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A PTZ camera with mic?

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Hello,

 

A friend of mine owns a car dealer and has a 16 channel DVR system setup with the Geovision cards and software. He called me the other day wanting to know if we can swap out the managers camera with a PTZ one that has audio as well. He says he is having a hard time making out faces and what what the customers are saying.

 

 

The only thing I could find would be a network camera with high res. However, this may complicate things as he is already watching 3 other dvrs on his laptops and phone. Last thing we need is to make another window on his laptop, lol.

 

So I was hoping there is a good quality PTZ camera with audio on BNC connection. That we could use over the managers desk.

 

Please tell me if you have a suggestion!

 

Thanks!

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Where are you located? This sort of audio monitoring may be illegal...

 

Keep in mind too, the mic will not be directional with the PTZ - you can zoom in the picture, but not the sound, and if it's any distance away from the desk, you're probably going to hear more ambient/room noise than actual conversation. IF this can be done legally, you'd probably find it much more effective to just use a basic two-wire intercom system, like an AiPhone, with a small, inconspicuous call box right at each desired location. He won't be able to monitor it over his phone, but...

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Thanks for the reply guys!

 

We live in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

He decided to hold of on the ptz cameras as some other issues have come up. Which I will start a new topic on.

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