CCTV installation & repair in St Ives

If your cameras in St Ives have stopped recording, lost their night vision or disappeared from your phone, we fix them. We work on any brand of camera and recorder, whoever installed it, and talk you through the likely cause and cost on the phone before we visit.

• Old system too poor to identify anyone

  Likely cause

  Ageing analogue cameras and a recorder near the end of its life.

  How we fix it

  Upgrade cameras and recorder, reusing good existing cable where we can.

• A camera's been knocked or damaged

  Likely cause

  Weather, a ladder or deliberate tampering has moved or broken it.

  How we fix it

  Realign or replace it with a tougher vandal-resistant model.

• Wrong time and date on recordings

  Likely cause

  The clock reset after a power cut, so footage is hard to use as evidence.

  How we fix it

  Set automatic time sync and check every camera stamps the right time.

• Recorder has stopped recording

  Likely cause

  A failed or full hard drive, or recording settings lost after a power cut.

  How we fix it

  Test the drive, replace it if needed and set recording and overwrite properly.

Older systems can often be brought up to date in stages: a new recorder first, then cameras as budget allows, using the cable already in the walls. Every repair finishes with a check of each camera by day and after dark, and a test playback from your phone.

Many homes in St Ives and the Hemingfords have gardens that run down to the Great Ouse, and the river side is often the weak point: dark, out of sight from the house and reachable by boat or from the towpath. We cover it with weatherproof cameras that have built-in lights, with motion zones set to the bank so passing boats don't trigger constant alerts.

On the estates to the north of town, a typical system covers the front door, the car, the side gate and the garden. Recordings stay on a box in your home with no monthly fee.