alastairstevenson
Staff member
hiktools will only change the language of the header in the firmware, not the language of the NVR.
If you are lucky you might have a device where the bootpara is not encoded, in which case this will work :
If not, it will need some ' hacked to English' firmware.
If you are lucky you might have a device where the bootpara is not encoded, in which case this will work :
How to - Fix your 15-beep-bootloop Hikvision DS-76xxN-Ex NVR, or convert to EN and make it updatable
Here is a worked example of how to permanently change a Hikvision China language DS-76xxN-Ex NVR to an EN language device that will then take the stock EN/ML firmware. I've used a few Hikvision CN NVRs, bought at low cost off Aliexpress, and typically installed 'hacked to English' firmware to...
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If not, it will need some ' hacked to English' firmware.