After I switch camera on there is nothing on monitor screen - no view whatsoever. Help please

I have the ame problem. also need help with email setup. digimerge will not help. horrible co. they say I have to pay a tech to come out. no support whatsoever.

Hi,

As you know, you can use this DVD AV Receiver with a rear view camera. And also it can be installed to switch automatically from the video to rear view image when the gear shift of the car is moved to Reverse position.

But it is important to use a camera which outputs mirror reversed images.
Otherwise the screen image may appear reversed. And this means that you will see the rear view reversed in the monitor. And that may cause accicent and injury.

To solve this problem, first check your rear camera whether it has the capability to output mirror reversed images.

If it is, then check the wire connections of the rear camera using the operation manual or ask a technician.

Also check the settings of camera polarity if it is set properly or not in the system menu when connecting the rear view camera.

You can download the operation manual (pdf file) by clicking here.

I hope this helps.

If you would like to vote for the answer, this will help the others to see the similar problems solved and also will be a satisfaction factor for me to continue helping you.

All the best.

lubbarlubab, Looks like you will need to get a power supply repaired/replaced in your unit. Before you call out the service guy, you should spend 30-40minutes at YOUTUBE and view some "LCD-TV repair" videos and also videos of "LCD monitor repair" and LEARN what are the most common components that are causing this plague of "BLACK SCREEN of DEATH" to disrupt your life. If the "cold-cathode-fluorescent-lamps" fail to light-up due to a failure of a single or multiple $2 parts on a power supply board you have a black screen!! This problem is also very common to LCD computer monitors. Try to view a vid by someone called "cal22583" who did his own repair to a Philips 42" or 50" unit. If this was of some help please rate on fixya.
Bye for now. 12fixlouie

Hi there. I can help you with that. First, make sure your in shooting mode. Then press the Display button. There are 3 modes: Standard, Detailed and Off. Each press of the Display button scrolls you through each of the modes. Try that, and it should fix you. Let me know if you have any problems or if I can help you any further. Please feel free to rate my answer appropriately if you find it satisfactory, and thanks for coming to FixYa.
Rob

Hold down the display button for a few seconds...

It worked on my Caplio R7 which was doing this all weekend...

hope this helps

ok...let's assume the monitor works, right? got another one around, by chance, an older dell one, maybe?

Perhaps you have quick view turned off in the setup menus. There's no way the CCD is the problem as the camera takes pictures.

whats up with blackscreen?

the problem of your camera is the flexwire cable of the lcd monitor that why you don't see nothing in the panel,Also the message 'cover is not open' appears,while the cover is already opened the switch on cover have poor contact..it is not covered by sony service...it have to replace or repair that switch and flexwire cable....

camera ccd is / has failed - also possible , lens iris is stuck closed ( on monitor , can see very faint snow noise against black background - check if iris opens , by shining penlight into lens );