Baby monitor solution...

[_MikeyB]

I'm wanting to monitor my daughter for peace of mind when she's sleeping in her cot without having to disturb her and a camera would help me out loads.

I've been looking at wired and wireless systems, infra red is a must really (unless you can see quite well on normal cameras when the a night light is on?)
but I'd also like to be able to view the camera from one or more TV's...?

I know this is asking alot... but I'd appreciate any advice anyone has.

I was looking at IP cameras just to view from my laptop, but a signal to the TV's would be much easier.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

[iStorm]

Hi Mike, im sure we will be able to help you out......... The first thing you need to do is decide what type of camera you want to use..... Infra-Red or a good quality Night Devil that will utilise the small light your night light will give of and you will have a great picture, you then need to take the camera feed into your loft, cut into your ariel system and add a modulator, link your cctv camera to your modulator and thenn go to yout tv's in the house and tune them into the picture......

When you have decided on your camera give me a shout and ill make it a bit more detailed for you, there should be a diagram on the forums some where that i have done before, try searching the forums, but yes it can be done.

Regards
Iain

[Ilk]

Originally Posted by _MikeyB

I'm wanting to monitor my daughter for peace of mind when she's sleeping in her cot without having to disturb her and a camera would help me out loads.

I've been looking at wired and wireless systems, infra red is a must really (unless you can see quite well on normal cameras when the a night light is on?)
but I'd also like to be able to view the camera from one or more TV's...?

I know this is asking alot... but I'd appreciate any advice anyone has.

I was looking at IP cameras just to view from my laptop, but a signal to the TV's would be much easier.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

Be careful with infra red illumination as this can damage childrens eyes if the intensity is too high.

Ilkie

[pakatak]

Many wireless video & audio baby monitors now have a small amount of infrared built in, usually just enough to cover a range of around 2-3m in dark conditions. These work just like the standard audio baby monitors but will have a camera supplied and a small screen built into the handheld/walkabout receiver unit.

If you wanted to also view the image on other TVs in the house you could just connect a standard receiver to these TVs too.

This is just one way of doing this without cabling etc but as always going wireless can pose other problems such as interference with/from wireless broadband etc - however with just one camera running you should be fine.

The type of cameras and system that Iain (Istorm) mentiones above will undoubtedly give you better image quality and no potential wireless issues to worry about but will come at a higher cost. If you haven't got to worry about budget then I'd certainly go down that route and the Nite Devil cameras Iain has mentioned are excellent by the way.

[_MikeyB]

Thanks for all the great advice.

I'm going to do a little more research on the ideas and cameras you've suggested.

I'll let you know which solution I decide on shortly.

Thanks again for the detailed replies.

Mike