Aqua Vu cable shortened

[fishin magician]

Has anyone had their 100 foot cable shortened by someone. I would like to drop about 50 feet of the cable from the spool. Do I attempt this myself or bring it to an electronics store.

Any insight on this would be much appreciated.....

thanks

[minneman]

want to trade for a 50'er?

[fishin magician]

Not looking to trade....

[iFishStu]

I have the same question. I'd like to have mine cut down to about 50 ft. as well. If anyone has done this please let me know.

Thanks

[sparcebag]

Try radio shack,get a cable splicer in the correct size,install it on the box side close to the unit so its not submerged when in use.

[Whoaru99]

Personally, I wouldn't splice the cable.

I'd cut it to the desired length and reterminate with the proper connector (involves soldering...but then so does a good splice).

Dunno what the connector is on yours, but on mine it is a five-pin DIN circular jobbie that just plugs into the back of the TV monitor. If yours is the same as mine, it should be Digikey P/N CP-1050-ND . It's only $1.23 for the connector, but add shipping and tax (DigiKey is in MN).

[PierBridge]

That doesn't seem to be the part number... do you have the correct number? I can't seem to find the connector on their site.

Thanks.

[Whoaru99]

As best I can tell with some crude measurements, Digi-Key p/n CP-1050-ND is like the one on my camera cable.

I should note though, I don't have a genuine Aqua-Vu, it's one of those $99 jobbies from Harbor Freight. For some reason I thought the connector was the same as on the standard Aqua-Vu, but mebbe not.

Here are a couple pics that show the connector on my camera and the back of the monitor.

[PierBridge]

Thanks.... the one I have is a little different I'll keep poking around until I find it.

Suppose I could call Nature Vision and get an OEM connector.

[Whoaru99]

Take a look at Digi-Key p/n SC1158-ND or SC1159-ND.

Didn't check the detailed dimensions, but they look very similar to the plug on one of my friend's Aqua-Vu cameras.

[honda4life]

if you want it 50 feet shorter...why not trade the guy for the one thats 50 feet already? then no one has to cut wires and pay for thos services. just my .02

[Ski from FF]

The camera adapter came loose on the back of my Aqua-Vue. I took the monitor apart to try and fix and did more damage than good. I called Nature Vision to get the part and they do not sell this part. I could send the monitor in for repair $40, or get a new monitor $50. I chose to hard wire the camera cable to the monitor. I wire tied the camera cable to the monitor in 2 places to protect connections from pulling. I think this is better than original. Now I do not have to hook and unhook the camera from the monitor on every trip.

SKI