slycye 0 Posted March 12, 2009 I have a 16 channel camera system i installed at a local mickey d's and i want to send one video channel to a seperate monitor and to the dvr system can i just use a amplified splitter or is there something special that i would need every thing is rg59 with bnc ends i tried to use a regular splitter by putting f connectors on all the ends but it didnt work neither end would get a picture....the other monitor is an old monitor they had just for the crew to see the drive thru could there be a problem between the pc and the old cctv monitor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vin2install 0 Posted March 13, 2009 You need a video distributor/splitter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MRakes 0 Posted March 13, 2009 The proper way is to use a Video Distribution Amp, like he said. It splits the video but amplifies the signal back up to 1 volt p2p. Good DVRs will have a "loop" or "monitor" out. Just run another line from the DVR. Most of the time, slackers like me just split the signal off the camera. Don't use a splitter like CATV guys use. It drops the signal too much. Use a T adapter. If using CAT5, I'll use little butt connectors like the phone guys use. It's not proper and lowers the video level quite a bit. But if you're in a pinch and that cam is not critical for a great picture, it'll do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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slycye 0 Posted March 15, 2009 thanks for all the help iv got it working now i think ill stick with the ip camera systems im used to doing for now on... but thanks to all for the responses Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
