Q-See 4 Channel HD Security System with 1TB Hard Drive, 4 720p IP Cameras 100′ feet Night Vision

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1. 39 of 39 people found the subsequent review helpful

   
   Excellent Logic, but motion detection feature needs work, June 9, 2014

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   x42384 –

   This review is from: Q-See 4 Channel HD Security Logic with 1TB Hard Drive, 4 720p IP Cameras 100′ feet Night Vision (Electronics)

   I did not hold this from Amazon, but got it from Sams Club online as a bundle for $499.00 (QC814 NVR, 4 x QCN7005B IP cameras, 4 x 100ft ethernet cables, accessories. Used this logic for three months now, so very familiar with all. Experimented alot to learn and optimize the settings.

   Here is a rundown: (long review, but just want to pass along info I experienced)

   – QCN7005B is really a Dahua IPC-HFW2100S rebranded as QSEE. Has a 3.6mm lens which gives a wider viewing area (about 65-70 degrees).
   – NVR is also a Dahua model rebranded as QSEE.
   – Two separate power supplies plug into the NVR. One for NVR and one for the cameras. Here is no power switch on the NVR.
   – Must shutdown/reboot NVR from console menu. To powercycle cameras need to remove power plug.
   – Anroid cell phone remote viewing: Use “Q-SEE QC View”, or “Dahua gDMSS Lite” from the Playstore. Both do the same thing and work very well
   – FREE DDNS service. Utilize this to in the least access your router (via unique name) even if the IP address changes – it does work
   – You can also record streaming video directly to your cell or take a snapshot -saves video to your SD card
   – Tons of customization settings: (schedule, scenery mode, motion/continuous recording)
   – Emailing snapshots, ftp all facility ok (too many fake alarms forced me to disable emailing snapshots)
   – Motion detection is a huge bonus feature. Saves disk space, records before, all through and after movements. [more later on this]
   – “Region Filter” is used to ignore motion sensitive areas (ie moving undergrowth, trees) – doesn’t work very well
   – “Overlay filter” allows you to “black out” an area so you cannot see it. (i.e. place a black square over your neighbors windows so you can not see that area)
   – Automated email alerts on hardware tribulations [low disk space, disconnection, video masking, motion]
   – Adjustable video pledge / streaming rate
   – Customized schedules to make possible motion detection/recording..etc

   – Motion detection, the best feature, is problematic. Constant fake alarms, which leads to hours of unnecessary recordings
   – Many times, the “motion detector” gets wedged in a loop, and causes continuous recording for as long as 30min
   – As I review recorded video due to “motion detection”, nothing is moving in the video, and no changes in lighting. Even had QSEE tech support remote into the NVR to check for themselves, and they had no answer.

   – The motion detection will trip on changes in lightning (i.e. sun gets brighter/dimmer). As I look at all my fake motion detection videos, lighting changes are seen in alot of them.

   – Camera facility perfect indoors. Never a fake clock radio, other than lighting changes (i.e. room gets dimmer/bright due to lighting thru windows in room)

   – Was able to minimize outdoor fake motion alerts by maintenance the daytime motion sensitivity at setting “two”

   – From what I have experienced, it’s not a real motion detector, but rather a “before/after” image equate

   – “Region Filter” is not very accurate. Motion Detection still occurs even if motion detected outside the filter

   – On the bright side, it has detected/recorded every person that has walked within range of the camera.

   – Night Vision is very excellent. Able to see my yard in 100% darkness, and picture/video is clear

   – Night time motion detection won’t detect motion unless sensitivity is 4 or privileged. (tested it many times with different sensitivity settings).

   – So, everyday, I manually set the motion sensitivity to four all through nighttime, and two for daytime. – irritating

   – NVR password is only six characters. – very terrible!!

   – Menu settings in NVR do NOT match the same setting as those menus in the web browser.

   – Here are three ways to connect/configure the setup:
   a. Web Browser: Configure the NVR and cameras. Use Ip address of the NVR (be sure to use port 85)
   b. Directly connect to NVR via mouse/monitor.
   c. Connect directly to the cameras. Connect your laptop to an open PoE port on NVR, and enter in the camera’s IP address into the laptop browser. (the camera IP addresses initiation out at 10.1.1.128). You will than get a browser view for just that camera. (fascinating view as compared to the view via the NVR). BTW: This is not the preferred method, whereas you must access the camera via the NVR IP address, but I went directly to the camera out of anxiety.

   Tribulations I ran into:

   – Cables in the box were wrapped tightly in clearwrap and pressed tightly against the cable locking lever, and weakened them. Could not lock the the ethernet cables in the sockets – kept slipping out. Did an RMA replacement – same problem.

   – Using the…

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2. 17 of 17 people found the subsequent review helpful

   
   Never Pays to be the first – avoid this manufactured goods till QSee fixes it, May 7, 2014

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   L. Glass (Silver Jump, MD United States) –
   
     

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   This review is from: Q-See 4 Channel HD Security Logic with 1TB Hard Drive, 4 720p IP Cameras 100′ feet Night Vision (Electronics)

   I received the package very quickly and both the packaging and the actual material in hand has all the appearances of being top quality. Unfortunately here is software/firmware in the middle that ruins it all. Instructions were passable enough and setup went quickly (though this is not my first DVR / NVR so I have some experience to go quickly with this kind of stuff) The software interface is pretty vague and the manual (on CD and online) offers small explanation – still if you have done a similar logic before you can find your way around pretty well. Far too many options that are not used or not applicable for this package as sold. The real disaster is the motion detection. Nothing seemed to be working right and the logic triggers falsely many times all through a sun set transition when here is no motion in the field of view. Investigating further I found that here is a significant difference between the motion detection zones inserted at the NVR console – vs those seen over the remote (lan or internet) view. It takes a lot of guessing and experimentation to map out which one most closely represents what the logic is doing. Genuinely I figured that this was a simple firmware problem and that an update would solve all. Unfortunately this unit is too new to warrant any firmware update. I contacted QSee and they opened an account for me on their site and providing a nice email that stated “We will take upon yourself your issue has been resolved if we do not hear from you within 72 hours.” Well even with an account into their logic here is still no firmware update for this unit. I provided photos of the disparate displays to QSee via the account that they nicely opened and was provided with a link of more emails querying me if I was using exclusively QSee cameras (of course I was – I used what was in the complete kit!) All the emails are nicely finished with the phrase “We will take upon yourself your issue has been resolved if we do not hear from you within 72 hours.” which I take as – go away please. They did inform me that as this was one of their newer units that here was no firmware update. At this point I am seeking a return and refund… I really don’t want to become part of QSee’s QC or testing department. Note that though the unit is identified as being sold by Frugal Buys CA LLC, the unit was delivered in A Sams Club Box. No telling how complicated that will make the return process. For those adventurous souls who wish to stick with this manufactured goods, the firmware on my unit which apparently has this defect is 2.610.QS01.0 Build Date 17-09-2013. Suggest that before buying you check Qsee;s site to verify if here is a firmware update for this specific model NVR QC 814 – as of now here is none – so having even one would be an improvement and indicate some action. For those looking for a REAL CHEAP and workable solution I was plotting on replacing my US411ZS D1 H.264 Network DVR with the QSee all digital unit and hoping for a significant performance improvement. After all that unit is about 2 or 3 years ancient and analog…. well it outperforms this QC 814.

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3. 3 of 3 people found the subsequent review helpful

   
   Plugged it in worked fantastic passwords were a small hard to get set but …, March 17, 2015

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   Lee Morris –

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   This review is from: Q-See 4 Channel HD Security Logic with 1TB Hard Drive, 4 720p IP Cameras 100′ feet Night Vision (Electronics)

   Plugged it in worked fantastic passwords were a small hard to get set but after reading the remote only recognizes 4 characters it worked fantastic.

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