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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
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One thing that has kept me from going with a camera is just what you are experiencing. I am concerned about a wireless signal from the back of the RPod to the cab of the Frontier. Hard-wired would eliminate signal issues, but you would still need to make sure both power and ground are good. Do you have one of those 12V battery boosters, either lead-acid or Lithium? You could connect the camera to that as a power supply and then see if you get a good signal at the display. If so, then it would likely indicate that the power (either positive or negative/ground) connections are not right. If not, then it would be more indicative of a signal/reception problem. This is with the camera in the location you want, not in the TV's cab.
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David and Danette ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1222 |
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Thank you, so I am thinking it could be three things by what has been said low voltage or the length of power cord causing interference or improper ground. I will keep at it and hopefully have it working have plenty of time now have been staying home because of the corona virus. I may end up having a wire from front dash directly to camera that will be more difficult but may be my only option. I wish the truck was a couple of years newer then it would of had the factory back up camera or it came with the camera option.
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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
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Check that the ground is good also. I have had issues with a backup sensor that I thought was a bad device, but it turned out to be a bad ground connection.
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offgrid ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
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You might want to read this post. After reception/antenna issues the number two issue raised is too low voltage on the light circuit. Its possible that is your problem, while on the dome light circuit the voltage is higher.
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David and Danette ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1222 |
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offgrid I understand what you are saying but the reverse lights or the tail lights remain on and the little blue light on the camera remains lit but the picture on the monitor turns on and off. But changing the electrical power to the camera from the dome light the picture on the monitor remains constant. The only thing that's changing is the source of electricity, the camera and the monitor both remain in the same location. I will call Furrion tomorrow there is something I am not understanding and when the tech at Furrion told me the other day the power was intermittent he may not of understood. Eventually I will get it figured out may end up doing what CharlieM said and that is to run a wire from ignition accessory switch back to the camera.
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offgrid ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
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By intermittent the Furrion people just mean that the backup lights are normally only on for a short period while you have the shift selector in reverse, while the running lights stay on all the time if you have your running lights on. There isn't anything weird about how current is sent to your backup lights, unless you have a bad backup light switch. If the backup lights on your TV are on steadily when you are in reverse then that isn't the problem.
If you still have issues staying connected when powered via the parking lights then I'd suspect a communications problem between the display and the camera. I believe that it is bluetooth which has a limited range so the distance between the camera and display might be the problem. |
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David and Danette ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1222 |
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I have a question for a electrical engineer what does it mean by a electrical current being intermittent? I connected our Furrion camera to the reverse lights and the camera has a blue light that shows the camera is getting electricity but on the receiving monitor the picture goes on and off. I then connected the camera to the tail lights and the same thing the picture goes on and off but when I connect the camera to the interior dome light of the fiberglass cap on back of truck the picture is good no problem. I called Furrion and was told the electricity to the reverse lights is intermittent and that the camera was not designed to work from the reverse lights. And was told it was designed to work from the running lights. What am I not understanding? Is the electrical current transmitted in a different way to the reverse lights and tail lights?
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David and Danette ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1222 |
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I found some nice switches with connectors on amazon.com they were advertised for use with LED light strips. They work great for my purpose now I have option of rear camera being on all the time or just when I am in reverse. As was mentioned by Charlie I will need to remember not to leave the camera on when truck is not being used so I don't drain the battery. The camera draws less than a half amp so if I did forget to turn it off it would take awhile for the battery to drain and being the truck is used almost every day.
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David and Danette ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1222 |
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I finally got around to connecting the rear camera on the back of our truck cap and I have a problem. The camera works connected to the interior dome light of the cap. But when I connect it to the reverse lights the camera will briefly come on and go off again. I checked the polarity and far as I can see the wires are correct. The camera has a blue light showing that it has power but it has no signal to the monitor. But has a continuous signal to the monitor when connected to the dome light. All I can think of is the reverse lights are causing some kind of interference with the signal. I am calling Furrion tomorrow and hopefully will get a answer to why there is no signal when camera is getting power from the reverse lights. Puzzles me!
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CharlieM ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
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David, Two simultaneous sources of 12V will not harm the camera. The only problem is possibly draining the battery when you forget to turn off the added switch. The ideal solution would be to run a wire from the accessory side of the ignition switch. This point should be available somewhere under the hood.
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