How to Use a Satellite DVR With Security Camera

By James Clark

Coaxial cable with threaded connector.
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A satellite digital video recorder, or DVR, captures a satellite TV signal for storage on the internal hard drive and playback to a connected television. The signal passes through a coaxial cable connection to the DVR. Hooking up a security camera enables you to record an area under surveillance to the DVR, or simply monitor an area on a TV connected to the DVR without recording. Use a pair of coaxial cables with threaded RF couplers on the ends.

Step 1

Switch off the security camera, DVR and TV or monitor.

Step 2

Push on the connector at one end of a cable onto the camera's output port, which is usually on the back edge. Twist the metal ring on the cable clockwise to hold it on the camera.

Step 3

Attach the other end to the input on the rear panel of your DVR.

Step 4

Connect the second cable from the DVR's output to the RF input on the television set or monitor.

Step 5

Turn on the power for the three components and tune the DVR to channel three or four, depending on the camera model.

Step 6

Watch the monitor or TV to view the area under surveillance from the camera, or record video by pressing the DVR's record button.

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