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The DVR kit that you have, probably came with 60' cables and before you run any "permanent" cables, mount your cameras and hook them up with those cables temporarily. That will allow you to prove to yourself that where you think you want to mount the cameras are correct. I even did that on my own home. Then, drilled the hole outside for the cable, ran them through the attic and down the inside wall to where the DVR is placed in my home. Once I had the cameras installed for a week or so and was happy with them, connected the "permanent" cable that I wanted to them and pulled them in with my temporary ones. Took myself and a friend about 45 minutes to do that. If I hadn't have used the temporary install, I would have had one camera in the wrong place and would have had to move it and the cable again. By the way, the original install of 4 camera's took me (by myself) about 8 hours. The most difficult part was, besides running the cables through the attic, was drilling the top plate and wall outlet for the cables down the inside wall of my home to the DVR location. I hadn't have run the temporary cables first, I would have had another 2 hours and the disgust of making the mistake in the first place. Dennis

Sounds like a buffering issue. The 16MB cache is the minumum required. As a general rule: There are two hard drives that meet all of the requirements and recommendations and they are the Western Digital AV-GP line of hard drives and the Seagate Pipeline line of hard drives. They are designed for low heat and continuous read/write. Dennis

Nothing like "success"!

The "192" address is a local network only (LAN) address. To access outside your local network, you need to use your wide area network (WAN) address. To find out what that is, is to access a computer on your local network, access your browser and type in "whatismyip.com". Dennis

Without posting the complete addresses here, what does the IP that you are using on your wireless network start with? When you are attempting to connect to away from your network, what does that address start with? Dennis

Correct. You will require a RF modulator, to convert your video to an RF channel that isn't used on your tv. You may also require a "channel injector" after the rf modulator under some circumstances.

Too many answers to your question to put here in this post reply. For an outdoor camera, I would recommend a CCD IR (number of IR led's would depend on footage from where the camera would be placed to the gate area) outdoor camera. Many choices for that. And, of course you will need a dvr with network capabilities and internet at the dvr location. Many choices for that also. You could just use one IP outdoor camera and just watch it, but you still need internet at the home where the IP camera is. Dennis

I'm not acquainted with that dvr and couldn't find anything on the net about it. Does that dvr actually have an rf output? I have never seen a dvr (not saying that there isn't one) with an rf out. Video out, yes. Dennis

Great! Nothing like success. Dennis

I have never recorded tv video on a CCTV DVR before, but video is video. Video out from the TV is the same as a CCTV camera and it should record just fine. The DVR will "see" the TV video in as just another camera. If the DVR has more more than one audio input then the audio will be recorded as well for the TV input. If I was going to do that, I would get a DVR with a large HD such as 2TB or so. Dennis

1. Wouldn't I need to convert the video to .mpg, .wmv, or whatever for editing, or do surveillance DVR's record in those formats (still not clear on the differences between surveillance DVR's and those used for television recording)? 2. I need to record an entire daylight cycle, and maybe even a 24 hour cycle. That would require a very large jump drive, wouldn't it? Could I use an external HD instead? 3. I need to record AUDIO, as well as video Question 1: Just as an example, most newer CCTV DVR's are h264 format and allow you to backup directly to H264, AVI and MP4. You can backup only to one or all. Question 2: Dependent upon what recording resolution that you record at, 24 hours should fit on a 32GB jump drive. CIF should fit easy. D1 would be close. Many DVR's allow you to back up to an external DVD burner, but not external HD's. Question 3: Recording audio at the same time is also no problem on a DVR with audio input installed, but will require a much larger jump drive for 24 hours. There are quite a few variables but the above is generally true. Others on the forum may be able to also advise you differently than what I have answered. Just put it all together and you should be ok. Dennis

Everyone has an opinion, but what I do in this type of installation is to use a camera similar (just as an example) to the graphic that I have attached. Slide the shield forward enough to eliminate the reflection back into the lens. I have also used the technique of painting the rear of the facia board that helps in some cases. I also agree into using a CCD instead of the CMOS. Dennis

It's not difficult at all to get DVR video to a PC. Backup video from a DVR to a thumb drive (or a CD if the DVR has a burner) and copy it to a computer. Then use "Windows Live Movie Maker" to edit the "movie". "Windows Live Movie Maker" was supplied free on all four laptops that I have, so it didn't cost anything. With it you can cut out pieces of the video that you want and it will combine them into one piece. Dennis

Don't know if it's true for all of the "free" phone app's, but I do know of one that only shows 4 camera's. If you want more you have to pay. Dennis

Has the "smell" of a port problem for the phones. In response to the reference to a static IP, it's true that it's easier, but much more expensive to use.

What make and model of DVR? Do you have the owners manual for the DVR?

Just purchase a "super cheap" standalone dvr.

I think for Meye, all you have to do is to download, install the app and insert your 123 address and mobile port. Dennis

Great! FF won't work. You'll need to use IE. Can you put IE on the IPad? Dennis

What do you get when you get on a computer at your location and access whatismyip.com? I'm not sure what the "shoutcast" is, but know that the address and port that you listed is correct for it. Dennis

To get started, I hope I understand everything. First off, you started the DVR in the DHCP mode, which got you your router gateway address and the IP address of the DVR. Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DVR IP address: 192.168.001.013 You also have the WebPort: 80 Media port: 900 Mobile port: 100 Before you do anything else, go into your DVR menu and change the DHCP to STATIC. That will lock your DVR IP to 192.168.001.013 Open your browser and enter the DVR address of 192.168.1.13 to see if you can see your DVR. You will have to enter the default username and address of the DVR given to you in the owners manual. If you are successful in that, then,,,,,,,, Find your owner's manual for the router and write down the username and password for it. Access your router's webpage by entering the Gateway address into your browser. Once there find where the "Port Forwarding" is mentioned. You will have to port forward the ports of 80, 900 and 100. Once you get that done, come back to the forum. Dennis

Nope. The electronics is the same, but the software is much different. Sorry Dennis

I've had that happen on a older DVR that would work for XP and Vista, but wouldn't work on the newer Windows7. Also, are you sure that the "ActiveX" is actually being installed? If not, then that's an issue with security on IE. Dennis

It appears to be very similar to some of the ZMODO (almost identical) and FALCO units. Can you post a screen shot of the software menu? Dennis

If you do have an issue like that outside the network, it will probably be a bandwicth issue with the ISP. Have been down that "road" before. That last time was with a 16 channel system and only 9 to 11 camera's would come up. Never new how many exactly, but then I had the "jip-jump" of video that you are describing. If I would shutdown a few of the camera's, then the video would "smooth" out. Dennis