steq184 0 Posted February 7, 2015 Hi The story so far...... Have tried to connect camera to the dcr using baluns with power tails and cat5. Didn't work so tried a bnc cable and worked straight away. I obviously want to use cat5 for ease of running cables and cost etc. The cat5 cable i used was a working network cable. My question is do i use a normal network cat5 cable or does it need wiring differently....or maybe the baluns are faulty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
english 0 Posted February 8, 2015 HiThe story so far...... Have tried to connect camera to the dcr using baluns with power tails and cat5. Didn't work so tried a bnc cable and worked straight away. I obviously want to use cat5 for ease of running cables and cost etc. The cat5 cable i used was a working network cable. My question is do i use a normal network cat5 cable or does it need wiring differently....or maybe the baluns are faulty. Could be a faulty balun, or wrong type for your use. Make sure that network cable is strait thru and not crossed, 1 to 1 vs. 1 to 8. Typically network/Ethernet cable is strait thru, it's paired pins 1,2,3 & 6 (1&2 - w/orange, orange/w) 3&6 - w/green, green/w) (568 A/B). Difference between A & B, orange pair are swapped with green pair. For you AT&T Merlin fans, yes, B was originally 258A Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steq184 0 Posted February 27, 2015 All working except 1 camera, thing is the ir leds light up in the dark but no picture, does this mean that the cat5 is wired wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Stephens 0 Posted February 27, 2015 All working except 1 camera, thing is the ir leds light up in the dark but no picture, does this mean that the cat5 is wired wrong? Can you post a picture of how you have it wired? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the toss 0 Posted February 28, 2015 HiThe story so far...... Have tried to connect camera to the dcr using baluns with power tails and cat5. Didn't work so tried a bnc cable and worked straight away. I obviously want to use cat5 for ease of running cables and cost etc. The cat5 cable i used was a working network cable.My question is do i use a normal network cat5 cable or does it need wiring differently....or maybe the baluns are faulty. Your kidding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steq184 0 Posted February 28, 2015 @ Don Stephens: Have swapped around my cameras and find that the camera in question is faulty, getting a replacement. Thankyou for taking the time to answer. @ The Toss: If you can't be helpful don't waste your time......or mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the toss 0 Posted February 28, 2015 Can't imagine how I've wasted your time. I'm simply querying your statement about it being a "working network cable". You will not get composite video & network data on the same cable with baluns. Maybe you shouldn't waste MY time by giving wrong information Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
