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Thermoguy
Oct 31, 2021Explorer II
Gdetrailer wrote:
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..
This is the only answer you need - since you don't have an in dash screen - assuming no back up camera on your truck, those reply's don't work for you. You need a screen that takes a standard video input. What is the connection at the end of the line? You need a monitor that has that for an input.
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