How to Install a Sprinkler Hidden Camera

The hidden cameras normally used in private residences tend to be portable and completely self-contained. This makes it easy for you to position them in any room without being concerned about video cables. Although many self-contained hidden cameras used in the home require an electrical outlet there are some that operate on a rechargeable battery pack. This makes them truly portable and capable of operating in any location.

Businesses on the other hand tend to have fixed locations for their operations and can monitor the areas with a permanently mounted and wired camera. The wired camera is generally significntly cheaper than the self-contained hidden cameras used in the home. There are occasions businesses want to monitor areas but they don't want the cameras to be obvious to customers and employees. The majority of inventory theft in retail businesses is caused by employee theft and not shoplifters.

Dome cameras are used in many stores are semi-covert, but are known by employees and occasionally by customers. These are not necessarily a good choice if a totally covert system is wanted. The fire sprinkler hidden camera is a great choice for a completely covert system.

It’s mounts to the ceiling and looks like a genuine sprinkler head. The Fire Sprinkler hidden Camera comes complete with mounting hardware. It has a wide angle lens that captures a good portion of a typical room.

How to Install the Fire Sprinkler Head Hidden Camera:

1) Figure out where you want to mount the camera and install it into the ceiling panel. It is best to actually hook the cables to the camera and your DVR or computer and test different locations to see which one provides the best coverage and angle you need before permanently mounting it.

2) Once the camera is mounted, run the 12 volt power adapter to an electrical outlet.

3) Connect the BNC cable to the camera and run the RCA video jack out to your DVR or computer. Long cables are available if your monitoring/recording station is quite a ways from the camera.

You can record the video from the Fire Sprinkler Hidden Camera using the VISEC software and associated recording devices.

Here’s how it works:

Using inexpensive equipment you can now connect up to 4 surveillance cameras to the VISEC Hidden Camera Internet Bundle and View & Record Surveillance Video. Visec works with both wired and wireless cameras.

Please note: Some nearby 2.4 Ghz wireless Internet routers and phone systems can on occasion interfere with 2.4 Ghz video surveillance signal from wireless cameras. if you're remote viewing through the Internet, you will get a snapshot every 6 seconds, so you are viewing a time-delayed live video.

1. A Quad is an accessory to your surveillance system that splits a video monitor into 4 screens. Connect 1-4 RCA cables from your sprinkler head hidden camera video output to the Quad input jacks.
2. GrabBee X converts analog video signal to digital through your USB port. Connect one end to the Quad and the other to your USB port on your computer. Install the GrabBee X according to the included instructions.
3. VISEC Surveillance Software – next generation computer program turns your home or office computer into a powerful, global-wide video surveillance system in 5 minutes. Simply install the program and VISEC can record up to four cameras at once!

You will have the ability to watch up to 4 areas in a building or room simultaneously using the VISEC package and Fire Sprinkler Hidden Cameras. The VISEC video surveillance recording package and GrabBee X are optional purchases for the Fire Sprinkler Hidden Camera.