If you have an intruder problem on your property, you might have thought about security cameras of some kind. One of the issues with security cameras is their expense, but...
Every now and then we like to take a question from one of our customers and discuss it in detail here on the blog. Today’s query is about the oft-confusing world of Wireless CCTV…
Tonight sees the premier of Hive Alive, BBC2’s latest documentary to bring wildlife observation and behavior to the masses, following such runaway successes as Springwatch and Lambing Live. This installment promises to delve into the hidden workings of a bee...
Scenario I am retiring this year, and with some initial trepidation I have jumped in the deep end (so to speak) and purchased a narrow boat, so me and my wife can fulfll a long ambition in spending our days...
I help manage a small warehouse property on a trading estate. Recently there has been some break-ins on other properties on the estate, so we are now looking at improving our security systems. We have a small security office by the entrance of the property, across the car park from the warehouse, and want to have security monitors in this office viewing 4 cameras in the warehouse. Unfortunately we can’t run a cable, as it would have to pass over the car park, and we still need vandal proof cameras, so we’ve been told wired cameras with transmitters are the way to go. The prices for 4 transmitter packs however are quite expensive, and way beyond our budget. Are there any ways we can have a similar set up for within our budget, perhaps using an IR repeater?
Perhaps counterintuitively, one of the things that often separates professional security cameras from lower quality CCTV equipment is that professional cameras almost never feature built-in microphones. Whilst the most basic wireless cameras have compact built-in microphones, even the most fully-specced...
In our CCTV news this week we see UFOs speeding around an industrial site in Russia and a thief who took a Bernardos charity box from a gift shop in Bristol.
One of the most important things to consider when purchasing a complete CCTV system– and one of the most overlooked- is the question of how much storage you need for your recorder. Just like a computer, most CCTV DVRs are...
Wireless CCTV is a tricky beast, one that can seem simple but have a lot of potential hidden pitfalls when planning and setting up your system. There are a lot of things to consider about the installation itself- such as transmission distances and line of sight- before you can even start navigating the variety of different equipment specifications available. Increasingly, many of these systems on the market are switching advanced Digital Wireless transmission. Whilst this seems quite similar to traditional systems on the face of it, the two types of equipment actually work in a very different way “under the hood”, that has some fairly major knock-on effects on their features…
Q: Having recently installed a wireless CCTV system on my farm to keep an eye on the barns, I have unfortunately found that the signal is a bit weak, and tends to drop away. The signal does have to go through quite a large external wall to reach the receiver, so I’m guessing this will be having quite a detrimental effect on it’s performance. On the advice of your tech support team I have bought a couple of your high gain antennae to boost the signal. My question is this- can I get some advice on how to set up antenna in order to get the best results from my wireless CCTV system?
Scenario Over the course of 2 years now, I have been the victim of increasingly aggressive abuse from my neighbours. Beginning with a minor altercation after one of their children trampled my Rose bed, it has since escalated to shouting...
Q: I need to invest in a CCTV system to monitor my small shop. Whilst I am pretty set on the cameras that my system will use, I am finding it very difficult to find the right CCTV Recorder for...
