Reverse Camera Installation

[SeanC]

My reversing camera arrived today. The power cable has a black ground wire, a red reversing light power wire, and a green wire which I think has to do with grid lines. If using as a dash cam the green wire is attached to ground but it doesn’t say what to do with when used as a reversing camera. Leave unattached, connect to power...?

Thanks

[loanrangie]

Did you get it with the head unit or other source, i'm still to fit mine and might get a chance this weekend. The Eonon supplied camera just has power and earth and the instructions aren't very clear.

[SeanC]

Did you get it with the head unit or other source, i'm still to fit mine and might get a chance this weekend. The Eonon supplied camera just has power and earth and the instructions aren't very clear.
No didn’t come with the head. I ended up getting the Xtrons TE706PL with the 4GB of RAM.

There are lots of cameras that have a green and white loops. Cutting the green either disables or enables guide lines depending on the camera. You cut both loops if you are using as a dash cam. I have a feeling it doesn’t get connected when used as a reversing camera but am not sure. Will most likely find out tomorrow. Head unit and reversing camera install this weekend. Fingers crossed.

[SeanC]

Head unit connected and working. Steering wheel controls can be programmed with two functions per button. Short click, long click.

Some instructions with the aerpro kit would have been nice. Do you think I could fathom how the two long galvanised pieces with the tabs on the end fitted into the installation? I could see how they interacted with the other pieces but....???
So finally I ignored them and clicked the cage into place. I couldn’t get the cage off and then the penny dropped. Took me longer to install the cage then to install the head unit.

Reversing camera install tomorrow.

[gregory]

I have recently got hold of one of these cameras for reversing. (https://www.landyzone.co.uk/members/intestinalworm.141380/)
7" Wireless LCD Rearview Monitor + Bus Car Caravan LED Reverse Backup Camera Kit, ebay;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-Wireless-LCD-Rearview-Monitor-Bus-Car-Caravan-LED-Reverse-Backup-Camera-Kit/312602864408'ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?pub=5575131138&toolid=10001&campid=5337717012&customid=&mpt=3861660&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F7-Wireless-LCD-Rearview-Monitor-Bus-Car-Caravan-LED-Reverse-Backup-Camera-Kit%2F312602864408%3FssPageName%3DSTRK%253AMEBIDX% 253AIT%26_trksid%3Dp2057872.m2749.l2649)


Some pro's and con's I have come across, so here they are;

Pro's;

- It appears very well made and the screen is lovely and large being 7 inches.
- Its really easy to install. (Although there were no instructions)
- No wiring from rear to front of car needed as its wireless 100%.
- Has additional inputs for video etc if you want them
- Image is very clear and screen fully adjustable with contrast, brightness, flip left to right, flip image upside down if needed, etc
- Arrived within 6 days as UK seller, not like waiting for weeks from china etc
- Spending a little longer to hard wire the power etc makes a much tidier finish and well worth it. (Took me about 2 hours)
- If you connect the +ive to your reverse lights, it will activate the camera then, but if you wire it to a cigarette plug, you can leave it on permanently allowing you to watch trailer towing etc

- It has a remote control to adjust all settings as well as buttons on the display screen.
- I had another smaller screen I installed on another car but it didn't have any facilities to adjust brightness, flip image etc. Also, the screen image was not as clear and sharp as this unit. Although this one is bigger, it gives you more options to adjust the image etc but more difficult to find somewhere to put it, as opposed to a smaller screen that's less clear and no adjustment to image etc. I definitely prefer this model to my previous one and the cost is about the same, approx. £37.00


CONS
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- I have initially mounted the rear camera on the inside of the backdoor, but found at night, the infa-red glows and reflects on the back window making it difficult to view at night due to glare showing on the screen (you cant see any reflection in your mirrors, that's fine)
- Because of the glare / reflection at night, I may look to position it outside the rear of the car on the bumper or like in the spare wheel well like someone else did here. That looks pretty good, neat and tidy. I was just running out of daylight, hence the quick fix to the roof lining.
- The screen is pretty large, so finding a place to put it can be difficult, but not impossible. I think you can get a window sucker which may be easier, but it doesn't come with that and its a extra.
- Because I mounted it on a removable panel on the ceiling, you need to fix it in place with screws, not just the double sided tape it comes with.


Installing it;


I mounted the screen on the headlining between the sunroof and interior light (see pics). I ran a direct power + from splicing a wire that's only live when the ignition is on, in the fuse box area, then feeding it up the side pillar, under the windscreen lining and out through a blanking plate. The negative - I wired with a spade onto the bolts that hold the interior light in to get a good ground feed.
The reverse camera, as I said is mounted inside the car facing out the rear window. I'm sure this is fine during the day, but at night, you get the infra-red reflecting on the glass and also the rear window screen demister wires that run across the window (very distracting at night). You can see these demister wires as white lines across the image of the screen picture.
That's about it for installation. It just connects up automatically when switched on.
I am probably going to re-locate the rear camera to outside the car to avoid the reflection problems and when I have more time.
I have attached some pics to give you an idea of what it looks like fitted.


Hope this is helpful.

Update


I have now moved the rear camera onto the bumper. It sits just above the tow hitch but back far enough it wont get clobbered by a trailer being hitched up. The view is quite good, I can see the top of the tow ball which is the furthest part back on the vehical and the wide angle view still gives a good perspective on what's behind.
The only downside, and it is a very small one, is that I get occasional flickering on the image when put into reverse. Its a simple fix, because all I need to do is run a video link lead from the camera to the screen and that will sort it out. But to be fair, its not even worth bothering about. I managed to drill a larger hole through the bumper at the rear of the camera and poked the antenna straight through into that, so its safe and wont get knocked or broken off.

Now I have wired it to my reversing lights now, mime was the green / Brown wire.
I can see the tow hitch great as well. Bit of a, but shame I can't see the bumper sides, but I compare it with my other one I had on my Suzuki either, its the same. At least I can see the longest point in the car I suppose, so if I bump anything then, I know it's just the tow bar (in theory)
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I moved the angle of the antenna and that seemed to clear the image up, so I'm not going to bother hard wiring it through on the video lead now.
Overall, pleased with it, it's going to be of some help and after using it today, it definatly appears to be that way... happy reversing lol

[austastar]

Hi,
It would be great to be able to disable the IR LEDs.
Even mounted outside, on a dirt road they illuminate the dust, sticks and stones being tossed around by the wheels.
I turn mine off at night, the screen is too bright, even on the lowest setting.
Cheers