Security cameras have lately become need of the time now days. You can see security cameras installed almost at every shopping mall, small shops, homes and even at the freeways. These cameras have proved to be helping in identification and specifying the causes and effects of incidents and in some cases these cameras help the court in better judgement.
Keeping in view all of the above, we also decided to opt the installation of Security Cameras at our home in order to be aware of the surrounding and avoid unforeseen and unknown incidents. I went to the market and asked for the prices, and trust you me, I was stunned to see the hike in prices since I last visited the market. Prices were almost doubled and were definitely out of my league. Hence, I decided to look for the option of buying used Security Camera System and started looking at the Daraz, OLX and Facebook Market Place. I have discussed the whole subject in my earlier blogpost with the title "
Purchaing 2nd Hand Hikvision 4 Channel DVR and Cameras Online - Market Survey". I strongly recommend going through the post prior searching the for used security system because I have mentioned the recent prices in July 2023 and that can become a great reference for bargaining.
It is usually understood that once you have received your desired security systema (DVR, Cameras, Cable and Connectors), its all ready for the installation and you will be able to do it quite quickly but let me stop you right here and tell you that YOU ARE WRONG! You will be facing some minor and you might face some major issues and difficulties while the process of installation and during pre-installation steps.
Personally, I have been through some difficulties during pre-installation, installation and post installation activities which I have described in detail in my following blogs:
1. First thing first, you will have to get your DVR ready for the installation and test it in your lab environment (offline mode before laying the cables). Just plug it into the socket and try to connect one camera to see if it is working fine or not! One of my detailed blog on the subject is "
Preparing Hikvision 4 Channel DVR DS-7100 for Installation and Password Reset (Solved)" which covers this aspect. I strongly recommend to have a sight on the post before starting the installation process.
2. Most of the people suffer from the problem which was also faced by me. This problem is the very annoying 5 beeps when you start the DVR in connected configuration. It has very simple solution which has been described in the post "Hikvision DVR 5 Beeps Problem (Solved)". Trust me, this is the easiest and the best solution available having 0 cost.
3. One of the most common issues faced by used DVRs is that these devices tend to forget the date and time setup at each restart and cause hassle of going to the settings and setup the date and time each time which is a very fussy experience. I have also been through this problem and like always I came up with the solution of this problem. Solution is provided in detail in the post "
Hikvision DVR Forgets Date and Time After Restart (Solved)". If you also have been through such problem, go ahead and click the link for the best possible solution under your budget.
4. Another common problem faced by the new owners of used DVR is that the DVR has already been bounded with the cell phone of previous owner. In case you know the owner and he is generous enough to help you out, you should consider yourself lucky, otherwise you are still lucky, but you will have to do a bit of effort in order to be able to unbind your newly purchased used DVR. I have also been through this problem and the easiest and free of cost solution I opted is provided in the blog "
Hikvision DVR Unbind (Solved)". Don't wait, go ahead and look at the solution.
This blogpost covers most common issues faced with their solutions. I will continue to post the issues time to time, and this post will also be updated accordingly. Learn and solve the issues yourself and stay blessed.
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