One camera going down or dark

[Tally1001 0]

Hi All, 

I have a Hikvision DVR-208Q-F1 and one of my cameras a HIKVISION HILOOK THC-T223-M TURRET CAMERA WITH 50M IR  which keeps either going dark or not on the system at all , 

I have moved to a free port on the DVR and the fault moves with it so its not the DVR, its coax fed, Question is will it be the camera or the cable thats faulty, is it possible to test the coax or does the fault seem to be a camera issue.

 

Thanks 

Regards 

 

[tomcctv 190]

Hi it could be a few things 

how are you powering the camera …. Size of power supply and also the distance from camera to power supply

is it on its own power supply or are there others attached to it

 

that recorder is very limited to what you can run on it hence why hikvision budgets range it’s a $50 unit 

channels 1 and 2 are the only channels you can use 3mp max on the rest are 1.3 and 2mp 

also do you have it set to tvi ? 

[Tally1001 0]

HI thanks, is powered on a 5 amp psu  to 4 cameras , cable is a 20m coax , I dont know if its set to tvi .  is it worth upgrading to a Hikvision HiLook DVR-208U-M1(C) Hikvision 8ch TVI 8mpwith 5mp camera 

[tomcctv 190]

Hi that is not much of an upgrade 8mp at 8fps ….. is going backwards 

what country are you in ?

[Tally1001 0]

22 hours ago, tomcctv said:

Hi that is not much of an upgrade 8mp at 8fps ….. is going backwards 

what country are you in ?

UK

 

[tomcctv 190]

52 minutes ago, Tally1001 said:

UK

 

Hi then don’t buy hikvision or dahua you will be wasting your money if in the uk. 
 

last few weeks it’s been band in government and council areas …… and now looks like hotels bars and clubs

only this morning some uk company offered me 8mp dahu cameras for £12 each

what part of uk are you in