Digital recorders (DVRs) have been installed at the Beatles Story visitor attraction so that images captured from the CCTV cameras can be more easily stored and accessed. Set up in 1988, it opened in the Albert Dock in Liverpool in May 1990 before being expanded in recent years.
As part of its latest refurbishment, managers decided on an upgrade to security and approached Mark Ashall, Operations Director at Unique Integrated Systems (UIS), who had worked on the original install in the Albert Dock, to specify what needed upgrading: “The old system was a mismatch of three different DVRs, with different sized hard drives and cabling that needed modernising,” he says.
“We decided that the best plan was to move the control panel into the comms room so that the cabling could be re-organised. We also specified four Bosch 600 series DVRs – having worked with them on a number of others sites and been very pleased with their reliability and performance – and a control keyboard.”
The DVR 600 is part of a new series of digital video recorders that enables operators to manage video from any location via LAN, WAN or the internet. It supports playback in multiple display aspect ratios including wide-screen, high-resolution monitors. Viewing is also possible from web-enabled mobile devices.
The 600 Series, meanwhile, is an eight or 16-channel DVR that adds the ability for the user or installer to add storage of up to 4TB in one unit. It supports playback in multiple display aspect ratios including widescreen, high-resolution monitors. It is aimed at a variety of small- to medium-sized applications. To install and configure requires no special training, according to the makers. Control is via a keyboard, mouse, infra-red remote control or from the front panel.
Alan McCarthy, Security Manager at the Beatles Story, says: “We have some low light level areas that the cameras are suited to survey without losing picture quality. The monitors, cameras and keyboard are very easy to use, and now that the final parts of the system have been upgraded with the Bosch DVRs we are confident that whatever may happen on site, we will be able to capture it and use it should we need to.” Visit www.boschsecurity.com. Further information is available online at www.bosch.com.
