NJD

The BL C140 and BL C160 are 'outdoor' cameras. Under the eaves, don't hit with a hose probably OK. Mine are in a barn. As far as low light, try a BL C101 and see if it's for you. Amazon will take it back but I'll bet you keep it. I guarantee you will find some place to put it. The 101, 140 and 160 are the same electronics as far as I can tell. As an example - if you have enough light to read a newspaper headline but not the body of the article these cameras will give you an image but it will be rather 'noisy' - lots of 'graininess' to it. Your dark adapted eyes can see much better than these cameras.

For a fact the Panasonic BL-C101A and BL-C140A work with my NV6240. I tell the card they are Panasonic BL-C10. These are cheap cameras (the 101A is less than $100 on Amazon) that amaze me with what they do for the money. Biggest drawback is they have ZERO LOW LIGHT PERFORMANCE. If you can live with that, they are amazing cameras. The BL-C160A has LEDs on the front (visible light) for 'dark' scenes (I doubt it's worth it) . They will also remote view with Chrome (very easy with Chrome), FireFox and Safari. Internet Explorer works too but not as well as Chrome.

Regarding the 1/2" hole in the bottom of the back-box - there is very little clearance between this hole and the back of the camera. A nipple in that hole which protrudes into the back box itself will wind up putting a serious pinch on the camera leads, assuming the leads are being run into that nipple. Standard electrical nipples need to be trimmed (shortened on one end) to allow the needed clearance.

Here you go - Video Splitter Amplifier Use good RG59...

7.7.0.0055 [sP3] is out on the AVerMedia FTP site. Offers 64bit Win7 support. Have to get FTP login from AVer tech support.

Yup - I did too. Tried to install on an XP-Home system and had the errors above. Loaded XP Pro and it worked fine. What version of Win7-32 are you using? If not Win7 Pro or above, try using Pro or above. AVerMedia is not real clear in their system requirements. The current NV5000 Hardware Recommendation and Data sheets read: "• OS: Windows 7/XP/Vista/2000 - 32 bit" The Release Notes for 7.7.0039SP2 says "OS Windows XP Professional / Vista / 7 " YMMV NJD

avermedia does display ip on display or anyother outlet it has hdmi/vga/comp. I have 2 AverMedia cards in my shop right now. The NV6240E16 (16 camera card) will show analog or IP cams on TV out, AVerMedia datasheet says the NV6240E8 card will too. The NV5000 shows analog cams only on TV out. Running the 7.7.0.0039 SP2 software. I think Soundy's guess is right on the money : NJD for Soundy: This is Bunny. He has achieved domination of my household. Domination of the world will take a little longer.

Don't forget the new TCM-7411 - adds H.264 compression and WDR to the ACM-7411. NVR support is a question. Have not seen the TCM- series yet but the ACM-7411 is indeed a nice camera. NJD

Lots of solutions for just 1 camera, if you don't want to record... Do you have a TV with Video In (yellow RCA jack)? Plug your camera in there with a BNC to RCA adapter. Choose 'Aux' or 'Game' or 'Video' as the input on the TV. No yellow jack on the TV? Get a $15.00 to $20.00 RF Modulator from WalMart (or Radio Shack) and run it into the TV as channel 3-4. Still want to see it on your Win7 computer? Get a video capture card like the Dazzle DVD Recorder Plus (Win7 compatible, $50.00 at Amazon.com) You will likely still need the BNC to RCA adapter. Adapter is at Radio Shack as #278-250 or E-Bay and Amazon too.

AVerMedia DVR cards support IP without separate license. Number of IP cams is limited depending on card used. The 16 camera cards also allow for configuration of which cameras get placed on the monitor out feed, e.g. watch cams in grids of 4, 9, or 16 cameras, a single camera, 1 largish image and 7 small ones etc. (see below for the TV OUT set-up page of this function on a NV6240 16 camera card). This card will support up to 16 cameras in total of which up to 16 may be IP cameras without the need to pay for a separate license. NJD

If it is a sscweb14 or 17, make your own. See my post here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21676 I used an old 12v 1000mA supply from a dead router for power. NJD

On the back of the sscweb14 there are 4 bnc jacks. These are video pass throughs of the first 4 cameras. Hook one of these up to a monitor (yellow input RCA female jack on a TV) and see if you still have video going through the Samsung monitor. If so, add a Quad switcher to get 4 images on one screen or use them as the inputs for a DVR. If no joy there, try building your own adapter / power supply for the cameras. I have had several ssc14web, they all eventually died but the cameras still worked. I have been able to get the cameras back into useful service by making my own adapters with Leviton RJ12 keystone phone jacks, a keystone wall plate, 4x4 box with a single gang cover, a few cheap video RCA to RCA cables and an old 12 volt wall wart powersupply. Wall wart you could already have, the rest you can get at Home Depot. You will need to do a little soldering. Cut a video cable in half, strip and the video (-) is the shield, the video (+) is the center conductor. Tin both - it makes them easier to punch into the 110 blocks of the RJ12 jacks. 12 volt (+) from the wall wart gets daisy-chained to each jacks pin 1 (white/green). Video (-) and 12 volt (-) get connected to pin 4 (white/blue). Each discrete video (+) goes to pin 5 (orange). Plug the cameras into the RJ12, plug the RCA jacks into a Quad switcher box (EBay) and use the video as is or run it through an RF convertor get it on the tuner as channel 3/4 of a TV monitor with no video in. Of course you can also plug these cameras into any DVR you choose with a RCA to BNC adapter. These cameras really are not bad for what they are. Good luck! NJD CNB VCM24VF - camera mounted 12 feet above the floor, set up exactly as it came out of the box, lighting is 2 x 80w fluorescent in the adjacent stall - fairly low light but the CNB is still in color mode. Bottom image is of the same 10' x 12' stall, sscweb14 camera mounted next to the CNB. Fixed 4.6mm lens, no ICR/TDN in fact no way to adjust anything at all. Given a decent amount of light, not a bad camera considering. Both shots captured from AVerMedia system

I am looking for recomendations on an IP (non-megapixel OK) Wide Dynamic Range camera. Camera in an outdoor rated dome would be very nice too (location is indoors but un-heated, dusty and subject to occasional wash-down). Any input on the gear below or other cameras? Panasonic WV-NW484S VIVOTEK FD7141 Thanks !