Want to update this CCTV Cam (2.4MP 4 IN 1 CAMERA) DC12V (PAL)

Aubrey_Thicket

Hi all

About 5 years ago my brother fitted 4 CCTV cameras and a recording box to my house. I remember that the system cost over £1000 just for the parts. The 4 cameras on the system are fantastic and VERY clear etc. Then last year I contacted a local company to fit me 1 EXTRA camera at the end of my garden. He suggested this camera and duly fitted it and wired it into my existing setup:

1080P 2.4MP SONY HD TVI AHD CVI ANALOGUE 4 IN 1 CCTV DOME CAMERA 3.6mm 20m IR (Grey)

That extra camera is now on my network (and I can see it on my iphone along with the other 4
original cameras) but it's clarity and picture quality is nowhere near my 4 original ones. With this in mind can somebody please suggest a camera that will work with the current wiring/cabling but is much better quality than this existing one. I know I could simply search for cameras with more mega pixels but bloke down the pub told me that more mega pixels doesn't exactly mean a better picture. So, what do I want this new camera to do?

Better picture quality (at 40 feet away) than the one I already have.
Similar size than the existing one.
Be able to use the same cabling as the existing one (Ie...simply swap it over) taking into account that the label on this device says as follows:

2.4MP 4 IN 1 CAMERA
MODEL: CAM-D-2.4MP-W-SONY (3.6MM)
POWER: DC12V (PAL)

Thanks in advance all.

Aubrey_Thicket

Must also be external

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I have no idea, but looking around for an ip camera

did see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fM6Kp1W0Y and on the comments it asks if 2mp is the maximum for coax?
then that led me to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5vO38YevIQ and they mention these AHD TVI CVI CVBS?
Which then pointed me to this https://camius.com/what-is-the-difference-between-cvbs-ahd-hd-cvi-hdtvi-connections/ Is your camera set to the correct mode? Is there a mode choice? Have you contacted the camera installation company to ask them?

I am now climbing out of the rabbit hole and running away

alan_d

Aubrey_Thicket wrote: »

to fit me 1 EXTRA camera at the end of my garden. He suggested this camera and duly fitted it and wired it into my existing setup:

1080P 2.4MP SONY HD TVI AHD CVI ANALOGUE 4 IN 1 CCTV DOME CAMERA 3.6mm 20m IR (Grey)

1080P is a HD camera, and should produce an excellent picture.
However it sounds like an analogue camera connected to a long length of cable from the end of the garden - which will deteriorate the picture quality.
If this is the case the only real workaround is either better quality cable, or change it to an IP camera (and ethernet cable), if your recorder supports this.

Aubrey_Thicket

Thanks guys...

alan_d yes, this camera is on a really long length of cable round the garden, up the wall and into the loft.

Can I ask...is this a digital or analogue camera?

alan_d

Aubrey_Thicket wrote: »

Can I ask...is this a digital or analogue camera?

Digital would (usually) be an IP camera, connected via ethernet cable, with it's own IP address.
In this case the cable length doesn't really matter.
A photo of the connections on the back of the recorder (or it's make / model) should reveal if it has analogue or digital inputs.
As a general rule, sending analogue video over long cable lengths doesn't work well.

that

the word PAL is the old tv analogue standard for for colour encoding.
I know coax cameras can do long cable length, and should be able to do 700 feet, and the site below says with an amp up to 3000 feet

https://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/surveillance-system-installations/cctv-camera-video-max-cable-length-distance.html

I would say it is a bad design? possibly a faulty camera? poor connectors, but more than likely they have selected the wrong configuration for you, and kept the one that is the boxes default, rather than the best that will match your recorder - bodge it and scarper .

normally in coax or bad connectors on the cable you will get ghosting, wiggly lines, white spots (snow), fuzzy edges, and sometimes weird colour changes. The picture may also jump. I suspect you have non of these. If it was a signal issue, the company would have immediately try and sell you an amp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpWTbGmToEE

Why not ask them on this site https://ipcamtalk.com