4 cameras on one Cat5 cable, is it possible???

[spyguy 0]

I am trying to help out a friend with a residential installation on a home that has been complete for some time. The head end is in the basement and a physical cable path for RG59 does not seem to be present.

 

After pondering over this for a while it occurred to me that there is one spare Cat5 cable that was installed during construction that is available.

 

My question is: Can I pass the video signal from four separate cameras down one Cat5 cable by using each of the four pairs?

 

I plan to power the cameras locally and use NVT or Nitek Baluns but would hate to go to the trouble and expense if there is a conflict with using each pair.

 

Your comments are appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Scott

[Rooney 0]

You should be able to without any problems.

[CollinR 0]

I've done it too many times to count.

[rapid 0]

 

As the other guys mentioned, shouldn't be a problem.

 

You might have a look at this Nitek unit which can handle 4 video links.

[mfuzzy 0]

the nitek works great.

 

if you use rj45 connector and get some blurred or distorted video, use the terminals and the prob will be solved

[spyguy 0]

Outstanding!!!

 

Thanks so much. I assumed that it would be OK to address the issue this way. I did not think there would be such a nice little device like the Nitek product posted above.

 

I'll be ordering a few of those.

 

Thanks again!