reverse camera

Search ebay for "wireless reversing camera". I am waiting for delivery of one. I'll post my findings here when I've recieved it.

Wireless proved unsatisfactory with our heavy duty van. We have a separate plug with a spring like spiral connection cord.

Something like as shown here (search for spiral cable)

Brash Imports


Motherhen

12 pin plug
Cheers Craig.......

I have a flat 7 pin plug mounted just below the main round 7 pin plug on the car. All the van wiring is encased in the one flexible sheath except for the last 150 mm where it splits and I connect each plug to the car. This way there is not 2 long leads to get tangled etc.

hi, we have a wired camera as i really looked into getting a wireless and aparently they pickup security cameras while driving past shops and even what's in the back of dump trucks and get quite a lot of interfearance from the van, our wired one is one of the best gadgets we have, very handy in towns to see those cars that tuck up your bum, anyway ours is connected via it's own small trailer plug, if you want more details let me know, chris.

Hi Shane. These guys seem to have special plugs wired to their camera. Have a look through their pictures. Bob

Hi Shane

As you have specified reversing camera, this is what replies have talked about. We found a rear view (one which you can see when a vehicle is approaching in the distance) of great value. It will also help you see when reversing and see a car tucked in behind you, whereas one focused specifically for reversing will not give good distance vision.

Motherhen

I just have an RCA connector for the camera and run the power for it off the van.
The RCA has been hanging out the back of the car for 2 years and still going strong.

TO cancel one camera over another it would be best to do something with a two way switch on the power so that turning one on would switch the other off
My screen has a switch for camera 1 or 2

I bought a rear view system from Brash Imports. It works great. The camera is on the rear of my caravan and is the hard wired type. I had to mount the camera underneath a box that carries my generator as I found that the sun at certain angles would blur the picture. All is OK now except when vehicles with their headlights on come from behind but I can live with that. I do not have a spiral cable connection as sufficient cable is supplied.

Hi Chips59,
I wired up my own system and used good quality quad shield TV aerial cable for the video signal and "F" connectors at each end. The camera was purchased from 95 Soarer on Ebay.

I passed the male thread on the "F" connector through a small hole of the correct size drilled through the rear bumper on my cruiser and screwed an RCA adapter to the "F" connector. This placed the F connector on the front side of the rear bumper and the RCA adapter on the outside of the bumper. The cable was carried from the rear bumper to the connections inside the car for the monitor (7 inch) and you can use either an in dash flip up monitor as found on Ebay or a roof mounted unit as I used. Next time I would use the in dash monitor for ease of fitting. Anything less than 7 inch was a pain I found

I also bought a wireless setup which was useless. Going free to a good home and I will be glad to see the back of it.

I used the same "Quad Shield" cable to run the video signal the length of the van, again using F connectors and RCA adapters at each end, and also ran a reverse activated power wire to the rear of the van to switch the camera on when in reverse.

The system works very well and is a real marriage saver.

Hope this is of some help.

By the way folks, Derrick Bester of ABR has a good deal on Anderson plugs going at the moment. Pack of 10 for around $30.00

Chips, if you would like to email me for more info my add is alanvale at midcoast dot com dot au.

Regards, Bruce.