Swann M771CAM190312E manual About the Camera, Placement Guide, Tips Positioning and Orienting

About the Camera

Congratulations on your purchase of this PRO-771 from Swann! You’ve chosen well: we think this is one of the finest CCTV video cameras available. The PRO-771 is great for monitoring a wide open space whilst maintaining a high level of detail, even in low-light situations.

Placement Guide

The PRO-771 has a 6mm, 50° lens built-in which allows it to focus its attention onto one specific area. What does this mean for you when placing it?

•The camera will focus on the one particular area in front of the lens, but won’t see much happening to the sides of it. You’ll need to aim the camera specifically at what you want to see.

•Objects and people will look like they are slightly closer to the camera than they really are. You’ll be able to monitor a space which is as long (or longer) than it is wide.

9.3m

28ft

50°

10m

33ft

The PRO-771 is great for monitoring long, narrow spaces such as hallways or corridors. It’s also great for monitoring a specific space, such as a doorway, smaller room or staircase.

Typically, it is best mounted a corner looking across and down into the room, so that it can look over intervening obstacles. The higher the ceiling the camera is mounted on, the more it will be able to see and the harder it’ll be for an intruder to access the camera or interfere with it.

Tips: Positioning and Orienting

•Try to aim the camera at an area which is evenly lit, as objects or people in shadows near brightly lit objects are very hard to see.

•It’s better to have the camera in the shade looking into the light than vice-versa.

•Avoid having bright light sources in your image. This includes the obvious (such as the sun or an artificial light source) but also things such as reflections. Cars are notorious for reflected light sources, as are buildings with a lot of windows, mirrors and so forth.

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