VW Rear View Camera (RVC) - no image on display

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Tue May 09, 2017 12:37 pm

A kind bloke on www.R32OC.com was good enough to haul out an old camera he had and confirmed the wiring order

Not sure how I'm going to keep the wiring attached without the weatherproof jacket, as it acted as a clip. Anyway, will give it a try this weekend.

BB-GP · Post by **BB-GP** » Tue May 09, 2017 1:45 pm

heatshrink?

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Tue May 09, 2017 2:13 pm

Yes, that's the plan. Don't think it will have enough grip. But hopefully...

BB-GP · Post by **BB-GP** » Tue May 09, 2017 2:35 pm

You get adhesive lined heatshrink

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Tue May 09, 2017 2:38 pm

No idea it existed. Thanks! Hopefully RS online has some in a big enough size

spdgti · Post by **spdgti** » Tue May 09, 2017 2:40 pm

Belix wrote:A kind bloke on http://www.R32OC.com was good enough to haul out an old camera he had and confirmed the wiring order

Not sure how I'm going to keep the wiring attached without the weatherproof jacket, as it acted as a clip. Anyway, will give it a try this weekend.

Possibly try using some hot glue to create a housing for the individual cables and them some silicone to hold the assembly in place.

Post by **panic-mechanic** » Tue May 09, 2017 9:00 pm

or plastic steel epoxy.

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Thu May 25, 2017 10:51 am

Finally got plugs from RS. Min order of 5 so have some spare...
Amazingly they were the right ones, although I did have to cut the slight protrusion off the one side

Also got some adhesive shrink tube (3m, used 15cm!)

As the heat shrink does not bend, and to hopefully avoid a future similar issue, I cut the wire opening quite a bit, to let the wires completely clear the housing when the camera moves in and out. It looks big but the action of the camera brings the wires within a mm of the housing

All working again!

If I'd just cut the weatherproof collar off in the first instance, it would have been such a quick fix...

Post by **Howie-WP** » Thu May 25, 2017 2:56 pm

Belix wrote:Finally got plugs from RS. Min order of 5 so have some spare...
Amazingly they were the right ones, although I did have to cut the slight protrusion off the one side

For future reference what were they called / part #?

Belix wrote:All working again!

Belix wrote:If I'd just cut the weatherproof collar off in the first instance, it would have been such a quick fix...

Hindsight is always 20/20 .......

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Fri May 26, 2017 10:12 am

sorry yeah
crimp housing / terminal block or whatever you call it:
Amphenol FCI 90311 Series 2mm Pitch 8 Way 2 Row Straight PCB Housing (CRIMP HOUSING MINITEK 8 WAY shows 2x5 but it's actually 2x4)
http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/pcb-conne ... s/6737626/

and
crimp ends
Amphenol FCI MINITEK Crimp Terminal, Female, 30AWG to 26AWG, Gold over Nickel Plating (Crimp Contact Minitek 26-30AWG)
http://za.rs-online.com/web/p/pcb-conne ... s/7142404/

Belix · Post by **Belix** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:20 am

After the car was at the panel beater, it came back with the same issue.
Wiggling the camera feed wire got a camera display on and off, so I have the same issue again, no doubt a different wire this time.

Suspect I'm going to have to get a replacement camera from carsystems sooner or later. At least they sell just the camera (actually just need the wiring bit) but it's still a big outlay at €214.00.
And judging by their "BESTSELLER" tag, this is common issue, which I will probably have again, even with a new camera, in five or six years...