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38 of 38 persons found the following review helpful.
Good Camera at a Good price
By Kyle Vargason
Item arrived with all specified constituents and in working order (including the drill bit)
Installation is a little time consuming, so don’t take this on if it’s your original try at car audio / video. Unfortunately there were no instructions, and wires on the harness from the camera were unlabeled but fortunately they were easy to figure out.
The video out line is easy to spot as it is the industry general yellow RCA cable (17′ extension included)
The positive voltage that powers the camera is the wire that has the fuse in it (this line connects to the white back-up light in your tail lights and powers the camera)
The remaining line is the ground and may be attached to closely any bare metal on vehicle, I ordinarily choose a screw someplace close.
The cables included are long, but you may need to an extension for the power wire (to tell the receiver when to turn on the rear view monitor). I chose to extend the wire from the tail light so the video camera and the receiver got the same signal.
The top of the camera is not noted, so you’ll have to adjust it after installation.
The camera mechanically adjusts among regular and IR mode and the LED’s around the lens will not light up. You’ll know when it’s in IR mode as the picture will alter from color to B&W.
The field of view is a little constricted equated to a lot of cameras, but it is sufficient for me (I can’t see the corners of the vehicle, but may see behind me).
42 of 45 persons found the following review helpful.
Nice Camera, missing hole saw
By Lorenzo Camejo
I’d installed the camera in my Jeep Grand Cherokee with Pioneer 5600 DVD. The Installation was not simple, since I had to add extra video cable (the power cable is longer). As I noticed in other review, the hole saw that was supposed to come included in the kit was missing so I had to buy another one to be capable to make the proper hole. The camera is water and dust resistant, and has a clear night vision, but since it has no angular lens (peep hole type) it doesn’t cover both ends of the bumper and right there you miss the whole point of having a rear view camera. Just because of that, I would suggest further exploration of other similar products.
18 of 19 humans found the following review helpful.
Image quality good, angle not as wide as I’d like
By Jeff Mick
Overall this seems like a very good camera. The quality seems good and so far has not had any issues due to weather like former cameras. I didn’t want to drill a hole in the body of my truck to accommodate this camera so I installed it into a plastic housing beneath the bumper. It gets a good view, but breathtakingly it can’t actually see to the corners of the vehicle. The watching angle of the camera almost makes it, but objects have to be 3-4 feet away (behind) the corners in order for the camera to pick them up. In the worst case, if something were right at the bumper on either side but just out of view of the side mirrors, you wouldn’t be competent to see it and could hit it. Other than this, if you’re starting out someplace that you recognise to be clear, then you’re OK and may use your mirrors and camera to make it all work. The effigy quality is rather good, and at night may see well too.
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