British standards in CCTV installation Key elements in BS8418:2003 for CCTV installers The new BS standards came into effect in July 2011, according to this standard CCTV installers should comply with the following code of practices. Any CCTV remote monitoring system...

Digital Noise Reduction in CCTV installation What is digital noise? It is inevitable phenomenon to avoid excess noise which can obscure the picture. Noise is irregular fluctuations that transmit electrical signals (electromagnet) which are not part of normal CCTV...

How to install an eye ball dome CCTV camera? In both household and commercial CCTV installation projects, eye ball CCTV cameras are quite popular. The key benefit of an eye ball CCTV camera is that it is simple to install and adjust. Eye ball CCTV cameras that are...

CCTV installation standards in the UK In this article we will discuss about the British standard BS50132-7 and other acceptable practices in CCTV designing, installation, commissioning and maintenance. Written specification of CCTV system: Before you install CCTV...

Mega pixel or IP cameras There are lot of talks about IP CCTV, but it seems like we have lot of questions about IP CCTV. Is IP going to take over the CCTV market? Are we going use NVR’s instead of DVR’s? Is this going to be the end for analogue cameras? We should...

It has become very common to view CCTV through internet. Many CCTV installers are not confident with IT or network. Most common question they ask is how can I connect CCTV to internet? Well, the answer is not that short or simple. But it is not difficult, you should...

How to set up a CCTV IP camera? This tutorial covers setting up an IP CCTV camera. There are three ways to connect your IP camera. You can connect an IP camera to local area network – connecting an IP camera is quite easy, connect IP camera to your router with CAT5...