reversing cameras- fitting?? which sort??

Hi Chris,
One of my mates tried the wireless ones on his Van (22ft something)
Has since replaced with 2 wired in, one on the back of the van and one on the truck

He hasn't blown up yet

Rgds
Ian

Hi gonebush

Do not buy a wireless system you will be unhappy with it. The wired systems can't blow up and what some people don't realize is that you still need to hard wire a wireless system to a 12V source anyway.

Our systems are self contained and get their 12V from the monitor.



Regards

Derek.

Hi gonebush

Walk away from a business that doesn't know what they are talking about - just how good would they be when you needed advice or after sales support?. The majority of caravans and large motor homes out there on the road have hard wired rear view camera systems.

As you will have read in previous threads, we wired ours while travelling to Tasmania, so had a separate small plug into the back of the tow vehicle. It was a simple set purchased from a DSE or Tandy store. We put electrical tape around it to keep dust out when we plugged in. It took a second to unplug if we unhitched. With a professional job, they MAY do it through the 8 pin plug - not sure but some-one here can put us right on that.

Motherhen

I don't know if she kept on saying they will blow up because the wireless ones started at $500 and the wired one started at $200 and that was at strathfield so I thought they would be more helpful (usually are) but this girl wouldn't even let me speak just saying the same thing over the top of me so I gave up, sometimes it's easier.
Chris

I have a mirror mounted monitor which uses around two thirds of the available monitor size to give you a good sized picture.

The only disadvantage with this type of monitor, is that it doubles as a "normal" rear vision mirror when the camera/monitor is not in use.
Reflection through the rear window will cause a "washout" effect but can be easily fixed by directing the angle towards the roof and thus eliminating the reflection.

Mine operates automatically when reverse is selected, but can also be turned on full time by a press of a button. (until ignition is turned off)

Most mirror mounted screens I have seen only use a small window at one side of the monitor, whereas the one I bought from Brash Imports has a larger monitor size.

In your case, if the internal mirror cannot be used at all, a mirror mounted monitor may be your best choice as this is where you would normally glance to see behind you and the bigger the monitor, (within reason) the better.