I guess i have to step in and explain what I did. I replaced the setup on my 2005 fleetwood discovery, the old one was working, but it was b and w. I found a montor at an electronics store on super sale, about $79.00, it has three inputs and a remote. I replaced the camera on the back of the motorhome, removed the camera and cut the wires on each end. Hooked my new color camera up, always remember, yellow is usually the video and Ground is ground. The remaining are for speakers and power. So I ended up with a 9" monitor and color, my cost was minimal as I found a color camera for sale on ebay. I plan to hook side cameras up when I have some time, already tested side cameras from the inside using a cig lighter wire for the power, and the yellow for video. I just have to mount it outside, and run the wires.
fcooper wrote: You'll have to get access to the inside of the rear cap. On my coach, the inside wall had cabinets along the back rear. I cut an access hole inside the cabinet, then got access to the back side of the old camera. I had a problem getting the old camera out. If you can get the old camera out from the outside, you may be able to work from there. Then you work the cable inside the rear cap down to the frame.
Have you considered using the existing cable? I've read of several folks that have either gotten adapters to use with the old cable, or simply cut the plugs off the old system and the new system, and soldered the connections. This would be a lot easier than running one new cable.
Fred
Take a look at my notes on installing a new system. Link in my signature below.
I just picked up a MH with this system in it and in looking to replace the system I stumbled upon that supposedly the system uses a coax cable (have yet to verify) based on what panasonic says. If that is the case most camera's/monitors use RCA so you could use an adapter that costs about one dollar from amazon to keep the current cable run rather than have to re-do it.
fcooper wrote: You'll have to get access to the inside of the rear cap. On my coach, the inside wall had cabinets along the back rear. I cut an access hole inside the cabinet, then got access to the back side of the old camera. I had a problem getting the old camera out. If you can get the old camera out from the outside, you may be able to work from there. Then you work the cable inside the rear cap down to the frame.
Have you considered using the existing cable? I've read of several folks that have either gotten adapters to use with the old cable, or simply cut the plugs off the old system and the new system, and soldered the connections. This would be a lot easier than running one new cable.
Have you considered using the existing cable?
Fred
The old system is black and white. It uses a coax type cable so it is obsolete for use with the new color systems. My camera is surface mounted so it is easy to remove. The only real challenge that I can see will be running the new cable from the camera down the rear cap out and under the bottom.
There is a large window under the camera so the cable needs to go around it and down. I just don't know what the space is in there and how to fish it around.
I do have cabinets all along the rear so maybe I can use your idea. Thx
Not true.
Both systems use composite video. You just need the proper adaptors for the connectors at each end.
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