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Checked all the wiring with the tester and got them straight now. The recommended couplers and other equipment from the forum are rock solid. Think the cameras should be getting less interference. Did find one camera that had failed and am replacing it. Thanks for all the great and timely advice!

Looks like my problem might be that my old Cat5 cables are wired with the old T-568A Straight-Through Ethernet standard. My house was wired in 2001 and looks like all my connectors are wired that way. Guess I need to keep that pattern when I connect to the new patch cables?

Thanks! I'll check this weekend. I really appreciate the help.

Hi, I've got 5 POE cameras connected to an NVR. I'm using existing Cat5 cables that were installed when our house was built 15 years ago. I terminated the old cables and used a coupler to connect the patch cords to the POE cameras. I got everything working with great help from folks here. However, the cameras stopped working soon as I used cheap couplers. I got some good advice and used a more rugged one, the Neutrik etherCON RJ45 Feed-Through Coupler for Cable Extensions. After several months of use 3 of them have gone out. I had a couple of extra that I had bought and they've stopped working after several weeks. Are there better ones or should I try the punch down boxes that may provide a better connection? Thanks in advance!

Hi, Thanks for all the help and support the past year in getting my video surveillance system working on my house. I've got it running well and can monitor via my phone in and outside my home. I bought several Dahua HFW4300S and HDW4300C cameras and the NVR4208. One huge issue I have is the seller of the NVR4208 (think I bought it via Amazon or eBay) did not include a detailed instruction/users manual and was non-responsive when I asked for one. I've searched where I know on the internet and cannot find a user manual. I'm frustrated that I can't figure out how to do basic things such as having the HDDs automatically record over each other and how to replay recorded video. Right now, I have to monitor when they have no storage left and reformat them to start recording again. I'm at the point that I'd rather buy another NVR that has the documentation and support so I can do more than just look at a live feed on my camera and not much else. Does someone have a users manual for the NVR4208 or a recommendation for an NVR that works with Dahua cameras? Thanks in advance, Jim

Hi, the users manual I received for the NVR4208 was very light (20 pages long) and not very helpful. I was able to Google and found an NVR User's Manual for the 32/32-S/32-P series that's over 160 pages long and looks like it has features that are similar to the NVR4208. However, I was hoping there was one available that is specific to the NVR4208. Is there a substantial users manual for the NVR4208 available? Thanks, Jim

Thanks for all the advice. I used the components recommended and my CAT5 cables are now working. Appreciate the assistance!

Don't think it's mice or something bigger as I traced the cables in the attic until it went down the wall and it looks clean. Also, the connections had tape covering them. I'll replace the connector on the one cable that was cut and terminated for the one camera that was working and see if that's it. Again, I cut the existing old CAT5 cable, terminated the end and then used a connector to join a new, already, outdoor patch (alreatdy terminated) CAT5e cable to the IP camera. Strange everything was good to go for several weeks. So no issues running a POE IP camera on old CAT5 cable?

Hi, I'm an novice installer. I've read many of the forum topics and decided to select the following to put my video surveillance system together. - Dahua Waterproof IPC-HDW4300C 3MP IP66 IR HD Network Mini Dome IP Cameras - NVR4208-8P 8CH Channel NVR Network Video Recorder - 2 Purple 3TB Surveillence Hard Drives - CAT5e 50 Ft Outdoor Waterproof Direct Burial Ethernet Network Cable - 350 Mhz, My house, which was built in 2001 had CAT5 ethernet cable run throughout it as it was built. I've got a hub with all the cables (CAT5 and phone and cable) in a room in my basement. That's where my Verizon Fios connections are for WiFi and internet. I thought I could use some of my existing CAT5 cables that are in my attic and connect them with the CAT5e cable I bought to the cameras I installed on the eaves of my roof. I connected the first camera and everything was working great for several weeks. When I got around to installing the 2nd camera a few weeks later, the first one stopped working. I checked the camera and it's working. The new CAT5e cable is working (I bought one of those diagnostic devices that test ethernet and coaxial cables). However, one of the old cables that's running through my house has a short in it and the other one doesn't recognize the diagnostic adapter of the tester. Is my 13-15 year CAT5 cable compatible with the components of my system? Maybe the IP cameras are pulling too much current? I'm at a loss because I initially thought I was lucky to have CAT5 ethernet cable running through my house that I could use for my cameras. If the above is true, my thoughts are to use CAT5e or CAT6 cables in my attic and connect them directly to the DVR that I can put in a room near the attic. As long as I've got one good CAT5 cable running from my basement to the upstairs that has internet/WiFi connections (hope I don't ruin all of them!), I could connect that to the DVR upstairs. I hope all of this make sense. I'm very frustrated at this point. Appreciate if you could confirm my problem might be the old CAT5 cabling. Thanks for any help that you can provide, Jim