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Hi guys, I just received my new Dahua DH-DVR1604-HF-S-E 960 DVR, plugged it in and everything is in a foreign language (not Chinese though). I can login but don't know where to change the language? Can anybody help? The first screen has these words under their icons - Buscar, Informacion, Ajustes, Avanzado, Hacer Respaldo & Apagar Thanks

Got is figured out, got in far enough and saw the word "ESPANOL" with a drop-down and "ENGLISH", clicked on that and the DVR immediately shut down and did a reboot and took forever to display something on the screen, but it is all in English now!

Empire Security but they have already gone for the day so thought somebody here might be willing to help?

Thanks for the reply! The dealer (not in my area) I have been talking to has now told me to hold off for a couple of weeks as he is getting in some new Effio 960h dvr's although they will be more money he says they will be worth it since I already have the new effio 700tvl cameras installed. I see you are in Phoenix as am I could you pm me a reasonable dealer in the Phoenix area that sells dvr's? Thanks

I need some help deciding which of these two dvr's is the better one. Both are priced at $500 and I want D1 which they both have. The first one is a Rayvision RVH1016D model and the second is a LTD2516HE (don't know the brand name) Thanks for any help with this Rayvision RVH1016D LTD2516HE

Scorpion, I just wanted to say thanks again for your help. Today I built a new power panel using the 150 watt 12.5 amp solid state power supply that I had, fused each camera with a 1 1/2 amp fuse, used power strips for the connections and now the pictures are way better and NO more lines/bars. My power supply is adjustable from 10v to 15v and I set it at 13.2 volts as some of my power runs are 100 feet to the cameras so I figured they should be getting about 12v now or a tad less at the camera itself. I know one thing that the infrareds are brighter now also. I checked all the voltages tonight with all the infrareds on and it maintains the 13.2 steady on each lug instead of the 10.8 the old power supply was doing. Problem seems to be solved!

Hi, My system has been working great since being installed 2 weeks ago. I have a question for the pros though. There are bars floating upwards on my screen (55" sony tv) in all 8 cameras. It is not noticeable during the daytime but at night when the infareds are on they are light almost white horizontal bars that rotate upwards slowly thru the picture then disappear and return at the bottom of the picture and keep on rolling. Not really a big deal but wondered what might be causing this? thanks for any advice on this Gene

Thanks for all your help. I have a solid state power supply that I am going to connect to the power panel in place of the large "coil" supply that is currently in the power panel which the coil one is rated at 12v 5 amps and the solid state one is 150w at 12.5 amps to see what happens. Again, thanks for all your help with this.

You nailed it! I got out my digital voltage meter and the output with all 8 cameras running with their leds on measured 10.8 volts at the terminals (and I am sure much less at the ends of some of the 100' runs). I disconnected 2 cameras and it went to 11.4, disconnected 2 more and the voltage went to 12v. With the 4 cams disconnected the rolling bars virtually went away, so looks like the power supply can not handle these cameras. So I can either buy another power supply and run just 4 cams or get a better one that will run all 8?

Almost every camera has two plastic anchors in the metal brackets and two metal screws thru the stucco and into studs which more than likely could have hit the chicken wire going thru.

OK, I went back and viewed the interior ones and they too have the bars but are barely noticeable because the infrareds are lighting up the areas so bright that they are hard to see. So it has to be the 120v leakage then.

OK, I think I will buy just one and play with it to see what happens, still can't figure why the interior ones are perfectly clear though. I just thought of something, the stucco here has chicken wire placed over the entire exterior of the house that the cement stucco is applied to, maybe that is what is doing it? Thanks again

All the wires for the video and power come down from the attic in a wall with 120v power wires coming down the same wall but not in the same holes. New holes were drilled in the cross bracing (2x6) for each of the 8 wire sets but they are very close to the 120v wiring. If I installed bnc isolators which end would they go on? The camera end or the receiver end? Would the GB01 isolators work for this (they seem to be the least expensive). Thanks again for your help.

Thanks for the scenarios. It is a home system with a stucco exterior and wood framing all one single level building. Six cameras outside, 2 inside. Funny thing is the two inside cameras with infrared on do not have the fuzzy lines in them and they are the same identical cameras as the outside ones. I tried viewing them with the satellite receiver off and the surround system off and that did nothing. I have not tried viewing them with a different TV/monitor so possibly it is the big sony tv. But I would think if that is the case then the inside ones should act just like the outside ones? All the cameras go directly to the DVR via BNC connectors. They also are all powered by a 12v power panel which has individual lugs for each camera. Thanks for any help

I crossed the two cameras in question and now the washed out look is gone, must have been light reflecting on the glass covers.

Hi, Newbie here. I have been reading and searching the forum for info on possible filters for cameras. I have a Q-see system DVR is the QSTD2408 commercial series with a 500gb HD and 8 QSC48030 outdoor cameras with a separate 12v power panel for the 8 cameras. (not a Costco system). The system is working great (still learning all its features). The pictures on my 55" Sony TV are great as are the recorded playback ones (can't really tell much difference between the live view ones and the recorded ones). The problem I am having is that two of the cameras tend to "wash out" at certain times of the day which I attribute to our constant sunlight (Phoenix, AZ). The cameras that do this are aimed at the Northeast corner of the house and the Northwest corner of the house. The ones aimed at the Southeast and Southwest are fine. When the sun comes up in the am on the Northeast corner that camera washes out and when the sun gets higher in the sky the Northwest one gets washed out and they both stay somewhat washed out all day. I have the hoods pulled out all the way. I have changed the cameras around with other "perfect" picture ones and they still wash out so it is not the camera itself. Do they make filters like used on regular picture type camera that might help this? Thanks in advance for any help with this. Gene