Dead lechange nk88p042, what now?

[Nathan Seely]

Hello!
My neighbors house was struck by lightning and it killed my lechange NVR NK88P042 (exact model in link below). My NVR won't boot from boot screen so I think it's dead. I never liked lechange. I bought it because it had decent cameras and was cheap at the time. I could never get remote viewing to work. Is there a plug and play option NVR I can buy to replace this that will work with my poe cameras? Brands to look at that are more user friendly for a newb such as myself? I could use 1 more camera max. Links to deals or just make/models info is greatly appreciated.

Runs are all cat 5e and go to a poe switch.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1431839-REG/lechange_nk88p042_8_channel_nvr_with_4.html

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[TonyR]

Runs are all cat 5e and go to a poe switch.

Even though the link is to a POE NVR?

I'm pretty sure Dahua is the OEM..... @EMPIRETECANDY , is that correct?

 

[Nathan Seely]

Yes. I believe manufacturer is Dahua. Sold under lechange name plate.

 

[mat200]

Hello!
My neighbors house was struck by lightning and it killed my lechange NVR NK88P042 (exact model in link below). My NVR won't boot from boot screen so I think it's dead. I never liked lechange. I bought it because it had decent cameras and was cheap at the time. I could never get remote viewing to work. Is there a plug and play option NVR I can buy to replace this that will work with my poe cameras? Brands to look at that are more user friendly for a newb such as myself? I could use 1 more camera max. Links to deals or just make/models info is greatly appreciated.

Runs are all cat 5e and go to a poe switch.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1431839-REG/lechange_nk88p042_8_channel_nvr_with_4.html

Thanks,
Nathan

Hi @Nathan Seely

Yes iirc we saw a number of deals on Lechange from Frys and the like in the past, and they were Dahua OEMs.

I think those cameras meet ONVIF specs and so you could use Blue Iris VMS on a windows PC if you like .. or you could look for Dahua's VMS to run on a PC ..

another option, if you like to go the NVR route is to check out Andy's deals right now on NVRs ..

Probably a good time also to upgrade the most critical low light camera position with a better larger sensor newer model also ..

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Lechange sell cheap lite series, but most of the cams we sell is pro one. If you have plan to do upgrade in the future with a better system, can use this one, Not really can do plug in and play, still need some further settings.

Amazon.com : EmpireTech NVR 5-EI Series Smart H.265+ AI 8 Channels 1U 8PoE 2HDD Network Video Recorder,Face Recognition and SMD Plus,Max. 384 Mbps Incoming/Recording/Outgoing Bandwidth, NVR8CH-8P-2AI : Electronics

We made a good video for how the nvr use