Faulty Reversing Camera

It may help if you can take a picture or video when it is playing up.I did this recently when I had a problem with the control panel. I was able to show and prove what the fault was.

Excellent idea. Thanks.

We had similar problems with our previous AS Broadway FB and just like you it would not happen when we took it back to the dealer under warranty, however the dealer accepted that the fault existed and arranged for an auto elecrician who re-wired the live
power wiring to the interior cab llght.  This solved the problem completely - hope this helps.

That's a surprising fault but I will follow up. Many thanks.

The guy who came to our house to fix it had lots of experience fitting these cameras and said he'd met this problem various times before, it seemed to be connected with an intermittant power feed to the camera, thus the rewiring.  Sorry if this is vague,
OH is at golf so I can't be more specific (he wrote the previous post.)

Thanks. I am due to take it back to the factory in three weeks time so if you have any more precise information on the fault it would be appreciated. Now have a photo to prove it.

We collected our new A/S Broadway FB and went for a 'shakedown' trip to Bristol. Everything worked normally but when we left the CC site we travelled no more than half a mile before the rear-view screen blanked out. I say rear view because it was allowed
then and I left it switched on full time. I pulled in to the first lay-by and switched off the ignition, when I restarted normal service resumed but during the journey the same fault occurred a number of times. Each time switching off and restarting cured
the fault. On occasions though grid lines or patterns appeared on screen  - I seem to remember that they were red. As you have found when I wanted to show others the fault it would not happen. Andy Diggle at Dorset Motorhomes (now Dolphin) was/is a genuinely
helpful chap and suggested that they arrange fo an auto-electrician who fits rear view cameras for them to visit my home and try to sort it out. When he arrived he said that he had encountered the problem before and re-routed the power feed to the permanently
live feed to the cab interior light just a few inches above the rear-view screen. This was done without any damage and was undetectable but it fixed the problem permanently. I am not an expert but it seems that the screen was sensitive to power fluctuations
in normal driving situations and using a 'local' power feed was immune. It may all be totally irrelevant to your problem but I hope it helps.  (meecee's OH)

Many thanks. Helpful background; I'll see how I get on.

Thanks for asking meecee. I followed the advice and took a photo of the monitor which seemed to have "inverse video". Straight away the service manager at the AS factory when he saw the photo (because of course the fault had disappeared!) suspected that
the monitor was faulty. They removed it and found that the wiring to the microphone (not used) was touching the monitor and causing the problem. Replacement monitor fixed it.

They also fixed a few minor niggles and one surprising fault. There is a Whale mains filler which shuts off when the fresh water tank is full. I have only used it twice (hose is simpler) but on the last occasion it failed to cut out and water spewed out
from the tank overflow. I only mentioned it in passing but it seems the level switch is a bit high so if you are on a slope it may not shut the inlet off. They fitted a lower level switch.

So it was an excellent visit and I got a full English just up the road in the General Stores which is the only shop in Willersey and has a cafe at the back. Quite a pleasant experience apart from the journey. A fatal accident caused a massive detour through
tiny Cotswald villages stuck behind 40 ton lorries.