TCBJR23

Hello, I found this forum while trying to determine a solution to my problem. I purchased an outdoor camera to place near my front porch to see what animal has been destroying my patio furniture. I'm pretty sure it's a bear but I want to be sure before I call fish and wildlife and ask them to set up a trap. Plus video of it tearing up my new weber grill would make it easier to get them to come out and respond. I purchased - VideoSecu Day Night Vision CCTV Infrared Home Security Camera Color CCD Outdoor Vandal Proof 420TVL 3.6mm Wide View Angle Lens from Amazon for about $40 I was looking to simply plug the video output of this unit into an old (~2003) Pioneer DVR-420h TV DVR so that I could record a few nights of footage and determine what was destroying my new grill and patio chairs. I don't need a permanent CCTV setup because I live in the middle of nowhere and it's not a concern. When I plug the video out into my TV I get the camera to display on the screen. When I plug the video out into the video in of the DVR nothing displays. I have no experience with CCTV and I'm hoping someone can shed some light on why it won't display on the DVR. Thanks for the help

Thanks for all the help. I just boxed the unit back up and it's going back. I was going nuts trying to come up with another solution. When I plugged the unit into a different TV the picture came up black and white. So out of 3 inputs one was color and an OK picture, the other was black and white with a fuzzy unclear image and the last input (the DVR) didn't even work. This camera is too inconsistant to keep wasting my time. Anyone recommend a sub $50 camera with night vision thats worth buying? Thanks again -Tom

The 420-H was also sold at Costco in the states. It is NTSC format according to the manual that norcaldad was nice enough to dig up. If I plug the camera directly into my TV the picture works and I can confirm the camera is sending a signal. If I plug my cable box into the DVR through the same video in using RCA's (composite) it plays fine through the DVR. So I know that the video in of the DVR is working and I know the camera is sending a signal but when I plug the camera into the DVR I get a black screen, it's the strangest thing.....

Thats the one, it came with a BNC to composite adapter that I was plugging into the video in of the DVR.

I think that is for Digital Video only. The camera output is NTSC which is I think is analog and the composite inputs for the DVR are also analog. Not sure if there are different types of analog that would be causing this. I know very little about this... I appreciate the help