4 camera CCTV system

[Rob.S]

Is it suitable for use with my 1999 Sony Tele/Video combi and freeview digi box?

If your TV has a spare scart or composite video input you should be ok. You will need to buy a cable to connect to the BNC output on the back of the DVR as well.

I have bought some of those interior dome cameras and the build quality isn't brilliant although the camera picture is good. The DVR looks fine but I make sure you will get enough record time for your needs on 250GB with 4 cameras.

 

[bluenun20]

Thanks for the help Rob.

He has said the Sony CCD cameras are better quality than the Sharp ones and I can get these for an extra £6 each.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=310121090449&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=021

I will get 2 x 10M and 2 x 20M video and power cables combined.

A 5 amp power adaptor and a 9 way core.

There is a USB port and cable for back up to PC.

A 5 foot video cable to connect the DVR to the TV/video combo, one side of the cable is a BNC port to connect to the DVR and the other side is an RCA for connecting to the AV port on the TV.

There was one on there yesterday for £305 but now the lowest I can find is £308 but most of these kits are £339, I'm not sure why the prices vary.

The time is coming where he is going to give me a total price.
If I was buying a kit I could just make an offer but as I am mix and matching I do not know if that is possible.

How did you decide what to offer, minus 10%?

 

[Rob.S]

I have those cameras and have been very pleased with them.

Take the best prices you've seen similar kits go for and ask if he will accept the same. I think they vary due to exchange rates.

 

[bluenun20]

Do any of your cameras look through glass?
I ask because I plan on putting one dome camera in the porch and one bullet camera in the Conservatory, both will look through old style double glazed aluminuim glass doors.

I understand this will be OK in daylight hours but when the light falls you can get reflection off the glass windows from the IR LED's like this.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5822/ipcamirlightsdb7.jpg

 

[Rob.S]

Do any of your cameras look through glass?
I ask because I plan on putting one dome camera in the porch and one bullet camera in the Conservatory, both will look through old style double glazed aluminuim glass doors.

I understand this will be OK in daylight hours but when the light falls you can get reflection off the glass windows from the IR LED's like this.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5822/ipcamirlightsdb7.jpg[/QUOTE]

No mine are outside. They will definitely have that problem looking through glass at night, you will need to IR source outside at least but you are best off with the cameras outside.

 

[bluenun20]

Rob, you said you had some of the Sony CCD dome cameras near the bottom of this page, do they pan and tilt?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=310121090449&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=021

If not I was thinking of getting these ones,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-3-SONY-CCD-...14&_trkparms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[breezer]

sorry to correct you, but you mean can you adjuest the angle.

Pan and tilt is what you do to a camera that has been mounted on a pan and tilt unit

This is a pan and tilt unit. ok i chose a big unit so you can see it better.

The operator can move the camera left to right (pan) and up and down (tilt) both at the same time. There is also zoom, but lets not go there

 

[cabot]

Anyone recommend these cameras.I was looking at 4 of them
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SONY-1-3-CCD-...emQQ_trksidZp1713.m153.l1262#ebayphotohosting

 

[Rob.S]

Rob, you said you had some of the Sony CCD dome cameras near the bottom of this page, do they pan and tilt?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=310121090449&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=021

If not I was thinking of getting these ones,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-3-SONY-CCD-...arms=72:1690|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318[/QUOTE]

You can adjust them but they don't have a motorized pan/tilt as breezer says. For that you'd want to search for PTZ cameras but they are a lot more expensive so I'm guessing you don't want them. The domes just look less intrusive than normal cameras on stalks.

The other camera looks ok but watch out for the P&P!

 

[bluenun20]

Thanks for the replies.

I did mean can they be adjusted up and down and left to right by hand so thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Acebiker]

Hi Bluenun, you wont be able to view any external camera with IR on through a window, all it will do is glare back and white out. Good luck

 

[bluenun20]

I went for this CCTV system in the end but exchanged 2 of the cameras for dome cameras.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160314182029&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:GB:1123

I have a 1998 sony TV/video combination with a digi box, the cctv system works on here but I can only use the cctv or the digi box at one time so I am thinking I will buy a colour monitor and set the cctv up in the office.

The DVR supports VGA.

Can anyone recommend what type of monitor to go for?
I need to go to Maplins today but suspect they might be criticised.

 

[Rob.S]

Same system I've got! What do you think of it?

Monitor wise I probably wouldn't bother with Maplin. Try online like ebuyer or dabs.com. You don't need widescreen and 15" will probably do so aim to spend £50 or less.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158910

Or you can probably get a used one on ebay for a lot less!

 

[bluenun20]

Hi Rob,

1 of the bullet cameras is faulty so I posted it back this morning and should get a relacement.

I have not had much chance to play around with it yet but did find the DVR fan a bit noisy for the lounge.
That is another reason I have decided to put it in the office as my PC has a noisy fan too

I went to Maplins just to get a lead I needed this morning but while there I asked if I could use the DVR with my computer monitor to view what the cameras see.

I came back with 2 VGA monitor connection cables and a manual data switch box.
Apparently I can use my pc monitor as usual in position "1" and see my CCTV cameras in position "2".

But my bulky 8 year old 17" monitor does not have a VGA connection, the cable goes internal.
So I was thinking of buying a new flat screen PC monitor to use with my PC and the CCTV.

I am not sure of the name of the connection I need on the monitor, it is blue with 3 sets of 5 holes and a nut either side for screws to be screwed into.
Is that called a "D-SUB (15-pin) "?
If so that monitor comes with that.

 

[Rob.S]

Any monitor with a VGA connector should be fine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector

Almost all monitors will have a VGA socket but some may only have a DVI which you don't need:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

Many monitors have more than one input and a switch built in so before you throw away the packaging from Maplin's consider getting a monitor with two inputs and take the switch you've bought back.

If your DVR is going to be close to the PC networking it should be fairly easy so you can see the CCTV on the computer screen while you are using the PC. The other option is a monitor that supports picture-in-picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_in_picture