Has anyone else had trouble getting color to display? My cameras have a color setting but not coming through as color when I view using this DVR.
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I bought this DVR in Nov.2013 and hooked it up to my existing a dome color camera and a bullet and it working great so far for me including the remote view from my smart phone. I recommended that you contact the Q-See customer service about your problem. The customer there are very nice and friendly people they help me set up the remote view on my system.Hope that help
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I've just bought the 2557, also replacing a 1490, which I really liked. I feel like this 2557 has horrible contrast, and as you say, all colors look weak and faded. Did you have any success with follow up regarding yours? Nothing I see on my screen matches the bright colors on the Garmin website or product sales card from the store. May return it, as it's quite frustrating and... oddly, distracting.
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color at daylight b&w; at night.I wouldn't purchase, my dvr never worked properly and after two months I had trouble with night vision on a camera. support personal are hard to understand and was of no help in my case. my mistake was I did not install right away after purchase and warranty expired, so I purchased a q-see kit from Costco, worked fine. One expensive lesson.
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My display is a picture in a picture on the sd card dvr. I also have the 4 camera with 4 channel 500 gig dvr. it has split screen
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When you say the colors indoor were off, it sounds like a white balance issue. I assume you weren't using the flash at the time. When you look at the professional reviews for your next camera, see what they say about the white balance accuracy. Also look for a camera that lets you create a "custom white balance". A higher end camera can saves images in 'RAW format' will also let you more easily correct the image later on your computer.
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Not sure Thomas, I returned the system due to some issues with exporting footage of the DVR. However, when I was testing this system, it did seem like as long as you had a long enough cable, the system captures (but not exports) fine.
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hello Susy this is Ron, hey just emailing you in reference to your HD DVR. In order to change your settings you have to go to the (ok menu) button located in the middle of the unit, then arrow up are down are left to right that should take u through all of your settings.but in order to do that you must have a picture from the camera s on your monitor. Email me back if that doesn't work, but it should.
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Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm hoping to resolve my problems by playing with it this weekend. Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm... » Read More Mine arrived on Tuesday (11/27) and I'm having mixed results. I mainly want it as a portable DVR (I bought it with the docking station) and sometimes it works and other times I can't even see the recording tab to select it. It was great watching Monday night's Heros while I was riding the train yesterday (it was saved to my Comcast DVR on Monday and I transferred it to the 705 on Tuesday evening), and I was able to hook up a card reader to transfer photos from my camera flash cards (after updating the firmware), so I've had some success. The overall problem is poor documentation, and I'm hoping to resolve my problems by playing with it this weekend. « Show Less
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I had the same problem with 6 out of the 8 cameras took forever to get customer service has to approve the returns and u have to ship them back once thier tech. Looks them over if its a defect they should replace them under warranty my cameras just stayed in black and white with no explanation.
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Hi. No the indicator does not change color when the unit is recording. Remember you can turn the indicator completely off.
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Well so far, I have had terrible luck recording indoors. I have seen test on youtube and elsewhere, that display otherwise though. Many of the other reviewers seem to be getting better image quality than me.
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This has noting do with the DVR you can not set this on the DVR, your camera acts as a mirror so what it sees is what you get! Lighten up on the eggnog
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The night vision is very good. As far as the playback, I haven't tried that yet. We had to send back the original DVR because one of the channels didn't work. We just got the new one back. Hope that helps!
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I have had no problems. As long as everything is connected properly and the unit is configured correctly, you shouldn't notice any problems with color.
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those cameras are assigned as "NUMBER 1". Under the PTZ control make sure that number "1" on the DVR is entered...this usually is the problem....hope this will resolve it....Thx
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I think something like that happened to me... I Changed the colored video cables between themselves and fixed (blue where green goes and green on blue, or something like that) it... try different configuration with the RGB cable.
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It seems that there is incompatibility between your monitor and the NVR. You need to chanve the setting on video out. You need to connect to any pc monitor first. What kind of monitor are you trying to connect?