Factory fitted reverse camera

[Stormski]

Hopefully someone will be able to point me in the right direction, my 02 V6 tin top has what appears to be a factory fitted revering camera which sits neatly next to the rear number plate. It also has a double din dvd cd sat nav head unit which I assume the reverse camera also connected to. The head unit doesn't work and would be in Japanese if it did so I want to replace it, unfortunately the head units I have looked at have a RCA connector at the back but the cable that I have attempted to trace from the back camera seems to terminate in a connector block, nothing that looks capable of carrying a video signal, can anybody shed some light on my set up, or offer any solution. Cheers

[Driver+Passengers]

Hopefully someone will be able to point me in the right direction, my 02 V6 tin top has what appears to be a factory fitted revering camera which sits neatly next to the rear number plate. It also has a double din dvd cd sat nav head unit which I assume the reverse camera also connected to. The head unit doesn't work and would be in Japanese if it did so I want to replace it, unfortunately the head units I have looked at have a RCA connector at the back but the cable that I have attempted to trace from the back camera seems to terminate in a connector block, nothing that looks capable of carrying a video signal, can anybody shed some light on my set up, or offer any solution. Cheers

I think that's called a composite video signal - the RCAs I've seen for this have usually been yellow. My PC monitor's got an RCA input. Those little black and white portable TVs might take a composite signal too - probably get one at any car boot sale.

You might be able to mod the head unit, depending what it is - but it might be a tricky project getting it to run something else. Make + model?

[g8dhe]

You may find that as the head end is intended for Japanese TV the standard is probably NTSC-J rather PAL for the composite signal. See Wikipedia for some details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC-J

[Driver+Passengers]

D'oh!

[perros huevos]

yes the camera will be nstc if your changing the h/u go for something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ES975EU-7-2-D ... 4ab11e6e96 and then get a new pal camera ccd not ccom they are very cheap and replace your licence plate light
chris

[rita]

Hi,
I was thinking of getting something like this,what do you think?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Rearview- ... 231694956e

[MountainGoat]

I have more or less the same setup but went for a wired one as I had heard that they were more reliable than wireless ones. System was fitted for me by Dave_Aber and is activated and de-activated by using the reverse gear. Another Bobgo owner fitted the same equipment as mine earlier but I do not know if it was set up to work the same way as mine. Wire passed along within spoiler then inside the Bongo within the tailgate wiring loom them down the drivers door front pilar.

Bought off ebay, came from Hong Kong.

Tony