There are two choices of camera system - wireless or wired.

The Wireless Cedar Bird Box.

Wireless system: The picture (video signal) and sound (audio signal) are sent to a receiver by a wireless 2.4ghz transmitter built into the camera. There is no need to run cables from the bird box to your TV.  The bird box is wired to the supplied 8V DC adapter or an 8V rechargeable lithium ion battery (optional extra - will power the camera for 12 hours before needing to be recharged).  The "receiver" is placed near your TV or monitor and plugs into one of the TV’s AV channels via the provided AV cable or plugged into a spare AV channel on a video recorder to allow recording of the pictures and sound. The camera operates on the "licence exempt" 2.4ghz 10mW frequency, which is CE compliant throughout the EU. The wireless system has an unobstructed transmission range of approximately 100m. Going through obstacles reduces the range, however as a general guide you should be able to transmit approximately 30 metres and through 1 or 2 normal house walls.

What is included for £169?

Wireless system comes with:

• cedar bird box with installed wireless infrared camera with built in 2.4ghz transmitter and microphone - transmits both video and audio, with 10m (32ft) 8V low voltage power cable (additional 10m extension cables available as an optional extra, these simply plug together to extend the power cable to the required length)

• 8V regulated power adapter for bird box camera / transmitter (bird box camera can also be powered by the rechargeable 8V lithium ion batteries, see  optional extras, these simply plug into the end of the 10m low voltage cable connected to the bird box instead of the 8V transformer)

• receiver base, 12V DC power adapter for receiver base, 1m AV cable to connect to TV or video (longer AV cables are available as an optional extra) and a scart plug to 3 RCA connector.   Pictures can also be viewed on a computer using a suitable AV capture device 

• setup and operating instructions

• delivery and VAT are also included in the price

In fact the only thing that's not included are the birds!!

Advantages of wireless system:

• easy to set up - camera only requires plugging into the mains, no cables between the bird box and your TV
• can be completely wireless by using the rechargeable lithium ion battery - optional extra
• flexible - can be quickly moved from one TV to another quickly and easily
• can run up to 4 cameras on separate channels
• each base has four channels and can be manually switched.  If you have more than one camera on different channels you can switch channels on the base to view the signal from four different cameras

A note on the bird box cameras:

The wired camera system is a black and white camera with infrared light and can see in total darkness.

The wireless camera is a colour camera with infrared light - a day/night camera. In good light it produces a colour image and when the light level falls a photo cell turns on the infrared LEDs and the camera gives a black and white image and can see in total darkness. However, even though the camera is a colour camera there is rarely sufficient light inside the bird box for a colour image and the image is predominately black and white. We have taken the decision not to introduce artificial light into the bird box, even thought this would result in a colour image, as this can disturb the birds. Instead we have opted to use infrared light only to illuminate the box. The infrared light is invisible to the naked eye, harmless to the birds and does not disrupt their natural day/night, light/dark cycles.

Cedar bird box sizes:

The bird boxes are available with four different sizes of entrance hole.  Entrance holes of 25mm, 28mm, 32mm and 38mm are available to attract several different species of birds

Optional extras    Online order page

 

Cedar Bird Box with Wireless Infrared Camera £169 inc. delivery

Cedar Bird Box with Wired b&w Infrared Camera £129 inc. delivery 

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