Yogibear07

Hi sorry to bother you guys and girls but i am looking for a little help. Having switched from a small vehicle which i used a windscreen mounted cam for monitoring to a minibus which the old cam doesnt cover the vehicle much. I am looking to build a cheap (as on a small budget) 2-3 camera system, with a screen for me to real time monitor as i carry students alot and you need eyes in the back of your head at times. Having looked on ebay i have found several 7 inch tft screens which would suffice for the monitor. i have also thought about possibly using a notebook computer to record. the system could use a computer HDD as i have a few lying around that i could put into the system would really appreciate any help given.

does anyone know if you can just plug a cctv camera with rca connections into a laptop using a RCA to USB cable?

no i havent to be honest with a transit the layout is pretty simple to have 2-3 cameras to easily cover all passengers Maybe you could post some photos of what it looks like inside. Thanks. Al. will sort out some photos tomorrow

How does that work? yeah would love to know however if it involved advertising i have no adverts on the outside of the vehicle its a company lease vehicle so i am restricted to only advertising the company. -------------------------------------------------- having looked into it a little i decided to go down the track of using a netbook with a 4 channel dvr from amazon and by god did i wish i had never gone anywhere near it. the dvr is in the process of been sent back and now i have 2 cameras i bought from maplins that i am hoping will work just with a rca to usb conversion wire. if not they will be going back too

no i havent to be honest with a transit the layout is pretty simple to have 2-3 cameras to easily cover all passengers

would prefer dome cameras to be mounted to the roof (without screwing or drilling) as i want the vehicle to remain untouched once i remove them. Its a ford transit i have with three row system front 2 passengers with driver middle 3 passengers and rear 3 passengers. so i was thinking about one camera looking at the front 2 passenger seats one looking at the middle set and one for the rear with a 7 inch tft screen on the dash with split screen viewing so i am able to view all cameras at once. One thing i am worried about is power usage so with that i dont want a high power consumption set.

its a hackney carriage taxi

Basically by a small budget the cheaper the better but ideally between 1 and 2 hundred