Can I reuse this backup camera.
I was excited to notice this backup camera attached to the rear of the used camper we bought. Toward the front, the connector looks intact (a single Red RCA style connector) and zip-tied up under the ...
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No doesn't hurt to have a non working camera there so one can ignore it.
Finding a 12V NTSC monitor shouldn't be all that hard, but finding one that supplies power and is able to reverse image left to right may be a difficult battle.
One thing you can do is if you have a TV with a NTSC composite video input (getting rare now days since most TVs only have digital HDMI inputs) you can plug the video cable into the TV input and see if you get any image.
Depending on how the camera is getting power, there could be a splitter in the wiring and 12V connected from the splitter. In those cases folks pulled power often from the running light circuit under the tail light and you simply just turned on the running lights.
Rear view cameras with monitors are pretty inexpensive now days and most are wireless only.. Some work better than others and wireless ones often are limited distance and subject to radio interference so finding a good quality set can be a uphill battle..
Finding a 12V NTSC monitor shouldn't be all that hard, but finding one that supplies power and is able to reverse image left to right may be a difficult battle.
One thing you can do is if you have a TV with a NTSC composite video input (getting rare now days since most TVs only have digital HDMI inputs) you can plug the video cable into the TV input and see if you get any image.
Depending on how the camera is getting power, there could be a splitter in the wiring and 12V connected from the splitter. In those cases folks pulled power often from the running light circuit under the tail light and you simply just turned on the running lights.
Rear view cameras with monitors are pretty inexpensive now days and most are wireless only.. Some work better than others and wireless ones often are limited distance and subject to radio interference so finding a good quality set can be a uphill battle..
