Nest box camera - (page 2)
The main components & testing the camera
(Page added on 14th
October 2007)
If you've reached this page via a search engine, it would be worth visiting
page 1 and finding out what's included in HANDYKAM's
very comprehensive kit. The main components are shown below, but there's
more to this kit than the usual bird box camera kits ....... much, much more!
Many people are put off installing a nest box camera on the basis that it's
too technical. The so called 'technical' bit simply
involves connecting the cables as shown in the illustration below. This
will be similar for kits supplied by other manufacturers. The SCART adaptor
connects to a SCART socket that's found at the back of virtually all domestic
televisions, video recorders and DVD recorders. It enables you to view the
video and audio from the camera on your video equipment. SCART stands for Syndicat
des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs
et Téléviseurs,
just in case you're interested!
Components, from left to right are (1) power supply, (2) SCART adaptor,
(3) 20 metres (65 feet) of connecting cable (4) miniature colour / black
and white camera with infra red night vision. If you determine that 20 metres
of connecting cable will not be long enough, then HANDYKAM can supply you
with longer lengths when you place your order.
Click on the picture below for an enlarged view
Very comprehensive instructions are supplied by HANDYKAM.
The illustration and brief comments above show that there's no mystique
to installing this bird box camera.
Even if you intend to connect this system
to a computer at some stage then it's worth coupling it up to a television
first. Do this before installing the camera in the nest box, just to make
sure that everything is working OK.
How to connect the system to a SCART socket or
to the phono connectors
that are found on many televisions, video recorders
and DVD recorders
Picture 1 below - SCART sockets can be found
on the back of virtually all modern TVs and video equipment. Use the supplied
HANDYKAM SCART adaptor to connect here.
Picture 2 below - Alternatively dispense with
the SCART adaptor and couple directly to the yellow and white phono input
connectors that can often be found under a drop down flap at the front of
some equipment. Failing that, check at the back of the machine for the yellow
and white phono inputs, or use a SCART connection instead.
You will need to ensure that your television and / or recorder
is switched to the AV channel to receive a picture. If there is sound, but
no picture it's most probably something simple such as forgetting to remove
the lens cap from the camera! Don't worry at this stage if the picture appears
blurred when the camera is pointed at distant objects or if the picture changes
to black and white when light levels are low. This is what the camera
is designed to do. Focussing is pre-adjusted for the confines of a nest box,
but can also be re-adjusted if required.
If it all works, (and it most probably will), then the next
stage is fitting the camera inside the nest box and finding a suitable location
for the box. Choosing a suitable location is very important and may determine
whether birds use the box or not. This is explained on page 3 (see link below).
Page 1 - HANDYKAM camera and nest box review
Page 3 - Installing and adjusting the camera
Page 4 - Where to install the nest box
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