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Connecting TVs, security cameras and monitors used to be a nightmare, but now with the latest in digital coax cable systems and the easy-to-use, twist-on BNC connectors, the hardest part is figuring out where you want to put your monitors. You can install a BNC connector quickly with just a few tools. Installing your own BNC connectors will not only let you decide exactly where you want your cameras and TVs placed, but it will save the cost of having a professional installer come to your house.
Cut the end of your cable about a 1/4 inch back from where you need the BNC connector to end. An easy way to do this is to run your CCTV cable from the monitoring source to where your camera will be, where the cable meets the camera is where you want to make your cut.
Strip 3/4 inch of cover off the cable, exposing the coax cable beneath. Expose 1/2 inch of the bare coax braid (the braided copper core of the cable) by removing the dielectric foam packing around it.
Twist the braid counter-clockwise until the remaining dielectric foam is twisted tightly down into a 1/4-inch pack near the cable cover and absolutely no part of the foam is touching the exposed braid.
Hold the BNC connector in one hand; with the other, insert the braid into the center of the connector. Continuing pushing the braid into the connector until it will not go in any farther. Do this gently and slowly; do not bend the braid.
Turn the BNC connector in a clockwise direction, screwing it onto the cable, until you cannot turn it any more. Test the cable before putting your tools away.
