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So it's better to be prepared to x different types of Hikvision DVR No Display

problems, like channels that don't display on the
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screen for no apparent reason.
Hikvision Channel Zero not Working

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In this article, I explain how to x the issue with the

Hikvision DVR that won't display the channels on
the screen. (In fact, it's just a con guration detail).

As you can see in the picture above, the channel 1 is

not available  on the menu, which indicates that's
just a con guration that was done by somebody
else. 

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Check the channel

I know you probably did that already, but just to

make sure everything is OK, check the DVR channel
that is not showing up to guarantee it gets a video
signal.

Go to the Camera management > OSD and select

the channel you want.

If you see that the channel is working you are good

to go to the next step.

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Fix the con guration

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The Hikvision DVR allows you to select the

channels you want to display on the screen and
hiding the ones you don't want to. It's just a
question of con guration.

To change the con guration open the Con guration

menu. 

Click on the "Live View"  button to open the next

screen.

Check which channels are being displayed.

The picture below shows the Channel A1 icon with

the yellow color. That was after I click the channel
to enable it (It was white before).

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Look at the Channel A2, is the same thing. The icon

is yellow which indicates the channel is active and
being displayed. The same happens for the other
channels.

You can also check if all the channels are being

displayed in different layouts.

The picture below shows all the cameras enabled

for the 2x2 layout.

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Check the result

After changing the display con guration, just come

back to the main screen to check if it's working. As
you can see in the picture below, all the channel are
available now and you can select any of them to
display on the screen.

Conclusion

Sometimes a quick con guration is all you need to

solve a problem.

Obviously, there are other problems related to

cameras that won't display on the screen, but in this
speci c case there's no issue related to the
cameras, cables or something else, so be careful to
not try to x a problem that doesn't exist.

I hope this article helps you to solve your "problem".

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