Need help Asap

[tarekGee 0]

Hey guys i'm having so much trouble with my dvr, it's got me so fustrated for weeks. i have my cameras all setup around the house. Everything is connected, i just don't know how to get the thing to record. i've tried everything and it still won't record. i've played around with the record settings but the actual dvr wouldn't record. i've also searched every part of google but it seems like my version of it is much different to others. when i want to portfoward i know im supposed to portfoward the http port, tcp port and udp. but on my dvr all that's there is the http, tcp, mobile port and cmd port, there is no udp port. but anyways that's not the main problem. my main problem is getting the dvr to actually record. i've got my hard-drive set up, plugs are all set up in the right places and i've connected it to my tv. Now i'm not so sure if this affects anything but i haven't plugged in my router to the dvr, although it is a wireless router. If anyone can please help me in any way i'll be gratefully honored and will respect all advice given to me. Thank you for your time i hope i can get to the bottom of this and resolve this issue.

[Roman.CA 0]

I had same issue when i set up my first system too, its bit confusing at first.

 

Wifi is better to set up after you figure out how it works over wired connection so plug dvr to router.

 

What is model of DVR, do you have monitor/tv hooked up to DVR and able to see camera footage?

 

If so perhaps your DVR is set up to record when there is motion on the cameras in this case you need to check sensitivity its probably too low.

 

Is there record button on DVR's interface home page or remote it usually overrides motion activation and just forces all cameras to record.

However recording of each camera can be disabled somewhere in settings, so you need to look trough all menus and find out, its usually a checkbox on same page where you set the quality of video and resolution.

 

Try resetting DVR's settings to factory defaults.