Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I am UK based and recently purchased an ANPR camera from a US retailer due to the apparent same model being 30% cheaper after all costs taken into consideration.
The US retailer was great, super fast delivery, but sadly as I’m trying to set the camera up I see I am unable to change the region from Americas and Africa, and I have a concern that the firmware is optimised to read plates from the country specified as selected in the webpage interface.
It is only now that I have become aware of the notion of region locking. I’m embarrassed to admit it hadn’t crossed my mind.
At this juncture I see I have 3 options:
- return it and take the hit on delivery/import taxes and buy the correct UK one which is significantly more expensive
- try the camera and hope it works as is. If I do this I think I’d struggle to return it
- try and find some way of getting the firmware updated to the UK version, but I’ve no idea how I could “force” the camera to do so.
Any guidance gratefully received.
I am UK based and recently purchased an ANPR camera from a US retailer due to the apparent same model being 30% cheaper after all costs taken into consideration.
The US retailer was great, super fast delivery, but sadly as I’m trying to set the camera up I see I am unable to change the region from Americas and Africa, and I have a concern that the firmware is optimised to read plates from the country specified as selected in the webpage interface.
It is only now that I have become aware of the notion of region locking. I’m embarrassed to admit it hadn’t crossed my mind.
At this juncture I see I have 3 options:
- return it and take the hit on delivery/import taxes and buy the correct UK one which is significantly more expensive
- try the camera and hope it works as is. If I do this I think I’d struggle to return it
- try and find some way of getting the firmware updated to the UK version, but I’ve no idea how I could “force” the camera to do so.
Any guidance gratefully received.