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Thanks For the responses. I found all the Ethernet cables,and only one end is bare so that's a plus. The powe adapter for the camera reads 12V and has 4outputs split from the adapter to power 4 cameras So then Tom you think I am good to do it that way, any pros/cons using Ethernet vs rg59 for video? Thanks so much, Mickey

Can I use this to use the Ethernet to run power and video? http://www.apexcctv.com/p-577-2-video-balun.aspx

Talked with the company that installed it. They said for power you combine the ethernet negatives and the ethernet positives to be one positive and one negative then use pigtails to wire in on both ends, one to connect to the camera and one to connect to the power adapter. Does that sound like it will work? Thanks, Mickey

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Thanks for the help. Here are the answers to your questions. Can you post a picture or 3 of this prewiring? Trying to add 2 pics, but just sits there, pretty small pics as well, like 50K Is the coax rg6, rg5, rg59, other? coax is rg59 Are they bare ended or have connections? Bare ended How far are these runs with-in25' ? maybe 1 within 25' foot How many cams do you have, how many coax lines? I have 5 pre-wires coax How many cat5 lines? Supposedly I have 5 as well, only counted 4, the ATT guy i think though they were data cables and connected them to a hub. So going to be fun determing what ethernet cables are for the security pre-wire - not sure how the best way to do that. Thank you very much for your help. Mickey

I just got this q-see system from costco. http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11707236&search=q-see&Mo=13&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=q-see&Ntt=q-see&No=9&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1 My house was pre-wired for security cameras. So there is a rg59 cable and what seems to be an ethernet cable 8 small wires without the ends. The q-see cameras have a power and cable connectors, so i can get the bnc connectors, but how the heck do I connect the power to the camera. Not sure if they should have ran a power cable on the pre-wire, is it built into the rg59? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mickey