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Feb 08, 2017

Backup Camera and Monitor replacement ?'s

My 07 Georgetown 350DS has an old Voyager B&W camera and an old Tube style Monitor mounted in the dash. I have a few questions about how to fix and replace this system.

1. My current review monitor is mounted high up on the back of Motorhome just below a plastic cap. No idea where the wire goes so no idea how you could fish a new wire through that plastic cap and down along the fiberglass? Any idea how to do this ?

2. My old tube monitor is going to leave a large hole in the dash. I'd like to mount the new camera in the same hole wher this camera was mounted. Any ideas on how to fill this hole and make it look decent and not like a hack job?

Thanks. Any help or ideas especially about running the new wire would be appreciated. That's going to be the big challenge.
  • The above advice about contacting RVCams.com is the best advice. Let them know what you have and they can supply the replacement equipment and how to modify the wiring if that's necessary.
    They were able to update my system which had wiring from 1988 to a new modern 7" color/audio system. Could not be happier.
  • I did the camera and monitor replacement,and documented it with pictures on the IRV2 forum.
    Go to this link

    files section of irv2

    and select the file titled

    Rear View Cameras (2) & Monitor Install

    You can probably use the original cable. You can get some good components with careful shopping from ebay and save a lot of money.

    Fred
  • Yup. I replaced the camera and the monitor in the Sahara and used the old wire. The customer service at RVCams is excellent. Just tell them what you want to do and they'll send you what you need.You'll just need to make sure that you have a 12VDC power source close to the camera.

    The old camera in the Sahara fed the front TV for a monitor. Every time you turned the rear view camera on, the inverter came on as well to power the TV. I was real happy to dump that system.
  • In general, there should be no need to run a new wire. You presumably already have power and a coax video cable from the camera location to the display unit, and all that would be needed is to figure out adapters for the connectors. That's assuming, of course, that the existing wiring is not somehow damaged and nonfunctional.
  • The same thing happened to our black and white monitor and camera. We went to rvcams.com and they sold us an adapter plate, monitor and camera. We opted to have an auto audio specialist install it. It looks like it has always been there.