DS-2CD2432F-IW cannot revert to English firmware

[veni]

I have a DS-2CD2432F-IW
camera, which came with firmware version v5.2.0_140721 (Multi Language). I was having some issues lately and decided to reinstall the same firmware again but I made a huge mistake by uploading the same version from Hikvision's website http://www.hikvision.com/en/us/download_more.asp?id=1354


When the camera rebooted, it changed the language to Chinese. I soon after realized that the English versions of the firmwares were available on ftp://ftp.hikvisionusa.com/ but I have tried all of the Raptor_2xxx_Series firmwares and was able to upgrade to V5.2.3 build 141024 but it is still in Chinese.

How can I get an English version back on the camera?
I tried the TFTP method but the TFTP-auto-apdate tool will not detect the camera.
Funny thing is the camera still works well but it's GUI is in Chinese.
Any advice on what to do?

 

[fenderman]

There are several ways to address this issue...the easiest is the last by CBX.
http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?1078-Firmware-5-2-0-in-English
or
http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?1315-Is-there-quot-magic-quot-to-update-camera-to-latest-firmware&highlight=tjM0N7eRYok

Or contact @CBX for his superb fix which will change the camera region to US permanently.
http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?473-Hikvision-region-code-changer&highlight=english

 

[veni]

Thank you fenderman I'll give it a whirl

 

[veni]

Fantastic this works but I still went ahead and contacted CBX for his permanent fix
http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread....ht=tjM0N7eRYok

Also a strange thing is happening with the camera, when I set a NAS volume, it triggers an alarm through the camera speaker and will not stop until I remove the NAS volune in the settings.

Very weird!

 

[fenderman]

Great. The alarm is most likely related to a hard disk error (or what the camera thinks is one)...there is a setting in the camera that allows you to enable/disable the audio alerts for HDD error/full and other issues, i dont remember off hand where it is in the settings...

 

[veni]

update:
I have disabled the audible warning under the exception tab it that works!