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Could someone post a link showing me what i should try and buy? thanks

Is this cable what i need? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1000Ft-CAT5E-24-AWG-Waterproof-Outdoor-Direct-Burial-UTP-Solid-LAN-Network-Cable-/350558214163?pt=US_Ethernet_Cables_RJ_45_8P8C_&hash=item519ee5d813

Could someone post a link to this utp direct burial cable? What i find doesnt seem to very good quality. thanks

Do you guys do anything to protect cameras from Lighting Strikes / surges? I use a booster at the camera and send it down 3500' of phone line. Hard to believe but it gives me an excellent picture but about once a year during the big lightning storms we get either the camera or booster will get hit. Just curious if theres anything that would help? I have installed a good quality surge protector now where everthing get its current. thanks

Will cat5 work? with active active? mack

Hello, im new to installing cctv cameras, even though i installed mine and have used it for several years. I now have a couple of pretty good cameras im going to install, 1.Extreme EX27 2. CNB BE4810NCR (weatherproof) Neither will have a overhang and will be directly in all the elements. If you guys tell me in need enclsures a recommendation for one would also be appreciated thanks for your help

Thanks, the cams i used b4 were always junk, these were not cheap so i thought i would aks b4 putting them into the elements.

Hello, i have a set of gates a long way from my house, i use a booster receiver setup in the past and worked fine. My question is before i used a small little 7" monitor. How can i take the wires that fed my small monitor and have it feed to my pc's monitor? Do i need a special card for it or are there monitors that you could hook a pc and cctv to at once? bypassing the pc all together? thanks mack

Is there anyway the camera can provide a feed to the pc and it always be viewable even when using the pc, guess like the old PIP on tv's?

Im trying to setup a LONG RANGE wired Camera, I have gates at the end of my drive way some 3,500' away from my house. I bought a Sony Color IR Camera off ebay and was told it would work for me at this distance. The wire is an 18ga twisted pair with no breaks anywhere along the way. Where the camera is mounted i have power so thats not an issue.When all hooked up i just have a grey blurry frozen looking picture. So i bought a inline type booster that guaranteed to work up to 4,500' well it doesnt. Description of the booster i bought( i treid putting the link but this site wouldnt all) The new VCA-3 takes video amplification to a whole new level. The VCA-3 will maintain high quality video for any single camera up to 4500 feet. It has controls for input impedance, balance, linear gain, HF gain and LF gain. The VCA-3 has a built-in surge protector. Compact size, high performance, industry leading features and cost effective price combine to make the VCA-3 the best video amplifier we've ever offered. Comes with cables, power supply, video amplifier, easy instructions and 1 year manufacturers warranty. Ok....how can i make this work? Wireless is out of the question due to obctacles. Can i buy a stronger booster? Are the plain jane video baluns i bought junk? The people who sold me the booster for $100 were not sure of the exact location where the booster should go, 2 techs said within 10' of the camera and the other 3 techs said about halfway to the house??? I really need someones help who knows! thanks in advance kentucky

Ok i have 1 camera and will one day have 2 so what type of card do i need to put in my pc that will allow me to use the windows xp and then maybe click a ico and be able to see whos at the gates when the gates call. I dont need to be able to view it all the time just when the gate calls....the pc is always on.....is there anything out there that will work for me? Will the all in wonder video capture cards work? If so Do they allow the pc video source and the camera video source to work at the same time? thank you

USB type input with a dongle to bring in a video source??? Which one would you reccommend? thanks again for your help

If i use the impact board do i still use the video card that is in my pc for the monitor? thanks

Hello is anyone there?

New question: Is there a way i can view the video from my camera on the computer monitor? I know there is but i guess im asking what would i need to buy and how would you go from say windows to the view from the camera? thanks as always

You guys have been a lot of help...thanks again. Its really cool being able to see traffic go by when you live alomst 3/4 of a mile from the highway....way cool! Thanks again mack

The camera i have now seems to pull everything up a little closer than i would like.....what lens would i want for like a wider farther away angle? Thanks again for all your help. One last thing i really dont need the infared ability on this camera as my gates are lit.....would you still reccommend the same camera?

ok i took "some" of your advice and bought the NVT NV-652R and NVT NV-653T....hooked it all up and it works on a scale of 1-10 about an 8 !!! The camera im using is a sony 1/3" color HAD CCD 420 lines 36IR LED F8 Night Vision Lens 12mm Model:DV-LH4142 My new question is can i use a dufferent camera and even improve on my picture even more? Is black and white better on these long runs? I have a dumpster about 100' from the camera and i cant quite make out the letters on the side. I can EASILY identify anyone who comes up to our gates and know if i want to answer the phone when the gate rings.....as this was my main reason for the installation. The 18awg seems to work fine with the boosters. Thanks for any advice on cameras...they may all be the same for what i know.

so are you saying my cable will not work? After playing with the dip setting and adjustments I was able to get a decent picture today with the 99.00 junk booster but not good enough...to make me happy.

thanks for all the help. One last question looking at the picture of the receiver unit, i see where my wires will screw down under the terminals but what will type of connector will i use to adapt from the receiver unit to the monitor? It has an av video jack. As for the wire its just an 18ga pair thats stranded inside a aluminum foil type shielding...it is direct bury yet i ran it in conduit. Its a type of phone line but stranded rather than solid and little larger diameter i think than normal phone line....(it has to work as i will not run a different wire) Also do you know any one place on the web that has better prices on the units? thanks again...wish i had come here first! kentucky

Would these work...they say 4000' Pelco TW3001AT 1 CH Transmitter for UTP, Active 120 VAC Pelco TW3001AR 1 Channel Receiver for UTP, Active

I can send the booster back and get my money back. There is only one camera. As stated in my post power is right there at the camera. One camera.....one monitor...not sure what a dvr is but i dont have one. What exactly do i need in between the camera and the monitor??? a balun that transmits and one that receives??? Is this all? thanks