How to Connect a Security Camera to a Surveillance DVR

www.cctvcamerapros.com for more information. In this video we will demonstrate how to connect a security camera to a stand alone surveillance DVR using BNC plug and play CCTV cables.

The following equipment is used in this video.

A 4 channel MPEG-4 surveillance DVR.

A dome security camera.

And 100ft BNC plug and play CCTV cables.

We have placed all of our equipment on a table here.

Step one is to connect the plug and play cable to the DVR.

The male BNC connector on the cable very simple pushes and twists on to the female BNC input on the back of the DVR.

Next, grab the other end of the cable.

Attach the BNC connector to the security camera. Again, it simply pushes and twists on.

Next attach the power side of the cable to the power input of the camera. This simple pushes on.

Next, attach the power supply plug of the security camera to the other end of the plug and play cable.

Last, plug the power supply into a standard power outlet.

We hope that this video was helpful for you to understand how simple it is to hook up a security camera to a surveillance dvr using the equipment that CCTV Camera Pros supplies. Please visit our website at www.cctvcamerapros.com
for more product information or videos.cctvcamerapros.com for more surveillance system setup videos.

Thank You for watching.

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Science & Technology

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• cctv
• security
• camera
• connect
• cables
• bnc
• surveillance
• dvr
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• play

[dstnceswmer]

Having trouble hooking up a cctv camera directly to my tv. I bought a female bnc to f (coaixal) adapter and plugged it in to the back of the tv and am using the suggested 12v, 500ma power cord and all i get is stact with the exception of very fuzzy(can only detect motion, barely can make out large shapes) picture on a few channels. any suggestions?

[cctvcamerapros]

@dstnceswmer unfortunately, you can not connect a CCTV camera directly to the CATV input of a TV. The TV needs to have an auxiliary RCA video input. You will not be able to use a TV that only has an F-connector CATV input. Some TVs have multiple video inputs where you select which source you want to view using your remote. This is what you need. You can connect the coax cable from the CCTV camera to the RCA input of the TV, then select the video source for the RCA input to view your camera.

[highmaaan81]

Hey I'm kind of a novice here...can I hook a security camera up to ANY dvr?...or does it have to be a "surveillance dvr"?

[cctvcamerapros]

@highmaaan81 a surveillance DVR is quite different from a DVR used to record TV programs, such as a Tivo device. For cameras, you do need either a stand alone or PC based surveillance DVR. For additional information please google "cctv camera pros". We are very happy to help.

[shortyjk95]

How do u hook it directly to your tv without any of that (so it shows up on the tv but doesn't have to record???

[cctvcamerapros]

@shortyjk95 yes, you can hook up a CCTV camera directly to a TV. The TV needs to have a RCA video input. You then switch to that TVs input when you want to view the camera. We also supply a device that lets you display 4 or 16 cameras on a TV, either in a grid, single camera view scrolling from camera to camera, or picture in picture. For more info please google "vm-q401a" to see the device I am talking about.

[thebeanerguy]

is it possible to look at other security cameras through your computer because i need to see if my neighbor is taking things from my garage and he has a camera hooked up outside

[MayarO1313]

Thanks for uploading this, AND, many more thanks for putting the "script" in the right-hand info panel, I'm in a noisy environment and reading was easier than trying to crank my laptop to hear it...my question is will the plug-in supply handle more than one camera? It looked like the SDVR could take up to 8 cams.

[cctvcamerapros]

@shortyjk95 please post the pictures and the questions to our support forum. You can find it easily if you search for "CCTV Camera Pros Support Forum" Thank You.

[shortyjk95]

@cctvcamerapros ok thank you but another question is, i got my cameras from my friend (yes they work) and he also gave me this internet looking motum type thing, its metal has a on one side a composite output/ input, next to that a Y/C input/ output and then on the other side has a LAN and WAN input/ output and i dont know what it is for??? if you want to email me i can send you a picture of it... shortyjk95@yahoo.com

[cctvcamerapros]

@shortyjk95 Thank you for asking. You can use those same plug and play cables and on the TV end use a BNC to RCA converter, which is a $1.50 part that we also supply, and connect to an RCA video input on your TV. Then, when you want to see your camera, you select that video input on your remote. Let us know if we can help further.

[cctvcamerapros]

@narcissusdark you are correct, there are 16 cables run if you want to connect 16 CCTV cameras to a recorder. Another option is to use IP cameras, which allows you to send the video stream over your local network using cat-5 cable.