Thursday, Jan 05, 2017 at 17:12
Dave, I'm with you.
My Chevy Silverado was already fitted with a rear view camera, mounted directly above the towball and pointing straight back (as do 99% of all such cameras). It is connected to the VMS in-dash, all-in-one unit and only comes on when I'm in reverse.
Then, 12 months later in January 2016, we bought a 2013 model Bushtracker which came with a camera on the back but I couldn't be bothered trying to work out if I could somehow wire it into the VMS.
So, instead of that, I bought a 7" monitor of ebay. It has 2 separate channels, so I decided to get a bit "fancy".
I've fitted another camera to the back of the Chevy....this one is mounted on the driver's side, under the tail light cluster, and faces towards the tow hitch. Now, I can see both directions of alignment when I back up to the caravan...IE: normal alignment in the VMS screen AND also see where I am as far as how much further I need to reverse to get the van in EXACTLY the right spot to drop it onto the Hitch Ezy.
The other channel is for the caravan camera.
This new 7" screen can be switched on/off manually, so I can see what's going on in either camera at the push of a button.
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