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radio-rear camera

Yahoo Message Number: 100648
I have an allure 07 . the combo radio rear camera is going out. would like to put in dedicated radio, and rear camera that is also stand alone . has anyone tried that?

Tom Benefield

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Yahoo Message Number: 100650
our camera went out and we found the problem was a loose connection under the dash. Keep vibrating loose. Poor design. We found it by giggling the wires underneath.

Lonny & Diane Livingston
'04 Allure #31065

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Yahoo Message Number: 100657
Tom, I had the combo camera/radio system and my camera was going out. Since I never used the radio side of the system I removed all of that system and installed a stand alone camera and monitor from Rear View Safety. I used the model RVS-770613. I decided that I did not want to run new wire to the back of the coach since access is almost impossible. When I ordered the camera system I asked for two additional end connectors. I cut the connectors off the old cable and spliced/soldered the new connectors to the old cable. I am sure there are other options but this one was easy. Hard part was how to mount the new camera on the rear cap.

I installed a home theater system to replace the radio.

Richard Aquino
2001 Intrigue

RVS-770613 | One Camera Rear View System | Backup Camera System | Rear View Safety

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Yahoo Message Number: 100669
Good stuff, Richard, but don't stop now. How DID you exchange the cameras in the end cap?
 All I have looked into is seeing a panel high in my rear closet wall that gives access. What do you find once in there?  Did you have to unfasten anything on the outside?  How did you re-seal the hole?
 These cameras are powered. On your new one, is the power line and video feed all contained in a single sheath?  If you wanted to use the video fx what would be needed to do to add that?

Jerry
 

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Yahoo Message Number: 100693
Jerry, replacing that camera was not an easy task and I had to put much thought into it.

Access was from a panel inside the closet. CC had used a large quantity of something like Dicor to hold and seal the camera to the end cap and I used a utility knife to cut it out. That gave me a clean hole in the cap to work with. I had to enlarge it some. The new camera is heavy compared to the old one. I made a wooden frame with a hole in it to mount the new camera on and used an adhesive to mount that frame to the inside of the rear cap. The frame was about 10" x 6" x 7/8" and the hole in the frame was only large enough to put the camera through. I did make a rubber gasket to go between the frame and the inside of the rear cap just for an additional seal. I used a Dicor type product to seal the camera and hole from the outside. That got the camera mounted securely and sealed to the rear cap. Thus the camera is mounted to a frame which is mounted to the inside of the rear cap and the camera is sticking out from the rear cap.

I think the original cable was eight wires and the new camera is five. I spliced the new connectors to the old cable matching colors. I think all that was needed was the power, ground, and video on the new connectors to make the system function but I spliced what was there.

I removed the Panasonic monitor/radio/cd system from the dash and  all associated wiring and components from behind the dash and behind the panel in front of the passenger seat. That was a bunch of stuff and wiring eliminated. The camera wire from the rear cap was behind the panel in front of the passenger seat and that was where the old control unit was. I mounted the new multiplexer control unit in the same place as the old and plugged the cable from the rear camera into the new multiplexer. From there a cable goes to the new monitor that I mounted about where the old unit was.

I don't know what the video fx is.

Richard Aquino
2001 Intrigue