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How to
hook up and record the
camera systems  This
shows the way to hook up the cameras wirelessly and use a laptop as a
monitor. You can also hook the reciever to a TV, VCR, DVR,
etc.
 This
shows the way to hook up the cameras to a USB 4 channel real time DVR
and use a laptop as a
monitor plus record all the cameras to it's hard drive.
 This
shows the way to hook up the cameras to a USB 4 channel DVR and use a
laptop as a
monitor plus record what ever camera view is on the screen to it's hard
drive.
 This
is how to hook up to a standalone DVR and record all 4 cameras on a
hard drive installed in the DVR. It also has an LCD monitor
to view teh cameras live.
 This
is how to hook up to a standalone DVR and record all 4 cameras on a
hard drive installed in the DVR. It also has a laptop hook
up to the DVR to use as a monitor to view
the cameras live.
 Dave Juliano's and SJGR's Video set up using this same camera system. 4 Wireless/Wired Infrared Day/Night Color Cameras and Receiver    I
started out using the cameras wirelessly out of the box and I just hook
it to a TV/VCR combo. Later I used
a USB 4 channel DVR similar to this one to hook my cameras into my
laptop. You can also just hook the wireless receiver
that comes with the cameras to a TV or monitor. I
just liked to use my laptop as a monitor but the other 2 sets of these
we use have flat screen monitors.
 If
I didn't use a DVR I could hook them directly to my laptop using a usb
video capture device. You can also just hook them up
to a vcr or dvr to record them. This is the USB video capture device I
use and we'll have them available here
 We
then got 4 channel DVRs (for under $250) and ran cables to all
the cameras and that is what we use on all three set ups
now. We have RCA jack video cables with
power supply in 100' lengths and that is not expensive
either. I still use my laptop as my monitor but we
use flat screen monitors with the other 2 sets along with the same DVR
you see above. It's a Piczel 4 channel DVR.
 BNC cable (the red and yellow ends are called RCA type plugs)  Why BNC cable? Yellow is the video (RCA) white is audio (RCA) and red is the power for the camera.  Depending
on how you hook them up and what kind of monitor, DVR or laptop you use
you
may need a few other connectors to make the hook up
complete. Here are some examples and they are all
inexpensive.
 BCN - Female RCA  BNC - RCA male  This is a BNC/RCA to VGA (computer monitors use VGA) so you can hook up a computer monitor to your DVR. Some DVRs have a VGA output already but if yours doesnt you just get one of these.  My laptop with the video capture device (top right hand side of laptop - glowing blue)  Quad view of cameras hooked up to a DVR and monitor.  Quad view of cameras hooked up to a DVR and monitor. |
