Surveillance System, Security Cameras, and CCTV Equipment Articles & Videos

Archive for April, 2007

Geovision DVR Card Video Installation Instructions

Posted April 22nd, 2007.

The following video shows how to install a geovision DVR card into a PCI slot of a windows XP personal computer.


Other video formats: WindowMedia File (wmv) | iPod mpeg4 Format (mp4)

Complete Video Transcript:
Welcome to CCTV Camera Pros Geovision video instruction series.
In this video, we will demonstrate how to install a Geovision DVR card into a personal computer.

Here is the Dell computer that we will be using for this demonstration.

We have removed the computers cover so that we can access the open PCI slot.

Here is a close up of the open PCI slot that we will be using. Geovision also offers PCI express cards, but for this installation we are using regular PCI.
Here we simply insert the Geovision card into the open PCI slot and press it down into place.

A screw is used to hold the card in place.

Here is the back of the computer with the new 4 chanel Geovision card installed. The 4 BNC camera inputs can be seen here.

We hope that this video was helpful to show you how easy it is to install a Geovision DVR card.

If you have any questions, please visit our website @ www.cctvcamerapros.com or call us @ 888-849-2288.

Thank You for watching.

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Geovision DVR Cards: What’s inside the Box?

Posted April 14th, 2007.

The following video shows what comes inside the box when you order a Geovision DVR Card.


Other video formats: WindowMedia File (wmv) | iPod mpeg4 Format (mp4)

Complete Video Transcript:
Welcome to CCTV Camera Pros Geovision video instrucion series.
In this video, we will show you what comes inside the box when you order a Geovision DVR card. Here is the box that the cards come in.

Inside there is a CD case that has 2 CDs:

One CD is the current version of the Geovision Surveillance System Software that installs into your Windows computer.

The other CD is a Geovision Tutorial CD.

Two manuals come with each Geovision Card:

A Geovision System Installation Guide.

and a Geovision New Feature Guide.

A static free bag is used to protect the Geovision card.

This particular card is the 4 channel GV-800.

Last, here is the audio port which is optional to use.

If you choose to use audio, the port simply plugs into the card as shown here.

Those are the items that come with a Geovision DVR Card.

We hope that this video was helpful to show you exactly what comes inside a Geovision box when you order from CCTV Camera Pros.

If you have any questions, please visit our website @ www.cctvcamerapros.com or call us @ 888-849-2288. Thank You for watching.

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MPEG-4 Surveillance DVR Setup – Motion Detection Recording

Posted April 7th, 2007.

The following video provides setup instructions to enable motion detection recording on a MPEG-4 series surveillance DVR. Motion detection is enabled by creating a “masked” area in a surveillance cameras view. When motion is detected in the “masked” area, the DVR is triggered to begin recording. The DVR can be configured to record for a set of amount of time before and after the event occurs.


Other video formats: WindowMedia File (wmv) – Larger

Complete Video Transcript:

Welcome to CCTV Camera Pros Surveillance DVR Setup Video series. In this video, we will demonstrate how to setup motion detection recording on an MPEG-4 DVR.
We will use the Windows PC based DVR viewer software that comes with the DVR, so we will start by opening this application. Once open, click on the DVR list icon. This will prompt you for a password which you can leave blank. Select the DVR you want to connect to and click Connect. The default password is 8 ones. Once connected you will see your security cameras live.

Click on the setup button to view the DVRs setting. Enter the DVR password again and click OK.

Once the DVR settings screen is open, click on the Load from DVR button
On the quick setup menu, confirm that the Quick Setup is set to On.

Then, set the event setting to motion.
Next, click on the event tab, then on the motion detection tab.

Click on the area setup button for channel one.
Clear the existing motion area by clicking on the clear all button. Next click on the 1×1 radio button. This allows you to select the smallest available motion mask area. Any motion that touches this green area will trigger a motion event and begin DVR recording.
By selecting the 3×3 radio button, the area you select increases to 3 boxes at a time.
and the 5×5 gets even larger.

Let’s go back to the 3×3 and say we want to mask a perimeter around our car to sense any motion and record.
With your mouse simple click and drag around the area that you want masked.
This may not be the most realistic example being that the van will not always be parked in that same exact location, but this demonstrates the high flexibility that motion detection masking can provides.
When you are done masking push OK, then click the update to DVR button to save the settings to your DVR.
Last, press Close to bring you back to the DVR viewer.

The following CCTV equipment was used in this video:

We hope that you found this video helpful to understand how easy it is to setup motion detection surveillance using one of our MPEG-4 series DVRs. For more information, please visit our website. Thank you for watching.

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DPRO-92311 Dome Security Camera Surveillance Video

Posted April 5th, 2007.

The following sample surveillance video was recorded using a DPRO-92311 Dome Security Camera.


Other video formats: Windows Media File (wmv) – Larger

This surveillance equipment was used also in making the video:

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