FAQ's
1. How to
select the right camera ?
2. Can
I hide the camera(s)?
3. Covert
vs Non Covert Cameras?
4. Should
I use B&W or Color?
5. Should
I use a wireless or hard wired set up?
6. Should
I use a time lapse VCR or a Digital Video Recorder
7. Can
I watch my system remotely, say from home or another work site?
8. Can
I use a TV set instead or as well as a monitor?
1. How to select the right camera ?
Firstly you need to address your personal needs. If you would
like to talk to one of our staff about your business needs then
phone us at 801.468.1533.
Please take the time to have a look at this section. The
following questions will give you some food for thought.
How much do you wish to spend?
Are you installing CCTV to deter or to catch thieves?
Are you installing CCTV to keep an eye on someone?, i.e.:
employees, vendors, customers, etc.
Do you want to hide the CCTV camera?
How many cameras will you require?
How long do I want the Digital Video Recorder to record events
for? A few days? Two weeks? A month? The long you need to
record, the more the DVR costs.
2.
Can I hide the Cameras?
Yes. We supply pin hole cameras that are almost impossible
to spot when put in discreet places. We also have a range of
Covert (hidden) cameras that are hidden in clocks or smoke
alarms.
3.
Covert vs Non Covert Cameras?
This comes down to the questions, listed to ask yourself
above. If your main aim is to distract and deter thieves, then
you do not need a covert (hidden) camera. However if you wish to
follow employees then you may feel that a Covert is what you
need. However if yours is the kind of business where you can not
hide the VCR and monitor then you might find it a pointless
exercise hiding your cameras when one of your staff notifies
everybody else of the position of the cameras. Also Covert
cameras cost more and maybe you would be better off having more
cameras than carefully hiding them.
4.
Should I use B&W or Color?
Here's a couple of facts that you should know before making
this decision. B&W cameras on the whole have a better
resolution while also having better low light capabilities over
color cameras. Most of our B&W cameras are also infrared
sensitive and can be used even at very low light levels.
With that and the fact that B&W cameras and monitors are
cheaper than their color counterparts, you may wonder why we
stock color models. Well color monitor have a much clearer
picture in the day time and can be crucial for identifying
criminals and that is why we highly recommend that you have at
least one color camera in your package. That should be placed
over your front entrance for prosecution or for a full color
report for the Police of the offenders clothing, hair etc.
5.
Should I use a wireless or wired set up?
Risk Control also offer wireless cameras. Our Wireless
transmitters and cameras are ideal for installations in
difficult and hard to reach places or in circumstances where the
camera may be moved, for example on a vehicle. It is also useful
for those who are technologically shy and the installation
process is much easier than when having to pull hundreds of feet
of wiring.
However one draw back with the wireless cameras is that there is
the possibility (as with any electrical device that uses radio
waves) of external interference. Unlike the 900 MHz camera's and
transmitters, our 2.4GHz transmitters are mostly immune to
interference that may produce undesirable pictures.
6.
Should I use a time lapse VCR or a Digital Video Recorder
If you decide to use multiple cameras, which most of you
should and will, you will then have to decide on which system you
should use to tie in all your cameras to your DVR/VCR and/ or
monitor.
The
traditional video cassette recorder is fast becoming obsolete
due to the technological advances in digital recording and the
constant reduction in memory/hard disk costs is making this
method accessible to the general marketplace.
Digital
recording onto hard disk offers a much higher quality of
recording and eliminates the need for video tapes. One hard
drive can store from 1-6 months (depending upon the number of
cameras being monitored) of video, complying with the
recommendations of the Data Protection Act.
Due
to the fact that the information is stored digitally another
major advantage is that it can be accessed over a computer
network, thus reducing the need for
monitors in different locations and giving the operators
much more flexibility in running the system.
These systems can be viewed via the internet or over a LAN,
enabling a system controller to monitor what is happening on
site from a remote location, such as a different business
location, your home or even in another country while on vacation
or on a business trip.
7. Can I watch my system remotely?
Yes you can. Using one of several types of communication you
may watch live and/or archived video of your CCTV system from
your home, another business site or even while on vacation in
another city or country.
You
can use dial up (slow), DSL (relatively fast), a cable modem
(very fast), or use your company's LAN/WAN (very fast) to
communicate with your system. The number of cameras on your
system also helps determine communication speed.
8.
Can I use a TV set instead or as well as a monitor?
The only differences between a standard Television set and video
monitors are that TVs have a built in tuner and in most cases
offer a lower picture resolution than a dedicated monitor. In
most cases you could save money by using standard TV rather than
using a better quality dedicated monitor.
In short, Remote Video Monitoring allows you to watch your
cameras remotely, and in real time, from another location.
This may be done either over the internet, your office's
intranet, or by "calling into" the cameras over
standard phone lines using your computer's modem. All this
may be done very simply, and at a very surprisingly low price.
RVM is perfect for use as a internet web cam server, or to watch
your employees & business(es) from afar or from the comfort
of your home.
