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Author Topic: can't get camera (s) to work at all  (Read 4607 times)

murraywfg

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can't get camera (s) to work at all
« on: January 09, 2009, 12:18:39 AM »

Have va11 (showas as va12), vr36, xc18.  Have tried everything I can find, but cant get these suckers to work.  All I get is horizontal, intermittent noise lines.
Tried reloading drivers, moving the units away from noise etc, and nothing.  Is there a way to test if the va11 is working (other that plugging it in and letting windows xp recognize it, which it does)
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Brian H

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Re: can't get camera (s) to work at all
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2009, 06:52:59 AM »

You may want to double check that both the camera and receiver have their channel switches set to the same frequency. A;B;C or D.

Also do you have any wireless networks or cordless phone on the 2.4 GHz. band? Both are known to cause interference.

Make sure the antennas for the camera and receiver are pointing at each other.
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Re: can't get camera (s) to work at all
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2009, 07:18:41 PM »

And make sure only one wireless camera works at a time
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Re: can't get camera (s) to work at all
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 06:53:32 AM »

Dave jogged my thoughts.

Wireless cameras when first powered up are on. Only one can be on at a time or they interferer with each other.
So make sure you send an on command to one of the cameras in the group so the others go off.
Also all cameras should have the same House Code and be in a Unit Group of 1-4;5-8;9-12 and 13-16. The cameras addressable power supplies work in the groups of four. Turn any one in the group on the other three go off with out any added off commands on their address. If more than one stays on then you could have a power line signal problem to the camera's power supply that will not follow commands.
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