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Hi. it all depends on how good your installers are ........ i have seen guys fit systems in lofts only because of the easy fitt. and i have also seen some bad and unsafe main wires (85% of uk home ) dont have power in the loft. also the reason they want you to have it in the loft is its easy for them to run cable to cameras. it may be easy for them but is it the best place for the cameras. you say you have a 3 floor house. ?? are the cameras good for that hight. also fitted in loft will restrict you to normal viewing. unless you run cables to your tv. another problem is network phone lines (master) are most of the time are on the ground floor. and in the loft also depends on the DVR like already said PC is no good for a loft. standalones are good but you will find no name units may have problems (bad cooling) in kitchen area is a good place close to network close to power and link to kitchen tv. you can get DVRs that now run total silent so under units or on top

i was just adding up the costs of what you was doing. with so many multiplexers and dvrs and vcrs would it not just be cost effective to just install a budget 32 way dvr. it cuts down on monitors cables and office space

can i ask why you are going though so much expence installing new TVs for a store and the expence of running feeds to all your TVs and not have the ability to record. ???

Hi paulnye. the CNB was the camera i was talking about you have made a good choice and its not expensive

hi. the specs will be seen by many sellers some may be ture some not. its all down to build quality and standing by there product. many people go on about the CNB being an expensive name it is infact the opposite. yes you can buy the same spec for a few $$ less and have 1 year warranty or just a few more $$$ have a good 5 years warranty

Hi can you post some screen shots. it does look like its running two systems

its because you did not run baluns when using cat5. BNC =75ohms cat5 =100ohms fitted balun = 75ohms (at both ends)

cat5 with no balun will also not help.

were are you based. and which dvrs will you be looking at.

zekezchry you are looking for a problem that you dont have. 1 YOU cant just load activex onto your dvr it would have to be a firmware update. in your first post. 'inst4twn.exe is a command from your PC and not your dvr its not something you can download from maplins. its saying you have a problem. it is not allowing you to download the activex from the dvr. so you need to sort that out first

no its in the software download from dvr even if a H/drive is not fitted.

it may well be a bad cable from your dvr. do you have another tv you can test with ?? the other thing to look at is on your tv menu see how your AV is set (some TVs have a source setting) but either your cctv cable or the coax has a short (check the connection on your tv coax)

sorry i am also confused. i understand you have your dvr into the AV of your tv but what is this coax connection ..... is it you tv signal ????

hi are you using AV or scart socket ?

systems that have proprierty wiring are just too expensive and everything has an extra cost. DVR goes down you cant just buy another unless the same but if you wanted to use or upgrade to something else you cant. not without extra costs. most of the time these systems cost more than standard BNC

hi. if its for true testing and showing customer take a look at the norman target its a life size fold away camera target for face or licence plates ....... pm sent

they have always had a 32 way hybrid. SA range. but yes also with CMS and CMS pro you can watch and operate all the range together. they are going to drop some of there range eh5 and NV3000 cards only because you can buy the new range of nano 4-8-16 cheaper than building a NV3000 nanos are there budget so no there is no hdmi but on the SA and windows based then you do.

hi what things do you think are missing. aver has alot of functions that they do not list

Seems a pretty smart idea. For $7 I can get one of those. http://www.securitystoreusa.com/DV-AT12015-D01-p/dv-at12015-d01.htm yes this will also work. but just to point out something you have listed your PTZ as 3.6amp i think you ment 1.5 amp this is why all the calculations are wrong. we are only talking 60m (200ft)

on the avr the gb port on unit (it has both) just select network storage in system. no you dont need a HD. but its always best to have something in. even if its just a 250g and you only get a few days recording it will be a backup if your external fails or your network goes down.

hi. yes lt looks like it has .......... it has gone black and white

DVR > Balun > Cat5 To Wall > Ebay Connection > BNC F/F Keystone < Ebay Connection < Cat5 To Camera < Balun < Camera well see you in a few days when you WILL still have a PROBLEM 6 connections on each camera

that will be 5 connection on each camera you are best going direct dvr to camera with baluns. i know you have tried to make your install look good but the less connections you have the better. i would remove your BNC plate and insert a balun direct to cat5 you can then run rg59 from the balun to dvr and then cover the connection on the wall with a blanking plate

Hi cat5 is 100ohms so you need baluns at each end to give you 75ohms which is standard for analog cameras so your out of balance

Here they are, http://www.ebay.com/itm/220817752614?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_1908wt_1163 they are inside the wall on the other side of the bnc keystone connected to the cable. They also do not appear to be 'actual baluns'. Hi. there is your problem you must run baluns at each end you dont have a ground problem you cameras are out of balance. sorry i dont understand why you have gone though so many connections on each camera (which can also give you problems) so you have (from wall) BNC then Keystone then cat5 to camera then the ebay connection ????