jbard 0 Posted April 25, 2017 folks i purchased 2 hikvision 4.0mp cameras from ebay and they arrived the other day, it has been nothing but a nightmare i have not had aly luck with the hikvision tools to register/ activate the cameras or reset the password the ebay seller said 123456789abc was the pw that dosent work hikvision usa was NO help the ebay seller was no help the serial numbers are as follows DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375090 DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375066 the time code from software tool says 1970 01/01 any guideance would be appreciated i have been banging my head into the wall for a few days now i have tryied the different sw tools different PW combinations with no luck thanks in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted April 30, 2017 Hi. Hik does not support gray market cameras . When you buy hik cameras they no longer come with password installed. You have to create your own on first setup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
genie 0 Posted July 1, 2017 folks i purchased 2 hikvision 4.0mp cameras from ebay and they arrived the other day, it has been nothing but a nightmare i have not had aly luck with the hikvision tools to register/ activate the cameras or reset the password the ebay seller said 123456789abc was the pw that dosent work hikvision usa was NO help the ebay seller was no help the serial numbers are as follows DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375090 DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375066 the time code from software tool says 1970 01/01 any guideance would be appreciated i have been banging my head into the wall for a few days now i have tryied the different sw tools different PW combinations with no luck thanks in advance genie 01/07/2017 zzrqz9SQ9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadsUp 0 Posted July 3, 2017 folks i purchased 2 hikvision 4.0mp cameras from ebay and they arrived the other day, it has been nothing but a nightmare i have not had aly luck with the hikvision tools to register/ activate the cameras or reset the password the ebay seller said 123456789abc was the pw that dosent work hikvision usa was NO help the ebay seller was no help the serial numbers are as follows DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375090 DS-2CD3345-I20170118AAWR707375066 the time code from software tool says 1970 01/01 any guideance would be appreciated i have been banging my head into the wall for a few days now i have tryied the different sw tools different PW combinations with no luck thanks in advance genie 01/07/2017 zzrqz9SQ9 first cam i get these 01/07/2017 qSd9R9r9y9 04/07/2017 Sz9zReQQzQ second cam 04/07/2017 SyzqQeQ9dQ i think what people are doing wrong is they try to use the full serial number from SADP , you must delete the model number from the serial number before you do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BradJackson 0 Posted July 3, 2017 What DVR/NVR are you using for the cameras? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites