Failed B/U Monitor - What to do now?
We bought our Georgetown new in 2004, and while we have had some issues with it, I've never looked back at our decision to buy it because of the enjoyment it has provided us over the years. The one t...
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I have probably the exact MH and had the same failure of the backup monitor. Mine was intermittent and I never knew whether it was the camera or monitor.
I replaced it with a RVS-770613, made by Rear View Safety http://www.rearviewsafety.com/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=My%2BCompany.
I bought it from Costcos for less than $200. It's currently shown for $159 http://www.costco.com/1-Backup-Camera-System-with-7%22-LCD-Screen-by-Rear-View-Safety.product.100128963.html
I had to trace out the conductors within the old cable and then solder spice a connector at each end of the old cable. I also needed to fabricate mounts for the monitor and camera.
The camera fits inside the doghouse cover and the monitor is mounted on a piece of plastic cutting board pated black that fills in the cutout on the dash panel.
I later added 2 side view cameras from ebay for about $20 each.The switcher included with the system supports 4 inputs with audio only from the rear camera.
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If you look at the image closely, you'll see my ladder at the rear bumper
There are three shortcomings with it's operation.
1) No night vision even though the camera has IR IEDs on it. It might only be my installation of the camera inside the doghouse blocking the IR light source?
2) The audio isn't as loud as the origninal
3) adjustments are digital without twist knobs, A little cumbersome when driving.
I replaced it with a RVS-770613, made by Rear View Safety http://www.rearviewsafety.com/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=My%2BCompany.
I bought it from Costcos for less than $200. It's currently shown for $159 http://www.costco.com/1-Backup-Camera-System-with-7%22-LCD-Screen-by-Rear-View-Safety.product.100128963.html
I had to trace out the conductors within the old cable and then solder spice a connector at each end of the old cable. I also needed to fabricate mounts for the monitor and camera.
The camera fits inside the doghouse cover and the monitor is mounted on a piece of plastic cutting board pated black that fills in the cutout on the dash panel.
I later added 2 side view cameras from ebay for about $20 each.The switcher included with the system supports 4 inputs with audio only from the rear camera.
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If you look at the image closely, you'll see my ladder at the rear bumper
There are three shortcomings with it's operation.
1) No night vision even though the camera has IR IEDs on it. It might only be my installation of the camera inside the doghouse blocking the IR light source?
2) The audio isn't as loud as the origninal
3) adjustments are digital without twist knobs, A little cumbersome when driving.
