Reverse camera cable repair

Kev1980

Ok long story short I had a dog in the boot of my car that chewed through my reverse camera cable( rca i think it's called). The local garage soldered the ends to rejoin but the monitor image is now terrible. Is it possible to join the cables again using connectors. Maybe add two male connectors to the broken ends and use a coupler to join the two.would this work or would it still impact the video quality. Would I be better off getting a new cable and getting it re fitted. Thanks.

TherapyBoy

Might be worth bringing it to an experienced car radio shop or your local auto-electrician, a bad reconnection job could be causing the interference on your monitor. If the cable needs to be replaced they'd be able to supply & fit a replacement.

jimbis

Those cables aren't really ones you can repair with twisting/soldering.
Two male ends and a straight through piece may work but it would probably work out easier and cheaper to buy a new cable and run it yourself, just follow the path of the previous one.

mickdw

Stick a new cable in. Will be best and should be cheap too if you can run it yourself.

Kev1980

Thanks for your help guys. Think I'll just get a new one. Don't know if I'd be confident enough hooking it myself though with all the connections to the lights and such. Just have to cough up and get it done right. Thanks all