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Google Earth My opinion, and my opinion only. Take it with a grain of salt. Camer #5 Bad position. It is looking straight down. You get a nice shot of someone's head. If you angle it up some then you get head lights right in to the camera when someone pulls up. You will need at least a 60 foot IR throw camera. This is the minimum, and you may need more to illuminate the area. _________________________________________________________ Camera 3 Excellant mount! Good straight out shot!! I like where this camera is mounted! You may want two cameras for this shot. One camera that is wide angle to see periphereal area, and another camera with a higher mm lens to catch facial recognition when they pass in front of the camera.

CAMERA 2 NIGHTTIME There is no daytime shot so i cannot render an opinion. I will assume that the camera specs are the same as camera 1, and 3. I will assume that the same video problems are the same as mentioned.

What is wrong with the video from camera 3 daytime? I like it, and I would consider it a good shot. The wide angle lens still looks good in the depth of the shot! CAMERA 3 NIGHTTIME The "cart" is about 20 feet from the camera. If this is a 30 foot IR camera then you are already outside of the range of the IR illuminators. I can see why this video is blacked out. Is there any light source in the backyard? It does not appear so. How far is it from where the camera is mounted to the back fence line?

Camera two appears to be the same specs as camera one. There is some lighting that is interfering with the camera. The camera is seeing some illumination, and the photo cell has turned off the IR. The camera is only giving you a video shot of the available light from a lamp of some sort. You will need to shield the photo cell so that it sees darkness, and activates the IR so that you can see more detail in the video, or you will need to add more lights.

Camera one. This appears to be a night time video. This appears to be a standard packaged deal camera that you find in 90% of "surveillance kits". I will guess at the specs of the camera. 1/4 3.8, or a 4mm lens bullet with 30 feet of IR. It appears in the video that you are watching an area that is beyond the reach of the 30 foot throw of IR. Please note that the IR is a ramp. Highest at 0 feet ramped down to lowest illumination at 30 feet. You will need to watch an area that is 15 feet from the mount of the camera, or you will need to move the camera closer to the area that you are watching, or order a camera with a longer IR throw.

What manual do you have? On page 30 it shows this.... Connect your DVR to PC via RJ45 network line. LAN Setting : The default DVR IP is “192.168.1.10â€

If you are connected from the computer to the AVTech DVR directly only using an ethernet cable then you are in full control of how you can see it. As I am not a computer guru please take what I say with a little grain of salt or modify what I say where you see a mistake. Go to your AVT DVR, and punch in an IP number that you want to use for a test. How about 192.168.1.10? Go to your computer, and go to control panel, internet connections, local area connections, and click twice on local area connections to bring up status, click on properties, click on “INTERNET PROTOCAL (TCP/IP)â€

I do not know if it would work, but you can go to tools, internet options Advanced tab, and reset your IE browser. What do you think?

I have never set it up, so I will not be of any help. You can try the version from my website. I do not know if it will work any better or not.

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I feel left out! Ditto! If it is a vari focal camera then it is the greatest friend to an installer! Great all around "problem" solver!

Do you have a tax ID number, insurance, and a business license? Are you reselling/installing CCTV?

Welcome to the threads!

Good luck on your new venture!

If I ever get a chance to go to London I will look you up for a pie, and a beer!! LOL!! What is the next "event" that I can resolve for you? Do you want the box to beep every time someone triggers the motion activation, or would you like it to be as quiet as a church mouse? Any other issues?

I truely do not know. I have heard of others that have put larger hard drives, and they have not had a problem. I would say give it a try. I do not know how it will effect long term life, but it shoud be fine. The worse you could do is burn out the power supply if the CPU can handle a large disk.

I think we share the same clients!! LOL!!

If your motion detection screen is pink then it is not recording. Pink is used for motion masking such as trees, bushes, ect. If your screen is clear, and you can see your camera video then that is the correct setting. select ADVANCE select DETECTION Move the cursor to the second column marked DET, make sure it says ON for all of the cameras that you have hooked up. Now move the cursor to the third column marked AREA. On cam one press enter. If the page is pink then this is not seeing "motion", if it is clear than it is looking for motion to trigger recording. Here is the hard part to describe. Find where the cursor is blinking (probably around the center of the screen somewhere) using the left arrow move it to the far left of your screen, using the up arrow go all the way to the top of the screen. Press enter (this marks a starting point), move the cursor down to the bottom of the screen, (do not touch any buttons except arrow/directional buttons), when you get to the bottom of the screen use the right arrow, and move the cursor to the right. Here is what you should be seeing. When you pressed enter at the top of the screen the square went from pink to clear, as you pressed the arrow down the whole column became clear. As you used the right arrow the screen slowly became clear as you worked your way to the right. When you get to the right side of the screen you can move your hand in front of a camera and you will see all of the squares "activating" as it follows your movements. Press ENTER to stop the selection process. You are now good to go for motion detection. Press MENU to back out of camera one area, and press the down arrow to get to camera two area. Press ENTER, and repeat steps for each camera. Here is a trick. If you have some outdoor cameras, and you have some bushes, trees, ect, then you can set up motion masking. Now the bushes, and trees will not trigger your cameras. Move the cursor to where you want to start a motion area. Start at the top of this area, press enter, go down as many squares as you need then work your way to the left or right to make a "motion" box. Press enter to stop the selection process. You can now freely move the cursor. Go to your next area that you want motion detection, and make your box, rectangle, or just go wild to get all of the nooks, and cranny around moving objects. Press menu to get out of AREA, press menu to get out of Detection. Go to RECORD go to manual record press enter. It should say YES Press menu to get out of the menu pages.

For home systems, then I would recommend the Flex system. You can still interact with the DVR through LAN/Internet. If you were going to hide the DVR in a hidden wall then maybe the Pro/ProII to may be more of your liking. The R30 upgrade will give you 30FPS across all channels. If you are on a budget then you can save some cash, by getting a non R30 model. The Flex has an IR remote control. You can use a mouse also. Direct network access using IE Browser!

The Flex, and the Flex R30 is more for desktop interaction. The Pro, and Pro II is more for installation in a server room where you will interact with it over a lan/internet connection. The units do not show a multiscreen of all of your cameras on playback due to the high quality of the video. The Flex will show two cameras, but you can toggle from camera to camera while watching playback. Once you have seen video footage over the internet with these DVRs then you will really be knocked off your socks!

Thanks! Very interesting!

Could someone pass me a crying towel?? I was really looking forward to winning the monitor! Thank you Pegasus Products for the contest!

Think about the wireless signal bouncing back and forth off the walls. Also you may run in into interference with 2.4Ghz from wireless internet connections.

If I can answer your questions then let me know.

With the price that you have quoted you have just taken yourself off the market. In that price range you are going to find stuff at Radio Shack, Walmart, and Hardware stores. They are limited because of 1. How much can you stuff in a small sugar cube? 2. How much heat does the transmitter radiate? (Alot)!! 3. Who is the customer of this product? This is designed for quick sale. You want it, and you buy it. Now you learn the limitations, and then you feel ripped off! I can take a crappy cheapo, and make it look good, and I can have an expensive one make me look like a bad installer. You have to know how you are going to use it. You have to know the limitations of the technology, and of the product. If it is in a sugar cube, or a small outdoor with IR leds, then it is probably outputting about a 100 milli watts of power. This is equivalent to a childs walkie talkie. Would you use a child"s walkie talkie in a combat zone? How far can 100 milliwatts go? The box will say 300 feet line of sight. That is the catch phrase. The antennas have to see each other. If you transmit through walls then you need to put the products closer together to keep that same energy level up so that you can see the video. Do not expect to penetrate more than 3, or 4 walls, and still have video. When I use them I am installing the camera in a workvan at a garage, or gas station. I put the receiver right at the window of the building, and then I run the video wire back to the DVR. No matter where you park the van in the parking lot you have a good energy level, and you have good video! These kind of cameras are designed for unattached buildings that are nearby. You will have power in a detached garage, but maybe you cannot run wire because of a concrete pad, or driveway. The number one misconception about wireless cameras is that they are wireless. This is false!!! Are you going to change out a battery everyday?? If the answer is no then you need to run a wire ( a WIRE??) for power. If you are running a wire then you may as well run one for video too! Do not forget that anyone can see your wireless cameras! This is a different product, but my next door neighbor has an RF device that send DVD video to another room wirelessly. I have wireless monitors, and as I was testing it one day, I saw porno on my monitor. It was not from a camera, but I was confused. My wife was not amused when I showed her, as she walked by my bench. I did some direction finding and knocked on my neighbor's door. You should have seen the look on his face when he realized he was transmitting in the open!!! Lately he seems not to care, as he I can tell when his wife is not around! LOL!