Advantages of Using UTP

  • UTP is less expensive than dedicated coax or fiber
  • Color-coded cabling
  • Physically smaller than coax
  • Easiest media to install and reconfigure
  • UTP is extremely easy to terminate
  • In many cases, the wire is already installed

UTP-based installations are less expensive than coax.

  • Studies have shown that the cost to install UTP cabling (Cat 5) is less than the cost of installing traditional (RG59) coaxial cabling.
  • UTP cable is less expensive per foot than traditional RG59 coaxial cable.
  • UTP cable is about 1/3rd the weight, ½ the physical size and more flexible than RG59 coaxial cable which makes installations easier; especially when there is limited cable space.
  • 4-to1 ratio – Since there are four twisted pair cables inside one UTP cable and only one twisted pair is needed to transmit live analog video, four high-quality video signals can be transported over one UTP cable.

UTP results in better video quality

  • UTP, such as CAT-5, used with high performance active receivers and equalizers gives excellent video quality.
  • Conducted and radiated interference is greatly suppressed when UTP is used with high quality baluns, highly balanced active receivers, and balanced active transmitters.
  • UTP with high performance active balanced receivers virtually eliminates hum bars due to ground loops.
  • UTP with carefully matched equalizers gives excellent restoration of video sync, allowing seamless operation of DVRs, other video processors, and monitors.

Available pre-laid Cat 5 cable

  •  Modern buildings have a significant amount of pre-laid structured cabling to provide for current and future IT networking requirements. Many older buildings have been or are being retrofitted with structured cabling as well. 
  • Since analog video can be transmitted safely within live network bundles (or within an individual UTP cable), pre-existing cables can be used without sacrificing quality or security.

Future-Proofing – Prepare for the future while saving cost today.

  • As systems age and need replacement, future IP cameras most likely will be the preferred alternative to analog cameras. Installing analog cameras with UTP now, will allow an easy upgrade later even if analog and IP cameras are transmitted within the same cable.

The Preferred Hybrid Choice

  • If you are installing a hybrid system (both analog and IP cameras (or encoders) you can use one source of cabling throughout the installation to save cost, simplify the installation, and widen future upgrade option.

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Advantages of Kenrik UTP CCTV Video Transmission Technology

  • Excellent interference immunity
  • All models have built-in Surge Suppression
  • Active models have Ground Lifting
  • Active models have built-in Distance Equalization control for crisp video at all distances
  • Active models have accurate transmission distances up to 3000 feet

Accurate Equalization of CAT-5 Cable

Over long distances, UTP cables show tremendous loss of critical high frequency and color information, and sync pulse distortion in video signals. Kenrik has developed technology that can very accurately correct or equalize the losses in high quality CAT-5 or better cables.  The resulting corrected video is amazingly close in all important respects to the source video, giving uncompromising image quality, even at 3000 feet.

Interference Immunity

UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cabling of good quality (CAT-5 or better) has very good balancing properties for use in “balanced” signaling applications.  To take full advantage of this property, video processing equipment receiving signals from UTP must itself have excellent balanced or differential input circuits.  This property is measured and denoted by the receiver’s Common Mode Rejection (CMR) specification.  Kenrik equipment has exceptional CMR, not only at the troublesome power or mains frequencies of 50/60 Hz and their harmonics, but also throughout the entire video bandwidth up to 6 MHz.  As a result, Kenrik equipment is especially resistant to interference from nearby electrical sources such as power lines, datacom and telecom, radio transmitters, and fluorescent lights.

Wide Ranging AC and DC Power Supply Input Voltages

All Kenrik powered equipment is able to use an exceptional range of input voltages from a variety of AC and DC external power sources.  Cool running high frequency switching regulators then develop the required internal circuit voltages.  These switchers use flyback technology with internal isolation transformers with no direct connection between the Power connector pins and video circuit and chassis ground.

Transient Protection

Kenrik equipment is designed to operate in rugged, potentially harmful environments.  With long cables connected to equipment signal ports, susceptibility to large transient energy discharges is a real concern.  To ensure reliability in the event of large energy events that can reach the signal input and output connectors, internal protection devices meeting the following international standards are used on Kenrik equipment:

IEC 61000-4-2 (ESD)
IEC 61000-4-4 (EFT)
IEC 61000-4-5 (Lightning)