Wireless reversing camera kits

I purchased a wireless camera reversing kit.........bloody hopeless....consistently interupted signal.....I have a aluminium canopy on the back of the 'cruiser and that may have been the issue but I threw it out.

Now have a hard wired camera and am very very happy with image quality and stability

Have a look here, seems that the wireless are unreliable at best ...

http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/84404/Which_type_of_reversing_camera.aspx

Lots of good info here Graham is the bomb with his research and knowledge on this

Sounds like it has got condensation in it Try taking it apart and cleaning it.

Have had to do that with a supposed waterproof one and it worked ok afterwards

Other than that calcification on the lens could be the trouble.


Wireless ones as stated are as good as a man short.

Hi Ray

We tried wireless to avoid another connection to the vehicle, but with our solid metal van it did not work. One was fine in the back of the Patrol, but would not readily go through the van. We hard wired it.

Motherhen

Ray Hi,
I installed a hard wired Polaris to the car & van in 2006 very happy with the unit,though the car camera is getting a bit of the shakes, considering the roads that it has travelled on I can't complain.
The polaris is a bit more expensive but again it is the old story.Have not heard a good report on a wireless unit for a van camera.
Regards
Mike.

hi poppy
i bought my hard wired rev /cam from precision vision nsw and it is failing purchased 7/6/2007 maybe the same system

5'' tft-lcd colour monitor
5mtrs of cable
bracket mounted camera -circular
model -cw134071c1 mr 2.8
pal.dc 12v 260ma
despite trying to clean every component and it is identical to the one that d/b is selling afaic see
mine has failed pixels at the top and has gone blurry too very disapointing as it wasn't cheap $459.00
mine has always been inside the car interior so has never had water on it and hasn't been in any direct sunlight either
imho opinion just cheap over priced chinese rubbish and like yours 12 months warranty so far my screen is ok as i made a special heat insulated cover for it so when i stop the monitor gets covered
the camera is my problem like you not sure what to get
but know the wireless ones are not worth buying
cheers barry

i was told how to extend the "antenna" on the wireless units, that way you can bring it forward and clear any metals that drown the signal ... or at least place it in a better position for the signal to transmit...
I never ended up doing it but you have, well on mine anyway, the wires from the reversing lights that power it up and the antenna is wrapped in them in the first meter of cables from the camera, you cut off the OUTER plastic covering and seperate the power wires from the antenna, dont strip the wires to the metals, you need a legnth of coax the same diameter as the lead to the antenna for as long as you need it and basically cut the coax just after the camera and add in the coax using solder, very steady hand and heat shrink taking care not to short the wire braid sheilding to the core wire ....... also make certain it is not the actual antenna you are cutting as you cant extend the length of it, it will burn out the transmitter of the camera .............. i think the "antenna" section was about a foot long from memory ......
Worth a try if you cant get a good signal as your other option is to ditch it ..
Cheers
Joe
(it was the "tech" in Melb for "Navi-gator" that told me that)