Do it Yourself Hard Wired Residential Security System

Place the sticky side of a vibration sensor on every window of the house. Run the wiring attached to the sensor along the baseboard of the wall until you come to the alarm module that you plugged into a wall outlet for power. Connect the end of the wiring to the sensor input screws on the module. Repeat this for every window in the house that an intruder could enter through. Rotate the volume knob on the module fully clockwise so that the siren that will go off if a window is disturbed will be piercingly loud.

Place a motion sensor module on the floor opposite every doorway entrance to the home. Set the controls on the motion sensor module to react to the slightest movement that passes by or in front of the sensor. Connect mini-jack cables between the connectors on the modules and the alarm module that is on the night table. Plug the alarm module into a wall outlet and rotate the volume knob clockwise or slide the volume selector switch all the way to the right (depending on the make) so that any movement a motion sensor detects will set off the siren in the alarm module.

Mount security cameras to the wall, facing entranceways into the home. Plug the cameras into wall outlets. Screw coaxial cables into the coax output on the cameras and run the cables to the bedroom, where the video receiver is connected to the TV. Screw the free ends of the coaxial cables into the coax inputs on the receiver. Plug the receiver into a wall outlet and turn it on. Turn on the TV. Select between camera views using the selector knob on the receiver to switch between the video being sent by the cameras.