Rear View Cameras

With the canopy on, it is impossible to see what is behind you, and the camper trailer can't be seen in the side mirrors (unless going around a bend).

The system was purchased from Safety Dave.

We mounted a camera on the rear of the canopy, and a monitor clipped to the existing rear view mirror. Cables were run down left habd pillar, then along door sills, into the cavity under the rear seat, then out through the floor in a gland. Into the canopy through another gland, through ducting and out a cable clam at the rear. The cable clam allows the camera to be removed without cutting the cable, and I prefer them to grommets for weatherproofing.

Since getting a van, a Safety Dave switch was installed to switch from the car camera to the van camera automatically.

The SD monitor was also replaced with an HD monitor to work with the HD cameras on the van.

Our new van came with 2 rear view cameras, one for rear view and one for recersing.

The Rear view camera is wired up to a Safety Dave switch so that when the van is connected, it automatically switches from the car camera to the van camera. Connected to Chanel 1 of the Moitor.

The revers camera on the van is connected to channel 2 of the monitor.

The monitor has 2 channels.

Chennel 1 comes from a automatic videeo switch which switches between the car rear camera and the vans rear view camera.

Chennel 2 comes from the van reversing camera.

The cables connections are all in the front of the canopy. As I needed to cut the video cables to fit them in the cable glands enterinbg the canopy, and I couldn't source the same connectors as those on the cables, I used a m12 coneector. This resulted in making adaptor cables for inside the canopy to connect it all together.