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I started a new business with installing security cameras, and I'm still learning the tricks of the trade. Sorry if I sound like a beginner. My client is upset with the installation I installed for him and I'm looking for some ideas to solve it. here's a picture of the install I did. There are 7 around the house with more less similar. I used outdoor boxes, then placed the camera on top. The box itself is silver (white was not available) The BNC and the power connect inside as my ends would not fit though the hole (though I could drill it bigger). He is upset that the box is showing, and wants it more "smoothed transition". He said either drill a hole in the brick, so the box would be inside, or install it on the soffit. Drilling a hole in the brick would be a big job as I may not have all the tools to do that, so I agreed to move 4 cameras into the soffit but the other 3 don't have soffits above other than the 2nd floor. The image would be too small if its on the second floor. My cameras never came with a matching outdoor box either. Any ideas would be great. So far I've thought about spray painting the silver box, or put a piece of white plastic over the silver box to best try and match the camera housing.

Thanks for your thoughtful insight. I will take this into future consideration.

Well, I have to push them together back in the hole right? Or if i ever have to pull them back out? Supplier said they are ok for outdoor use ...

In my opinion, I installed it this way because servicing or troubleshooting will be a hell lot easier with an electrical box. If not, the size of the hole in the joint would be at least the width of the DC and BNC tape together right? I'm running at CAT6 cable, so I'm using and these The width of these would be put together will be 1.6 inches minimum. Thats pretty big

Hi, I've been learning about CCTVs lately ever since I installed my first 12 cameras for a small business. I never knew how incredibly easy it is and how it's very related to computers (which is my profession) Glad to join!

Hi All, I am having trouble connecting to my DVR. It uses a DVROCX.OCX active x plugin. The ActiveX will run and show the login screen but it appears to have trouble connecting, like a firewall issue of some sort. Troubleshooting from internally, the website appears to work on IE8 without issue. Any thoughts and tips?

Your power supply sounds like its toasted. Have you tried hooking up one camera at at time?

First off, lets get it working internally first. Forget the DYN stuff + ports required on your router. It seems like a plugin is trying to install on your computer, but it won't install. Try adding you newly changed DVR's IP address into the "Local Intranet" group. Instructions below: 1. Click "Tools" in the top menu bar, or the "Tools" button on the Explorer Bar, and then select "Internet Options." 2. Select the "Security" tab. 3. Select the "Local Intranet" icon near the top of the window, and then click the adjacent "Sites" button. 4.Click the "Advanced" button. 5.Type the URL of the site you want to add in the "Add this website to the zone" field, and then click the adjacent "Add" button. Repeat this step to place additional websites within the Intranet Zone. (this is where you type your DVR's websites) 6. Click "Close," "OK" and "OK" on the next three screens, respectively, to close the open dialog boxes and confirm your changes 7. Clear all cache and cookies and history of your internet explorer. 8. Close IE and reopen, and try again. Does the activeX start to run?