Rear View Camara

Ray, what happens if you plug the camera into the screen using a much shorter cable?

Do you experience the same problem? It may not be the power supply or the cabling but a faulty camera.

Also, have you tried plugging another camera or video source into the screen to see if it the screen?

cheers,
Sam.

"but on testing the connection at the monitor from the camara I only have 3 volts"

- so you are running 12volts from the car, to the camera at the back of the van, then forward again to the Monitor ?

The monitor will draw more current than the camera. You should be feeding the Monitor directly from the vehicle.

Mike

Ray,

Are you talking about measuring 3 volts on the signal cable from the camera? If so, I would imagine that's probably OK for a video signal. I wouldn't expect to see 12V on the signal cable, just the power supply cable.

Mike

Sounds to me like you are trying to measure the video signal. Try the picture quality with the engine switched off. I recently fitted some that worked fine with the engine off but went haywire when running on alternator voltage (anywhere up to 14.6 volts) hade to fit regulators to the power supply for the monitors and cameras.

Whilst there has been attention paid to the power side of things it seems to me that the picture is the issue here? Check the video settings on the LCD monitor as you usually have at least two input settings and they will be identified in the manual but as you don't have one perhaps a check with the manufacturer's website and a phone call may not go astray. Also check the camera connections themselves as the pin connection can sometimes become damaged.

Length of cable should not be a problem with video quality unless the cable is damaged. I run a Poron infared colour system on a 120 Prado with no problems at all.

Enjoy the chase

Rob