{"id":17537,"date":"2020-06-09T09:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/?p=17537"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:28:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:28:59","slug":"how-to-reset-an-amcrest-nvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-an-amcrest-nvr\/","title":{"rendered":"How to factory reset an Amcrest NVR (quick solution)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this article, I show <strong>how to factory reset an Amcrest NVR <\/strong>to recover from a lost password. The procedure is simple and takes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The reset works for the Amcrest <strong>NV21xx-HS<\/strong> and <strong>NV21xxE-HS<\/strong> series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">If you have a different model, please check the links at the end of this article.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The steps to reset the Amcrest NVR<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">To reset the Amcrest NVR you need to have physical access to its motherboard, so it&#8217;s necessary to open its cover by removing the screws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Once you&#8217;ve opened the NVR follow the steps to reset it to factory default.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Press and hold the reset button<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Unplug the NVR power cable<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Hold the reset button for 5 seconds<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Plug the power cable back to the NVR<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Wait until you hear a &#8220;<em>beep<\/em>&#8221; sound<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Keep the reset button pressed for extra 30 seconds<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Release the button when the NVR finishes booting up<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The picture below show the NVR reset button on the motherboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Amcrest NVR Reset button\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Amcrest-NVR-Reset-button.jpg\" alt=\"Amcrest NVR Reset button\" width=\"719\" height=\"474\" data-id=\"17538\" data-init-width=\"720\" data-init-height=\"474\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"474\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.amcrest.com\/\">https:\/\/support.amcrest.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">And that&#8217;s it, the reset is done and now you can log in to the NVR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Make sure everything works and create a new password before closing the NVR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">If you need more help, please visit the <a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/support.amcrest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amcrest support page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Related articles<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Here are some related articles that can help you with your Amcrest devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a style=\"outline: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-amcrest-dvr-password\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to reset Amcrest DVR password.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/amcrest-account-has-been-locked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amcrest account has been locked<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-the-amcrest-hdcvi-dvr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to reset the Amcrest HDCVI DVR password<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Now you know how to factory reset an Amcrest NVR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The procedure is simple but you need to be precise while executing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to press and hold the button and unplug and plug the cables at the same time, so it&#8217;s recommended to ask somebody to help you out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">I hope this article is useful for you, please share it wity your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, I show how to factory reset an Amcrest NVR to recover from a lost password. The procedure is simple and takes less than 5 minutes. The reset works for the Amcrest NV21xx-HS and NV21xxE-HS series. If you have a different model, please check the links at the end of this article. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amcrest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to factory reset an Amcrest NVR (quick solution) - Learn CCTV.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, I show how to factory reset an Amcrest NVR to recover from a lost password. 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