cat5 how do you terminate the ends?

[kentuckynet 0]

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

[tomcctv 187]

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

 

 

 

 

 

Hi. This is a basic BNC connector ........ Is there a reason why you don't want to use baluns

[the toss 0]

I get the feeling that you think the balun is just a way of getting cat5 to be terminated in a BNC connector. A balun is a matching transformer to match 100^ cat5 to 75^ impedance of cameras & DVRs and is neccessary when using cat5 as your transmission medium.

The items in "tomcctv" post are only termination devices and DO NOT have baluns built in.

[kentuckynet 0]

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

[jeromephone 6]

look at PI MFG they have several different baluns that incorporate power as well as video signal. Prices are reasonable.

[the toss 0]

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

 

You need them at BOTH ends.

Camera (75^) to cat5/6 (100^) then cat5/6 (100^) to DVR (75^)