oaptrish

Hi. My name is Trish and I am an oap with little to no knowledge with techie things like cctv, I am hoping that I will still be welcome here even though I know nothing and need a lot of help with setting up cctv equipment. Regards to you all. Trish

Hi I wasn't sure if I should put my thread here or on the other one. As my user name suggests I am not a youngster and have none of the high tech skills of the younger generation and would appreciate any help you can give me please. I have cctv equipment and have managed to get so far with installing it but I don’t know how to connect up the DVR, the TV and the PC and make it all work together as it used to. It was all working at one time and had been installed by my late husband but it all got disconnected and the instructions have been lost. I can try to post pictures if that helps, can you help me with this please. Trish

Hi. Thank you for the download, I have been reading through all of it now and my head is spinning with jargon and references to actions that I don't understand, it appears to me that it is trying to teach like you already know. perhaps I don't have the basics to understand, I don't remember my late husband having to sign in every time he wanted to do something, and I cannot work out how to download a section of cctv footage onto a disc on my pc, can you help please.

Hi, I have connected up all the cables as above thank you, can you tell me how to change the time date stamp and how to down load footage onto my pc and onto a disc please

HI... Yes it does have vga but the audio socket is different to the TV input socket, [please see pictures below] is there a special type of plug that goes into the monitor for audio please.

Can I use my pc monitor screen in place of my TV screen, as seen in my pictures above, so that I only have one screen that will do both jobs please.

Okay, thank you, I am not sure at the moment but it had crossed my mind...it will depend on where everything will go.

Hi,,,Is there a significance to the cable being yellow, I cannot find a yellow cable but I have found this one below that does physically fit into the router and dvr. If I was to order one of these cables what is the proper name for it please.

That sounds more simple to me ha ha, I saw a yellow cable somewhere, Yes on virgin,.. activated? .. it works my pc if that is what you mean. I found this double plug thing in the box of bits, is it used to link the dvr to the pc please

Cough!.. now it is getting a bit complicated, is a net work cable the same as the cables used for the cameras to the dvr? and is this the router in the picture below please.

Okay, fantastic! I have sound now, thank you,... How can I copy/download [not sure of the term] the video and sound from the recorder onto my pc desk top please.

Hi. I have installed a microphone now but there is no sound

Sorry! I am not very good at this, I just clicked cancel and the message went, but I still cannot get the sound.

A 'system login' has just appeared after a few minutes on the screen, it asks for a password but I don't have it if there ever was one.

Sorry, the time date is showing in the top right hand corner but no sound.

Ah! thank you, I found the source button and have a picture now, but there is no sound or time date showing

This is the TV remote hand set I have, I cannot see any of the items you mention.

I have connected the VGA on the back of the recorder to the VGA marked on the back of the tv and the cable from the cctv camera, but I cannot get a picture on the TV screen, pictures attached.

I have taken some pictures [and I am having lots of problems posting them] of the cctv equipment I am trying to use, it is a Zeus 8, Apollo HD series, can you tell me how to connect up the DVR, the TV and the PC and make it all work together as it used to please.