jweaver 0 Posted April 13, 2016 Just got my DS-7208 setup and have found an annoying limitation, so before i go any further, i want to check i have the latest firmware. The Hikvision FW page: http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/download_89_p2.html#prettyPhoto Lists 2 versions... 3.1.6 Build 150427 and 3.3.2 Build 151123 Clearly 3.3.2 is newer.. But both updates show the same changes/fixes/features. Anyone know which version i should use? And whether there is anything newer. Jon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Securame 0 Posted April 13, 2016 3.3.2 is the latest. The build number indicates when it was compiled (151123 is 23/November/2015). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted April 13, 2016 Hi. Before you do a update it's important to say where you got your recorder from ...... Did you buy from China ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jweaver 0 Posted April 13, 2016 Hi. Before you do a update it's important to say where you got your recorder from ...... Did you buy from China ? Nope.. From Manchester.. But there is no guarantee they didnt get it from China.. But they are a reputible seller, so i would be surprised.. Will update the Firmware and see how it goes. Hopefully it "fixes" the issue i have, if not i will make a post as, its possible this is just a feature/option i am overlooking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted April 13, 2016 Hi. Before you do a update it's important to say where you got your recorder from ...... Did you buy from China ? Nope.. From Manchester.. But there is no guarantee they didnt get it from China.. But they are a reputible seller, so i would be surprised.. Will update the Firmware and see how it goes. Hopefully it "fixes" the issue i have, if not i will make a post as, its possible this is just a feature/option i am overlooking. Reputible seller would not send you a 2014 fw unit that why I asked. Before you do any FW what problems are you having. Europe units have a patch on over a 1.500 recall of the DS7208 And this patch must be done BEFORE a fw update Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jweaver 0 Posted April 13, 2016 Hi. Before you do a update it's important to say where you got your recorder from ...... Did you buy from China ? Nope.. From Manchester.. But there is no guarantee they didnt get it from China.. But they are a reputible seller, so i would be surprised.. Will update the Firmware and see how it goes. Hopefully it "fixes" the issue i have, if not i will make a post as, its possible this is just a feature/option i am overlooking. Reputible seller would not send you a 2014 fw unit that why I asked. Before you do any FW what problems are you having. Europe units have a patch on over a 1.500 recall of the DS7208 And this patch must be done BEFORE a fw update Who said they sent me one with 2014 Firmware? Mine is 3.3.1.. Oct 2015. I would obviously like the latest FW, but are you suggesting i cant simply download 3.3.2 from their Overseas site and update? http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Product%20Firmware/Recorder/DS-7100%207200%207300%208100%209100HGHI%20HQHI/V3.3.2%20build%20151123%20Multi-lingual/ I am almost sure my "issue" is not going to,be fixed in the update and will make another post with my question/observation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jweaver 0 Posted April 14, 2016 Box rebooted today.. Oddly, as I was stood right in front of it... Then when it came back up, it crashed again 2 mins later.. So I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to 3.1.2 and it worked without any problems... I just downloaded it from here and did the upgrade procedure http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Product%20Firmware/Recorder/DS-7100%207200%207300%208100%209100HGHI%20HQHI/V3.3.2%20build%20151123%20Multi-lingual/ Now I have to monitor the box to get an idea of why it crashed.. Its been stable since, but its going to take a while to restore my faith in it. Jon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites