With the declining cost of technologies in today's market, home video security systems have never been more popular. Video security systems can be beneficial in a number of ways, from providing homeowners with peace of mind knowing that their homes are under constant watch, or simply by monitoring children playing in another room. They also are relatively easy to install.
Instructions
Setup
1. Mount the security camera in the location you wish to monitor. Take into consideration the space taken up by the power supply, which for most miniature surveillance cameras consists of a 9-volt battery.
2. Connect the composite cables (component cables if it is a high-definition camera) from the wireless receiver's output to the corresponding input of the monitor.
3. Activate the camera, receiver and monitor.
4. Set the monitor to the proper video channel, which usually is below channel 001 (often called AUX, or, for intensive purposes, channel 000) until the image being captured from the camera appears.
Recording
5. Most security cameras only stream video and don't record it. To record the images, connect the composite video cables from the camera's receiver to a VCR or DVD-recorder.
6. Run the output video cable from the VCR to the monitor's input.
7. Sync the channels on the monitor and VCR---as if you would watch a videocassette--- until the video from the camera is streaming on the monitor.
8. Place a blank tape into the VCR and record the camera's images.
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