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i have used these a couple of times and are alot cheaper than fiber. also with the kit you get a power unit. it is good for 500m on coax manufatura says more but i would stick to 500m as max range http://biwave89.myweb.hinet.net/product/product01.htm

I’m sorry for confusing the issue here. Tomcctv mentioned the CNB camera and I had just purchased one. I found it to be a very good camera for my situation. His description of the settings were right on. Nevertheless, for a bar situation, I don’t think a day night camera would be the best choice. Depending on the lighting, wouldn’t it be on B/W all the time or in color all the time? The day night may even switch back and forth. Personally, I think B/W would be the best choice. B/W cameras provide better picture quality in lower light levels. I might put color cameras in normal or well lit exits, entrances or hallways to identify clothing color. For sure I’d put a good day night to cover parking lots. As for DSS, I find that it’s totally useless. Slow shutter speed may have its place in regular photography but not in CCTV. The local bar I dealt with uses what I described above and it works very well. Hi metal shaper man. yes you are right. what i forgot to say was. the cnb has the option to keep /b/w or to go true day night or stay colour. so one camera with gives you a wide option in placing the camera. also yes it has dss that can also be turned on and off and it does slow down a little which make it ideal for around tvs/ monitors/fruit machines and fast flashing lights.

do you not have a make or anything to post. or can you switch it on and see if it has a software name.

Hi ilk.

then if the heads are fine after the test then its time to cable. best thing to do is strip and make new ends. on every camera. not just look. have the cameras ever been serviced. ptz need it once a year. i have a vcl ptz just on 14 years old never gone down.

sounds like camera. if it has been working for 3 years. a quick test for the pelco ptz. is to power it down for a few minutes and when you power it back up. watch the camera to see if it does a self test. (watch the head move) if this does not happen. remove service and test it.

Hi try changing your baud to 2400.

Hi sf1964. night clubs and bars with low light and also with so many flashing lights. is very hard to set up. i did a 32 camera system in a club. it was dark with black floors walls. before the install i tried lots of cameras ir/true daynight. and each had there problems. but i did find a camera i had total control over. and the picture quality was very good. [edit by mod-store link removed]

I take it dejota you are a salesman. what you are saying is so long as you have 1 camera on the whole system looking at the doorway and getting a good face image then the rest of the system does not matter. what a good excuse for selling a crap system.

What complete security system costs less than $500? Best, Christopher crap cameras very crap dvr thats what you get for $500.

it sounds like those cops need some more training. Hi rory. its not training they need. its the dvrs. they remove the h/drive and as soon as they connect it to a pc it wants to format. or just lately on some of the cheap stuff not only do the dvrs have passwords but when you remove the drive and install it into a reader and that is also pass worded. yes the team can spend time and get the footage off but they will not bother for say a shop lifter or a domestic dispute its just not worth it.

Hi dejota. ease of use ......(post, cant remove footage) must play footage back without 3rd party software/ ability to export recorded data to approprite mediums. none of which the secbo sdvr-b-p04 can do. my point about my post is ebay crap is crap. when cctv was about footage on a video tape end users could not go wrong now with digital end users go for price. or how many flashing lights and how it looks. without looking at the important stuff like ease of use , does it burn to pen/cd/dvd along with the player. people buy cctv for home use to protect them from problems. buying cheap crap only gives you another problem. you have some very good budget systems on the market like the Avermedia 1304 sata or the Avertech both for not alot more money. Im not aware of any UK legislation that states "must play footage back without 3rd party software" or anything similar. You should include any playback software required to view footage when you provide the footage, and if possible a guide on how to use the viewer if its not something they are likely to be familiar with. There are no definate guidelines for what is acceptable cctv footage in court, it is up the the court at the end of the day what they will allow, or not. I have never had any problem giving the police evidence that requires playback software to be used (such as geovision exports, visimetrics fastar archives). Hi Ken. dvrs like geovision and the like. the police have software to open these folders then THEY put the footage into a format for the courts. now with the system in the original post it has its own (no name) while on my travels around the uk collecting footage i can collect 3-4 a day and only 1 would be able to be used. in birmingham at the police cctv team. they collect 100 a month which only 5% will be used. so we can keep quiet on here about crap from ebay or educate people thinking of installing cctv as a d-i-y.

nice images bantham. nice clear job. was that for a customer or for yourself.

where are you based duckhere ???

Hi dejota. ease of use ......(post, cant remove footage) must play footage back without 3rd party software/ ability to export recorded data to approprite mediums. none of which the secbo sdvr-b-p04 can do. my point about my post is ebay crap is crap. when cctv was about footage on a video tape end users could not go wrong now with digital end users go for price. or how many flashing lights and how it looks. without looking at the important stuff like ease of use , does it burn to pen/cd/dvd along with the player. people buy cctv for home use to protect them from problems. buying cheap crap only gives you another problem. you have some very good budget systems on the market like the Avermedia 1304 sata or the Avertech both for not alot more money.

Hi just down loaded the manual. first remove all software from your pc that you loaded when you installed the disk. then connect your dvr to your pc and wait for icon to come on screen click on it and it will then ask you to install the software. if you are in the uk the police or the courts will not use your footage. they also need to use the software that came with the dvr. they wont bother. like said in the other post connect a video recorder to the bnc output and record it from there. another ebay cctv system. from china. the cost of the dvr with 500g h/d £100 take away the cost of the h/d and the dvr is £50 WHY WHY BUY IT you cant even call it budget system i have paid more for a pair of socks. the most important part of a cctv system is the dvr. this is what holds the footage. the information you have recorder. if you cant get it off just put it in the bin and again if you are in the uk your footage can not be used. http://www.cctvengineer.com/home%20office.pdf SORRY ABOUT ME VENTING OFF

HI gooty. you cant go usb from dvr to usb on your pc. your pc is windows and your dvr is linux. you need to put a usb memory stick into your dvr and do your back-up to that. then play it on your pc. were are you ???

Hi wildcat. for the same money why not have a look at the nv avermedia. here is a demo. http://www.cctvengineer.com/page3.html

hi wild cat they is no differance in how you run power with pc or dedicated system.

hi ginogag just sent you a pm ..............did it make sence ???

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hi jim. hope this helps. http://site.123securityproducts.com/pdf/EX27SeriesManual.pdf

if you keep with port 5550 then you do not need a static ip port 5550 will keep you logged on to avers dnn server Interesting... didn't know that about Aver. I'd still be inclined to setup a static IP for the server though. Seems like it could create other headaches if you didn't... Hi bpzle. its hard to try to explain how to portforward and how to set up static ip on the forum. i dont understand why isp dont give static and some do for a small cost. but ginogag has a avermedia and he will find it alot easyer to log it though aver. this will only take him 5 mins and his external ip for logging on will be http://anyname.avers.com.tw:5550 http://www.cctvengineer.com/remoteaccessingsetup.pdf and avers dnns server reg site http://ddns.avers.com.tw/

if you keep with port 5550 then you do not need a static ip port 5550 will keep you logged on to avers dnn server

hi this might help you. http://www.cctvengineer.com/remoteaccessingsetup.pdf