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Soundy and Numby, Thanks for your input. I am located in NE Pa. I will search for what's available and standard, now that I have some idea what I need to shop for. I believe that the lens that is with the camera may be a 12mm x 29 degree mini board zoom lens. Would that mean that the camera is a 1/3 CCD? Thanks for your assistance. Oh! one more thing, Numb-nuts, that's exactly what my old man used to call me when I was a kid. Cool! " title="Applause" />

At our club, we had a small (25mm square) camera mounted to the ceiling grid over our cash register. It was about 4.5 feet above it and had the field of view that was just a little larger than the register key-pad (about 2' x 1.5'). The resolution was good enough to read the denominations of the individual keys so you could monitor cash transactions. During a recent renovation, the camera got broken and I need to replace it. It had an adjustable lens that screwed in and out to obtain the correct focus. The thread was 12mm x .5 pitch (I believe) - very fine thread. I have talked to many sales people and cannot get someone to tell me exactly what I need for a replacement camera. I want to be certain that what I buy will suit my needs. I don't want to be mailing items back and forth because they were wrong. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should be looking to buy that will meet the need. The broken camera has no information at all written on it. I can supply pictures.

Thanks for the thoughts. Actually, it is a domed IR that used to function properly (I guess) and is the closest to the DVR. I have just discovered some literature for this camera and will continue to investigate what I can.

I have been given control of a system that is a CP Cam 4CH MPEG-4 with Version 2020-10-K*-04-AA-14 firmware. Does anyone know if there is someone in the Scranton vicinity who could help with this system? Three problems - 1) one camera continues to fade in and out under dark conditions. I guess that there may be something wrong with the IR of this camera. 2) The USB for back-up sometimes recognizes a flash drive and other times does not. Two different drives that have kinda worked previous. I have reset the system and then they work and then later are not even read by the console. What I mean by kinda is that the files are corrupted and not readable. They are .787 file extensions. I have been able to get a few files that I have converted to work, but most attempts have been unsuccessful. It also takes an extremely long time to back-up a small amount of time; hours to back-up minutes of video data. 3) I need a new MS621FE 3 Volt rechargeable lithium battery for this system. If the power is shut off, the clock and date are all lost and need resetting. Not to mention that this screws up the time stamp of the existing video files. I think that's why the files were corrupted and not usable. Any help that anyone can shed on these problems will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your advice.

Thanks to all who have replied with helpful advice. I will bring this info to the attention of the directors and move forward on their approval. In the mean time, I'll investigate what has been suggested. Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the advice. Frankly, I was thinking of upgrading and expanding the system to 8 channels based on this systems limitations. What I'll need to do though is have the funding approved. There is a guy in our area that "sold" us this unit. I have contacted him regarding these problems and he has yet to get back to me. That's almost two weeks ago. I will give him one more try and see what he has to offer before I look elsewhere. I was just looking to see if others out there could feel my pain and maybe could suggest a few easy fixes. I thought that maybe a firmware upgrade or something simple to help the USB problem. I'll look into the troublesome camera; it just may need a sensitivity adjustment. Sounds like the easiest fix will be a different system. Again, thanks for the help!