Reversing Camera - Wireless or Hard Wired

Hi Turist,

Are you thinking of mounting it on the back of your vehicle or van?

If vehicle, then hardwired is simple, as run RCA cables (albeit 3 or 4m) straight to your screen.

If you go wireless, then u need to mount a separate wireless AV receiver, then run RCA's from that to your screen. (only the added pain of mounting another peice of electronics)

If mounting on the Van, wireless is the only way to go, and given the short distance should have no problems with reception.

I have seen simple wireless cameras bought off ebay used as effective backyard surveillance, so similar distance with van.

Regards

Rev

A certain member from Western Australia was here with her hubby a few months bact to find the wireless did not transmit to the vehicle through the caravan body and car body. Remember it does need line of sight. Perhaps the wireless transmitter inside the van and 'visible' to the receiver unit near the back window, also being 'visible'. I guess the back window demister wires could interfere to some extent too.

We use three wireless bridges here with high gain antennas - two houses and the dairy. It is amazing the drop off of efficiency to total loss with a branch or two getting into the fresnel zone.

Hi Turist

We are testing a wireless twin camera system at the moment that we are importing.

The camera has its own built in 2.4g transmitter and has a range of 100m. The monitor has a built in 2.4g receiver so there is no wiring except for a 12v supply.

So far the tests are good.

I will post the final results soon.

Regards Derek.

I'm using the Poron hardwired unit. It is very good. I have the 2nd camera on the back of the Ultimate. The cable between the truck and trailer is a solid coily cord with a plug on both vehciles, so it can be totally removed. The screen has various buttons on it, one of which switches between the 2 cameras.

I can't comment on the wireless set-up, but with the amount of electrical stuff I've fitted to my rig (like most people I guess) I would not want to rely on the radio wave type myself.

Cheers

Roachie

The wireless systems still require power to the camera so you may as well run the RCA lead for the video....

i tried wireless always had problems (now in the bin), Now have a polaris hard wire 2 station great, best money spent. but spend a little extra & get the H/duty fully water proof 130degree camera The dust & water can get in the cheaper ones I've found the camera's the main thing the screen does not mater much as long as its the type that can be left on.