Installed vs-8 vision system in June. Worked fine until yesterday, the n only the manual switch will light the camera, putting the truck in reverse doesn't engage camera. Any suggestions? Oops! Just found out that the lights on the camera are not working. I didn't realize it becaus the camera would send a signal to the mirror because I was working on it with the tail end of the truck was in the light and it looked like the camera lights were working when I hit the manual switch. sorry for the misdiagnosis. Installed vs-8 vision system in June. Worked fine until yesterday, the n only the manual switch will light the camera, putting the truck in reverse doesn't engage camera. Any suggestions? Oops!... » Read More Installed vs-8 vision system in June. Worked fine until yesterday, the n only the manual switch will light the camera, putting the truck in reverse doesn't engage camera. Any suggestions? Oops! Just found out that the lights on the camera are not working. I didn't realize it becaus the camera would send a signal to the mirror because I was working on it with the tail end of the truck was in the light and it looked like the camera lights were working when I hit the manual switch. sorry for the misdiagnosis. « Show Less
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First thing I would is to "re-check all" of your connections at the brake light bulb wiring area. Additionally, check for any kinks or snapped wires. Also, I zip-tied my wires to the frame, however the ties were a little loose, that way they shouldn't snap. It seams pretty clear to me that the issue is the brake light area. Let me know how you make out, good luck!
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I had a similar issue with mine. Unfortunately, I found that the electronics inside the mirror are not shielded well from the summer heat, subsequently causing failure. It sounds like your failure occurred in the "remote activation" portion of the unit, which is why you can still manually engage it. I had to contact the manufacturer to get a warranty exchange. Good luck!
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good; what type of camera do you have the one that came with my monitor is not water proof
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Have someone help you check that the reverse lights are working. (white lights on the back) the system uses this signal to turn on. if the lights are working, recheck the connection into the reverse lamp circuit.
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The green wire goes to the wire that supplies voltage to your backup lights. You need a wiring diagram of you vehicle or find the wire supplying 12 volts to the backup lights. When you put vehicle in reverse the monitor will come out of sleep mode and display the camera. Mine is wire red 12v switch on. Black to ground. Green to backup wire hot in reverse. Camera is on V2 input. This way it turns on only when in reverse and you can still touch the power button and monitor works both ways. Hope this helps
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I have the same question. Looks like the lights are gone with out notice. In fact I thought it's not working since there to light, but looks OK afterwards. What is disturbing is that as an owner of old model I was not aware of the missing lights...
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Something is wired wrong. You have to pull two different hot wire power sources. One for the Backup Camera at the 'rear' of the vehicle that taps into the hot reverse vehicle backup light wire, and one at the 'front' of the vehicle for the Monitor as well. Both the front and the rear must in addition be grounded to vehicle body ground. The hot wire source at the front of Vehicle Monitor can be any hot vehicle wire tie in but must be away from the fuse box to help prevent engine ignition 'run' static. I will hand draw a wiring diagram and return to this post and put it up in a while.
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It's a camera and should be wired into your backup light and only work when you put the vehicle in reverse if properly installed. You will have a picture of what's behind the vehicle when in reverse but when you shift into forward the the monitor screen goes blank.
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1) Did you check to make sure you did not accidentally reverse the power/ground wires? 2) You said 18 channels - some cameras can consume a lot of power; Is your power supply adequately sized (plus some margin) to deliver power to all your cameras? To check this, I would unplug all cameras except for one. Then add in more cameras one by one. 3) Using a volt meter (and measuring resistance), did you check to make sure you do not accidentally have a short circuit somewhere? If your DVM shows 0, or something close to it, you might* have a short.
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Obviously, check all connections. Also, the power might have been cut so you would have to reenter pswd. If you look at face of camera at night you can see if it glows red. If it doesn't the camera(s) not working. Other than that, I would need more info....
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When I shift into reverse (at which time power is applied to the connected backup camera via a tie-in with the backup lights), the screen comes on immediately. And yes, as soon as the video input stops, the monitor shuts off.This is the camera I use with the monitor:Esky EC170-08 High Definition Car Rear View Backup Camera
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I had to connect the camera to my alpine head unit HD920. Then there was a wire off of the head unit that tied into the gear shift to activate it when you put the vehicle in reverse. So to specifically answer your question no you do not tie it into the the reverse light but you do have to tie it into something that can tell it when you put the vehicle into reverse. Hope that helps. Steve N
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email the company and tell them what is happening.I had to do it with ours. we also were having problems with intermittent alarm going off when there is no movement with cameras. the company has been great in helping us and repaired and or replaced them. that is the only thing I could tell you to do. but overall I did not think that there would be so much wrong. return the whole thing if you can.
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I would send it back. I have had mine for some time and have had no issues with mine. Sounds like a bad light sensor. Good luck.
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Check to make sure that your video cable is plugged into the rear video port. Also make sure that if your stereo has a reverse cable that it is connected to reverse power somewhere in your car. On my stereo I just bought some power cable from Autozone and ran it from the back of my stereo all the way through my car and spliced into my reverse lights. If you want to always be able to switch to your reverse feed then you will need to plug the video cable into the alternate video port. However if you are doing this then your stereo's parking cable will need to be bypassed or grounded. Otherwise you won't get a picture when you are not in park. This is similar to when you put a DVD in and take it out of park, your car should turn off the picture so that you can't watch a DVD while your driving.
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Hooked the camera up to a single pole/double throw-center off switch on the trailer's bathroom exhaust fan. One position turns on the fan, center position of switch is off and other position is camera ON. Purchased switch at Radio Shack. Did not connect the green trig wire, only the two 'hot' wires. The truck had its own backup camera, so made a cigarette lighter plug in switch to hook up the monitor in the truck for using the RV camera monitor when hauling the RV, when not pulling the RV, the monitor is stowed in RV.
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As per BestBuy technician, he replaced license plate light with camera. I think it will be ok.If it does not work, you can just return it. I hope this is a proper answer for you.
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Most likey the line going to the camera from the contoler is compromised an not getting power(low voltage).it is the same camera I'm thinking of the Scott 24 volts for power 2 lines. Hoekstra video need to have at least two more lines going for the controller positive and negative check thatI would start with the plug and work my way up to the camera
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Connect the Red Wire to your the wire going to one of your Backup Lights and the Black Wire to the chassis making sure that you have a good ground. The idea is for the camera to turn on when I put the vehicle transmission in reverse.
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DO you have other cameras and are they operating alright? Naturally check all the connections both at the camera and the recorder. Also look for any nicks or cuts at the exposed wires. I experienced a problem once when all the cameras stopped working and it turned out it was the power adapter that went out. I replaced this item and it worked just fine after that. This is a good camera for the money. I have two of these and they have been working for just over a year. I'm even thinking of replacing the other two cameras with one of these so please let me know how this turns out. Good luck