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brightspark
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hickvision are the best thats what the pro s mainly fit
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Hik is all I will fit now! It's the best out there for the mid range market, their Ptz cameras are awesome! I fit a fair few in lambing sheds and calf sheds so farmers can watch their flocks by night (from the comfort of their arm chairs)
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Thanks for that. I have in the past used separate baluns for power and video off CCTV42 and they worked well.
https://www.cctv42.co.uk/shop/cctv-accessories/cat5e-camera-to-dvr-cables/
You do need a junction box within reach of the camera cable to stuff it all in. CAT cable is so much easier to thread and pull than pre-terminated stuff that is too short anyway.
I do not know if I read it on CCTV42 or not, but it said to use three pairs (i.e. three wires for + and three for -) for the power and one pair for signal so there is minimal voltage drop.
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I bench tested the Swann stuff on the way home and 3 cameras are duff. 
He's boxing it up and sending it back.
He's looking at Hik vision stuff.
Seems to be a few places which resell, but a quick flick round the www tonight doesn't show up any sites that look particularly user friendly.
Forum recommendation on somewhere to go for it? Ideally just a ready to fit kit.
He's boxing it up and sending it back.He's looking at Hik vision stuff.
Seems to be a few places which resell, but a quick flick round the www tonight doesn't show up any sites that look particularly user friendly. Forum recommendation on somewhere to go for it? Ideally just a ready to fit kit.
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brilliant gear but its a minefield on choice of camera and dvr. pretty easy to wire and set up mind
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@Agroshield I use an adaptable box to fit it all local to the camera if there is nowhere suitable to hide the connections, they can be a bit unsightly though. I did a system on a farm that had some fixed cameras 250m away from the DVR and doubled the cores for the power and signal. Picture was perfect thank goodness!
@Welderpaul I buy my hik gear from a Cctv contractor only site, you have to prove your a legit installer to buy from them. But I have used these people before in Leicester who are very helpful.
https://www.satsecuretrade.uk/
@Welderpaul I buy my hik gear from a Cctv contractor only site, you have to prove your a legit installer to buy from them. But I have used these people before in Leicester who are very helpful.
https://www.satsecuretrade.uk/
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i can get gear from dynamic cctv in middlesbrough its suposed to be trade only
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You are trade though @brightspark
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I bench tested the Swann stuff on the way home and 3 cameras are duff.
He's looking at Hik vision stuff.
Forum recommendation on somewhere to go for it? Ideally just a ready to fit kit.
A lot of folks on a sparky forum recommend this place
brightspark
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hicvision the dvr generaly now have conections for the rj and the cat 5 conections
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Just to be clear - are you asking about the old style RG59 coaxial CCTV cable, or the new ethernet cat5/6 based system which uses RJ45 terminations? Cat5 = RJ45.
Its the plug in type plug, like on the rear of a modem , RJ45.
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Hikvision are looking the favourite now, quality wise anyway!
I get the impression a lot of the companies that sell Hikvision gear are just box movers, they don't have a great deal of technical knowledge.
I need black bullet cameras, so looking at using these cameras connected using Cat5E cable and RJ45 plugs to
this 8 channel NVR. Will they work together as plug and play?
The camera has motorised focus - will this NVR remotly focus the cameras?
I get the impression a lot of the companies that sell Hikvision gear are just box movers, they don't have a great deal of technical knowledge.
I need black bullet cameras, so looking at using these cameras connected using Cat5E cable and RJ45 plugs to
this 8 channel NVR. Will they work together as plug and play?
The camera has motorised focus - will this NVR remotly focus the cameras?
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it says free technical support and advice give them a ringHikvision are looking the favourite now, quality wise anyway!
I need black bullet cameras, so looking at using these cameras connected using Cat5E cable and RJ45 plugs to
this 8 channel NVR. Will they work together as plug and play?
The camera has motorised focus - will this NVR remotly focus the cameras?
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Just to add those cameras will work with the NVR you linked to. They should work out of the box with minimal setting up needed to get a picture up and working. It's sorting through the settings for what you want it to actually do that usually takes the most time!
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