Hi guys,
I've just bought an 8ch dvr (apollo) along with 5 external (qvis) 700tvl dome cameras with 5x20m pre-made shotgun rg59 cable.
I'm trying to figure how best to cable this up, (haven't drilled through external brick walls before.) and don't want to do a homer simpson! and end up destroying the structure of the house.
The dvr I'm thinking of placing in the downstairs utility room which has an external wall to the side of the house. I'm looking to place 2 cameras at the front - 1 covering doorway and 1 covering drive; 1 camera covering side of house and 2 cameras for the rear.
These dome cameras have an osd controller on the cable and power and video out cables - they look to big to hide in the underside of the dome camera (I'm aware you can get the ring things which just make the cameras look more bigger.)
I was thinking of taking all the cables round the outside of the house to the utility area and drill a hole big enough to pass all cables through. This would be quite a big hole - is this ok? The osd controller and the video/power connections I was thinking of hiding in some trunking.
Another way would be to drill straight through where the cameras are located and route inside prob involve more drilling through interior walls etc
Any other ideas or tips much appreciated.
thanks,
I've just bought an 8ch dvr (apollo) along with 5 external (qvis) 700tvl dome cameras with 5x20m pre-made shotgun rg59 cable.
I'm trying to figure how best to cable this up, (haven't drilled through external brick walls before.) and don't want to do a homer simpson! and end up destroying the structure of the house.
The dvr I'm thinking of placing in the downstairs utility room which has an external wall to the side of the house. I'm looking to place 2 cameras at the front - 1 covering doorway and 1 covering drive; 1 camera covering side of house and 2 cameras for the rear.
These dome cameras have an osd controller on the cable and power and video out cables - they look to big to hide in the underside of the dome camera (I'm aware you can get the ring things which just make the cameras look more bigger.)
I was thinking of taking all the cables round the outside of the house to the utility area and drill a hole big enough to pass all cables through. This would be quite a big hole - is this ok? The osd controller and the video/power connections I was thinking of hiding in some trunking.
Another way would be to drill straight through where the cameras are located and route inside prob involve more drilling through interior walls etc
Any other ideas or tips much appreciated.
thanks,