Actually does the camera plug in directly at the back of the touch screen rather that into the tv module or anywhere in the rear of the car?
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yes they are proned to taking in water..in the plug on the back of the camera it will be a 2pin plus the coaxial, as you said you will need to solder new connectors on to the cable unless you get a second hand LR camera, they do come up on ebay. V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
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twhincup wrote:

tanertimur was it 1) how cheap for the camera and interface and 2) easy fitting for a non-electrician?

daveo wrote:

the only gvif interface i have looked at are quite Pricey at around £150, what have you got

daveo wrote:

yes they are proned to taking in water..in the plug on the back of the camera it will be a 2pin plus the coaxial, as you said you will need to solder new connectors on to the cable unless you get a second hand LR camera, they do come up on ebay.

are you using a NTSC camera.. V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
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yes we are now, first one we had said it was ntsc but turns out its mis sold and its pal. got another camera and we seem to be working! now just to try and mount it and wire it up properly. watch this space . . . John Wood

The micro coax is a bit of a chore have to go to rapid online and buy an SMB crimp tool and some crimps for rg174 or rg316 and re make the connector.

For the factory camera the coax runs down the right d pillar and along the right side of the car and plugs in to the touch screen with a FAKRA (keyed SMB)

I swapped mine for a 2010 with the yellow lines and have to dl the pics and do a write up.

The original 2006 camera is sheeyit. There is a poorly bonded seam which lets water in.

well after much head scratching today over why we couldnt get the new NTSC camera to work on the existing power leads, we finally figured it out. we had previously has the PAL version working but with a distorted picture. luckily we have CCTV cameras at the warehouse here, so we pinched a power supply off one and used it to test the camera. worked fine. turns out the PAL camera had blown the fuse in the rear fuse box. new one of them and the picture came up crystal clear!!!
we drilled out the pop rivet holding the old camera bracket on and double sided the new one in place to line it up, then drilled 2 small pilot holes and self tapped the camera in through the spoiler. all sorted

camera now sits nicely in the same place, hardly noticable and comes on the instant you select reverse, grid gives you a good idea of 2 foot and 1 foot away and the bottom of the screen is pretty much in line with the bumper (with a few inches to spare as a saftey buffer)

If anyone needs an adaptor making up for the gold SMB to a YELLOW AV cable just give us a shout, can sort one out that is plug n play

cheers
JWS John Wood

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ah yeh similar to the one we made up, ours has a standard yello AV socket on it and plugs directly under the spoiler into the old camera socket, not the screen. John Wood

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Hi there, I'm new to this forum but I'm a member of another. This is my second rangy, the previous one being a 3.5 V8 classic a few years ago. I also had a V8 Disco 2 in between. I too an having issues with my reversing camera and would like to know if there are any issues with swapping it for a generic one. I plan to pick up the 12v power from the original camera supply and connect the video cable to the original one also, either by fitting a SMB connector to the video lead (awkward to say the least unless you know what you are doing) or by getting a patch lead from one of the members on here. My worry is that as the OE camera incorporates a PCB, will it cause any issues or malfunctions fitting one without. I would hate to the screen or the infotainment system. Thanks in advance for any input.