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Purple haze CCTV

GT60
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edited 4 March 2024 at 2:13PM in Techie Stuff

Hi

Why is my front CCTV  camera is showing a purple haze picture yet my rear camera is okay.

It has been like this for a few days now and unsure what to do as i have not altered anything

The NVR and IP cameras are Dahua and about 5 – 6 years old.

Any advice?

Thanks

EDIT I have just turned the NVR off and restarted after a few minutes and now back to normal for some reason.


Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.

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  • Dave_T_UK
    Dave_T_UK Posts: 107 Forumite
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    I have had this also, and found that resetting it (Turn off, and on again) usually solves the problem 
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,281 Forumite
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    Could it be struggling with that rare commodity, sunshine? Our camera at the front of the house was struggling at Christmas when we had flashing Christmas lights going and the camera colours showing were very variable at nighttime
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  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,613 Forumite
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    Our old camera would go purple when the night vision filter got stuck in place, reseting it would clear it.
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