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Old 02-28-2004, 08:45 AM
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Default RE: stupid camera

What he said.
Also, without the camera running, when you plug in the rx does the picture change on the TV at all?
Fresh batteries are a MUST. If you are getting a reaction on the TV to the rx, do you get any kind of reaction when you turn on the camera? The best way to tune the rx for the tx is to remove the antenna from the tx and sllloooooowwwllllyyyy tune the knob from one extreme to the other.
If the kind of "Cheap-O-Camera" you have comes with a separate tx and cam, you can usually power up the cam and directly wire the cam to the TV using the patch cable. This will tell you if the cam itself is working. If this is the type you have, and no picture still, recheck the TV input.
Fresh batteries are a MUST for these things to work. A low battery, at least with the 800mw type system will send a signal but no picture as the image is the first thing to quit when the battery gets too low but the tx will send a signal for some time beyond that.
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Not wanting to state the obvious, but what kind of camera package? Are the batteries good? Did you set your 'input' on the TV to video-in? I/O connections correct? What does the TV show? Static or a blank screen. Sometimes the frequency range is very tight, so you must 'rotate' the knob in very small increments.