the_italian

Hi, and thanks in advance for any help. I have a Floureon h.264, 8 channel CCTV system installed around the garden of my house which I installed myself. It has 8 cameras, also from Floureon (1000TVL IR cameras). It was running without issues for 2 years. Unfortunately a few weeks ago one of the cameras IR capabilities began to fail during nighttime, however the camera would work fine during the day. Due to this, I disconnected this camera and ran with 7 cameras and ordered a new camera. Whilst waiting for the new camera to arrive I noticed that the 7 remaining cameras were flickering, weird bars would roll across the screen, and in general they were not performing too well. Concerned that they might become damaged with whatever was causing them to flicker, I turned off the whole system and waited for the new camera to arrive. The new camera arrived, I installed it, plugged it in, turned on the system and now there are no cameras working at all. I wasn't sure where the issue was so I bought a new power supply unit with the exact same spec as the one that initially worked, however this has since arrived and the whole system still isn't working. The Floureon HDR 'unit' still powers up, I can still access all the recorded videos and screenshots from when it was working, so the unit itself seems to work fine. I changed plug sockets incase there was an issue there, however I just can't seem to get any of the cameras to power up at all now that I've plugged the system back together. Power supply that was used initially when it was all working was Input:100-240v AC, 50/60Hz, Output: DC12V-2000mA. This was linked to the cameras with a '8 camera splitter', so the one plug powered all 8 cameras. Anyone able to help before I have to get someone in to fix it for me? I can post screenshots of the 'flickering and bars' that appeared on the cameras prior to them being switched off if that helps. Many thanks.

Hi, and thanks in advance for any advice and assistance. I have just bought and installed the above system in my home. Pretty much straight forward and did it myself. I have 4 cameras, 900tvl, and a 1TB hard drive. The system is working fine and records perfectly, and I currently view it on a TV through a HDMI cable. I am now trying to set it up so I can also view it on my phone wirelessly when I am away from home. I have a few questions and was hoping someone will know the answers... 1) Am I able to use a wireless dongle to receive an internet connection to the H.264 box or does it have to be through the LAN cable and by physically connected to the box? 2) If yes, which dongle should be used and does it have to be a certain 'mbps'? 3) What App do I need to download to view the cameras on my iPhone 5? 4) How do I set it up? Basically my system and all cameras are wired and set up to meet in the garage. However my WIFI router is set up at the opposite end of the house and I'm going to need a 40m LAN cable and a WHOLE lot of work to hide the cable to run it all the way to the garage. So I'm trying my best to avoid this with the use of a WIFI dongle. I'm pretty handy when it comes to fitting the system and hiding cables etc but I might have to be spoon fed instructions regarding 'Ports' and IP addresses lol Can anyone advise? Many thanks.