Re: Audio Video and power over cat 5

[shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si Ballenger)]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:29:23 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Does anyone know of an inexpensive device that will allow me to run both
>video and power to my cameras using cat 5 cable?  It would also be nice
>to have audio on one of the cameras as well.
>
>Are these things really all that complicated?  Can't I just wire up the
>connectors to a cat 5 cable myself?  What would be really nice is a box
>with 4 RJ45 jacks on one side and 4 audio and video on the other side
>that would also send power down all 4 lines from one power supply.  That
>would really make for a clean installation.

I run line level video, audio, power and ground on four conductor
cat3 wire, so cat5 should also work. Running the wire adjacent to
ac wires might pick up hum in the audio. Get some wire and just
try it out.