Rear View Vision Systems

Ray,

I am in the same boat as you. I have mounted a camera on the back of my caravan and on my car, but I cannot decide on a screen, or where to mount it in my 100 Series.

Good luck,

Willie.

In my case the answer was easy..... I have a dual cab with no window view to the rear at all. Therefore the interior mirror was only a useless ornament. I made a bracket which enabled me to mount the 5" TFT screen in place of the original mirror and still utilises the safety "breakaway" feature of the mirror.... so that in the event of an accident, if someone's head hits it, it will break off.

Mine is a PORON brand (now known as Polaris). It has 2 cameras and on 100% of the time when I am driving.....although I generally flick the switch to turn it off on long night drives as it is a bit distracting (just the brightness).

I chose to have infrared camera on both the Patrol and the camper trailer. They normally recommend a non-infrared camera on the tow vehicle.

The coily cord between the vehicle and trailer is very tough/robust and plugs in at both ends, so it can be removed totally when you're parked up.

I highly recommend this set-up.

If you're worried about removing your internal mirror, ask yourself this question: "how much can I see out the back of my 4x4 WITH the standard mirror?" The answer (if you're fair dinkum) is : "bugga all". This is compounded when we start adding cargo barriers, fridges, spare tyres on the back etc.

Try this experiment sometime with your standard mirror/s.......

In an open space (eg: carpark), place a witches hat or a milk crate or similar height object, on the ground immediately behind your vehicle, near the towbar. Now, drive slowly forward with one eye on your mirrors, until you can see the object. I'm guessing you will be about 10 meters away before you will see it.

Now, if you were living near me, I'd invite you to do the same experiment and you'll soon be convinced by the merits of a camera and see just how useless your internal mirror actually is.

The downside is that the camera is NOT much good to see what is behind you more than about 40 meters......for that you must rely on your external mirrors (just like a semi trailer driver has to anyway).

Cheers

Roachie

Four to five inch is probably ideal, got a no name camera and 7" monitor in the Humvee, camera suffers from flare in bright light but the Polaris system in the 34 seater bus is great with a 4" monitor and the camera also works well in any light condition, both cams have infrared for night time.
Both camera's look the same but the polaris one is streets ahead in picture quality.

I have the same setup as shown on my Prado used the same on my old 100 series, can't go past the waeco system.
Regards
Ted

There has been several threads in the last couple of weeks

Heres mine again Polaris 3 1/2 in screen for car cam and 8in for navigation and van cam.

Can have both on all the time or only in reverse. Tried infra red and binned them Have a Polaris minicam on car and an Ebay on the van

Pics below the van cam is mounted in a 40mm Poly pipe bend for protection and to stop flaring in bright sunlight

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Ray,
I carry the full range of Polaris ,the CV-10 not talking + gps ,Colour monitor 140mm x 115mm x 25 mm ,mini camera for Crusier and white infrared = day and night operation ,remote + all cables,,can be roof/dash or supply a photo re other mounts .I know a lot of auto elecy's will blue tack mount ,but they come with sticky back tape.This will give you every thing you require .I look after Exploroz members.Plus we carry Waeco units and the Advanced brand models started from being used in the mines.I can't say prices ,but please email for photos or any info I can assist you with.
WRVA
Steve