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How-to Install a Security Camera Arrangement

DIY Installation guide for iDVR-PRO CCTV & HD Security Camera Systems

How-to Install a Security Camera System

This guide will teach the reader how to install a security camera system with an iDVR-PRO surveillance DVR and CCTV or Hard disk CCTV cameras (AHD or Hard disk drive-TVI). This DIY installation guide is typically used past customers of CCTV Camera Pros that have purchased or are considering the buy of 1 of these Hard disk security camera systems or these analog CCTV camera systems. However, it tin can also be used as a reference for business organisation owners, homeowners, and authorities contractors when planning a security camera organisation installation. This guide should aid readers decide whether or non they want to do the installation themselves or rent a professional installer.

System Planning
Do I Need a Professional Installer?
How-to Wire using Pre-made Siamese Cables
How-to Wire using RG59 Siamese Cable Spools
DVR Configuration / Setup
Remote DVR Access / Remote Photographic camera Viewing

System Planning

Here is a listing of things to consider when shopping for and planning to install a video surveillance arrangement. Our sales engineers tin assist with answering these questions via email and phone consultation if y'all prefer.

one) How tin I estimate how many cameras I will demand? Most cameras provide a 90-degree viewing angle. For example, these HD dome cameras will provide video coverage for an entire small to medium sized room when ceiling mounted in the corner of a room. Varifocal dome cameras like these allow you lot to adjust the angle of view / zoom level using dials on the lens during installation. 180-caste fish-eye cameras go even wider but are not going to be as clear in the altitude.

two) Where will I shop the DVR and power supplies for the cameras? All of your cables will be run from each photographic camera back to your DVR and power supply location. Customers typically place their DVR and power supply(s) in a data closet or in an role that will be used to manage the arrangement.

three) How far will the cameras be located from the DVR and ability supply? Nearly of our surveillance systems include a 100 foot CCTV cablevision for each camera. Still, longer and shorter premade cables are available and yous can also use a spool of RG59 cable which allows you to cut the cable lengths to an verbal length.

4) Practise you want to access your cameras remotely? Most all customers want this feature. iDVR-PRO systems support it and also the ability to search and playback recorded video surveillance footage. Apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac are included. If y'all desire to admission your system remotely, you must have an Internet connexion at the location of your DVR. Your DVR volition exist hard wired to your network router using a Cat-five cablevision.

Do I Need a Professional Installer?

Many of our customers look to us to help decide if they need a professional installer or if they want to perform a DIY install. Connecting CCTV cameras to a DVR is a lot like setting upwardly a Television receiver and stereo system. Hither is what we tell them. If you are able to mount your own cameras and run cables to all of the photographic camera locations, you tin probably handle the installation yourself.

The technical back up team at CCTV Camera Pros can help with everything else from remotely over the Cyberspace as long as you have Internet admission at the location of your system and you can connect the DVR your router. This allows our techs to log in to your arrangement remotely and assist with your DVR setup, remote access setup, and whatever troubleshooting that yous need assist with. We include technical back up for the life of the products that nosotros supply and you can check out our client reviews to run across what some existing customers say about our service.

How-to Wire a Security Photographic camera System with Pre-fabricated Siamese Cables

Premade Siamese cables are included by default in all of the complete CCTV and Hard disk CCTV systems that we supply. This is because they are the simplest option for DIY installs. Premade Siamese cables come in various lengths and take a male person BNC connector already fastened on each end of the cablevision and besides take 2.1mm power plugs pre-fastened (male on ane end and female on the other). This can salvage professional and DIY installers a lot of time because they do not need to adhere these connectors. If you lot are going to utilise premade cables with HD security cameras (AHD, TVI, CVI, HD-SDI) yous must make sure that the approximate of cable used for the video is certified for HD video. Some thinner CCTV cables will non piece of work with 720p and 1080p cameras. The premade camera cables on this page work with all HD over coax type cameras

Some other thing to consider is that the length of pre-made cables is fixed. You can non cut the connectors off of premade cables and re-attach to shorten the length of the cable. This is not an outcome in well-nigh installations where backlog cable tin can exist tucked abroad somewhere.

pre-made Siamese coax cable wiring

CCTV Security Camera Cable Guide In a higher place is a motion-picture show of premade cables. You tin run into the BNC male person connectors on each stop and the male and female person ability plug on opposite ends. Please take a look at our premade CCTV cable wiring guide to run into complete instructions on using pre-made cables.

Using Spools of RG59 Siamese Cable

If y'all prefer to take your cable runs cut to the exact length, a spool of RG59 Siamese cablevision is a better option than pre-made cables. However, this does crave special tools and additional time to attach the BNC connectors to each end of the coax cable. It is non a difficult procedure but does require a little exercise. You lot will not get it right the first time which is why we unremarkably ship some extras so that y'all can practice on a non-production piece of cable commencement. You lot tin can see RG59 cablevision spool, BNC connectors and tool packages here, and we offering them as an upgrade for all of the systems that we supply.

RG59 coax is the aforementioned type of cable used in cable Telly installations (sometimes RG6 is likewise used), except in addition to the coax cablevision, 18 gauge power wire is also included. This allows you to run the power and video to each photographic camera in a single cable run.

RG59 Siamese CCTV Cable Guide Please take a look at our RG59 Siamese coax cable / CCTV installation guide to meet many examples of how these cables can be used to wire analog CCTV and HD security cameras that work over coax.

This video shows customers how to attach a 2 slice BNC crimp-on connector to RG59. This is the most popular method for attaching BNC male person connectors to RG59 coax cable. This technique provides a very secure and reliable connection that volition last.

You can encounter other BNC connector types and video instructions for attaching them hither.

DVR Configuration / Setup

The user interface of iDVR-PRO surveillance DVRs is very easy to use. Nearly users prefer to control the navigation with the included USB mouse. Some models also include an infrared / wireless remote control. Watch the below video to see how simple information technology is to navigate the DVR carte.

CCTV Security Camera Cable Guide Here is a complete getting started guide for iDVR-PRO. Nosotros recommend that all customers reference this guide for their initial DVR organisation setup. You can too observe a bunch of DVR setup articles for iDVR-PRO here.

Remote DVR Access / Remote Camera Viewing

Our iDVR-PRO systems include mobile apps for iPhone and Android. They include desktop apps for Mac and Windows. Setting upward your arrangement for remote access is not difficult but information technology is our near requested blazon of technical support instance. Here are setup instructions if yous want to setup remote admission yourself. Still, if you desire us to help, it is our specialty. Nosotros have washed it thousands of times for customers. Our technicians are familiar with virtually blazon of routers.

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Works with Analog CCTV and Hd Security Cameras

CCTV / AHD / HD-TVI Hybrid Security Camera DVR

Hybrid iDVR-PROs work with the following security camera types and resolutions.

AHD Cameras (720p and 1080p resolution models supported)
TVI Cameras (720p and 1080p resolution models supported)
Analog CCTV Cameras (all analog resolution supported including CIF, D1, 960H)

Request a Demo

If you practise not currently have an iDVR-PRO and would like to log in to the demo unit at our office, please asking a demo login beneath. Y'all will be able to log in from iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices. You tin also log in from Macintosh and Windows computers. Delight click hither to request a demo login.

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Security Camera System Quote

Did you know? CCTV Photographic camera Pros tin can provide a complete surveillance system quote that includes whatever iDVR-PRO model with cameras, cables, connectors, ability supplies, and monitors? We tin fifty-fifty mix and match SD and Hard disk security cameras because the latest iDVR-PROs are hybrid. They work with CCTV, AHD, and HD-TVI type cameras. As you take probably already seen on our website, we have 2, 4, viii, and 16 camera surveillance systems in pre-made packages. However, information technology is not possible for us to packet upward every combination and quantity of all the different camera models that we conduct. So, nosotros can also provide you with a custom quote with as many cameras every bit you need and a mix of any combination of camera model(s) based on your project requirements.

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About the Author

Mike Haldas

This article was written by , co-founder and managing partner of CCTV Camera Pros. If you accept any questions well-nigh iPhone security camera app for iDVR, please email me at mike@cctvcamerapros.internet.