Backup camera problem

Flarpswitch wrote:
I have a Voyager with color monitor and B/W camera with night vision. For a while the picture would break up and eventually no picture at all. I had several ideas of what could be wrong, but intermittent problems are tough to isolate. If your camera has infrared LEDs like mine, you can do a quick check that may reveal if the camera is getting power. Turn on the camera normally and use a digital camera or a cell phone that has one built in. The sensor in the camera is sensitive to infra-red and usually you can see the LEDs appear to glow blue in your view finder. Have an assistant turn the camera on and off to get a positive reading. This is also a handy way to check remote control for your A/V gear that uses IR. In my case, I found that the camera was not getting power. The small internal connector inside the camera housing (weather proof) made a poor electrical connection. This can be caused by the metal oxidizing and creating a high resistance the low voltage and relatively low current can't break through. After cleaning the plug and pins on the circuit board and making certain that the connector was firmly in place, all was well and the picture was solid once again. This problem can affect other connections along the way. In the communications biz, some digital circuits will use what is called "Sealing Current" superimposed on the conductors to break through any oxidation. I discovered on one occasion the camera acted up again after the RV sat idle for a couple of weeks. After an hour of leaving the camera on, the picture returned to normal. There are a variety of things that could go wrong. This method may not tell you what it is, just what it isn't.

Mine is an older model with just a black and white camera. Nothing fancy at all but it helps. I use to to keep an eye on the toad while I am travelling down the road and for backing into campsite. Looks like I will need to take it apart and check all the connections. Hoping to figure it out before we leave today but I won't have time - a project for later on I guess. Thanks for the replies.

I have a Voyager with color monitor and B/W camera with night vision. For a while the picture would break up and eventually no picture at all. I had several ideas of what could be wrong, but intermittent problems are tough to isolate. If your camera has infrared LEDs like mine, you can do a quick check that may reveal if the camera is getting power. Turn on the camera normally and use a digital camera or a cell phone that has one built in. The sensor in the camera is sensitive to infra-red and usually you can see the LEDs appear to glow blue in your view finder. Have an assistant turn the camera on and off to get a positive reading. This is also a handy way to check remote control for your A/V gear that uses IR. In my case, I found that the camera was not getting power. The small internal connector inside the camera housing (weather proof) made a poor electrical connection. This can be caused by the metal oxidizing and creating a high resistance the low voltage and relatively low current can't break through. After cleaning the plug and pins on the circuit board and making certain that the connector was firmly in place, all was well and the picture was solid once again. This problem can affect other connections along the way. In the communications biz, some digital circuits will use what is called "Sealing Current" superimposed on the conductors to break through any oxidation. I discovered on one occasion the camera acted up again after the RV sat idle for a couple of weeks. After an hour of leaving the camera on, the picture returned to normal. There are a variety of things that could go wrong. This method may not tell you what it is, just what it isn't.

Check out this site. Page 2 has the wiring diagram.
Model# is AOM561

Could be broken or maybe it isn't getting power.
I would check the wires going into the thing to see if it has 12 volts. Likely there is a jack marked as the 12 volt supply point so you can just unplug and test the contacts on the plug to see if 12 Volts is present.

Now if the display unit has power but the camera does not, the same thing goes - broken camera or 12 volt supply to it not present. Have to check that as well.

Not familiar with your system but can suggest a few things. make sure someone hasn't inadvertently adjusted the brightness to full black, check and see if there may be a reset on the back of the unit, look here in the tech forum or possibly Google it.Sorry i'm not much help and I hope you get it sorted out.

More information from my previous post. I guess technically this is a rear view camera, and it stays on even when going down the road, not just in backup mode. It is a black and white camera if that matters.