wireless cctv

[shirva]

Has anybody went wireless with there video camera yet...and any thoughts on tge wireless cctv kit sold by maplins for 30 pounds. ..Davy

[DoctorD]

Hi Davey

I tried it with an old video sender I had I the loft - seemed to pick up interference from my wifi.

Maybe newer ones are better.

Paul

[shirva]

Said in maplins reviews picks up interference as well...Davy

[Carl Reade]

Hi Davy Im in the satellite and aerial business and even when asked I would'nt use them. They are as Paul says interference nightmares. Probably the best route is Cat 6, power and signal down one small cable. At £30 they will be the most unscreened transmitter and receiver known to man I would think.

Cheers Carl

[Carl Reade]

Hey I scored a double post!

[shirva]

got a 45mtr cat 5 cable other day...will that be ok...davy

[Carl Reade]

Yes no problem it can run for over 100m with little loss and is balanced which rejects interference as well. You need to use baluns at both ends, eBay for them.

Cheers carl

[johnno]

I'm waiting for the receiver to come for the laptop, got the transmitter, but I'll be using it over a short distance, not more than about 3 to 4 meters at the most I'm sick of getting the wires tangle around my feet and pulling the wires apart. the other night i had to star align 3 times, must be a clumsy [removed word].

[shirva]

Know the feeling done same myself. .then dslr memory full then camera battery died. Then mount started to play up....here to try us at times. ..Davy

[shirva]

Some price for they baluns for rj45 to rca...choke cough. ..Davy

[Carl Reade]

Some price for they baluns for rj45 to rca...choke cough. ..Davy

A pair of passive video baluns and a BNC to Phono adapter should be around £5.00. Carl

[Steve_Max127]

Hi Davy, I bought these and they work great, tested over 25m so far and only £5.89.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CCTV-RJ45-VIDEO-BALUN-POWER-UTP-CAT5-CABLE-TRANSMIT-RECEIVER-BNC-PAIR-/190812413166?pt=UK_CCTV&hash=item2c6d4e5cee

[shirva]

Its the fitting the cat 5 cable to the video capture usb....rj45 to rca ?

[Carl Reade]

Put this on the balun at the capture end.

[shirva]

Nice one Carl....finished camera mod ...looking really good in my opinion. ..put on pics on modded thread after I go for a kebab. ..Davy

[Carl Reade]

Good stuff!

[johnno]

The USB wireless receiver arrived this afternoon and did a quick range check and it seems to work ok for what I need.The cam was upstairs in the front bedroom / computer room. and I went out into the back garden and just managed to get a picture. like I said the distance will be only 4 to 5 meters apart at the most so i'm happy with it.

[johnno]

snapshot of pic from upstairs and taken from LT in the back garden

[shirva]

Hi johnno...looks same type I was looking at...be great if you could do a night shot...Davy

[johnno]

hmmm. I missed this thread, yep I'll do that davy, I did one of saturn but it wasnt much cop. very grainy but thats not the wireless setup because I tried it again with the wired setup and it was still the same, i didnt have much time to play around with settings because it went behind the trees.

[shirva]

Cheers for that Johnno...Davy....