The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K is a wireless IP camera to HDMI converter that supports up to 4 live video streams with 4K HDMI output resolution. This IP security camera to TV decoder works with all of our
Viewtron IP cameras and any other brand of IP camera that supports an RTSP stream URL address (most do). RTSP = Real Time Streaming Protocol. If you want to use this decoder with a non-Viewtron brand IP camera and need help determining if it will work, please email us at
[email protected].
The IP-HDMI-D4K is a great solution for customers that want to wirelessly connect a security camera to a TV for a live view without a DVR. However, it can also be used in conjunction with a Viewtron DVR / NVR if you want to enable a wireless "CCTV spot monitor" in addition to recording video surveillance footage on your DVR.
The converter displays 1 to 4 IP cameras on a TV monitor. If you want to display more than 4 cameras on your TV, you can use this converter with this Viewtron IP-HDMI-E1 HDMI to IP encoder to send your DVR's entire HDMI video output over your WIFI network to one or more TVs.
You can also
customize the camera display size and screen display layout. And because the Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K works over a standard 2.4Ghz or 5.8Ghz WIFI network, your IP camera(s) or DVR do not need to be installed anywhere near your HDMI TV monitor. Please note that this decoder also has a hard wired RJ-45 Ethernet port that can be used instead of the WIFI antenna. The hard wired Ethernet port is used for the initial wireless access point setup.
Check out these
installation diagrams to see the various ways that this wireless IP camera decoder can be installed.
Wireless IP Camera to TV Decoder Use Cases
Here are some of the ways the Viewtron wireless IP to HDMI decoder can be installed live TV display / CCTV spot monitor applications.
Specification / Features
- Supports all IP camera brands via RTSP Stream (RTSP to HDMI conversion)
- Supported IP Camera Resolutions: 720p / 1mp, 1080p, 2mp, 3mp, 4mp, 5mp, 8mp / 4K
- Supports up to 4 video streams / 4 IP cameras / 4 HDMI to IP Encoders
- 2.4Ghz / 5.8Ghz Wireless Support, Hard Wired RJ-45 Ethernet Port
- Screen Layouts: 1 Camera, 2 Camera , 3 Camera, 4 Camera video displays supported
- Custom Screen Layouts Supported
- Supports pairing with HDMI to IP Encoder to Display entire DVR HDMI output. No limit on the number of cameras displayed via HDMI to IP Encoder pairing.
- Supports 4K HDMI Output / 1080p HDMI Output Resolution
- Audio Support
- 12V DC Power Supply Included
Here are some of the may ways that the Viewtron security camera IP to HDMI decoder can be used with and without a DVR.
This is how the IP-HDMI-D4K converter can be used to connect one IP camera to HDMI TV over a wireless network without a DVR / NVR. This solution is great for customers that do not require any video recording to a DVR and just want a live view of their security camera.
This is how it works.
- The Viewtron IP camera is hard wired to the network switch or router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K decoder is connected via WIFI to wireless router or wireless access point on the same local area network as the IP camera.
- The IP decoder can now connect to the IP cameras video stream over the local network and convert the RTSP video stream into an HDMI signal.
- The HDMI output of the decoder box is connected to an HDMI input on the TV using a standard HDMI cable.
When the user wants to see their security camera live on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV.
**Please note: the IP camera can be powered via PoE (Power over Ethernet) or 12V DC power supply. If using PoE, you can use a PoE switch or a PoE injector if you are connecting the camera to a non-PoE switch or router. You can also put a PoE switch between the router and the camera.
The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K converter / decoder can also be used to connect multiple IP cameras to an HDMI TV monitor over a wireless network without a DVR / NVR. The IP-HDMI-D4K supports up to 4 IP camera video streams. This solution is great for customers that do not require any video recording to a DVR and just want a live view of multiple IP cameras in a 1, 2, 3, or 4 camera live view video layout.
This is example of how it works with 4 IP cameras.
- One to four Viewtron IP camera are connected to a network switch or router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable. Please note that the cameras cam be connected to a different network switch as long as they are all on the same network.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K decoder is connected to the same local area network as the IP camera. This can be done by connecting it to the same wireless router that the IP cameras are hard wired to, or it can be via another wireless access point that is on the same network.
- The IP decoder can now connect to all of the IP camera video streams over the local network using WIFI, combine the video streams, and convert the output into an HDMI signal to display a live view of all the cameras at the same time.
- The HDMI output of the decoder box is connected to an HDMI input on the TV.
When the user wants to see their security cameras live on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV that is connected to the decoder box.
**Please note: the IP cameras can be powered via PoE (Power over Ethernet) or 12V DC power supply. If using PoE, you can use a PoE switch or a PoE injector if you are connecting the camera to a non-PoE switch or router. You can also put a PoE switch between the router and the camera.
The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K decoder can connect to a Viewtron DVR / NVR to access IP camera's RTSP video streams. This allows you to record video surveillance footage to the Viewtron DVR or Viewtron NVR and deploy a dedicated wireless spot monitor / live TV display. Viewtron DVRs and NVRs provide RTSP video streams URLs for all cameras that are connected to it. This solution is great for customers that do want to record video to a DVR and also want a dedicated live view of one or more security cameras on a TV that is not located near the DVR.
This is example of how the Viewtron wireless decoder works with
Viewtron DVRs and Viewtron NVRs.
- Your Viewtron IP camera or CCTV cameras are connected to the Viewtron DVR / NVR (CAT5 cable for IP cameras / coax cable for HD analog BNC cameras). All of the video recording operations, motion detection, AI events, etc. are configured on the DVR as they normally would be.
- The Viewtron recorder is connected to your wireless router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K decoder is connects to the wireless router over 2.4Ghz or 5.8Ghz WIFI.
- The IP decoder can now connect to all of the security camera RTSP video streams via the URLs that the Viewtron DVR / NVR provides (instead of connecting directly to the RTSP streams of the IP cameras).
- The Viewtron converter combines the video streams (if you configure more that one camera) and converts the output into HDMI signal to display a live view of all the cameras at the same time. You can configure 1 to 4 cameras.
- The HDMI output of the decoder box is connected to an HDMI input on the TV.
When the user wants to see live view of their security cameras on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV that is connected to the decoder box.
Here is an amazing use case for the Viewtron wireless IP camera decoder. You can setup a live view of an IP camera on a TV using an IP camera that is off-site at a different location. This creates a remote spot monitor for IP camera solution, and this solution works with multiple IP cameras and also sending a complete HDMI signal over the internet when you also use the Viewtron HDMI to IP encoder.
This is how you can setup the Viewtron WIFI HDMI decoder to display a live view of an IP camera from remotely over the Internet.
- In this diagram the gray box on the left is a separate physical location (Site A) from the white area on the right (Site B).
- The IP camera at Site A is connected to the network router at that location using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- Port forwarding is setup on the router at Site A to allow access to the IP camera's RTSP video stream URL.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K wireless HDMI decoder is located at Site B and is connected to a network router at that location.
- The Viewtron decoder is configured to connect the the security camera's RTSP stream using it's port forwarded URL.
- The IP decoder can now connect to the IP cameras video stream from remotely over the Internet and convert the RTSP video signal into an local HDMI TV signal.
- The HDMI output of the decoder box is connected to an HDMI input on the TV.
When the user wants to remotely see a live view of their security cameras on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV that is connected to the decoder box. Please note that this remote
You can pair the Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K with this
Viewtron HDMI to IP encoder (model IP-HDMI-E1) so you can send HDMI over WIFI. The entire HDMI output of your Viewtron DVR or NVR can be sent over your wireless network to an HDMI TV. Please note that we sell a wireless HDMI kit that includes the HDMI encoder and wireless HDMI decoder together. This basically creates a "spot monitor over wireless IP network solution". You can also send your DVR's HDMI video display to a to a remote location over the Internet if you setup port forwarding on your router. You can display a live view of all of the security cameras on your system to a local or remote monitor over IP network.
This is how it works.
- The Viewtron IP cameras are connected to a Viewtron NVR for typical security recording and operations. Please note that you can also use a Viewtron hybrid BNC DVR with CCTV / analog HD cameras for this application instead of an IP camera system.
- The HDMI output of the DVR or NVR is connected to the HDMI input of the Viewtron IP-HDMI-E1 encoder.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-E1 is connected to a network switch or router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- A Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K wireless HDMI decoder is connected to the same router as the encoder (except the decoder can connect over WIFI).
- The IP decoder can now connect to the IP video stream of the IP-HDMI-E1 encoder over the wireless access point and convert the video back into a standard HDMI signal.
- The HDMI output of the decoder box is connected to an HDMI input on the TV using a standard HDMI cable.
When the user wants to see their security camera live on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV.
You can use more than one Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K converter if you want to display a live view of your IP camera(s) on more than one TV. You can have a one to many relationship between your IP camera and wireless HDMI live displays.
This is how it works in the above example.
- The Viewtron IP camera is connected to the wireless router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- Two Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4k wireless HDMI converter boxes are connected to the wireless router.
- Both converters can now connect to the IP camera's RTSP stream over the wireless network and convert the signal(s) to an HDMI output.
- Each HDMI output of the converter box is connected to an HDMI input on a TV using a standard HDMI cable.
When the user wants to see their security camera live on either TV or both, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV.
You can also use multiple wireless HDMI IP decoders with one
Viewtron HDMI to IP encoder so that you can send the HDMI output of your DVR or NVR to one than one monitor. This creates a one-to-many "IP spot monitor over wireless network solution". You can send your NVR or DVR's HDMI video display to multiple monitors on-site where the DVR is located and / or to a remote monitor location over the Internet if you setup port forwarding on your router.
This is how it works.
- The Viewtron IP cameras are connected to a Viewtron NVR for typical security recording and operations. Please note that you can also use a Viewtron hybrid BNC DVR with CCTV / analog HD cameras for this application instead of an IP camera system.
- The HDMI output of the DVR or NVR is connected to the HDMI input of the Viewtron IP-HDMI-E1 HDMI to IP encoder.
- The Viewtron IP-HDMI-E1 is connected to a wireless network router using CAT5 or CAT6 network cable.
- Multiple Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K decoders are connected to router over WIFI.
- The IP decoders can now connect to the IP video stream of the IP-HDMI-E1 encoder over the wireless network and convert the video back into the standard HDMI signal from the DVR.
- The HDMI output of the wireless decoder boxes are connected to the HDMI input of each TV using a standard HDMI cable.
When the user wants to see the HDMI output of their security camera DVR live on the TV, they can simply select the HDMI input on the TV.
The Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4K supports one, two, three, and four camera screen layouts. You can also customize the size and location of each camera on the display. Please see examples of the video display layouts below. You can click on any of the images to see the full 1080p resolution image.
Single Security Camera TV Display
This is a screen capture of the single camera live video display.
Two Security Camera TV Display
This is a screen capture of the default two camera live video display, with the two cameras with standard 16:9 aspect ration, side-by-side.
Two Security Camera TV Display: Full Screen Width
This is a screen capture of a custom two camera live video display, with the two cameras stretched to the full screen width, and stacked one on top of the other. This 2 camera layout works great with our
Viewtron 180 degree security camera because of it's native ultra wide aspect ratio. Both of the cameras used for this output were Viewtron 180 IP camera model.
Three Security Camera TV Display
This is a screen capture of a default three camera live video display. Camera #1 is the
Viewtron 180 degree security camera which is show stretched to the full TV width in the next example.
Three Security Camera TV Display, 180 Camera Full Width
This is a screen capture of a default three camera live video display with Camera #1 (the Viewtron
180 camera) stretched to the full HDMI width.
Four Security Cameras to TV Live Display
This is a screen capture of the four camera live video display layout.
You can adjust the size of each camera's video display and also custom the layout of the entire display.
This is the default 2 camera layout. To customize it, click on the Channel Layout link in the Advanced settings on the left.
Select Enable on the Video Channel Layout drop down box. Now you can drag each camera on the screen layout and also resize them. In this example, we stretched both cameras to the full TV width. This works very well with our Viewtron 180 security cameras.
Here you can see an example of how the Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4 decoder is used to provide a live view security camera monitor at a retail store entrance. The video stream from this IP camera is sent to decoder for the live display and it is also used by the NVR to record video surveillance footage. The NVR is installed in a server rack in the back of the store.
Free System Consultation & Quotes
Although the Viewtron IP-HDMI-D4 decoder is a simple product in concept, it can be used many different ways, with and without a recorder. You can use multiple decoders for multiple live display security camera monitors. You can use the video streams from IP cameras on site and at remote locations. There are many different Viewtron IP camera choices. CCTV Camera Pros offers free email and phone consultations, and free PDF file quotes. Please call, text, or email us anytime of you have any questions or would like to schedule a phone consultation.
This product is NDAA compliant. That means that it is not manufactured by any of the manufacturers on the NDAA (the National Defense Authorization Act) list of banned manufacturers. This security camera does not use any materials from banned manufacturers either. This product may safely be purchased for government use.
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