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I’m looking at various options to replace my Ring doorbell and perhaps make use of my existing Hikvision CCTV DVR. My DVR is a IDS-7204HUHI-M1/FA/A with 4 TVI ColorVu cameras connected, my understanding is that you can add a further 2 ip cameras. I was wondering if I could use a Hikvision...

The engineer has just been to my daughters house to look at her 2.5 year old 55” Panasonic OLED TV that went off last week, it’s a TX-55HZ980B and covered by Panasonic’s 5 year warranty. He diagnosed a screen failure and said they would order a new OLED panel / screen and return in approximately...

My son has moved into a property with an alarm installed, however all he was given was the alarm code and no manuals. Please can someone identify what system it is so that we can source the user manual. Thanks in advance

My daughter has a Panasonic OLED television, model number 55HZ980, she keeps getting a message that says ”the panel maintenance has failed to complete”, and when on standby the light is orange rather than red. She hasn’t got a USB or HDD connected, no recordings scheduled, she’s tried turning...

Just replaced a Samsung TV with a 50” Panasonic TX-50JX850B in my “man cave”. 4 times in 10 days when we turn the TV on it has lost some HD channels, retune and all back and working, reported to TV supplier and he doesn’t suspect a faulty tuner as it’s retaining the non HD channels. He...

My daughter has a 4 lamp light fitting in her kitchen, the bulbs are all Phillips 4.5W, 2700K, GU10, it is wired with a 2 way switch by the back door and a 2 way switch by the dining room. This set up has worked satisfactory for approximately 6 years, last night when she was about to go to bed...

My son is in the process of buying a property in Northern Ireland that has a Viessmann boiler installed, I’m not familiar with Viessmann products. Can anyone help identify the model and offer an opinion as to whether or not they are fairly reliable. Thanks

My daughter has a Glowworm Ultimate 50FF boiler, open vented system, Y plan with open vented cylinder that has worked fine up until this week. The boiler fires up and radiators begin to warm, but the boiler keeps making a clicking noise and the burner cuts out the fires up again then cuts out...

Hi all, my daughter has just recently moved into a new (To her) property that has an old Neff dishwasher installed, the previous owner has left no instructions. The front panel is very worn and you can’t make out the numbers / symbols around the knob, I’ve searched for a manual but with no joy...

I have been using Hikvision CCTV gear for years without any major issues, I have 2 identical setups at different properties. DS 7204HUHI-K1 DVR with Hikvision camera’s, both set to automatically change the hour (DST), which they both did last night. When viewing on iPhone or iPad live view...

Hi guy’s, quick question regarding Hikvision Firmware, I went onto the Hikvision Europe Portal and found the latest firmware for my DS-7204HUHI-K1 DVR. There are two files (same version and build numbers) of slightly different sizes, one has NEU in the file name the other has STD, what’s the...

I have setup a number of systems successfully but am struggling with this one at my daughters house. Hikvision DS-7204HUHI-K1 Trying to set up for remote viewing via Kik-Connect Under Configuration/ Network/ General I have unchecked “Enable DNS DHCP” entered 8.8.8.8 in the “Preferred DNS...

My daughters alarm panel couldn't be further away from the phone socket, so running a dialer cable is not viable (solid floors) Saw this on eBay and was wondering if anyone had any experience of this or anything similar, she's not bothered about the set / unset texts (these can be omitted) she...

I'm looking to upgrade my daughters CCTV system shortly, I am going to replace the DVR and the 4 Cameras, I was hoping to leave the old cables in situ as it would be a pig of a job to run new ones. They are a co-ax and a power cable. I'm thinking of a Hikvision Turbo 3 DS-7204HUHI-F1/S with a...

Does anyone know how to default a Texecom Speech and Text Dialer to factory settings ? Thanks

Got a call off my daughter who had returned home to find water coming through the light fitting in the kitchen. She established that it was coming from the bathroom WC, so I got her to turn the isolating valve off and flush the cistern until l got there. I went to undo the wing nuts to remove...

I have v1.8 of the Veritas UDL software for uploading / downloading to the Veritas R8+ and Excel Panels. This is different to the Wintex software that is for use wit the Premier range. Some of the newer panels won't connect / communicate with v1.8, does anyone have a later version or know of a...

My mother has just moved into a bungalow, the boiler is a Vaillant Eco TEC 831 combi with an integrated VTS 160 time switch. She is quite elderly and doesn't take to new technology well, her previous house had a combi with a remote timeswitch that she could manage very well, it was a Siemens RWB...

18 months ago I replaced the PCB in my daughters Glowworm Ultimate 50FF boiler as the relay had started "chattering" I have just had to replace it again because of the same problem, both replaced boards show a "blackening" in exactly the same place. Is this a fault with this particular boiler /...

My daughter has a 2011 Ford Fiesta and has a isofix child seat with a top tether strap, the seat is forward facing and the top tether strap fastens to a designated anchor point on the back of the rear seat. Her husband has a 2010 Focus that has isofix fittings but no top tether anchor point...