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    NVR4208-8P-4KS2 vs NVR5208-8P-4KS2 for 6 IPC-HFW4231EM-AS

    anyone else managed to get any further different between the two? I am about to order my NVR again with 6 cameras but confused about which NVR to go for as i am not able to find great different beween the 4X series and 5X series. Thanks
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    EmpireTecAndy fast DHL shipping!!

    @EMPIRETECANDY Hi Andy i have sent few messages and an email when you get a chance can you please get back, i fully understand you will be busy coming back from the new year. Happy new Year! I see you have mentioned in few places you offer tax free options for the EU customers. Can anyone...
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Hi, Is there any update on this issue, this reminds me of hikvision dome cameras. Anyone else having this issue of IR reflection on the ZE models? From what i am reading on this IR issue and focus issues, is it best to stick with the Z versions. Thanks
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Yep seen their site but wondering if he as in Andy gave any discount to members here hence asking how much did people pay if purchased from there. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    how much did people pay for the NVR i am looking at either 8 channel or 16 channel with POE. NVR5208/5216/5232-8P-4KS2
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    DS-2CD2335FWD-I users thoughts

    anyone compared this to the Dahua starlight 2mp at night? found it in case anyone else wanted to review. DS-2CD2335FWD-I - Hikvision Ultra Low Light 3M camera
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    DS-2CD2335FWD-I with DS-7616N-E2/8P NVR

    Hi Guys I am about to replace IP cameras and just wondered if anyone had used the DS-7616N-E2/8P NVR with the newer IP cameras? I understand this NVR does not support h.265 but wondering whether there is anyone point in upgrading the NVR and maybe save some money. Thanks
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    DS-2CD2335FWD-I users thoughts

    @alastairstevenson Out of interest how much did you get for the old ones on eBay? Might be thinking to sell my old ones and go for the new ones, although mine are vari focals ones but will probably get fixed lens to save on costs
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    Thanks mate all resolved now, NVR was indeed pushing its settings, i changed the password on the spare extra channels and camera now retains its settings. I was about to pull my hair out (that remains) :) I am using a Sophos firewall as firewall/gateway and no standard home routers, although...
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    None of the cameras are doing any port forwarding as i connect to them via a vpn through firewall. They are indeed connected to a NVR, will look into it, thanks for the suggestion.
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    same issue, it seems it is losing the IP settings including the enabled dhcp option. I am wondering whether the upgrading hack would have caused it? It is fine on others except the two.
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    anyone any ideas? I have reloaded firmware, done defaults and still get same issue, seems like after reboot it is getting 192.168.254.11 address. It seems after a reboot it does work on the IP address for 10 pings before reverting to wrong IP address. Thanks
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    i thought i fixed it, maybe not... seems to lose the IP on every reboot. Any ideas anyone?
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    camera loses IP settings on reboot

    hi my cameras (DS-2CD2732F-IS) are on version 5.4.5 and they seem to lose the IP settings on reboot, anyone had similar issues? Only 2 cams having this issue. edit - i might have fixed the issue, although i changed the IP using SADP tool, i then had to go in the cam settings to save.
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    hikvision DS-2CD2732F-I dome/glass replacement

    Yep that's the one, I am in the Uk so hoping to find one here
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    hikvision DS-2CD2732F-I dome/glass replacement

    Hi, Does anyone know where i can purchase a replacement dome cover/glass for the DS-2CD2732F-I model? I have one that got badly scratched and one which broke completely, well someone dropped it :@ Thanks
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    HIKVISION mtd Brick Recovery Guide

    Yep used the tftp when in a telnet root shell in the min-system. Transferred the firmware and as you suggested the "upgrade" command did the trick.
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    HIKVISION mtd Brick Recovery Guide

    Excellent i am all back up and running. Thanks Alastairstevenson saved me some time :)
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    HIKVISION mtd Brick Recovery Guide

    Thanks for the info. So just to confirm once i have transferred the custom_mtdblock6 file i ran the below command and rebooted. cat mtd6_temp > /dev/mtdblock6 just trying the upgrade method now to see if it recovers Thanks
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    HIKVISION mtd Brick Recovery Guide

    I have a quick question which might not be possible. I messed up my camera doing an upgrade and now it is stuck on recovery. It still has the static IP which i had assigned to the camera and i am able to access it via telnet and also login using 'root' and '12345'. Is there anyway to recover...
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

    ok quickly compared the files and it seems i got the checksum wrong. I need to get my head round on how you got that value before working on others :)
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

    Thanks I actually sent you the original in error but I will compare with my one and see where I went wrong. Thanks again
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

    ok great, i will work on it tomorrow from work as got to be in bed now :) I have emailed you the mtdblock, i think i might have got confused on this part: Set to the Checksum-16 value as calculated by HxD for the 0xF4 bytes starting from location 0x09 i did start from 0x09 but wasnt really...
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

    it booted into min-system with firmware 4.0.8. I cant see camera label as its mounted up. Will message you the mtdbblock6 thanks for the help
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2x32-I (R0) brick-fix tool / full upgrade method / fixup roundup.

    hi guys i think i might have messed up the upgrade on DS-2CD2732F-IS. So i uploaded the new mtdblock6 and did the first upgrade from 3.25 to 3.30. the camera rebooted and i could also ping but no web access and telnet username/password dont work: (none) Login: Any ideas how to recover?
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    Custom Firmware Downgrader 5.3.0 Chinese to 5.2.5 English

    hi how can you tell is a camera is chinese or english and if safe to upgrade? i purchased my cameras from china so i assume it must be chinese, came with version 5.25 preinstalled. how do i go about upgrading this to latest version DS-2CD2732F-IS and stay with English menus Thanks
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    DS-7616N-E2 / 8P firmware advice

    OK so i have now upgraded to below firmware from the Chinese site. I recalled a step using hik tools where i had changed the hardware language to English and any further upgrades would maintain this language provided i install firmware from the Chinese site. - Is my understanding correct...
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    DS-7616N-E2 / 8P firmware advice

    Hi Guys, Was just getting bored and looked at my NVR which has been running well for the last few years on firmware V3.3.4 build 150616. I believe i upgraded to the above one in 2015, just wondering has there been any further updates and safe firmware as i had issues getting English version...
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    DS-2CD2732F-IS upgrading firmware

    Hi, I have few of the cameras as below and was wondering whether there is any other useful features on the newer firmware? If yes can anyone explain what is the latest firmware and how i go about changing language stuff? Is it similar to how we do it on the NVR? Bought from Ali Express...