of questions, and then they turn around and leave, and then they go to Sam's Club to buy a system. The sales people get pissed, and they turn to me, and ask " that does not make you mad that they asked you all of these technical questions, and then they leave without buying"? I tell them no. I just get their name, and number. It is a gauranteed sale in 6 months. They will be back. Just watch. Sure enough here come someone ***ing about the cops who left a home, or a business, and the video does not do what it needs to do. I tell them that they can get a system cheaper at Sam's Club, and then I see the frow wrinkle up, and their face get really red!!! LOL! They say no they want a real system that can work! Sure enough they have an "all in one kit", and now they need to upgrade. _________________________________________________________ If you buy in "all in one kit" do not get one that uses RJ11, or a phone plug! Make sure that everything uses BNC connectors, or at least RCA plugs. If it has phone connectors then it is a toy! Why are you buying a toy to watch your home, or business? Did you know that there is a distance distortion with wide angle cameras? Did you know that in order to get facial recognition that you need to have that person in at least 25% of the viewing screen? Think of the 6 O Clock news. All head, and shoulders! If the viewing area is dark then how do you light it up? Measure from the area where the camera will be mounted to the area where you will be viewing, and double that distance for your IR distance. ____________________________________________________________ If you just said "I am going to mount the cameras at the four corners of my building", then you are unqualified to mount them, and have actually improplerly installed them!!! You need to find out right now why that is the wrong place to put them!!! _____________________________________________________________ I apologize the rant. I do not mean to get up on a soap box, and preach. I only want to educate those who come to this post from a search engine, or to save someone some hard ache, or to save someone some money. ____________________________________________________________ You may ask "who put me in charge". I will tell you know one. You may ask "why are you so smart". I will tell you that I am not. In fact how many cameras do you think I mounted, and then got yelled at by a customer, or I had to refund the money because they are pissed? You live, and you learn! Do you want to redo all of the mistakes that I have made? You may ask "what makes me a camera expert". I will tell you that I am not an expert buy any means. I will tell you that I am an entry level residential installer, and based on experiences, on the job training, and my total screw ups over the years makes my advice more realistic then some "arm chair sales guy sitting in an office" selling you something he has never installed, or had to put his reputation on the line. I have been fooled by the "latest, and greatest" product, and the spec sheet failed to deliver! This is not my fault, but guess who gets the blame? Now I am wary of spec sheets. I order a camera to test, and then I put it in to the environment that it was made for, and then "what you see is what you get"! I have the advantage because I can swap out a camera on the fly, and get a system installed, and get it right the first time. You would be better buying several different cameras, and doing the installation, and then swaping them out till YOU get it right, and take the others back. You may find the camera that you thought was the "one" turns out to be the worst on the list tested! A camera that is great in one environment will really suck in another! There is no rhyme, or reason. OK there is but I will not bore you with technical talk mumbo jumbo! Now you have enough info to get this done the right way. If would like more info then feel free to check out some of these in the "how to section". http://scorpiontheater.com/troubleshooting.aspx I have firm belief that your install will be done correctly, and that it will work to your satisfaction. If you came in to an automotive repair shop because your engine needed to be rebuilt, then how would you feel about the mechanic who was reading the Chilton's Manual of repair? He is a smart guy! I am sure if he researched it, then he could rebuild it!

My 6 year old daughter is already listening to them. Have I gone to the dark side?

Hello AK357! Would you be kind enough to enlighten the rest of us with your solution?

Now that you have switched ports on the router, and the computer is pulling a 10 address then look at your IP config, and use that gateway to log in to the router/modem. Failing that I would call tech support, and let them no what you are doing, and lets see what they say, or should I say hear what they say.

I am following her, and then she returned in kind.

Take your machine back immeaditly to where you bought it. I would think a hard reset would fix those problems would before a firmware would fix it. If it were a firmware issue then you would have a large population of those machines with the same issue. Your problems are unique to that machine. Get a replacement! http://scorpiontheater.com/reset.aspx http://scorpiontheater.com/videoviewer.aspx

Maria Shriver is following me on twitter. I wonder if Arnold is going to beat my derrier?

It was a block wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_block The hollow section was foam filled! I was a mess when I was working on the inside of the place! I tried my best to "pat" myself down, and shake it out of my hair! I wish I had that event on a camcorder! Maybe I should start doing my installs live streaming with a web cam!

I just use caulk, or silicone sealant. I would only use foam spray if R value was of the essence. I just ran in to this for the first time! I was drilling in to a block wall when styrofoam came pouring out. It looked like someone cut open a bean bag chair! Here I am drilling on a ladder, and I am covered in snow! LOL! What a pain in the neck, but three feet lower!

For those reading the forum: Run as fast as you can from any system that uses RJ11 connectors, or anything that looks like a telephone plug. I take that back. If you are on a super tight budget, and all you can afford is one of those "all in one kits" then that may be an option. I would rather you get a product that has BNC connectors, or at least RCA connectors. Those "all in one kits" become a problem when the monitor goes in to failure. These kinds of products are not being supported anymore, and the parts are getting harder to find. If the camera has one continuous cable then this creates a lot of difficulty. If you go to troubleshoot a camera then there is no way to do so. It would be better to have a connector on the back of the camera that you can remove. If it had a BNC connector then I can connect it to my battery operated monitor. If I connect to the camera directly, and I get video then I know that the power supply is working, and the power cable is good, and the camera is good, and that means the video cable is the issue. If you do not get video then you know what to trouble shoot. I find it difficult to troubleshoot this style of camera. If you have had to buy another camera then there is no way to add a BNC camera to the system. They do have break out cables, but the price is rather expensive. You can cut those cables if you want to try and add a BNC connector, but those wires are so small that it is impossible to work with. If your all in one monitor dies then you buy a DVR then what do you do with those "phone plugs"? I can get you a DVR that has BNC, and those "phone plugs", but those style of DVRs are rather expensive. Get BNC to start with, and your system will be upgradeable, expanable, and easy to trouble shoot. If you are getting in to this business to service, and repair, then learn how to work on this type of all in one monitor! You will find them at most "mom n pop" convenience stores.

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Does USAG sell direct to consumers, or only to dealers?

Look on the bright side! It could be video email! Yikes!

Am I supposed to log in every time I have to go pee?