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@Dan - Superstar!! It's so easy when you know how. Feel a bit of an idiot. I had tried moving the levers left and right but they wouldn't move. I tried turning them but they just unscrewed and came off!

Thanks for that. I can see your point about the motorised lens but the title says it is a varifocal camera. It was sold as varifocal too. Are you sure it is fixed lens? If it is I should be able to adjust manually.. which is fine. I will try again when I get home

I have a Hikvision DS-7604NI-E1/4P/A NVR with a single camera which has been working fine (after help with setup on here). I have just picked up a Hikvision DS-2CD2742FWD-I camera to add to the system. I bought this because I wanted to be able to change the focal length. I now notice that...

As a quick update... I did rotate the camera 90 degrees and that, combined with playing with the BLC Area produced a better image. I have a bit of glare off something (top left) but I think a slight physical adjustment of the camera should solve that. So much better than the first image I got...

Thanks again... I won't be able to have a play with it again at night until Sunday when I think I will try to turn it 90 degrees and see if that helps. I did try with WDR on and I don't recall it made much difference. I will try it all again. It's already better than the Swann (no surprise)...

Thanks again. I will think about putting up an LED floodlight. This is the best I have managed so far at night.

Thanks everyone. With regards to the rotating the camera - I had tried that but I discovered it needed a firmer turn to get it to move further round than I had managed to get it. The image is better now and the WDR appeared to work well - though I am going to have another go tonight at it now...

Brilliant. You have saved me loads of investigation. After doing what you said in your first 2 paragraphs, I could access the camera and updated the firmware. I now get the Day/Night Switch options I am also not sure why I am not getting an image and just get a black box - it says Live...

That's a great thread.. thanks. However, when I went into the Image settings I didn't see any of the options that were available in that thread. Is that because it is a low end camera or maybe because the camera firmware needs updating? I am viewing it through IE. Sorry - another newbie.

Yesterday I installed a Hikvision NVR and camera yesterday to replace a very old Swann system. I only needed one camera and bought the following second hand. Hikvision DS-7604NI-E1/4P/A NVR and DS-2CD2135FWD-I camera. I used this forum to update the firmware of the NVR (thanks!), though I...