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Re: Cable for cams and pirs



Great, thanks Campbell. My aim is to finish the office wiring this w/e so
that I can get the plasterer in and get decorating. I put the patch panel
into the loft this afternoon, and hopefully BT will come next week for my
net line.

Dave

"Campbell Macdonald" <campbell@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:<6553BCF3E25DD2118F0A00AA00AE6AAA448059@tigger>...
> I would highly recommend using cat5... the runs are versatile and I am
> getting excellent B&W pics....Colour pics are also good even on the
> longer
> runs.... it is possible to use only 4 cables for cctv, but I tend to use
> the
> notation below throughout:
>
>
> 1 White/Orange   Video
> 2 Orange   Video ground
> 3 White/Green   Left Speaker +ve (mono)
> 4 Blue   Right Speaker ground
> 5 White/Blue   Right Speaker +ve
> 6 Green   Left Speaker ground
> 7 White/Brown   12v +ve switching (or power)
> 8 Brown   12v common ground
>
> This works well for dvd ,cctv,itv digital (sky from Tuesday), signal is
> composite....OK so maybe not the best, but as good as most
> videos....(IMO).
> One day I will get KAT 5 for dvd, but swmbo is holding the reins
> tight................round my neck!
>
> Forgot to mention...all cctv I use are composite....I have 4 on switcher
> then modulator then booster, which goes to 4 tv's /pc....the composite
> signal is far superior.
>
>
>
> hth
>
> campbell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tracey.gardner@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 8:13 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Cable for cams and pirs
>
>
> >
> > Hi David
> >
> > I'm also wondering what to do about wiring for CCTV.
> > I know that CAT5 will handle it easily so I'm tempted go down that
> route.
> > On the other hand I could run a cheap and nasty coax, it doesn't
> warrant
> CT100, and a multicore cable for power and control.
> > Decisions, decisions! :-)
> >
> > Tracey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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