altomfra 0 Posted March 10, 2013 A friend just recently purchased a sunluxy h.264 network dvr. without a hard drive. Im having a basic problem in which my pc monitor is connected directly into the dvr and i can see the screen saying no signal for the 4 camera views. I have 1 camera connected but its not showing me any video at all. Is it because i dont have a hard drive connected even though i dont want to record yet i just want to see the camera in action. Why is this? Someone please help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the toss 0 Posted March 11, 2013 All the DVRs I have worked with will need to ID a HDD during the initialisation when first powered up. If it can complete its initialisation without a HDD then you should be able to see your pics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altomfra 0 Posted March 11, 2013 thanks for youre reply. It completes initialisation when i turn it on but then comes up with message "HDD not found". will this though still not allow me just to view the camera and see what its like? Or will i need to get a HDD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Securame 0 Posted March 11, 2013 You do not need a hard disk installed in order the view the cameras live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
altomfra 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Ok. So why am i having a problem viewing them live? The box is loading up i can see the quad split screen but all of them are saying no signal even though the camera is connected?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Securame 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Camera not powered up, non working camera, bad cabling, PAL/NTSC setting opn your DVR wrong, ... who knows. Try to connect one of those cameras directo to a TV to see if you get any video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
