improving night time cctv quality

[wjwren]

i have a 4mp hikvision dome on the house but the night image is quite grainy. What is the best way to improve this? It has internal IR, shall i turn this off and get an external IR unit? Or a flood light better?

[wjwren]

my hikvision dome 4mp is quite grainy - its located top of house by bedroom, would a different style of hikviison camera be any better?

[wjwren]

How do you adjust the smart infared and other setting? Im using a Hikvison 7604 NVR. Ive tried logging in via the web interface on my pc but cant seem to see it?

[wjwren]

would this be a better choice?

[wjwren]

Mgd_uk said:

Manually assign your pc/laptop with an address on the same range as the cameras, then plug cable from your computer into one of the camera ports on the nvr and type the ip address of each camera into your browser, it's the easiest way I have found to do it

Edited by Mgd_uk on Wednesday 12th October 09:32

so if my cameras are 192.168.254.2 , 3, 4, and 5
what would i put into the network settings in windows?
The ipv4 address on the nvr is 192.168.1.1
the internal NIC ipv4 is 192.168.254.1
and the gateway is 192.168.1.1


thanks

Edited by wjwren on Wednesday 12th October 10:53

[wjwren]

MGD - thanks that has helped a lot.

this is what I have on my NVR - is this incorrect? The talktalk router is 192.168.1.1 if that is relevant..

[wjwren]

cheers for that, it's worked a treat!

How would you deal with the below - where the number plate is bouncing the IR off it and making it too bright? There are no lights on apart from street lamps.

[wjwren]

also is 3.4.2 the latest firmware as when i click on update it says it's the latest - is this correct?



No idea why this is upside down!

[wjwren]

It's a DS-2CD2142FWD-I - why is the 2342 better?

thanks

[wjwren]

i bought a hikvision turret 4mp friday and swapped it out yesterday. The difference at night is amazing. A lot lot better. No grain and a clear picture. I also purchased one of these below but to be honest im not sure I need it as the image is already so good.

[wjwren]

i have 2 bullet, 1 turret and 1 dome (all hikvision 4mp poe) the turret wins hands down at night. They are all pretty much the same in daylight. Im still having issues trying to access them via my phone if there are any experts on here?

[wjwren]

yes but mine is the 2.8mm lens. They run on Power over ethernet (poe). Do you have a POE hikvision recorder? You only need 1 cable to the camera, an ethernet cable.

[wjwren]

they are bnc connectors.

This is what ul need

http://www.cts-direct.net/DS-2CE56D5T-IT3?language...

[wjwren]

I changed the hikvision dome for a turret (4mp same as before) and night vision now is pretty good.

I would say that the hikvision nvr is still a little clunky on playback, the machine doesnt always respond or sometimes will show a blank screen when i click on a camera. It's a hikvision nvr ds-7604ni-e1. Does anyone know if any of the other hikvision models are better in terms of usability ?

[wjwren]

no mine is poe version.
Got it off amazon 4mp about £105 i think.

[wjwren]

can you give me a model number please? I find the amount of hikvision NVRS's availablequite confusing.

[wjwren]

Do you mean this one?

DS-9632/64NI-I8