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Post by bumfluff on May 5, 2021 11:01:58 GMT
After various phone calls and emails, most folk don't even bother to reply, I've tracked down two suppliers on eBay that apparently have the cable with the right connections that I'm looking for. One of them is based in Portugal and the other in Australia, where the P&P costs more than the flipping cable. Anyway I've ordered the one from Portugal so fingers crossed although it won't get here for another week and a half.
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Post by 747 on May 5, 2021 11:45:14 GMT
I think you are wasting your time on this old camera. It will be a CMOS type whereas the newer ones are digital and both sharper and clearer. The camera might only work for a short time and then you have to start all over again.
The website I posted earlier has adapter cables so that you can use a 4 pin (modern spec) cable and connect your old bits to it. I have been through all this when my CMOS cameras have failed on my last 2 vans.
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Post by Barry B'stard on May 5, 2021 12:02:43 GMT
I think you are wasting your time on this old camera. It will be a CMOS type whereas the newer ones are digital and both sharper and clearer. The camera might only work for a short time and then you have to start all over again. The website I posted earlier has adapter cables so that you can use a 4 pin (modern spec) cable and connect your old bits to it. I have been through all this when my CMOS cameras have failed on my last 2 vans.
Says the bloke who spent months trying to set up an internet connection with baked bean cans and string.
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Post by raynipper on May 5, 2021 14:24:30 GMT
I still have some 6 or 8 core telephone cable. No end terminations just cable. In fact I still have a couple of drums of UK house cable. Lighting and power.
Ray.
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Post by bumfluff on May 10, 2021 18:39:41 GMT
The extension cable from Portugal arrived today 5 days after being ordered. After checking the connections and powering up the unit guess what? It bloody well works a treat. Yippee! Now all I have to do is drill some holes into the wall of the van, fit up the camera, route the cable through some cupboards etc, mount the screen somewhere on the dashboard and wire it in.
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Post by GB584 on May 10, 2021 19:01:47 GMT
The extension cable from Portugal arrived today 5 days after being ordered. After checking the connections and powering up the unit guess what? It bloody well works a treat. Yippee! Now all I have to do is drill some holes into the wall of the van, fit up the camera, route the cable through some cupboards etc, mount the screen somewhere on the dashboard and wire it in. At which point will you knacker the cable and have to start again?
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Post by Joe66 on May 10, 2021 19:18:56 GMT
You could have got a wireless camera and monitor for ebay, £20.
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Post by bumfluff on May 10, 2021 20:17:28 GMT
You could have got a wireless camera and monitor for ebay, £20. Now he bloody well tells me.
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Post by Barry B'stard on May 10, 2021 20:56:17 GMT
If you fit a scooter rack you dont need a reversing camera. They act like battering rams. So far I have scored several cyclists, Lampposts, a couple of Aire de Camping Faggot signs and a massive wheelie bin which I punted down Figiac high street in the south of France. Reversing cameras are for Fags!
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Post by bumfluff on May 10, 2021 21:42:26 GMT
If you fit a scooter rack you dont need a reversing camera. They act like battering rams. So far I have scored several cyclists, Lampposts, a couple of Aire de Camping Faggot signs and a massive wheelie bin which I punted down Figiac high street in the south of France. Reversing cameras are for Fags! The wife likes to keep an eye on me in case I go for a piss out the back of the van.
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