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I hope some one can help me. I installed a Gen IV with 8mm lens(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48629&item=5771862565). It is mounted up about 20feet and on aluminum siding. It's is ok in color during the day bit washed out but can tell my son walking by but at night in black and white it is complete snowy and you can't make out anything. I have the camera connected with RG6u with bnc to f connector at the ends, the power is with the cable they sent (bnc connector on that cable is messed up). Any help will be great. I bought this before I flound this site and will be changing it to a higher res after I get back from my June vaction but would like to use it till then.

bryan1656 very funny. Really I think I was about to derail till I found Rory and you guys!! I just wanted to say thanks for the all the help. Nothing else has happened since I put this camera up. I guess whoever is doing the damage/theft seen me hang it. I will be playing with different cameras/lights/ir's till I get what I want. I have to do this slow though because the wife don't want me spending money on this "stuff" as she says. She thinks they are done but the next time it happens I bet I hear about it. LOL. I have a good picture during the day now and can see faces very well, dusk is good but night is still not so great but better. I'm sure now it's the camera. So I need a better camera and light here. No IR because it's the front side of my house. I would like it to be as stealth as possible. This is why I chose a bullet instead of a housing/camera. Again thanks for the help. I think I'm going to check out Rory's ECL-596 .

Dipshwich, Even you asked what float glass was! They were not making fun of your housing. I thought it was cool but you seem to have removed the link.

2nd Update. I lowered it to 10 feet like you guys said. I just checked it because it's dusk now, the camera switched to bw and the snow storm has left . Also people are more clear now. I still have the 8mm lens in. There still is a line accross the screen that scrolls from bottom to top and I'm not sure what this is. I sure am getting a lesson on cctv. With my electroincs and computer background thought this would be cake walk but I think I fell in the cake. No one is stealing my flowers. Last summer I was told I had cancer and a bunch of family came and helped me finish up my flower beds before I went for all the rest of tests and treatment. Since then my decorations (bench, 2ft angel,lights etc) have been broken or stolen. The expensive $40us or more flowers were sprayed with poison and killed. I can tell cause all the little flower around the big ones died at the same time. This is still continueing to this day. Maybe their jealous because I had help? We keep to our selves most of the time. Can't figure what people get out of this. By the way they were wrong about the cancer and a simple surgery fixed me up fine. Thanks for all the help so far Ken

Rory I already seen your camera and think it's great. It's the ECL-596 right. That will be my next order plus wire and connectors. Next will be the pc card but I havn't had time to play with the ugly dvr yet. LOL . You know what kaysadeya, My mulch is almost black and there is nothing else in that flower bed yet cause my vandle stole it, killed it or broke it. You think I would go to jail if I jumped out of the bush the next time he visits and beat him with a baseball bat till almost dead. Sure would get rid of a bunch of fustration. LOL I'll try to get a picture as soon as I get the dvr wired to my computer rack. P.S. If I would buy one of those cameras from you Rory what do you think it would cost total. I live in York PA 17404, USA Again Thank You

Update. I turned on the light that is at my flower bed (this camera is watching only the flower bed) after you replied Rory. The snow left. I will lower the camera and add some light here. Just a question but if my connection are bad would the color be snowy also? The color is clear but not the right colors (light green instead of dark etc.) I just made this cable with crimp on f connectors because thats what I could get now local. The BNC on the cable they sent got damaged and that is why I changed to the rg6. I'm not seeing much change from the old cable to the new one. I will be ordering better wire when I order my next camera in July. This is the wire I am looking at http://www.spytown.com/wespen28siam.html with these connectors http://www.spytown.com/bnc2pieccrim.html (already have a high quality tool with changable dies as I do all my catv runs. Rory can I order from spytown? I see you didn't seem to like them or is there a better place. Thanks for the help Rory and bryan1656 I will chack these things today. I'll let you know when it gets dark. Thanks Ken

First let me say thanks for all the information you guys put on this forum. With out this forum guys like me would be lost. Here is a link to the system and spec's http://www.eyespyvideo.com/videorecorders/dvr/dvr-rt8.htm . What do you guys think of this system and who makes it. I think they blur the name on purpose. Here are the specs FPS Recording Frame Rate Realtime 240 frames per second total, 30 frames per second per camera FPS Display Frame Rate Realtime 240 frames per second total, 30 frames per second per camera Recording Resolution each camera: (NTSC): 720(H) x 480(V) / (PAL): 720(H) x 576(V) Operating System Linux-based RTOS (realtime operating system) Compression Method MPEG-4 Compression Rate 100 ~ 300:1 Graphical User Interface Menus easy to use on-screen programming guide Backup Method via BNC to VCR or other video recorder, via USB, via network operation, optional DVD-R burner Video Motion Detection Capable? standard and built-in Video Motion Detection Options 396 on/off selectable area divisions per camera, sensitivity adjustment Monitoring Options split sceen 1, 4, or 8 cameras Playback Options search, still image capture Alarm/Event Recording Capable? yes, with built-in external alarm input / output ports (8 in, 3 out) Network Operation Capable? using WAN or LAN router Remote Internet Viewing Capable? using WAN or LAN router Ethernet/Modem Built-in? ethernet standard and built-in Language Support English, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese Standard HDD Capacity 500 GB (gigabytes) HDD Storage Consumption 80 ~ 350 MB / hour / channel variable based on frame speed and resolution settings, as well as compression HDD Speed 7200 R.P.M + 8 MB buffer Includes Remote Controller? free wireless IR remote controller Simplex/Duplex/Triplex Operation? FULL multiplexing capable: supports simultaneous recording, monitoring, playback, remote internet function, and USB or network backup Number of Video Inputs eight ( video inputs for eight ( cameras total Video Input Type Composite 1 Vp-p @ 75 ohms unbalanced Audio Recording Capable? eight ( audio inputs for eight ( microphones total Audio Input Type line level Number of Video Outputs two (2) composite A/V outputs, one (1) VGA output Video Output Type Composite 1 Vp-p @ 75 ohms unbalanced or VGA Video Input Plug 8 x BNC (connects easily to RCA with included adapter) Video Output Plug 2 x BNC (connects easily to RCA with included adapter) Audio Input Plug 8 x BNC (connects easily to RCA with included adapter) Audio Output Plug 2 x BNC (connects easily to RCA with included adapter) Pan / Tilt / Zoom Protocol Drivers Built-in Pelco-D, Pelco-P, Samsung, Sharp, Boga, JEC, Kalatel, SDA, Panasonic, Dragon, YAAN, Pana-WV, and many others Input Voltage 110v / 230v AC switchable Power Consumption 70 W (watts) Power Input Plug standard grounded 3-prong U.S. wall outlet plug Operating Temperature -5° C ~ +55° C Operating Humidity less than 90% Operating Barometric Pressure 86 kpa ~ 106 kpa Dimensions 2U rack mountable: 17.4" x 16.9" x 3.5" Thank You Ken

I am thinking maybe I'll be better building my own Rory. I already build my own pc s and if a componet goes out on a stand alone I'll have to pay for that instead of me buying a new board and doing it myself. This is for my house. It's going to take me months to build this system since I'm seeing these prices. I'm a bit like you If it isn't quality in the pictures and equipment then I really don't want it. I bought one of them ugly dvr's http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48634&item=5771861928 (they swaped me up to this one cause I bought the dvr without ip and svideo at 375 and they didn't have anymore so I got this at 375) and two cameras. A Gen IV with 8mm lens http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48629&item=5771862565 . The live picture is ok on this camera but I want alot better. The colors are a bit washed out. The second camera I bought was a KT&C KPC-S53CNV 3.6mm lens which has about the same spec's as the Gen IV. The color is also washed out and it has a line that goes accross the screen scrolling from the bottom to the top of my tv. then starts over when it goes off the top? (line stays the same size about 1/8". Yep I bought it from these expensive guys. http://www.eyespyvideo.com/infrared/ir-5had.htm So I will be reading alot here and learning and when I think I know what I am doing I'll bring a product before you guys to see what you think. I am looking at a total of about 10 cameras total maybe a few more most out side all around my house. I want smooth clear video from the dvr. I am willing to put in a camera every fw months if thats what it takes. I have been really busy lately and haven't had time to play with the ugly dvr. LOL Thanks for all your help. By the way I bought the above before I found you and this forum.

Sorry the $7000 was for their 16ch system with about the same spec's as this one.

Thanks for the quick reply. I started buying with this company before I found this forum. Before here it was site after site of people saying they were the only honest dealer on the web. Wow I was starting to wonder who the crooks were. The ones stealing the items from my yard ,vandalizing my cars and house or the ones selling me real time dvr's at $7000.00 to protect my house hold items. Don’t get me wrong if I need a $7000 dvr to prosecute these people (it’s been 2 years of police reports and nothing else) then this is what I will do. The second time I asked a question by E-Mail even after buying a camera there they stopped replying. I have to build this system piece by piece due to budget and feel now that I found this forum I have a bit of a chance with the security sharks. Thanks again rory and dataAve. I have been following your post rory and you seem like a guy that knows whats going on in this business. I respect your opion! You too Data