Rearview cameras

Sorry fellas, I should have put reply # 3 in follow up

Just went in and had another look at the camera. It says 12v further down the page. The 9v lead led me astray. I presume I can buy a lead with a male connector to go into the camera lead and the other end to connect to a live wire in the troopy. Should I put an in line small fuse in the power cable?
Regards Bob

Yep - you should be fine -

* Image sensor : 1/4"
* TVSystem : PAL/NTSC
* Validity pixel: PAL 512*582, NTSC 512*492
* Resolution: 380 lines
* Vertical Sync Frequency: 50Hz /60Hz
* Min illumination: 0 Lux/F1.2 with IR
* Video output: 1Vp- p, 75Ohm
* Power supply: DC 12V, 400ma

BUT - apparently it ONLY works in Jeeps! ;)

"This Infrared, Waterproof and Day/Night Color camera is best for installation at the back of large size cars, such as Trucks, Caravans, Buses, Jeeps, 4WD cars or 7 Seats cars and so on."

John,
Where and how did you mount the camera?
How do you overcome the dust problem at the rear of your truck?
Can you avoid using the 3 hour battery pack, that is, can you just plug in the car 12V to run the DVD player?
Chris Drew

I got the colour/infrared camera with the 120º wide angle lens. Mines mounted inside the rear window on a small alloy bracket as I was worried about dust on the lens. There is a bit of reflection at night off the window glass from the infra red lights I'm trying to sort out.

Yep, I tried mounting mine inside the rear window too at first. The reflection of the infrared LEDS got on my wick and I moved the whole camera to the roof rack. Was a bit worried initially about dust etc, but it has never been an issue.....that's what that little extra "sun-visor" is for......you place it on a slight angle and it acts the same as one of those dust deflectors some people have on the back of their wagons to keep the dust off their back window/s.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the MM the other day, pleased you will be getting your outfit soon I bet. I got a holesaw and put a hole through the back. Holesaw was nearly as much as the camera even at Bunnings. I had to cut the hole a little off centre though you hardly notice it. A bit smaller then the hole for your house in the rigpic at 25mm.

The DVD had a lighter type plug and power straight to the DVD or can charge the battery pack separately. It is about the cheapest of the tablet type I have seen anywhere but I have't seen them often on eBay. I used velcro to hold it up on my mounting but it seems to undo the adhesive with heat. Bugga.

Richard, 120º sounds great but I have problems with the wideangle and things catching up awfully quickly. I have been thinking of a camera lense filter to cover mine. I wasn't sure if I needed to go to the infrared camera system as there are always lights as I reverse or nearly always. It will work at 2 lux. My camera was $68 landed and had all the leads to get to the DVD input. I have a diode in the line ready to have it connected to reverse only but currently have a switch in the console for power.

Roachie, good idea on the dust deflector, I was thinking of something like that while away. A drop of water or something does stuffall to the effect of being able to see out but I reckon the stray light would/

Spot on mate.....I've got the Poron (Polaris) and am just adding on the 2nd camera now (on the trailer). Great set-up and just runs off the truck's voltage (anywhere from 12v to 14.4v). Of course they're all MADE overseas, but at least I have a local contact point in the unlikely event anything should happen to go wrong.

Cheers

Roachie

Thanks for your help everyone next time I'm in the big smoke I'll go to D Smith and buy what I need to finish the project.
Regards Bob