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Hi
Campbell,
Sorry
to hear of the situation in which you find yourself, I will try to offer
what
advice I can.
With
regard to recording the cameras, multi screen presentation is not a cheap
thing
to do. The pictures from the cameras have to be digitised and then
selectively
read back from memory to display them on the screen simultaneously. This
gets
even more expensive for colour and usually means several hundred pounds
:-(
I
did
fit a unit this summer that was supplied by Henry's and it is currently
used
with 9 of their £69 colour board cameras although in your instance black
and
White will be preferable due to the low light levels at
night.
I
dont
know the name or number of the switcher but I am sure Henry's will be
pleased to
advise.
The
one in question has 9 inputs and modes of operation are
Sequential scanning of all 9
cameras
(time adjustable)
Quad display
1-4
Quad display
5-8
Alternate quads 1-4 then
5-8
All 9 cameras on
screen.
Each
camera can have a name programmed in which is superimposed on the recording
along with date and time stamp. What particularly impressed me was the fact
that
irrespective of which display mode you chose, the VCR still records ALL 9
cameras. Not as 9 pictures on one screen but every 9th frame from each
camera
full screen.
On
playback you can choose any of the above display modes. Its an extremely
nice
unit but not cheap. I believe it was about £795 :-(
Not a
bad price for what it does, but an awful lot to shell
out.
It
might be worth considering a bank of cheap video recorder from the local
supermarket. I have seen VCR's for as low as £69-95
Hope
everything turns out OK.
Keith
Friends,
I am asking for your help. Currently the
situation where I live is very serious, last night a glass bottle was
smashed
over my head and another resident had his head gashed with a belt buckle.
It started with a gang of about 50 youths all
drunk with some high on other substances damaging property, 2 were
apprehended
and the nice police officers gave them a lift home. This left the area
without
any police patrols. It was then the youths decided to congregate and
challenge. About 4 neighbours and myself tried to ask them to move on,
some of the gang were also trying to move their friends on. Whilst talking
with one youth, another (extremely spaced) smashed me over the head
with
a bottle.
After this I was dazed but couldn't let myself
fall or I would be attacked on the ground. Discretion is the better part of
valour and I had to walk away and ask a neighbour to get an ambulance.
Fortunately I was not too serious but my neighbours, my wife and son were
distraught. The police took some 40 minutes before they returned, the
ambulance took a further 20 minutes.
This all took place last night...
Tonight the cul de sac was scouted by four
suspects in a car and shot off when they were seen. We believe we are going
to
be hit either tonight or at the weekend, the cars/houses may be
attacked.
I have one color cctv camera, and intend to
buy
some black and white ones tomorrow.
The question is can anyone recommend a good
box
which will :
a. copy all cameras onto single tape at once
i.e.
quarter screen.
or
b. give me some advice. Anything at all would
be
helpful.
I apologise if this email seems fragmented,
but I
am sure you can understand why.
Campbell
If the whole world smiles
is it a Universal
Beam :-)
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