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hello i have a building that has electricity, metal pole barn building, its 600 feet from my home, i have 4 cameras there wired all the way back to my house, cat5, works fine been working for 10 years now old analaog cameras. I would like to upgrade and do it myself, so im looking for something reliable like my wired system has been all these years, i would like to have more cameras maybe 8 in total, looking for something easy to setup and maintain with excellent picture quality. Can i do something wireless from within the building exteriors to like a router and link the router back to the house somekinda way? I dont want to pay for internet each month so any otion using that is out. thanks for your ideas mack

hello using cat5 cable to travel from camera to dvr is there anyway to terminate the ends other than using a balun at both ends? how do you get a bnc connector connected to cat5 without the balun? thanks

using baluns on each end was what i thought i was suppose to do, but i read where someone said you only had or needed one and that was at the dvr and by using 2 you lost (some) video signal quality. So that got me to thinking that maybe there was another way??? I dont like powered baluns as thats just more money and something that goes bad every time we have a bad lightning storm. thanks mack

running 4 analog cameras and dont wont to add more wires how can i add an additional camera or two and just have them switch back and forth ? thanks

will this work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ademco-V154S-100-02/151143620403?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20141212152715%26meid%3D4040bcecb2e540148c1617b860fa11a3%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D28%26sd%3D271253394688#ht_27wt_902

hello, im currenlty running 4 analog cctv cameras . My question is i have used a couple of different grade/cost/quality, cat5 and cat6 direct burial wires running through conduit for extra protection. it seems the cat 6 doesnt seem to give me as good of a picture as did the cat5 its a 700' run! Any ideas if one cable truly is better running this long of transmission? im aware of the products made by nvt and even use the transmitter and receiver to do this same setup but its 3500' feet long(with a better picture than my 700'run). The 700' im currently doing is what im asking about.....which wire carries best(or least loss) on the longest run without additional help....thanks ps...many reasons as to why i have tried different cables from a ground hog to a lawn mower....before switching to conduit and burying it.

cat 6 is also copper,......... we designed video decoder that converts analog TV signal into digital video data feeding into the back end compression CoDec......(is this something i should try?) are there any other ideas to make my system work better short of throwing it all away?

Hello when your camera just has bare wires do you use two baluns hooked together? Or do you just twist the camera wires to your cat5e wires and maybe solder them? thanks as im just curious how the pros do it............ Mack

nothing i like better than a smart ass answer! the camera is probably better than you guys can afford. CNB BE4810NCR , and yes it comes with bare wires. Yes i know what a balun is used for! So i guess none of you have ever use the CNB cameras huh? Plainly marked as to what wire goes where. I had a simple question where i was wondering if they made something better than soldering wires.........but the question was obviously too tough for the "pros" on this site.

Well then .......now mback to my question.....if its just bare wires how do you guys make the connection?????? Just twist them together and solder them ok????? or balun to balun with adapter connecting the two baluns?????

Hello is there any difference in passive baluns? I see them on ebay in 20 packs for $10 bucks and i see them in us sites for $14 per pair???? Im using some of the cheap ones...just curious what the difference is? thanks

Hello , i have a 4 analog camera setup that i want to run through my pc, spec: AMD Athlon IIx4 635 2.90 GHz with 6gb ram I was told geovision did not work with amd but from some of my reading on this site i see different. what card what software version will work thank you

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Can someone suggest another cctv forum where i might get answers to my questions.......i have asked two in the past three weeks with not even a response. Use to i got good help here but not anymore......

Hello, is there any way other than a dvr card and a computer to make 4 analog cctv cameras display all at the same time on one monitor? thanks mack

If you get a super cheap dvr do you just hook a monitor to it and it automaticall give you the multiview? any recommendations on a cheap one?

Hello i have recently setup several cameras around my farm...so my firends think im an expert now! All thanks to you guys!!!! Well now im going to run 4 cameras to a dvr card that i will install on my friends pc, my question is which card to buy him. Im sure he will one day want to add more cameras. This will be a wired cat5 installation all short runs. I assume the dvr card will come with siftware that will allow him to see what all 4 cameras are seeing all at once on the monitor??? thanks for a quick push into the right and "easiest" direction mack

Hello, if you guys were doing a 3500' run underground for your own home would you use cat5? Its for one Camera! There is already power at both ends of the run. thanks mack

Hello, i have bought 4 of these little cameras from china, they work awesome! However i would like to change the lens to a 12mm can someone look at the link where i bought it and tell me what type of lens i would want to buy? If not please tell me what to look for si il know the difference in what to buy. http://www.ebay.com/itm/110999524972?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 I have an extreme ex27 and some other high dollar cameras and this little camera gives me a much better picture........the jury is still out on how long it will last but for $35 bucks we will see! Thanks if you can help

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Hello i attached a picture of the actual lens, how do i know if its 1/3 or 1/4 ? Sorry for such a dumb question but there are no numbers on it. It has a little set screw and then just threads on. Thanks for your help

thank you, would this one work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2-5mm-2-8mm-3-6mm-6mm-8mm-12mm-CCTV-Camera-Board-Lens-for-1-3-or-1-4-ccd-/200826022172?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2ec229e91c

Hello, can i plug my cctv directly into my lcd analong monitor using this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/VGA-Male-to-5-BNC-Female-Adapter-1-/190702171418?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item2c66bc351a thank you

Active balun transmitters and receivers enable cameras to run distances up to 8,000 feet. Unshielded Twisted Pair "UTP" CAT5 cabling is easier to use and less expensive than RG59 cable, making video baluns the best cabling solution for many security camera applications. So my question is: I will be using a direct burial cable http://www.jack2rack.com/cat5e-bulk-cable/outdoor-cable/cat5e-direct-burial-outdoor-cmxf-cable-poly-gel-filled-flooded-24awg-4-pairs-1000-black.html Does it make a difference if its shielded or not? jell filled? or is cmxt with waterproof tape? thanks if you can clear this up for me...also if anyone knows a place that would give a really good price on cat5 let me know or http://www.jack2rack.com/cat5e-bulk-cable/outdoor-cable/cat5e-direct-burial-outdoor-cmxf-cable-poly-gel-filled-flooded-24awg-4-pairs-1000-black-1.html