I have 4 runs of 250' with Gino Coax CAT5 To CCTV Coaxial Camera BNC Male Video Balun Connectors. I get video but it has diagonal lines running from upper left to bottom right. Night vision is useless. Am I running to far for cat5 cable? I have tested all the baluns and they work fine. My video appears just like if I had used cat3 cable. Any ideas??? I have 4 runs of 250' with Gino Coax CAT5 To CCTV Coaxial Camera BNC Male Video Balun Connectors. I get video but it has diagonal lines running from upper left to bottom right. Night vision... » Read More I have 4 runs of 250' with Gino Coax CAT5 To CCTV Coaxial Camera BNC Male Video Balun Connectors. I get video but it has diagonal lines running from upper left to bottom right. Night vision is useless. Am I running to far for cat5 cable? I have tested all the baluns and they work fine. My video appears just like if I had used cat3 cable. Any ideas??? « Show Less
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I'm not an expert, but if you try/test it with a shorter cable and it works fine, I would say the run is too long. Hope that helps
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Short answer, yes. The is no shielding for the signal on UTP wire. For anything over 150' you would want to use a RG59 cable, if you need the powerlines, then get RG59 Siamese cable. that will get you up to about 300-500 feet, you can typically go up to about 1800' if you run RG6.
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Cat5 on runs this long for this video with power will have signal loss, you need to be running Cat 6 or Cat 6E. Video signal is too great for a run that is this long. I installed this using baluns at a collision repair shop and the longest run was 150ft. I wouldn't push it much further than that unless you have a powered repeater.
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CAT5 has 4 twisted pairs. They are twisted because of the interference or crosstalk between the wires. You might benefit from swapping some of the wires around. Likely, though, you would benefit from the shielding of RG59 or RG6 cable. Good luck if you haven't already figured it out.
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It is too far,however they have signal booster connectors, or even a simple female connector to connect the two rolls to boost the signal
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I and other members of avsforum.com have found a significant difference that isn't listed between the 650 and 750. Then 750 has the ability to play 2 HD channels at the same time using your PIP function, the 650 can't. The way to achieve this is if you have cable split the incoming wire before it gets to the box, run 1 wire to the tv hooking up with coaxil cable then run the other wire to your cable box and hook the cable box up using your hdmi/component cables. scan the channels in that are connected through the coax cable. You can also achieve 2 hd pictures by hookinh up an over the air ant. and scanning the channels in. Works great, too bad the 650 can't do it.Mosh~~ I and other members of avsforum.com have found a significant difference that isn't listed between the 650 and 750. Then 750 has the ability to play 2 HD channels at the same time using your PIP function, the 650 can't. The way to achieve this is if you have cable split the incoming wire before it gets to the box, run 1 wire to the tv hooking up with coaxil cable then run the other wire to your cable box and hook the cable box up using your hdmi/component cables. scan the channels in that are connected through the coax cable. You can also achieve 2 hd pictures by hookinh up an over the air... » Read More I and other members of avsforum.com have found a significant difference that isn't listed between the 650 and 750. Then 750 has the ability to play 2 HD channels at the same time using your PIP function, the 650 can't. The way to achieve this is if you have cable split the incoming wire before it gets to the box, run 1 wire to the tv hooking up with coaxil cable then run the other wire to your cable box and hook the cable box up using your hdmi/component cables. scan the channels in that are connected through the coax cable. You can also achieve 2 hd pictures by hookinh up an over the air ant. and scanning the channels in. Works great, too bad the 650 can't do it.Mosh~~ « Show Less
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Hi Scott, Well, after installing several of the cameras, I have found the picture quality lacking in general. I installed with both the cables they supplied as well as serpentine POC coaxial cable in some areas rather than what they supplied due to distances I needed to run lines, and both are not good pictures. These are being used in a church environment, and we have a lot of interference from wireless devices and networks, so possibly affecting things here. May be a component/driver strength issue or an interference issue...not sure If using for home/smaller office, it may perform better. As for our environment, I am migrating to network based POE box cameras since DVR's have just not worked that well, and we've had numerous. I have had to replace them pretty much annually...hard drive crashes, firmware problems, power/fan problems, etc. Have only had this one a few months, so no problems thus far. Long range costs are just not worth replacing DVRs so often for our purposes any more. Sorry don't have better answer for your specific question.
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Hi,You need an extra power cable, the Balun is only for the video signal./Peter
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This is poor quality cable. They should be using LMR-400 or better with N connectors instead of this cheap 75 ohm video cable. Losses are very high at these frequencies, good quality cable is important. The botched this IMHO. I would much rather use better cable and connectors.
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I bought this same model (xvb5004) and it came with cables. Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question if you need anything special to stream 3-D. I wouldn't think so since you are just using a cat-5 cable to connect the device to your computer/tv/game console/or whatever.
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Hi, it's a BNC connection. Here is the cable that you can use, please check. VideoSecu 100 Feet Pre-made All-in-One Video Power BNC RCA Cable CCTV DVR System Security Surveillance Camera Extension Cable 1JEIrene
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I'm going to answer no with an explanation: The cables (1 is video signal (male) the other is power (female) are of a pigtail style hanging from the back of the camera to which you connect a similar 60' cable back to the DVR. The only ethernet on the DVR is for LAN or internet access. Whether or not it can be re-configured for balun looks doubtful as the menus don't include that option. If not, you'll still need the included wires to split the junctioned ethernet on the monitor side. I've just been doing a little reading on baluning and most of the concerns are about distance (camera to DVR) advantages gained by the lower cost of ethernet cable over coax weighted against power degradation. If this is just for the house it is really simple to install. I only bought the four cameras. They are arrayed along the front of my house. Drilled four holes (at camera mount), ran four cables to DVR, finally one to the AV input on the flat screen HDTV. Just hit AV and their images show up on screen. I hope this comes close to answering your questions. The only other thing I can think of is that baluning is more a matter of the hardware used for converting not the capture device itself, according to my reading. There are not individual ethernet inputs for the cameras. Also, the power supply for the cameras is another pigtail wall outlet. If I can answer anything else please don't hesitate. Found this link re customer support: http://videocamerarecorderss.blogspot.com/2012/11/buying-night-owl-security-sta-84-night.html. The language on some of the reviews is pretty clunky but is allegedly supported by amazon participants prog. I hope I've helped
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The cameras come with 60 feet of cable and a plug in power supply. The camera itself has a male push on type connector and the cable has the male end of the push on power connector. The video is a push and twist BNC type connector. Each of my 530 cameras looks across half of my front yard, over the street and all the way to my neighbor's house. The color picture during the day is really good for the specs of the camera. The night picture has a little snow but it's amazing how well such an inexpensive camera works. It's a good deal for the money. I plugged my camera power packs and DVR into a UPS power supply which keeps it up during power glitches and has surge protection on the power. The cameras come with 60 feet of cable and a plug in power supply. The camera itself has a male push on type connector and the cable has the male end of the push on power connector. The video is a push and twist BNC type connector. Each of my 530 cameras looks across half of my front yard, over the street and all the way to my neighbor's house. The color picture during the day is really good for the specs of the camera. The night picture has a little snow but it's amazing how well such an inexpensive camera works. It's a good deal for the money. I plugged my camera power packs and DVR into... » Read More The cameras come with 60 feet of cable and a plug in power supply. The camera itself has a male push on type connector and the cable has the male end of the push on power connector. The video is a push and twist BNC type connector. Each of my 530 cameras looks across half of my front yard, over the street and all the way to my neighbor's house. The color picture during the day is really good for the specs of the camera. The night picture has a little snow but it's amazing how well such an inexpensive camera works. It's a good deal for the money. I plugged my camera power packs and DVR into a UPS power supply which keeps it up during power glitches and has surge protection on the power. « Show Less
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The connections are BNC. The security cameras also comes with BNC connections. If you want to use CAT5 Eathernet cable to run lines for the cameras then you will have to buy BNC Video Baluns (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007XUU6EA/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&ps;c=1)
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This is what I used for my 50 foot run from the Satellite Receiver to the kitchen TV, BlueRigger High Speed HDMI Cable - 50 Feet - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D and Audio Return [Latest HDMI version] the 50 foot in wall rated cable has 26 AWG conductors. I have not had a single issue with the cable in the 18 months I've been using it. I also have it connected with keystone jacks at each location. I hope this helps. BTW I really do like the quality of these Blue Rigger cables. I recommend them to anyone looking for quality cables. This is what I used for my 50 foot run from the Satellite Receiver to the kitchen TV, BlueRigger High Speed HDMI Cable - 50 Feet - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D and Audio Return [Latest HDMI version] the 50 foot in wall rated cable has 26 AWG conductors. I have not had a single issue with the cable in the 18 months I've been using it. I also have it connected with keystone jacks at each location. I hope this helps. BTW I really do like the quality of these Blue Rigger cables. I recommend them to anyone looking for... » Read More This is what I used for my 50 foot run from the Satellite Receiver to the kitchen TV, BlueRigger High Speed HDMI Cable - 50 Feet - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D and Audio Return [Latest HDMI version] the 50 foot in wall rated cable has 26 AWG conductors. I have not had a single issue with the cable in the 18 months I've been using it. I also have it connected with keystone jacks at each location. I hope this helps. BTW I really do like the quality of these Blue Rigger cables. I recommend them to anyone looking for quality cables. « Show Less
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I'm not sure what you mean. With these you place an Ethernet cable between the two ends and connect one end to your DVR box and the other end to your camera. They worked great for me and provided a much better video over the bnc cables.
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I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune on expensive Monster cables is a waste of money from what I have gathered on various AVS message boards. I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune... » Read More I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune on expensive Monster cables is a waste of money from what I have gathered on various AVS message boards. « Show Less
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I believe the technician mistook FEET for METER. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which created the specification Sony adheres to it is 100 meters in the main run, called "horizontal" in some cases, using Category 6 cabling with solid core. Your patch cable, made with stranded cable gives you 10 meters between the device and wall jack. Your stranded cable has higher attenuation than solid cable, if you go over 10 meters on the stranded, reduce the solid accordingly. Just buy some good cabling - cat5, or 6, your choice, for a 10 foot run. Look up Panduit, or Belkin. Cheers. I believe the technician mistook FEET for METER. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which created the specification Sony adheres to it is 100 meters in the main run, called "horizontal" in some cases, using Category 6 cabling with solid core. Your patch cable, made with stranded cable gives you 10 meters between the device and wall jack. Your stranded cable has higher attenuation than solid cable, if you go over 10 meters on the stranded, reduce the solid accordingly. Just buy some good cabling - cat5, or 6, your choice, for a 10 foot run. Look up... » Read More I believe the technician mistook FEET for METER. According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers which created the specification Sony adheres to it is 100 meters in the main run, called "horizontal" in some cases, using Category 6 cabling with solid core. Your patch cable, made with stranded cable gives you 10 meters between the device and wall jack. Your stranded cable has higher attenuation than solid cable, if you go over 10 meters on the stranded, reduce the solid accordingly. Just buy some good cabling - cat5, or 6, your choice, for a 10 foot run. Look up Panduit, or Belkin. Cheers. « Show Less
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It should come with four 60ft BNC cables for each camera. You can purchase other cables from 25ft up to 150ft through Amazon. If your just setting up for your house then the 60ft should work. I would suggest checking out the cameras when the package arrives. Hook them up and make sure they work. What I can suggest to you is to pick up some cameras that have a higher TVL (Television Lines). Like a 400TVL to 800TVL which improves the quality of the video you're seeing. You could buy the DVR by itself, the cameras separate, which some of the cameras come with 50ft BNC cables.
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Clump is right. This TV, as with most other current ones, has a coaxial input. That's an interesting question because most non-HD cable boxes, including digital ones, have coax in/out connectors anyway - input from the wall and output to the TV.As a side note, what I like to do before I even think about making a major purchase like this is to go to the manufacturer website and download the user manual for the model, which is usually in .pdf (Adobe Reader) form. Just about all of my questions have been answered just by reviewing the manual first. Time consuming, yes, but it beats having to wait for answers on forums that are not guaranteed to be correct. Clump is right. This TV, as with most other current ones, has a coaxial input. That's an interesting question because most non-HD cable boxes, including digital ones, have coax in/out connectors anyway - input from the wall and output to the TV.As a side note, what I like to do before I even think about making a major purchase like this is to go to the manufacturer website and download the user manual for the model, which is usually in .pdf (Adobe Reader) form. Just about all of my questions have been answered just by reviewing the manual first. Time consuming, yes, but it beats... » Read More Clump is right. This TV, as with most other current ones, has a coaxial input. That's an interesting question because most non-HD cable boxes, including digital ones, have coax in/out connectors anyway - input from the wall and output to the TV.As a side note, what I like to do before I even think about making a major purchase like this is to go to the manufacturer website and download the user manual for the model, which is usually in .pdf (Adobe Reader) form. Just about all of my questions have been answered just by reviewing the manual first. Time consuming, yes, but it beats having to wait for answers on forums that are not guaranteed to be correct. « Show Less
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I have a run much longer than that but what I used was a HDMI to cat5 or cat6 converter this worked well for me. Works up to 100' if you use cat6 cable for the longer run. These were just over $20 + the cat5 or cat6 cables.