Camera cables

[joepat50]

Finished the new camera / monitor install and it came out pretty
good... Used parts from ebay and found one that would fit in the
opening of the fiberglass cover that holds the plastic lens that the
old camera looked through.

That lens was so clouded that it looked like some one had sanded it!

The new LCD monitor fits where the old CRT monitor did, but I attached
it to the front of the panel so I could get to the controls.

I'll post some photos later this week.

/Joe




--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "joepat50" wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@>
> wrote:
> >
> > My quest to upgrade the rear view camera continues...
> >
> > Today, I managed to get the old camera and old monitor out of the
> > bus. This, of course, has raised a new question for me.
> >
> > In my old FC, I changed out the old camera with a modern one. I kept
> > the old monitor, which worked fine. I was able (using some
> > connection adapters from Radio Shack) to plug the new camera right
> > into the original coax camera cable. Presto! New camera worked
> > great.
> >
> > With that in mind, my hope was that I would be able to change out the
> > camera and the monitor on my PT and just plug each of them into the
> > original cable, thereby saving me the headache of running a new
> > cable. The problem? The original monitor doesn't have a coax
> > plugged into the back like I expected...just a pin connector with
> > several small wires on it.
> >
> > So my question...does anyone know where the single cable that comes
> > out of the camera terminates? And, am I just being foolish to
> > believe I can use that old cable with a new camera and LCD monitor
> > anyway?
> >
> > Scott Forman
> > 86 PT38
> > Memphis
> >
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Im in the middle of redoing my rear view too, have a camera and a
> small LCD monitor that I picked up, going to install them RSN...
>
> The CRT monitor has a edge card connector on the back, if you look
> you'll see where the coax is soldered to it. The other connections
> are for the brightness, contrast and power.
> I soldered the coax to a RCA plug and the power to a connector that
> fits the LCD monitor and that seems to work OK. The contrast and
> brightness wires I capped off with insulated crimp ons.
> If you need I can look at the old connector and get you the pins
> ---if I havent tossed it.
>
> I still have to mount the LCD in the console and the camera at the
> rear of the coach...
>
> HTH, Joe
>
> '87 PT40
> San Francisco
>