Re: low-quality cctv audio over cat5

["Chris White" <cmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, Missed this.

I don't see any major problem with doing this at all.

My guess is that the cables used by Aldi is of a lower quality than
that of cat5e anyway so if anything you may see an improvement.

One thing to watch would be the connections at each end, hopefully the
cable pairs are colour coded, but if not you probably need to make the
mic at the door to the speaker in the house and vice versa for the return.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  John Risby
> >
> > I've got a cctv camera in the porch, it's one of those cheapo
> > ones from aldi a few months ago. it has b&w video and 2-way
audio.
> >
> > having recently totally rewired, I now have structured cat5
> > wiring around the house, and a fair bit of coax as well.
> >
> > I can run the video over coax, but I also want to be able to
> > take the 2-way audio.
> >
> > I have some cat5 by the door I can use, what's the best way
> > of doing this?
> >
> > bearing in mind the audio is just to speak/listen to someone
> > at the door (over the built in mic/speaker in the camera),
> > can I just solder a couple of audio connectors to a cat5 plug
> > and run it directly over cat5?
> > if not, what is the best way to do this?
> >
> > thanks
> > john