Few tips/other option: 1. If you have power in the loft or can get power installed there you can avoid having to run the cables from the loft. You can locate the NVR in the loft, plug all the cameras into it there and use a powerline plug to get internet into the loft without running any cables. You can then view the cameras on the computer and/or mobile via the computer software or mobile app. This makes installation so much easier. Also the NVR is more secure as it is "hidden" in the loft so less likely to be taken in the event of a break in. 2. Use SD cards in the cameras so the most recent footage is stored on the cameras as well as the NVR. Then if the NVR is stolen you still have the footage. 3. Have a mixture of camera heights. The high ones are good for an overview but they aren't much use to see details as they are looking down on top of people. You want some lower ones to give you good images of faces/cars etc 4. Cobwebs are a real pain with IR at night, consider using security lights to turn night into day, separate IR lights so you can turn off the camera's IR, use anti spider spray. Cleaning the high up cameras of cobwebs can be a real pain. Check the night footage regularly as if you have cobwebs over the cameras the image is likely to be no use. 5. Use some electrical tape if you don't have a label machine to label the cables so you know which cable is which camera in the future. 6. Consider getting a set of Ethernet crimpers so you can cut the cables to length then put knew ends on the ethernet cables, doesn't cost much, it is easy to do, just watch TH-cam and also lets you make custom cable lengths for any other times you need them rather than having coils of excess cable - it also makes pulling the cables through much easier as there is nothing to get caught up. Hope some of that is useful to people.
I installed these last year in my house. Very impressive cameras and system. Worked flawlessly from day one. I live in a bungalow, definitely helps with cable runs. I also have a few Wi-Fi cameras added on for remote areas. They integrate with the system brilliantly. Highly recommended.
I left the box in the attic. You don’t need to connect the box to a monitor to use it. It can be fully accessed and controlled using the software on a PC/Mac/iPad etc. Mine is hardwired to my TV via a HDMI cable but I don’t use it, there is no need for it. So the box can be placed anywhere that’s dry.
I worked at a low voltage company and we would install large amounts of CCTV cameras in sets of model homes. We would link the CCTV cameras in each model home together using a combination of network switches and network cables. in each model home, all the cameras would get plugged into on network switch and then in the office where the NVR was, there would be a single network cable that would get plugged into the back of the NVR for all the CCTV cameras.
A lot of people have cctv nowadays the idea is to stay a few steps ahead like concealing them or some of them, having more than one system and WiFi one system via the neighbours router with their permission of course so it still works if your phone line or cable is cut, a back up battery is another good idea or isolated wildlife camera or two independent of a cctv system.
Yes you made it very easy to understand. Thank you. And yes I’m one of those enjoying your Ethernet & Router pronunciations. I’m nearly drunk, have to watch it again. Hope you’re a good sport. Thanks again.
I just had an eerie, eerie, feeling’s coming over me watching you that high up on that ladder! Number one I am scared to death of heights, even 6 feet off the ground Number two I wouldn’t trust myself that I would get so caught up in so busy that I would all of a sudden turn around. Try to take a step! That would be into thin air in probably a grave mistake. You’re about 12-15 feet up ?! ️ Great video this is helping me a lot with my decisions
Another excellent video,I have a Swann system and fitted it the same way as you.These systems are not expensive and every house should have one fitted! Already had a neighbor wanting footage to show culprit in damaging car to insurance company and these cameras cover a wide area ,so you don't miss anything . Don't pay ridiculous money to have one fitted and the quicker you do it,the safer you (and others)can benefit from CCTV protection.
If you had a power socket in the loft you could explore various power over Ethernet adapters, one plugging into the loft socket, other into the wall socket in the home where the NVR box is. That may avoid the camera ethernet cables being drilled through walls etc. It depends on if the adapter sends the camera power signal in the ethernet cable.
Thanks for this. I’m quite up on fitting cctv wiring and networking internally but haven’t quite made that brave step to go outside and drill holes in someone else’s property. This will help.
😮 I just had an eerie, eerie, feeling’s coming over me watching you that high up on that ladder! Number one I am scared to death of heights, even 6 feet off the ground😂 Number two I wouldn’t trust myself that I would get so caught up in so busy that I would all of a sudden turn around. Try to take a step! That would be into thin air in probably a grave mistake.😂 You’re about 12-15 feet up ?!😬 👍❤️ Great video this is helping me a lot with my decisions😊
Great video and some really useful tips from other subscribers to the channel. Having installed CCTV a few times one useful tip I've picked up is positioning the cameras for motion detection. Most cameras won't activate unless they're within 3 meters of the moving object. Better cameras have a greater range. Cameras under soffits usually don't activate until the person or car is almost under the camera. If the camera is aimed over the person you won't see them or at best just a view of the top of their head. I usually fit cameras at a mx of 3 meters which gives the camera time to activate. I usually fit cameras in positions that cover an area from two directions to prevent tampering without being viewed on another camera. Remote Infra red illumination is a good idea especially if you get camera flare from the integral camera lights. Lastly, watch out for central heating flue and vents. Steam and heat can give a false trigger. Absolutly the last point is comply with regulations. There are government guideline in England. Download a copy and make sure your within them to avoid hassle with neighbours and members of the public.
Great video as usual. Just a question - what is the PC case? It looks like it has no covers? And, what computer desk chair are you using? I'm in the market for a new chair! Cheers
My question is do you have to pay for any kind of monthly sevice with this system? And does the footage save for a day or a month? Or how does that work?
Great video buddy. I'm planning on buying this very system in future, so this video was handy. My soffits are uPVC, will the cameras be able to be screwed into them? Was thinking of squirting some clear silicone into the holes with the screws for extra grab.
I’d cheat and leave the NVR in the loft and access it via the included app. You can then use ‘home plugs’ to get it connected to the router downstairs - luckily I have power sockets in the loft space for all that. I bet Those lights you put up last episode came in handy!
They did 😃. The NVR in loft is certainly a viable option for sure. I wasn't sure if the fluctuations in weather we have here in the UK would be of any detrimental effect to it so I decided not to go that route.
@@TheDIYGuy1 yeah probably not the most favourable home for it, but as my DIY skills aren’t up there with yours, I always look for the safest route/the way that offers the least chance of me causing some unnecessary damage 🤣
Shed and driveway alarms are good you can have the receiver on 24hrs in bedroom without needing to remember to set anything you could put a shed PIR transmitter permanently downstairs in the house working 24/7
I've been planing on doing this but wasn't sure if the cameras themselves would be to high on the soffits but picture looks fine, that answered my question 😁
Those wire free doorbells are good you could get one for an elderly neighbour next door have the push button round their neck and receiver doorbell in your house.
My only issue with bullet cameras is they can be easily vandalised or pushed out of view. I've used bullet and dome and find the domes don't tend to attract as many spiders. I have an old fashioned HD-SDI system which is brilliant. Never let me down and has stopped antisocial behaviour at a stroke.
Great video. My Ethernet cable is ready under the eves from an old installation, however I want to place the cameras low down so they are visible. I planned on extending the Ethernet between the down pipe and straight into the camera but I wasn’t aware of the trailing cables from the camera (Ethernet, reset and power). Any recommendations on how I could hide these?
Thanks pal for the awesome content. I would love to buy you a Irn Bru. So excited for the new content which you can’t share more info about. Exciting times. Will you be showing how to hide wires indoors and outdoors in that video?
Amazing video just what I needed. I was wondering how to best get the cables to the NVR but coincidently your office window is situated exactly like mine above the garden doors, so this was a nice bonus for me to visualise and understand
Thank you for sharing this. But darn, not everyone has a nice big loft space. This will be very difficult for many of us. Off to keep looking again.....
Great video, great description and explanation and just about the right time as I have been deliberating for too long over fitting CCTV at home, cheers, good luck.
Good video.. I am swapping out my 1080 cameras and switching to A 4K system. I have a house and garage, which are separate, approximately 20' apart. I understand I'm upgrading to a POE system now, so I don't have to use power cable. I have a cat 6 wire underground running from the garage to the house where the router is. My question is if I'm putting 4 cameras on the garage and 4 cameras on the exterior of the house and I want the NVR in the house, what do I do to get the cameras on the garage to record onto the NVR? I'm guessing I will have a 4 way Poe switch in the garage. So can the 4 cameras go into the Poe switch and then the cat 6 running from the garage to the house, connect the POE switch to the NVR? Thanks for your time and wisdom
hello diy guy I need help. installing reolink for the first time using your video as help but I have an issue. I need to run cables on exterior wall. are these cables waterproof or will I need protecting?
Hi, everyone. I have one system similar to this one from reolink. I want to let you know some points that he missed. 1. There is no subscription for Reolink. 2. There is no maintenance 3. You need to set " Privacy mask" ( the dark areas where you are not allowed by law to record with CCTV" i.e. neighbours windows or Private property) 4. By law, you are not allowed to record audio with CCTV on public area /neighbours private property . For example , in front of your house, you can't record audio (I'm not going too deep into this,but this is the law, public area and CCTV, just don't do it, will get you in big trouble). And about the audio and neighbours, let's say you install CCTV in your garden but you want audio too. You simply can't do that because if you got neighbours on any side(left or right) and you record audio with your CCTV , they can get you in court for privacy recording via CCTV. The best advise I can give you is simply turn off audio recordings on your CCTV NVR. 5. The CCTV from Reolink, depending on the storage capacity on your NVR,the recording is loop recording mode(the oldest recording is replaced by the new one and so on). In my case I have a 2TB storage capacity(integrated) and I can go back 10 Days in the past but I've got 3 cameras installed. I think if you get 4 cameras will get you down to 7-8 days and if you got 2 cameras you will get arround 13-14 days storage with 2TB. If anyone thinks there is something wrong in what I've said above ,just leave a comment and I will respond to you as soon as possible. Any questions will be answered. @The DIY Guy, Please pin the Comment. Nice video and well explained. Keep up with your informative videos like this. Appreciate your work. 👍
Or you could just buy a Eufy security system which is active over wifi and the comes with 16gb Homebase and can connect up to 16 cameras to it, less hassle.
@@madmantronixx7998 Eufy has a huge security debacle going on. I wouldn't go with them. As far as those laws on audio recording, those vary based on where you are.
Well that's not true. You can record anyone in public and in your private property (front and back garden, inside the house etc). Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000, it is perfectly lawful to record conversations in the UK without permission provided that the recording is intended for personal use only. However things get more complicated if the information is to be shared with other parties, in which case one must seek consent from everyone in the conversation. If a crime is caught on cctv, you don't need consent to share it with the police. Stop missinforming people.
This was such a good and detailed video 👏🏽 I watched it all even though I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it so I think I might just go with a wifi camera 😅
I install camera for a living, it is definitely not an easy thing to do. Every install is different and presents it own challenge since not every house is design the same. if you want to do a professional install, which means hiding all the wires out of site, it takes knowledge and a lot of work.
If you are just routing Ethernet cables you can buy some Powerlink adapters then plug them in up your loft (I saw you had electricity). Pair them up with Powerlink adapters plugged in near your NVR
@@TheDIYGuy1 you can leave the NVR in the exact same place you have it now. If you use the Powerlink adapters you won’t need to route Ethernet cables from your loft to where the NVR is.
@dlm311 Worth mentioning that the Powerline adapters would have to be the ones that supply PoE voltage to the cameras. I have some TP-Link (non-PoE) ones that refuse to play nicely across different circuits in my consumer unit, maybe because they're not both fed by the RCD breaker. I'm no electrician though!
Did you use the cat5 that came with the Reolink 4k security camera NVR kit? I'm so eager to put my new Reolink system up but I've read reviews on Amazon that said they upgraded their wires to cat6. Is cat5 good enough for the 4k 8mp Reolink cameras?
Looks nice for how you have it setup; i would have done the same if I could. My attic is not as steep as this home, so I have no way to push cables from the outside like that without great discomfort or risking falling between the floors. I got mine in between brick, same path / area for my coax TV with some runs behind a down spout. I have spaces between my wall that I pulled out old RJ11 phone cables cables to run between my non-solid walls, so I did not have to make a hole on the inside wall with a new conduit. I placed my NVR in a central location in the same closet as my internet and switch. I routed video in a room just outside of the wall so I have a 24/7 live feed just outside my main door. This also allowed me to install the Reolink Door bell with ease being so close to my main door. At my desk, I use the software to monitor cameras as needed on a restricted vlan that no other devices can get to...separate your smart / iot devices from your main internet and VPN to your home instead of the cameras being on the internet for increased privacy...I did not say security as it's a relative action specific to your needs and time invested.
Great vid mate. As others have said you’re putting out great content and good to see the channel grow. Intrigued about your upcoming project. Am I close in thinking an extension of some description on the right side of the house, when facing the rear elevation (pure speculation on my part based on your comment about the down pipe not being an option!)
Hi, Great video BUT perhaps you and the community can advise me. I want to install cameras in my garage does that mean that I will have to install a separate router in my garage? How would I get labelling to my garage? What and how would you advise is the best way to get cameras in my garage?
No extra router needed, just run the Ethernet cable out there. If it’s too short you can buy longer cables. I have mine going from the house roof to garage roof bundled with existing low voltage cables
Can these work with blue irs on a server? I have been looking around and people have been really happy with them over this name brand. Thanks for the video have a great day
Honestly hoped we are beyond ethernet cables and now more wireless. Am looking to install a camera system but need wireless. Happy to get any recommendations
IMO wireless is just more points of potential failure. How will you provide power without wires - battery? Now you gotta keep on top of charging batteries. Thieves use a WIFI jammer, no CCTV. Also now your home WIFI network is clogged up with multiple high bandwidth devices broadcasting high bandwidth 24/7. Ethernet cable is wire and forget. Keeps radio signals in your home to a minimum, isolates the CCTV away from other parts of your network, etc
I'm here looking into Reolink to keep it all local 24/7 stored on NVR. I'll be ditching my Ring wireless cam soon which has been less than optimal. Charge the battery every ~6-8 weeks (I wasn't paying another 50 quid for a solar panel), not 24/7 recording, delayed motion detection, first few seconds of playback is jerky, and although only 8 feet from my mesh extender whenever I want to quickly check the feed it rarely connects first time. I'm sure there are far better options than Ring. I have Blink too, battery life amazing but I think you need a cloud plan now and again no 24/7 recording. But no wired isn't always physically an option.
Wear safety glasses when you drill holes in anything especially looking up in wood a splinter could really hurt and put you in hospital could end up really bad put you of work or worse your eye could bleed and blind you especially if you boring metal I am surprised you done that cause your videos are really helpful to the Diyers
You could probably do a good guide on diy how to get good, consistant audio quality on your TH-cam videos. Shouldn’t cost much. Other TH-camrs don’t seem to have issues.
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Hope you like the long awaited video. Sorry for the audio error, it will be fixed by the next video.
Always great content! Audio was fine. If you hadn’t said, I wouldn’t have noticed!
How has the system gone so far is it good? Looking at something similar
e-fur-net cable, sorry was driving me crazy lol.
Hat be done when you are not at home or connected to the router
Vinegar will solve your spider issues
Few tips/other option:
1. If you have power in the loft or can get power installed there you can avoid having to run the cables from the loft. You can locate the NVR in the loft, plug all the cameras into it there and use a powerline plug to get internet into the loft without running any cables. You can then view the cameras on the computer and/or mobile via the computer software or mobile app. This makes installation so much easier. Also the NVR is more secure as it is "hidden" in the loft so less likely to be taken in the event of a break in.
2. Use SD cards in the cameras so the most recent footage is stored on the cameras as well as the NVR. Then if the NVR is stolen you still have the footage.
3. Have a mixture of camera heights. The high ones are good for an overview but they aren't much use to see details as they are looking down on top of people. You want some lower ones to give you good images of faces/cars etc
4. Cobwebs are a real pain with IR at night, consider using security lights to turn night into day, separate IR lights so you can turn off the camera's IR, use anti spider spray. Cleaning the high up cameras of cobwebs can be a real pain. Check the night footage regularly as if you have cobwebs over the cameras the image is likely to be no use.
5. Use some electrical tape if you don't have a label machine to label the cables so you know which cable is which camera in the future.
6. Consider getting a set of Ethernet crimpers so you can cut the cables to length then put knew ends on the ethernet cables, doesn't cost much, it is easy to do, just watch TH-cam and also lets you make custom cable lengths for any other times you need them rather than having coils of excess cable - it also makes pulling the cables through much easier as there is nothing to get caught up.
Hope some of that is useful to people.
Thanks
Cheers
Brilliant tips. Can't beat experience!
Thanks 👍🏻
I did the same. I kept the NVR in the loft and then directly connected a BT wifi disc extender in the loft.
my left ear enjoyed the video
I installed these last year in my house. Very impressive cameras and system. Worked flawlessly from day one. I live in a bungalow, definitely helps with cable runs. I also have a few Wi-Fi cameras added on for remote areas. They integrate with the system brilliantly. Highly recommended.
I left the box in the attic. You don’t need to connect the box to a monitor to use it. It can be fully accessed and controlled using the software on a PC/Mac/iPad etc. Mine is hardwired to my TV via a HDMI cable but I don’t use it, there is no need for it. So the box can be placed anywhere that’s dry.
I worked at a low voltage company and we would install large amounts of CCTV cameras in sets of model homes. We would link the CCTV cameras in each model home together using a combination of network switches and network cables. in each model home, all the cameras would get plugged into on network switch and then in the office where the NVR was, there would be a single network cable that would get plugged into the back of the NVR for all the CCTV cameras.
YOURE SAYING THAT THE SINGLE NETWORK CABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE NVR WOULD HAVE 4 MALE CONNECTIONS THATLL FEED TO EACH CAMERA?
@@pushtelevision5013 No, the single cable to the Network Switch. From there, separate cables for each camera.
A lot of people have cctv nowadays the idea is to stay a few steps ahead like concealing them or some of them, having more than one system and WiFi one system via the neighbours router with their permission of course so it still works if your phone line or cable is cut, a back up battery is another good idea or isolated wildlife camera or two independent of a cctv system.
Yes you made it very easy to understand. Thank you. And yes I’m one of those enjoying your Ethernet & Router pronunciations. I’m nearly drunk, have to watch it again. Hope you’re a good sport. Thanks again.
Take a drink every time you hear Ethernet ;)
Non alcoholic? 😃
Eeeethernet down south 😝
@@davyarthurs
Its pronounced Eeeethernet *everywhere* 😁
Never heard it. I heard athernet
His speech impediment should not be made fun of. He cannot help that he is unable to pronounce half the English language properly!
I just had an eerie, eerie, feeling’s coming over me watching you that high up on that ladder! Number one I am scared to death of heights, even 6 feet off the ground
Number two I wouldn’t trust myself that I would get so caught up in so busy that I would all of a sudden turn around. Try to take a step! That would be into thin air in probably a grave mistake.
You’re about 12-15 feet up ?!
️ Great video this is helping me a lot with my decisions
Another excellent video,I have a Swann system and fitted it the same way as you.These systems are not expensive and every house should have one fitted!
Already had a neighbor wanting footage to show culprit in damaging car to insurance company and these cameras cover a wide area ,so you don't miss anything .
Don't pay ridiculous money to have one fitted and the quicker you do it,the safer you (and others)can benefit from CCTV protection.
Thanks, glad you like the video
@@TheDIYGuy1 can it run all mobile all pc all ipad all samsung all macbook all samsung tv because it is a scam or not?
If you had a power socket in the loft you could explore various power over Ethernet adapters, one plugging into the loft socket, other into the wall socket in the home where the NVR box is. That may avoid the camera ethernet cables being drilled through walls etc.
It depends on if the adapter sends the camera power signal in the ethernet cable.
Thanks for this. I’m quite up on fitting cctv wiring and networking internally but haven’t quite made that brave step to go outside and drill holes in someone else’s property. This will help.
Would you recommend this kit over anything else? Or is there better on the market for similar pricing ?
Looking at the same system online today to buy. How is your system holding up now and would you recommend purchasing?
😮 I just had an eerie, eerie, feeling’s coming over me watching you that high up on that ladder! Number one I am scared to death of heights, even 6 feet off the ground😂
Number two I wouldn’t trust myself that I would get so caught up in so busy that I would all of a sudden turn around. Try to take a step! That would be into thin air in probably a grave mistake.😂
You’re about 12-15 feet up ?!😬
👍❤️ Great video this is helping me a lot with my decisions😊
What’s the best security camera system should I install at my house without it giving me any problems. Many thanks. John
Great video and some really useful tips from other subscribers to the channel. Having installed CCTV a few times one useful tip I've picked up is positioning the cameras for motion detection. Most cameras won't activate unless they're within 3 meters of the moving object. Better cameras have a greater range. Cameras under soffits usually don't activate until the person or car is almost under the camera. If the camera is aimed over the person you won't see them or at best just a view of the top of their head. I usually fit cameras at a mx of 3 meters which gives the camera time to activate. I usually fit cameras in positions that cover an area from two directions to prevent tampering without being viewed on another camera. Remote Infra red illumination is a good idea especially if you get camera flare from the integral camera lights. Lastly, watch out for central heating flue and vents. Steam and heat can give a false trigger. Absolutly the last point is comply with regulations. There are government guideline in England. Download a copy and make sure your within them to avoid hassle with neighbours and members of the public.
Great video as usual. Just a question - what is the PC case? It looks like it has no covers? And, what computer desk chair are you using? I'm in the market for a new chair! Cheers
My left ear enjoyed this thanks 😂😂😂
My question is do you have to pay for any kind of monthly sevice with this system? And does the footage save for a day or a month? Or how does that work?
My left ear really enjoyed this
Love how this channel has blown up. I remember subbing at 3K subs. Well done matey!! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Thanks very much and for subscribing early. Couldn't do it without you guys
Fantastic work and Description in details, this video gives lots of confidence for DIY, Thank you.
now you have had them for a couple years, were you happy with the purchase or would you choose something else? thanks
Thanks bro I am Javis from Uganda, I have a job now and I learnt from you. Long live 🎉
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Brilliant video 👏 I am looking to do this sometime later this year .Thank you for uploading this video with all this great information 👍
Just bought the same kit today, glad I seen this video!!!!!!!
Good video, I’ve used Reolink for years. They’re amazing.
You’ll be at 100K subs in no time with the quality of these videos!
Thanks a lot 😀
Good job
I understand him perfectly
Great video mate. I have these cameras on my home, I’m just curious how you connect the speaker/ mic to each camera.
Great informative video thanks to you I have installed mine with no issues.
Great to hear!
thats awesome guy !!
Great video buddy. I'm planning on buying this very system in future, so this video was handy.
My soffits are uPVC, will the cameras be able to be screwed into them? Was thinking of squirting some clear silicone into the holes with the screws for extra grab.
Yes you can fix to uPVC. Glad you liked the video
Perfect tips & tricks, just need to order my system
You got this!
Watching in from New Zealand - helped me to install our cameras cheers mate +1 subscriber
Thanks 🙏
I’d cheat and leave the NVR in the loft and access it via the included app. You can then use ‘home plugs’ to get it connected to the router downstairs - luckily I have power sockets in the loft space for all that. I bet Those lights you put up last episode came in handy!
They did 😃. The NVR in loft is certainly a viable option for sure. I wasn't sure if the fluctuations in weather we have here in the UK would be of any detrimental effect to it so I decided not to go that route.
@@TheDIYGuy1 yeah probably not the most favourable home for it, but as my DIY skills aren’t up there with yours, I always look for the safest route/the way that offers the least chance of me causing some unnecessary damage 🤣
@@davyarthurs The NVR should be in a temperature controlled environment
We have a fully wireless Eufy camera system. Works perfect and no subscription needed.
With Reolink, you don't need a special power cable for the camera?
Another great video, you make it look so easy, you know so much about the trades for a young man 👍
Thanks a lot for your support
Shed and driveway alarms are good you can have the receiver on 24hrs in bedroom without needing to remember to set anything you could put a shed PIR transmitter permanently downstairs in the house working 24/7
Take a shot every time he says, "Ethernet."
I've been planing on doing this but wasn't sure if the cameras themselves would be to high on the soffits but picture looks fine, that answered my question 😁
Those wire free doorbells are good you could get one for an elderly neighbour next door have the push button round their neck and receiver doorbell in your house.
What if you don't have an elderly neighbour?
My only issue with bullet cameras is they can be easily vandalised or pushed out of view. I've used bullet and dome and find the domes don't tend to attract as many spiders. I have an old fashioned HD-SDI system which is brilliant.
Never let me down and has stopped antisocial behaviour at a stroke.
Great video. My Ethernet cable is ready under the eves from an old installation, however I want to place the cameras low down so they are visible. I planned on extending the Ethernet between the down pipe and straight into the camera but I wasn’t aware of the trailing cables from the camera (Ethernet, reset and power). Any recommendations on how I could hide these?
Thanks pal for the awesome content. I would love to buy you a Irn Bru. So excited for the new content which you can’t share more info about. Exciting times. Will you be showing how to hide wires indoors and outdoors in that video?
Thanks very much
Good job I will try to get mine done
Daim you really put such efforts on making this video, man thank you this video was really helpful 💐
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing video just what I needed. I was wondering how to best get the cables to the NVR but coincidently your office window is situated exactly like mine above the garden doors, so this was a nice bonus for me to visualise and understand
Glad it helped
Hi ,sorry if i sound a bit silly but do you have to have a seperate monitor or can i just use my mobile phone,?,or is that just for wireless
Brilliant video, thanks for this. Made my life 100% easier
Glad it helped
Great informative video thanks to you I have installed mine with no issues. 😊
Thank you for sharing this. But darn, not everyone has a nice big loft space. This will be very difficult for many of us. Off to keep looking again.....
Thanks bro understood keep more videos coming
Will do, thanks
Great video, great description and explanation and just about the right time as I have been deliberating for too long over fitting CCTV at home, cheers, good luck.
Thanks a lot 😀
Good video.. I am swapping out my 1080 cameras and switching to A 4K system. I have a house and garage, which are separate, approximately 20' apart. I understand I'm upgrading to a POE system now, so I don't have to use power cable. I have a cat 6 wire underground running from the garage to the house where the router is. My question is if I'm putting 4 cameras on the garage and 4 cameras on the exterior of the house and I want the NVR in the house, what do I do to get the cameras on the garage to record onto the NVR? I'm guessing I will have a 4 way Poe switch in the garage. So can the 4 cameras go into the Poe switch and then the cat 6 running from the garage to the house, connect the POE switch to the NVR? Thanks for your time and wisdom
Thanks
Perfect tutorial. I may give it a go after this
Thanks, do it
hello diy guy I need help. installing reolink for the first time using your video as help but I have an issue. I need to run cables on exterior wall. are these cables waterproof or will I need protecting?
Great video very informative, can you set up without a monitor or pc, can it all be set up on the app
Cracking video, really clear and concise. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Great explanation
Hi, everyone. I have one system similar to this one from reolink.
I want to let you know some points that he missed.
1. There is no subscription for Reolink.
2. There is no maintenance
3. You need to set " Privacy mask" ( the dark areas where you are not allowed by law to record with CCTV" i.e. neighbours windows or Private property)
4. By law, you are not allowed to record audio with CCTV on public area /neighbours private property . For example , in front of your house, you can't record audio (I'm not going too deep into this,but this is the law, public area and CCTV, just don't do it, will get you in big trouble). And about the audio and neighbours, let's say you install CCTV in your garden but you want audio too. You simply can't do that because if you got neighbours on any side(left or right) and you record audio with your CCTV , they can get you in court for privacy recording via CCTV. The best advise I can give you is simply turn off audio recordings on your CCTV NVR.
5. The CCTV from Reolink, depending on the storage capacity on your NVR,the recording is loop recording mode(the oldest recording is replaced by the new one and so on). In my case I have a 2TB storage capacity(integrated) and I can go back 10 Days in the past but I've got 3 cameras installed. I think if you get 4 cameras will get you down to 7-8 days and if you got 2 cameras you will get arround 13-14 days storage with 2TB.
If anyone thinks there is something wrong in what I've said above ,just leave a comment and I will respond to you as soon as possible.
Any questions will be answered.
@The DIY Guy, Please pin the Comment.
Nice video and well explained. Keep up with your informative videos like this. Appreciate your work.
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Or you could just buy a Eufy security system which is active over wifi and the comes with 16gb Homebase and can connect up to 16 cameras to it, less hassle.
@@madmantronixx7998 Eufy has a huge security debacle going on. I wouldn't go with them.
As far as those laws on audio recording, those vary based on where you are.
Hello,
Can we instal an externe storage item to be able to go back more and more?.
Regards
Well that's not true. You can record anyone in public and in your private property (front and back garden, inside the house etc).
Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000, it is perfectly lawful to record conversations in the UK without permission provided that the recording is intended for personal use only. However things get more complicated if the information is to be shared with other parties, in which case one must seek consent from everyone in the conversation.
If a crime is caught on cctv, you don't need consent to share it with the police.
Stop missinforming people.
Glad to see someone who knows how to install Cat5 installation correctly, not like the idiots video from JRC on here.
Thanks mate. Great vid and well explained. it is as I suspected so thanks for the confirmation.
This was such a good and detailed video 👏🏽 I watched it all even though I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it so I think I might just go with a wifi camera 😅
Glad it was helpful!
Very clear guidance
I install camera for a living, it is definitely not an easy thing to do. Every install is different and presents it own challenge since not every house is design the same. if you want to do a professional install, which means hiding all the wires out of site, it takes knowledge and a lot of work.
Very nicely done! Thank you🇺🇸🙏
I wanna see more around this installation! Like how well it detects motion in day and night
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Way better than my ring and Vivint.
Upgrade time :)
Thank you I'm confident in my install now
Nice nice
If you are just routing Ethernet cables you can buy some Powerlink adapters then plug them in up your loft (I saw you had electricity). Pair them up with Powerlink adapters plugged in near your NVR
NVR subject to high temperature in the summer isn’t for me. Otherwise a good suggestion
@@TheDIYGuy1 you can leave the NVR in the exact same place you have it now. If you use the Powerlink adapters you won’t need to route Ethernet cables from your loft to where the NVR is.
@dlm311 Worth mentioning that the Powerline adapters would have to be the ones that supply PoE voltage to the cameras. I have some TP-Link (non-PoE) ones that refuse to play nicely across different circuits in my consumer unit, maybe because they're not both fed by the RCD breaker. I'm no electrician though!
Could this theoretically be done using a hotspot connection rather than a WiFi router / Ethernet?
Great how to video.. well done, sir
Well explained thanks
Hi, is it only poe connection or they have also regular electricity connection?
Hi mate Thank you so much. you have explained it very clearly.
Glad it helped
Thanks for sharing Cody! We sure do appreciate the easy to follow tutorial 👍
My pleasure!
Morning great video !
Can you recommend a great POW switch a i need 7 & on a budget 🤔👍🏻
Nice vid - very useful thanks. For a second or two at 10:24 I thought that was a pool of dirty water in your loft!!!
Excellent video i learned alot thanks
Did you use the cat5 that came with the Reolink 4k security camera NVR kit? I'm so eager to put my new Reolink system up but I've read reviews on Amazon that said they upgraded their wires to cat6. Is cat5 good enough for the 4k 8mp Reolink cameras?
great video thanks very much
Looks nice for how you have it setup; i would have done the same if I could. My attic is not as steep as this home, so I have no way to push cables from the outside like that without great discomfort or risking falling between the floors. I got mine in between brick, same path / area for my coax TV with some runs behind a down spout. I have spaces between my wall that I pulled out old RJ11 phone cables cables to run between my non-solid walls, so I did not have to make a hole on the inside wall with a new conduit. I placed my NVR in a central location in the same closet as my internet and switch. I routed video in a room just outside of the wall so I have a 24/7 live feed just outside my main door. This also allowed me to install the Reolink Door bell with ease being so close to my main door. At my desk, I use the software to monitor cameras as needed on a restricted vlan that no other devices can get to...separate your smart / iot devices from your main internet and VPN to your home instead of the cameras being on the internet for increased privacy...I did not say security as it's a relative action specific to your needs and time invested.
Great vid mate. As others have said you’re putting out great content and good to see the channel grow. Intrigued about your upcoming project. Am I close in thinking an extension of some description on the right side of the house, when facing the rear elevation (pure speculation on my part based on your comment about the down pipe not being an option!)
Thanks a lot for the support. Not a bad guess 🤔😀
Hi, Great video BUT perhaps you and the community can advise me. I want to install cameras in my garage does that mean that I will have to install a separate router in my garage? How would I get labelling to my garage? What and how would you advise is the best way to get cameras in my garage?
I was thinking for one camera make the wire to the hidden outside cam give the appearance of a washing line lol
No extra router needed, just run the Ethernet cable out there. If it’s too short you can buy longer cables. I have mine going from the house roof to garage roof bundled with existing low voltage cables
Do you still need to put a power supply on each camera or does the ethernet power the cameras already?
Can these work with blue irs on a server? I have been looking around and people have been really happy with them over this name brand. Thanks for the video have a great day
Honestly hoped we are beyond ethernet cables and now more wireless. Am looking to install a camera system but need wireless. Happy to get any recommendations
There are some good options out there 🙂
IMO wireless is just more points of potential failure. How will you provide power without wires - battery? Now you gotta keep on top of charging batteries. Thieves use a WIFI jammer, no CCTV. Also now your home WIFI network is clogged up with multiple high bandwidth devices broadcasting high bandwidth 24/7. Ethernet cable is wire and forget. Keeps radio signals in your home to a minimum, isolates the CCTV away from other parts of your network, etc
I'm here looking into Reolink to keep it all local 24/7 stored on NVR. I'll be ditching my Ring wireless cam soon which has been less than optimal. Charge the battery every ~6-8 weeks (I wasn't paying another 50 quid for a solar panel), not 24/7 recording, delayed motion detection, first few seconds of playback is jerky, and although only 8 feet from my mesh extender whenever I want to quickly check the feed it rarely connects first time. I'm sure there are far better options than Ring. I have Blink too, battery life amazing but I think you need a cloud plan now and again no 24/7 recording. But no wired isn't always physically an option.
Ty m8 :) this gave me a better idea of what I needed to do.
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What size is your drill you used? Thanks
What size auger bit did you use for the center hole? Thank you
Great vid, thanks!
Wear safety glasses when you drill holes in anything especially looking up in wood a splinter could really hurt and put you in hospital could end up really bad put you of work or worse your eye could bleed and blind you especially if you boring metal I am surprised you done that cause your videos are really helpful to the Diyers
Hi The DIY Man. Can I ask you witch one would you get Reolink or Swann ?
Reolink for me 👍
Your vids are worth the wait. Well explained.
Thanks very much robin for the support
You could probably do a good guide on diy how to get good, consistant audio quality on your TH-cam videos. Shouldn’t cost much. Other TH-camrs don’t seem to have issues.
Thank you mate, very interesting 👍
Thanks 🙏
So I understood it correctly..I can also view the cameras on my smart phone anywhere right ..?
Yes you can 👍