Trouble connecting to security cameras from iPhone or Android Phone

It can be pretty frustrating when things don’t work out like they should.  Sometimes, no matter how closely you follow the directions, you might not be able to connect to your security cameras from your Android PDA phone or iPhone.  If you have our DVR-7004 4-Camera H.264 Standalone DVR or our DVR-7008 8-Camera H.264 Standalone DVR, then we have a great solution for you, to help you figure out the reason that you are unable to connect in and view your security cameras from your Android phone or iPhone.  The video below will help walk you through the troubleshooting needed to find out what went wrong, and help you get your cameras up and going on your PDA phone.

Don’t have a Standalone DVR yet?  Get one of ours with Android and iPhone remote viewing.  Unlike other suppliers or manufacturers…we actually know how to use our equipment and put together instructional videos like these, so you can learn how to use them too.

Protect the outside of your home with Security Cameras

Outdoor Infrared Armor Dome Security Camera
CD-8361 Hi-Res Infared IR Armor Dome Security Camera

   Many homeowners have been experiencing a great increase in theft and vandalism around their homes.  Unfortunately, we hear stories every day, telling us all about the damage that has been done to their homes, and their priceless objects that have been defaced or stolen.  Home security cameras, integrated into a comprehensive home security camera system can help to provide you with video evidence of what is happening in or around your home, so that you can find the culprit and bring them to justice.

One of our more popular outdoor home security cameras is our CD-8361 Outdoor Infrared Armor Dome Camera.  This camera has a 700TVL Sony CCD Image sensor with Infrared LEDs and an adjustable zoom lens, making it perfect choice for most outdoor security camera installations.  This camera is housed in an attractive silver colored dome housing that can be both ceiling and wall mounted, making it easy to install into the eaves of your house or onto a wall.  This camera has an adjustable lens, which allows you to adjust the zoom between 100° field of view at the widest, and 30° at the narrowest during installation.

This infrared night vision home security camera also has powerful Infrared IR LEDs that illuminate the area in front of the camera with an invisible infrared light, that can be seen only by the camera.  This way, even when it is completely pitch black outside, the camera can still see up to a maximum of 100′ away from the camera.   The night vision of this camera, begins with the low lux (low light) image sensor.  We hand-select the lowest light image sensors that we can find, and this 700TVL Sony CCD Image sensor surely fit the bill with a low 0.001 Lux rating.  This means that even without infrared LEDs, this camera would still be able to see very nicely in extremely low light conditions.  Then we add to the low light capabilities of this camera, by adding 36 high powered IR LEDs to provide light in no light conditions.  These IR bulbs turn on in low to no light conditions and provide the infrared illumination for low light conditions. Because we started with a low light image sensor, more of the IR light is usable in this camera, than in other Infrared Nightvision cameras which don’t have low-lux image sensors.

Easily adjust the angle of view over a full 3 axis when mounting on wall or ceiling
The CD-8361 easily adjusts for mounting on ceiling or wall

   The unique 3-axis mounting system for the CD-8361 allows this camera to be mounted on any ceiling, wall or overhang.  The camera itself is a round ball, and can be adjusted to point up, down, left, right or even rotate a full 360° so that you can have the camera look in any direction regardless of how the camera is mounted.  This camera comes with a thick camera base, that has room to tuck the wires into to keep them completely protected and concealed from the elements.  There is also an optional thinner mounting bracket for the cameras for a low profile mounting.  This optional base is available for $20/ea and does not have additional room for wires and is designed for lower profile camera installations.

View Security Cameras on iPhone and Android PDA phones

Back by extremely popular demand and brimming with new content…we have put together a video for our CCTV PDA Remote Viewing page that will help to take some of the guesswork out of selecting a camera system that will allow you to view your security cameras over the internet from your Android, iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry PDA phone.  This new video will walk you through the features and benefits of our Standalone DVR and PC based Alnet DVR Cards and systems, to help you select a camera system that suits your needs and delivers the remote access your need from your cell phones.

Now visit our CCTV PDA iPhone, Android and BlackBerry Remote viewing page for further details and links to the home or business security camera system you need:

http://platinum-cctv.com/CCTV_PDA_Remote_Viewing.asp

Outdoor Home Security Cameras with Nightvision

Home security cameras with Infrared Night Vision

Security Cameras Provide Evidence of what happened

  Many homeowners find out too late that they need video coverage of the outside of their home.  This is because some people just don’t respect your property like you would like them to.  So it is usually after theft or vandalism that a homeowner will realize that cameras would be very helpful outside of their home.  Usually this happens after they have already contacted the police about an event that has happened outside of their home.  Often it is due to vandalism, damage to a vehicle in the parking lot, annoying banging on the house or door at all hours of the night, theft, break-ins or more.  However, when the police arrive, unfortunately it is not like the scenes you see on CSI.  The police force does not have the manpower, budget or technology to conduct fingerprints, screen DNA or take more time or evidence to try to track down someone who committed a misdemeanor.  So in all reality, if you did not see them do it, or do not have any proof of who did it, then they will usually just fill out a report and head on their way.

    This is one of the prime reasons that outdoor home security cameras are becoming very popular.  These cameras can record what happens in or around your home, to provide evidence that can be very useful if something happens.  That way, the next time your home becomes victim to vandalism or theft, you will have evidence of who committed the crime, and can provide the police with some evidence of your own.  Outdoor home security cameras can help take the guesswork out of what happened, and help deliver more peace of mind, allowing you to park your cars outside again.

 

CD-8161 Home Security Outdoor Dome Camera with Infrared IR Night Vision

Outdoor Home Security Camera with Infrared Night Vision

   Most of our outdoor home security cameras also have infrared night vision capabilities, delivering the ability to see even in pitch black conditions at night.  Each of these cameras has various range of infrared night vision, but because we start with good low-lux (low light) image sensors, our infrared night vision home security cameras get the most out of the infrared light that reflects back to the camera to provide the best quality infrared night vision.  Some manufacturers will just throw IR LEDs onto a camera that has a basic image sensor that does not have low light capabilities, and call it a night vision camera.  But at Platinum CCTV, we always make sure to start with the lowest light image sensor available in the resolution class, so no matter which budget range you are shopping, we will have a good low light image sensor to suit your needs.

Hidden Home Security Cameras

CD-7402 Hidden Smoke Detector Spy Covert Camera with Sony CCD and Audio microphone

Covert Smoke Detector Home Security Camera with Audio

The most popular cameras for inside home installations, are hidden style covert cameras.  These cameras have a pinhole lens and are hidden inside of different objects that can be hidden in plain sight.  We have many different models of covert/hidden home security cameras.   These cameras are very popular for homeowners who are looking to watch their children at home, monitor a maid or nanny inside of their home, watching a home healthcare worker or more.

Our most popular hidden cameras for indoor home installations are our motion detector style hidden security cameras and our new smoke detector style hidden cameras.  These cameras are hidden inside of smoke detectors and motion detectors that are commonplace inside homes.  That way, when people come into your home, they are not stared in the face by a large camera.  These cameras blend right in, so people will never even see them, but the cameras will definitely see them!

Hidden Infrared Motion Detector Security Cameras

Hidden Infrared IR Motion Detector Security Cameras

Our motion detector style cameras look like a standard alarm system motion detector, and come in 2 different versions.  Our CD-7226 motion detector camera has a wide angle lens and low-light image sensor, while our CD-7360 motion detector hidden spy camera model has a higher resolution 540 TVL Sony® CCD image sensor, and Infrared night vision so it can see even in no-light conditions.  These cameras come with an adjustable wall mount bracket, so you can easily adjust the angle of the camera to cover the area of the room that is most important to you.  These cameras both have a wide angle lens with a 90° viewable angle to give you maximum room coverage.

The newest addition to our line of hidden security cameras is our CD-7402 Smoke Detector Style Hidden Camera.  This camera has a built-in pinhole lens and covert microphone built into the body of a functional smoke detector.  This hidden camera has a 520 TVL Sony® CCD Image sensor to deliver great quality color video during the daytime and sense-up electronic slow shutter speed for low light night vision.  This new camera can blend into any home where smoke detectors are used, and best thing is that the smoke detector actually works too!

These cameras can be added in to any existing home security camera system, or we have camera systems assembled that have these cameras in them already as well.

View Security Cameras from your Android PDA Phone

   Home and business security cameras are a great addition to your security plan, helping to provide video coverage of anything that may occur.  These cameras can watch areas that you could not possibly watch all at once yourself.  In addition, they can record what happens onto a Standalone DVR or PC based DVR when motion is detected, to conserve the space of the hard drive.  One of the best benefits of these security camera systems, is the ability to view your security cameras over the internet from your PC, Laptop, iPhone or even Android PDA Phones.

H.264 Standalone DVR with viewing from Android Phones

VIew security cameras from your Standalone DVR over the internet with Android Phones

   Our Standalone DVR systems and Alnet PC-Based DVR Camera systems have this ability for you to view your security cameras from Android PDA Phones.  With our H.264 Standalone DVRs, you can view Live security cameras, as well as control PTZ cameras right from your Android phone.  These H.264 Standalone DVR systems consist of a self-contained DVR with a built-in hard drive.  These DVRs can plug directly into your internet connection and will allow you to view your security cameras over the internet from a PC, Laptop, PDA Phone or Android Phone.  Since it uses your current internet connection, it does not have any monthly fees or costs associated for the remote viewing.  View Security Cameras on Android PDA Phones

View your home or business security cameras on your Android PDA Phone

View Security Cameras live on your Android Phone

   With our Alnet PC-Based DVR Cards, there is a DVR Card that installs into your Windows XP, Vista or 7 PC.  This card turns your PC into a powerful, remotely viewable security camera system with advanced remote viewing features from Android PDA phones.  Their software, CMS Mobile is a free software in the Android Market, that will connect to any of our Alnet PC-Based DVR Systems or DVR Cards, and will allow you to view your home or business security cameras live on your Android phone from anywhere in the world.  These PC Based DVR systems also use your existing internet connection, so there are no ongoing charges for viewing your security cameras.  Our Alnet PC Based DVR Cards are a more advanced way to record from your cameras onto the hard drive of your PC.  These systems have enhanced playback capabilities to find the video you want to playback faster, as well as improved remote viewing from Android phones on 3G, 4G or WiFi.  The Alnet PC-Based DVR Systems have the ability to view Live cameras on Android phones, and even have the capability to adjust the quality of the video to allow smoother video even on slower internet connections.  This system will also let you control PTZ cameras, playback video on your Android phone, and even control digital inputs and outputs right from your Android PDA phone.

Security camera catches thief shooting self in foot…literally

One bank robber in Brazil really got his, during his cowardly bank robbery he got so nervous, or excited that he shot himself in the foot.  Now, thanks to the security cameras in the bank, he is world renowned and people are watching him all over the world, shooting himself in the foot…quite literally.  This brainchild was then caught later as he checked himself into the hospital.

Check out the full story here

View Security Cameras on your Android Phone

View your home or business security cameras on your Android PDA Phone

View Security Cameras live on your Android Phone

Security cameras are popular for home and business, but the best feature of our newer home and business security camera systems, are actually the ability to view your security cameras over the internet using PDA phones like the popular Android phones.  We have 2 different types of systems that offer Android security camera viewing, Standalone DVR systems and Alnet PC-Based DVR Systems.

Our H.264 Standalone DVR systems include a dedicated DVR unit, which will record from your home or business security cameras onto an internal hard drive.  This system is very simple to use, and self contained.  Simply plug your security cameras into the BNC connectors on the back of the DVR, and it will begin recording video onto the internal hard drive.  These H.264 Standalone DVRs come in 4, 8 and 16 channel versions and have motion detection recording to allow you to record only when somethin is actually happening.  These DVRs will also plug into the internet, and will allow you to connect into your DVR from your Android PDA phone over 3G, 4G or WiFi to view your home or business security cameras.  Our H.264 Standalone DVR models will allow you to stream live video from your home or business security cameras.  This type of system will also allow you to control any PTZ moving security cameras right from your Android PDA phone as well.

The second type of camera system is our Alnet PC-Based DVR System.  This security camera system uses your PC as a home or business security camera system.  It consists of a card and software that installs into your PC, then records from the cameras onto your PC.  The DVR Card plugs into a PCI or PCIe slot inside of the computer, and has BNC connectors that will stick out of the back of your PC to allow you to connect your cameras.  This software turns your PC into a professional grade security camera system with optimum quality video and improved features for remote viewing, including the ability to see live video on your Android PDA phone, as well as even playback video right on your Android phone.  The Alnet CMS Mobile software for Android allows you to connect to your cameras to view them live in real time, control PTZ cameras, control digital inputs and outputs, as well as playback video.  This software offers the best features for Android PDA users, in addition to iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile PDA phones.

No matter which system you choose, Platinum CCTV home and business security camera systems offer cutting-edge features, including the ability to view live security cameras from anywhere on the planet, so that you can always see what is happening, no matter where you are, even viewing your security cameras from your Android PDA phone.  Learn more about viewing security cameras on your Android PDA phone.

Smoke Detector Hidden Spy Camera for Home or Business Security Camera Systems

CD-7402 Hidden Smoke Detector Spy Covert Camera with Sony CCD and Audio microphone

Covert Smoke Detector Home Security Camera with Audio

Our new CD-7402 indoor smoke detector hidden security camera is a totally covert securtiy camera that can be plugged into any existing home or business security camera system, and will deliver great quality video and audio with the built-in pinhole style Sony® CCD 520 TVL Image sensor and hidden covert microphone.  This camera can be wired back to a standalone DVR, or a PC-Based DVR card alike, and provides great high quality color video during the daytime, and has Sense-Up™ technology to give low shutterspeeds for great black and white picture even in very low light conditions.

This new smoke detector camera blends right into any home or business so that you can have video coverage of your employees, customers, children, babysitters, nanny or more…without anyone ever expecting it, because this camera not only looks like a smoke detector, but also is a functional smoke detector as well.  Simply mount the camera on the ceiling, and run a cable back to your DVR.  For easiest installation, consider our BALUN-VPA1 which allows you to run video, power and audio altogether over a single CAT-5 Network Cable.

Coat Hook Camera to Install Anywhere

CH-DVRHD1 High Definition 1280x960 Hidden Coat Hook/Clothes Hook Nanny Spy Camera

CH-DVRHD1 Coat Hook Hidden Spy Nanny Camera with Audio

Our CH-DVRHD1 Coat Hook Hidden nanny spy cameras are a very popular covert nanny spy camera for home and business installations, because it can be installed almost anywhere.  This camera is a lightweight plastic bodied coat hook, which houses a hidden nanny camera, battery DVR and microSD card slot for recording.  Since the camera has a built-in battery, it can be mounted on any wall or door to provide you with a self-contained camera system for instant video and audio recording, even with motion detection recording capabilities.  The Battery of this Coat Hook Spy Camera can provide up to 90 minutes of recording on a battery charge and comes with a power adapter for battery charging.

Hidden Coat Hook Spy Camera CH-DVRHD1 Can be mounted anywhere with adhesive

Coat hook spy nanny camera blends in to any environment

This hidden nanny camera is great for home or business, as coat or clothes hooks are useful and commonly used in entry ways, bedrooms, kitchens, offices and more.  With a versatile spy camera that can be hidden anywhere, you can now set up security recording anywhere.  The mounting plate of the CH-DVRHD1 clothes hook spy camera can be mounted to any wall with the included screws, or double sided adhesive (also included).  This lets you put the camera anywhere you need it with minimal work!