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The video outputs of most CCTV cameras are of a very similar format, so it's not difficult for a third-party app to see them. PTZ commands can vary considerably. The app you got with those cameras uses a server in China and will have been designed to operate all the cameras' functions - and...

If you do a search on the app store you will find a number of apps that offer to monitor CCTV cameras, but they may not be able to operate the PTZ. The risk you take with these cheap cameras is that the control functions via their Chinese server can cease at any time. As they say on this...

Just be grateful it's not a Virginmedia connection you have booked. Their new cable installations are sometimes delayed repeatedly over weeks or months, with no warning except that they don't turn up on the day they've said.

How do you test that after installation?

+1 for Doro, they are designed for this job. Just make sure she is keeping it charged. If she just puts it down absent mindedly it will soon run down and she'll be out of contact.

Google will find you several, but prices do vary. e.g. https://www.cctvempire.co.uk/

Yes they will be a snug fit now, but they do age badly particularly if damp gets in or the cables are moved. Virgin would be very unhappy to know you have used them. Let's hope they have no need to find out :)

I trust you used the proper crimped connectors. Screw on plugs can be unreliable.

Virgin have a standard method for repairing cuts in the cable. Call the (awful) helpline and book a repair. Be careful how you fix it because if you get it wrong it will not only affect your own broadband but also your neighbours connected to the same street cabinet. This can and does happen!

And only 1TB HD. That's going to restrict good cameras.

It's all very well for BT to say that they are delaying the switchover to VOIP, but Openreach have committed to finishing it by 2025. All the other Openreach ISPs have said they will do so by that date, and they will be complaining if BT are given an exemption.

First of all I'd measure the voltage at the camera, as I suspect there will be a significant voltage drop at the end of 80m. Then using the current consumption specs of the two devices, you can calculate what the terminal voltage will be with both connected. e.g. if they both take the same...

Yes. But the DECT phone will stop working anyway without power.

All new phone connections now use VOIP over the Internet. Their DECT phone can continue to work as before but its base station has to be plugged into a phone socket on the modem. It may fit right away, if not you will need a small adapter that you can buy in most DIY or hardware shops.

On the contrary, something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PIR-Remote-Control-Alarm-System/dp/B01HBM0DA6 If you are going to mount it outside, you'd have to arrange a shelter.

You'd be better off with a self contained PIR and sounder that will give the thief a fright and alert you as well.

Depends entirely on the nature of the interference. If it's another proprietary signalling device in the same frequency band, both it and the Texecom will be quite capable of avoiding each other. The Texecom in certainly very clever in its in-band interference protection. I've seen the...

On the mobile app iVMS-4500, go to the camera selection (top RH button) and check that all cameras are ticked. If that doesn't work, remove the camera settings completely under the Devices setting and re-enter them.

Virgin are in the process of moving all phone services to VOIP, so the Gigaset base will then have to connect to the phone socket on their router.

iVMS-4500 works remotely for me on phones and tablets. We have a static IP on the home network. Live display is fine but I have to say the playback and search facilities are a bit clunky.