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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Skibane wrote:
If your tow vehicle is equipped with a backup camera and in-dash monitor, you may be able to splice the camper's camera into your existing monitor.
A lot of factory-equipped backup cameras still use the old NTSC video standard, which makes them compatible with aftermarket cameras like the one on your camper.
Generally Factory equipped or OEM backup camera systems will use non standard and sometimes proprietary connectors which often requires the use of some sort of harness adapter or the old "cut and splice " method.. Sometimes OEMs have made interfacing impossible without additional hardware and software requiring a rather expensive interface box with additional software..
Something else to consider, there are two possible camera setups when it comes to the video you see to be able to see the left side being on the left side of the vehicle instead seeing left side on the right side.
Think of it as a mirror image, the mirror reverses everything, the monitor or the camera must have the capability to undo the image reversal.
Place a standard camera pointing to the rear and you end up seeing a side to side view in reverse (IE left of monitor is actually the right side of vehicle and right side of vehicle ends up on the left side of the monitor)..
Typically the monitor that comes with aftermarket cameras has the capability to flip left to right built in, the built in OEM monitor may or may not have that capability if it was designed for a camera that does the left to right flip.
