Chad A

So it looks like I am just going to have to live with the mess under the dash. We have had the coach for a little over a year and it is evident that the previous owner had a rat living up under the dash as I was vacuuming chewed tinfoil, wire and droppings up from under there. The place we bought it from obviously new of this as they had done some splicing to make things work semi correctly. I hate the mess of useless or unused wires but I do not want to take the dash off right now. Everything seems to work to the best of my knowledge but I am sure down the road I will have to revisit this issue. Anybody just cut the old wires, tag them for what they went to just to clean things up? Am I asking for trouble doing this? Should I just stuff them back in there and forget about it? Thanks

Anybody have a good way to chase wires inside the dash? I am trying to get rid of the wiring for the factory CD Changer, GPS unit and stereo head unit. I have the front panel off the middle of the dash and the top panels open on the passenger side and driver side. There is just a 2 foot span I cannot get to between the center and the passenger side but it seems like there are a lot of wires that go down to who knows where in that location that I cannot see (I think they might go under this tub thing all the see vision stuff is in and then go up the A Pillar on the passenger side but I have no idea). I also have some wires that have been chewed by mice that I am trying to trace as well. I really don't want to tear anymore of the thing up than I already have either. Thanks

I have been going through the dash, what a pain, trying to find out what all the loose cords are in there before I install my new stereo head unit. I came across this and have no idea what it is supposed to do. It has 3 wires going into it from the Infrared Sensor located on the middle dash. It has an RGB in from who knows where and an RCA that is hooked to nothing in the video out 1. I have hooked that up to a tv and there is nothing on the screen. Any ideas? Thanks

I think I can put a nail in this coffin. After dreaming about wiring diagrams all night I had an idea. I remembered what Paul said about plugging the RCA for the camera into another TV and that worked wonders. There was another RCA coming into the Panasonic "brain" and I was pretty sure this was the input for the Alladin information. So this morning after I showered I went out and plugged that RCA into the tv and I had all of my information for the Alladin system and it worked flawlessly. So, other than running the navigation (which I don't use and can't because there is no CD in there), running the CD changer (which I also don't use), and being a radio the Panasonic unit is nothing more than a pass through for the video from the cameras and the Alladin system. Am I missing anything here by chance? If that is all I guess I am shopping for a new head unit now. Recommendations? Thank You for all the help!

Update: Paul, I plugged the RCA into another tv and I have camera functions which is good, thank you. It appears that I have a bad "brain" in the Panasonic unit as I hit the reset button and still no power or video will go through it. The hot wire that started all this mess touched the case of the "brain". I don't know much about circuit boards etc but could this be the reason it won't work? Should I take the cover off and see if I can see anything burnt in there? Dennis, I do not have that chart in my coach. It would be handy if I did though. Any other ideas? If I get a new head unit will all the Panasonic stuff go away and I can connect the new stereo to the existing harness?

No other fuse on the Panasonic unit that I can find. I looked through both the Panasonic manual and the wiring diagram and the only fuse was the one in the run bay. I cannot visually see one either and according to the Panasonic manual the chord coming from the "brain" to the display unit is one piece with all the wires inside of it. Great idea on the separate tv monitor for the see vision, I will do that when I get home this afternoon.

Pictures of Cameras and then a picture of the wiring that comes from the interior camera. I have 12v to both the battery hot and the aux 12v out on the see vision module. I have power going to the Panasonic "brain". I don't have a way to see if I have power coming out of the "brain" to the display unit as it is a sealed wire bundle. Should I just press the reset button on the "brain" and see if that fixes the problem? The manual for the Panasonic says if functions are not working to do this but it will reset everything to default. I am still unsure of the the lack of video from the backup camera as I thought it went direct from the see vision to the sony. Am I missing something else? Dennis, I was not able to look for that hidden fuse list this morning before work but will this afternoon when I get back. I knew I blew the 10amp fuse in the front run box and have replaced that, that gave me power back to the see vision controller. Thanks for the help.

I do have the Aladdin. I am not sure what you mean by bullet style, the one inside is a dome, the two in the mirrors are in square chrome housings and the one in the back is mounted inside a flat housing. I will check the see vision for 12v, I know the battery terminal is hot. I will take some pictures of cameras and connections and 12v aux tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

IMG_6370 (1).HEIC Not sure if these help or not? This is not an emergency by any means, just want to get her put back together so we can use her again. Thank You One more thing, all the cables that are not connected were like that when I opened it up. I just left them on the dash in hopes I would be able to find out what they go to.

Thank you for the quick information. Dennis, I did not move anything around. I just took one wire off, marked what it was and then put it back on. The wires I fixed I took one off, fixed the damaged wire and then put it back on, that is why I am so confused. Paul, Good to know that I can drive it without this working. I will get some pictures although I don't know how much they will help. I do have the the 2003 wiring diagrams book for my coach, an original was with the rest of the owners documents (is this rare?). I have found the manual for the head unit as well, there is a reset switch on it so maybe I will try that? Trying to figure out this mess is mind blowing, I have purple rca's, yellow rca's, blue rca's, black rca's, gray cables from the cameras etc. I had 4 sets of RCA's that were not connected in this area but definitely go someplace else in the dash. If nothing else I guess I will have to call Silverleaf about an upgrade as they are right here in town, Albany Or, although the wife is not a big fan of spending a bunch of money to clean up my mistake!

2003 Monaco Signature 42 Triple Crown. Long story short, my back up camera would be clear then get really distorted. Would get better or worse based on vibration. I figured there was loose connection someplace so I opened up the hatch on top of the dash by the passenger side and found a whole mess of wires etc. I found the See Vision brain and when I would move it the camera would get better or worse. At some point in its previous life someone has connected the red hot wire from the See Vision positive to the Panasonic Brain with a wire without a connector. Needles to say, that wire grounded on the Panasonic brain and blew the 10 amp stereo fuse. I replaced the connector on the wire and put a new fuse in. While in there I also tried to figure out what the all the wires did. Well, I now have power but don't have any video at all to my backup monitor, although I have sound, and I have no power to my Panasonic head unit. The head unit was the only monitor that worked for my see vision so I now have no tank monitoring, engine diagnostics etc. Question 1: While she run and drive without this being operable? Question 2: I have the entire wiring diagrams but I will be darned if I can figure out where all these wires come from and go to. The electrical wires I can at lease trace by color and location, the RCA plugs on the other hand I have no idea. Since we bought the coach the See Vision in the bedroom has never worked, it will come on but that is it. The back up camera is the only one that would come on to the Sony screen. The back up camera and the passenger side camera would come on the Panasonic screen. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

I am in a very similar boat. 2003 Signature 42 Triple Crown that is one year new to me. PO installed a new tv in the front but not new enough to do what I need it to do (about 7 years old). The difference between you and I is that all of my stuff works as should. Everything is run through the switch box over the passengers head in the cabinet. Coach is at the shop for a couple more weeks but if you still need help with wiring when it gets back I might be able to help. My problem is trying to convert all the old stuff so it will work with HDMI cords, and not having the remote to the Bose so I cannot change anything.