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J**
Great system for the price and it’s a 8mp not 5mp like others on the market. Some small faults.
Item comes well wrapped in plenty of boxes to protect from damage in transit.Upon opening after opening all the boxes the system look ok has small fan noise but they say is normal to keep cool.Upon fitting is was not easy for us but was easy to set up after placing cameras around you house or company.View is great with good image just a little curved due to wide screen lens.Night vision is very good as long as it’s not running to close to a wall as it’s sensors turn left or right image away from the wall they say this is what all manufactures cameras do not just this camera once angled away image is better.Only one little thing I found camera cable is a little short for my home so hade to get a box to fit in in outside to help.Not had long enough to tell how hard drive is recording as we are using motion only.My conclusion is this is a great system for the price and well cheaper that top manufactures selling only 5mp systems agains this 8mp.And hope Annke keep in touch in the future with new products and improvements that will benefit me to review.I’ve now found a small fault with the cameras if you change parameters menu from camera auto to b/w it puts camera into night vision all the time but when you try to reset back to colour vision the cameras get stuck in b/w night vision, I’ve told annke and the seller but they keep giving me instruction that I told them don’t work as the camera is locked out from use changing setting just clicks but can’t get out of black and white. They say change from PTZ but that is also frozen.? But even in colour none of the commands work. So at the moment I have two cameras stuck in b/w night vision mode until they tell me how to fix it?.Motion detect I was getting over 500 photos in the morning from this I had to cut down on boxes for detection to try and cut down which it did I can only have a few box now, it sends clips well when it detect people and animals only one small problem the image is so small it’s poor quality and can’t recognise what the person looks like even at close range, I have to zoom to see it better not sure if other manufactures do the same just wish it was a little better especially when these are 4K 8mp cameras.The camera email part I get most emails now from when it detects light getting darker then in the morning when it gets lighter shame but you would have to put up with it I’ve been told.There is a false detect square but I can’t click it as it’s blanked out for this camera even when this I thought was top of the range.((((((Small update a few week ago I was told as I found a fault with cameras and the verified with email they will send me a full new system when the next model comes in the future even if they change the model number and shape I’ve been promised just hope they keep there promise in the future as I’ve wasted a lot of time with this system sorting faults they did not know about.))))))Another update when I try to backup onto flash drive I have found it will only do this via a mp4 format that is not recognised by PC unless you install a player recommended by annke them selves so can’t send clips to Police unless they have this player to watch it and every time I try to record in avi format it rejects it every time I have been asking annke in China about this for days now but they just don’t under stand what I’m telling them they just keep saying this top of range system does not do as much as I thought it would have done as loads of the menus are not for this system.Update just been told this model is not compatible to recorded avi onto external device like flash drives we can only do there version of mp4 which is not recognised with out certain software.
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CCTV System
Goods arrived today. Unboxed and tested out all the cameras and DVR. All ok and looks good.Edit:Some weeks on and system now fully installed. I decided to use ducting, to install the cables, looks a lot better then clips. Powered up the system and set up, named each camera. Used Guarding Vision software as supplied with system. Picture quality good in day light and in night vision.I decided to try and install my previous systems IP PTZ camera. Just used a RJ45 cable to a RJ45 socket on the router and plugged in the 12vdc psu. Set up the software and bingo the PTZ also works. Great system. Now I have 8 fixed cameras and 1 IP PTZ.UPDATE:To finish off the system I have now added a IP PTZ controller to the IP camera. Now I can sit back and control the IP camera via a joystick. The controller has a 5" LCD.Had a small issue with one of the cameras, contacted Annke (Bella in tech support) who was very helpful. After various tests she and I decided it must be the camera had an issue. Within a few days a replacement camera was sent. Problem cured. Thank you Bella and the team at Annka. SO:ANNKE - Excellent company to deal with.Recommend 100%, Picture quality 110% day and night. I compare this on several other CCTV systems I have owned & used over 30+ years. This is a pretty much plug & play system. Really simple.1] Support: Cannot fault. I had a small issue which was sorted by Bella in Tech Support very quickly.2] Cannot think of anything negative to report.I do not work or have any connection with ANNKE.
4**Z
Sets the standard in CCTV
For a company that has only been in existence since 2016, ANNKE have made a massive impact on the CCTV scene, especially with this latest 4K camera, 8 channel system. In my opinion, there is no reason to consider the other manufacturers, I have tried them and this is the best at its price point.This system is a head and shoulders step up from other larger manufacturers (who I won't name but their Android app is no longer updated and does not work on some later phones), the ANNKE Android app works well (you don't need to sign up like the manual says, it will work without registering, but this is not made clear), the PC software also performs great and the image quality is smashing, especially at night using the camera dual EXIR LED illumination which gives a very even illumination and looks very impressive even with cameras mounted under the eaves of a two storey house.I have previously installed 3 different CCTV systems for home use over the years, and this ANNKE system easily beats the others. It is a little quirky to set up for networking and remote operation (the manuals are quite wordy and repetitive) there are quite a few options which I don't need. Handy to use existing cables (BNC video) and upgrade the cameras at the same time.The idea of buying the system and then installing your own hard drive may sound a bit odd, but you have the ability to suit yourself and your budget. I installed a 4TB WD Purple in about 5 mins with a screwdriver, and it seems to work OK and runs cooler than others I have used.Remote system configuration and monitoring is possible using the Windows app Guarding Vision, which is also available for Android smartphones (this also works seamlessly and I tired it on a few phones). The PC app allows remote downloading of sections of recorded video from a selection of cameras to your PC in an MP4 file, this is encoded in H265 so needs a player to decode it, this software is also provided and works well as the native Win 10 video player does not usually support this video format. Interestingly, the app player allows zooming of the recorded video, you cannot do this function with the main view in the PC app, live zoom in is possible, and good.The cameras are easily mounted, but be aware that the mounting holes are around 1.5mm larger PCD than other camera manufacturers, so you might need to drill or enlarge some mount holes. Screws and wall plugs are provided. The system unit fan is a little louder than others, but tolerable as long as the unit is not installed in a bedroom, I would probably put a quieter one to make it less obtrusive. There are some quirky things with the PC app, you can only zoom during live playback, zooming is easy and works well, but only works if you draw your zoom area square onscreen using the mouse from top left to bottom right. A remote control is provided for the main unit, but I've not really needed it (no AAA batteries included) as once the password is configured, and connected to your network, you can configure it that way. It is possible to use Internet Explorer (yes, really, it still exists) to login to the system unit using the IP address and configure it once the plug-in provided is installed. Chrome and Edge users will be disappointed as the ANNKE plugin is not able to be installed on those browsers, this is a common problem for any plug-in.To sum up, this system works straight out of the box, and once the hard drive is installed, image quality is top notch, especially at night and software provided is faultless under Win 10 or Android. This is an easy choice for a home CCTV system. Install it now, don't wait for a security problem to be a reason to make you do it. Highly recommended.UPDATE AFTER 3 MONTHS USE:Still very impressed with this kit, works like a dream, high quality images day and night 24 hours a day, and the mobile App is also great. One thing we noticed is that following some winter months of rain, snow, hail and wind, the images appeared to become 'bloomed' or degraded. We assumed that the cameras may have internal condensation but after getting the ladder out and having a look, they simply needed the glass lens to be cleaned with window cleaner, the camera glass just had a build up of muck, the same as our house windows! A side benefit is that these cameras do not attract so many spiders as our previous installation for some reason! Best CCTV cameras I have ever used.
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