Looking to Upgrade my DVR solution by adding ColorVu cameras?

[SteMac32]

Hi All,

I'm looking to upgrade some of my old CCTV camera's connected to a HikVision DVR ( DS7208 HQHI -F1/N ). This DVR was installed in 2018 so obviously at least 5 year old tech but is it still compatible with any of the HikVision colorvu range. Money is tight at the moment so I'm trying to avoid having to have a new DVR installed if it can be avoided, i would look at this later in the year.

Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[Dan]

Hi @SteMac32

Looking at the specs of your DVR it looks like it will only support up to 2MP cameras so if you want ColorVu you would probably be limited to these 3 Analog TurboHD ColorVu models:

DS-2CE19DF8T-AZE 2MP VF Bullet
DS-2CE59DF8T-AVPZE 2MP VF Dome
DS-2CE79DF8T-AZE 2MP VF Turret

 

[SteMac32]

Hi Dan,

Thanks for that.

The turret and dome are POC , will they also be ok with my existing DVR?

 

[Dan]

As far as I can see your DVR does not support PoC so you would need to power the cameras with separate 12v PSUs.

 

[SteMac32]

ok that's great thanks, just can't find the full specs for my DVR.

 

[Dan]

From Googling your model number this was the only datasheet I could find.

 

[SteMac32]

Perfect, that's more than I found!

 

[tonyv]

Hi All,

I'm looking to upgrade some of my old CCTV camera's connected to a HikVision DVR ( DS7208 HQHI -F1/N ). This DVR was installed in 2018 so obviously at least 5 year old tech but is it still compatible with any of the HikVision colorvu range. Money is tight at the moment so I'm trying to avoid having to have a new DVR installed if it can be avoided, i would look at this later in the year.

Thanks in advance
Steve

I have an 8 port Hikvision DVR and all my ports are used with POE / Coax cameras but wanted to add some more. As an experiment I bought 3 TAPO IP Cameras for about £20 each. Got them working as standalone cameras to start with then started fiddling with getting them added to the Hikvision system and eventually stumbled on the right setting and they work great!!! I also have a Synology NAS box and thought I'd try the surveillance app that comes with that. That too works great with the Tapo cameras but not the Hikvision Cameras as these are not IP.