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home surveillance, home surveillance security syst – Home Surveillance and the DIY Don’t Panic Room
The movie Panic Room, which starred Jodie Foster, showed the sophisticated gadgets only the rich can happily install in their homes. A steel enclosure secured the room supplied with communication gadgets and a CCTV monitor hooked up to the home surveillance system.
Inside the room, the Jodie Foster character watched the hostile intruders in the different parts of the house from the wall of monitors in the room. These monitors were hooked to the home surveillance system. But her problem was compounded with her diabetic daughter’s need for medication left in the bedroom. Since this was their first night in the brownstone home, and they did not stock up the room with necessities, they were in a mess.
With the help of the TV monitors, the Foster character watched the movements of the intruders and she was able to sneak into the bedroom to snatch the medication just in time before the intruders caught on to her idea. It was real panic all right. A home surveillance system and wits saved the day.
But in real life situations, without the dramatic element, these rooms are shelters from tornadoes and possible terrorist attacks and these are mass produced or custom made. High end safe rooms can cost $50,000 to $500,000 and the lower priced units start at $3,000.
DIY Don’t Panic Room
A safe room is a windowless room. If you are making your own safe room, include the home surveillance set-up in the blueprint. Being able to track the movements of intruders adds an edge of security when you’re holed up in there. The CCTV in this room should be hooked up to transmitters from all security cameras in the different parts of the house.
Aside from the home surveillance system and communication links, store supplies recommended by the US Department of Justice:
* First aid kit
* nonperishable food
* safe water supply
* flashlights and extra batteries
* clothes
* blanks,
* mattresses
* credit cards and cash
* valuable documents
* glasses and non-breakable tableware
* sanitation supplies
* Potassium iodine tablets to prevent radiation sickness
* Rolls of duct tapes
Reinforce that Closet
Here is how to start your don’t panic room:
* When installing a home surveillance and communication system, have a covert separate system in case smart crooks or terrorists destroys the first set.
* Choose a closet big enough to contain the entire family, including the pooch. That’s 10 square feet floor space per person.
* Choose fire-retardant and weather resistant items for the room.
* Wooden door jams should be replaced with a steel jam
* Use the toughest keyless Grade 1 deadbolt
Other key features in a safe room are power generators, separate plumbing for a portable toilet, and air filtration systems. But not all these can match the convenience and the edge of having the home surveillance systems with night vision cameras and heat sensing cameras. For complete gearing, notch up your protection with weapons and bullet-proof vests if you’re thinking of armed enemies, not hurricanes.
Don’t take your home surveillance, and your home security camera or surveillance camera for granted. Check out Video-Surveillance-Guide.com for the proper maintenance and upgrade of your systems and the best buys around.
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Now that you have fought off the nasty crowds at the electronics store, and secured your Nintendo Wii system, got it home without incident and into your house, this is what you should do. Follow these steps to set up your Wii:
1) Remove the Wii from the box
2) Remove the AV cable and the AC adapter
3) Remove the stand plate, vertical stand, sensor bar and sensor-bar stand
4) Remove the Nunchuk and Wii Remote
5) Choose your location near the TV for your Wii and set it up vertically or horizontally
6) Connect the AV cable and the AC adapter to the Wii
7) Plug the AC adapter into a power outlet. Connect the AV cable to the input on your TV. Connect the yellow cable to the video input and the red and white cables to the audio inputs
Get out the remote control and put in the batteries
9) Turn on your Wii
10) The onscreen instructions will appear and you will be required to choose your language, location, time of day, etc.
How to set up your Wii Control
The Wii Remotes do not automatically bond with you Wii console. You will have to tell it to do so. The remote controls and arrives with your console is prebonded, but any additional Wii Remotes you purchase will have to be synchronized with your Wii in order to work smoothly with your console. There are two ways to accomplish this: the Standard Mode and the One Time Mode.
Standard Mode
To use the Standard Mode for connecting additional Wii Remotes to your Wii system permanently follows these steps:
1) Press the power button on your Wii console to turn it on
2) Remove the cover for the batteries on the back of the Wii Remote
3) Press the Sync button inside the cover
4) Open the door located over the SD card slot and on the Wii console
5) Press the Sync button inside that compartment
6) When the LEDs on the remote stop blinking, your synchronization is complete
One Time Mode
The One Time Mode does just that and allows your Wii Remote to work with a Wii other than the current synchronized remote. This is handy when you are at a friend’s house. Follow these steps:
1) Press the Home button on the Wii Remote that is already synchronized with the Wii Remote that you intend to use
2) Select the Wii Remote Settings option
3) Select the Reconnect Option
4) Simultaneously press 1 and 2 buttons on the remote that you want to sync to the Wii console
5) When the lights stop blinking and your remote vibrates your remote has temporarily synchronized with that particular Wii console
6) The attachment of the remote should be shown on the screen as well
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