CCTV one for the tech guys

[lozcb]

Thinking of installing in car dash cam , any do,s or donts on this score , also whats the easiest home CCTV on the market , I already have a couple of Heimlink camera,s up , they are good for looking at live feed but for the life of me i cant get them to record , installed new sd cards and still no joy , its like the software is pushing you to pay a monthly subscription on cloud .....any help advice appreciated

 

[CatmanV2]

Mrs C had a Nextbase front and rear cam installed. Took them about an hour. Seems to work perfectly well (going to get one myself in fact)

C

 

[sionie1]

I’ve used the Annke CCTV system from Amazon with hard wired cameras. Cheap and reliable and easily set up for the DIY installer, the app works nicely for live feed and you can set up alerts. I think it also markets as HiSense.

 

[midlifecrisis]

For car dash cams, does cheap also mean blurred and indistinct output?

Also what's with some that continually have a light on the front and a super bright screen? You can spot them from a mile away on a dark night.

As for home CCTV, I use reolink. They're easy to install. You can have a home recorder or a free cloud service for some of their cameras. Mine are 4k and the output is great.

 

[CatmanV2]

For car dash cams, does cheap also mean blurred and indistinct output?

Not in our case

Also what's with some that continually have a light on the front and a super bright screen? You can spot them from a mile away on a dark night.

Failure to RTFM I fear

C

 

[midlifecrisis]

To answer the OP, do your cameras have a sensitivity or area blanking feature?
Some cameras have a 'record on detection ' feature. So rather than continually recording they only start recording when there's a movement in its field of view. The blanking feature ignores certain areas of that field of view. The sensitivity feature will allow certain movements to occur such as rain or cats walking through but starts recording when a person enters. Might want to check those menus.

 

[CatmanV2]

me i cant get them to record

Are the cards correctly formatted for the camera. In those self same menus there's often a 'Format SD card' option

C

 

[lozcb]

Are the cards correctly formatted for the camera. In those self same menus there's often a 'Format SD card' option

C

I will have to get the missus to check that one out , seems she has complete control and im only a shared user WTF without access to the controls

 

[CatmanV2]

I will have to get the missus to check that one out , seems she has complete control and im only a shared user WTF without access to the controls

Probably for the best

C

 

[lozcb]

Probably for the best

C

That man has grasped my handle lol

 

[DLax69]

I will have to get the missus to check that one out , seems she has complete control and im only a shared user WTF without access to the controls

...are there reasons that she feels the need to keep you under constant surveillance?

 

[DLax69]

Mrs C had a Nextbase front and rear cam installed. Took them about an hour. Seems to work perfectly well (going to get one myself in fact)

C

Had an ex install a dashcam just so she could record running me over with her car. The joke was on her, as I effortlessly leaned into it and just rolled up the hood and off the fender...