Thread: AULRO Subscriber Offer - cheap on-road/off-road GPS units

Originally Posted by garrycol

I also have a Ranga special and works really well .

I am fitting a small camera to the back of my 101 and would like to view it on the GPS. It has an AV in socket on the side but I do not know how to activate the AV in using the tools and menus loaded on the system.

Any ideas?

Garry

Hi Garry,
I have the same Ranga special with rear camera. If you wire up your camera powered up via reversing lights, you can keep it plugged in to the AV port all the time.
The camera image will come up whenever you are in reverse, when not it will revert to whichever screen you were using previously.
Between myself and my wife, we have two different cheap "wireless" cameras (one from DX, other from ebay) and both work well even though build quality looks poor.

So if I understand correctly, you do not have to switch on AV in via a menu but it will automatically come on if it is getting a signal through AV in.

I will give it a try with my digital camera first.

Thanks

Originally Posted by garrycol

So if I understand correctly, you do not have to switch on AV in via a menu but it will automatically come on if it is getting a signal through AV in.

I will give it a try with my digital camera first.

Thanks

That's correct, when it see a video signal at the AV port, that image comes on automatically. So when the camera is switched off (ie car not in reverse), the screen will revert back to whatever screen you were using.
Cheers biggin.

Originally Posted by biggin

That's correct, when it see a video signal at the AV port, that image comes on automatically. So when the camera is switched off (ie car not in reverse), the screen will revert back to whatever screen you were using.
Cheers biggin.

Where did you connect it to the reverse signal?

Originally Posted by Ranga

Where did you connect it to the reverse signal?

Reversing light wiring on drivers side.

My father in law just fitted a reverse camera to his Disco recently,I had alway thought that they where a bit of a gimmick, but after driving his car for a bit You tend to use it quite a lot!

It may be possible to just set a switch on the av cables or the power to the camera and when you dont want to look at Nav screen just flick it on and camera comes on?

Originally Posted by Deefa

My father in law just fitted a reverse camera to his Disco recently,I had alway thought that they where a bit of a gimmick, but after driving his car for a bit You tend to use it quite a lot!

It may be possible to just set a switch on the av cables or the power to the camera and when you dont want to look at Nav screen just flick it on and camera comes on?

If you are referring to the YF GPS's, YOU DON'T NEED A SWITCH!
Just plug it in and power up the camera from the reversing light circuit.
The camera will override the GPS when it is powered up and the GPS will work normally when it isn't. There is no need to plug and unplug the AV - leave it connected all the time (unless you want to use it when not in reverse of course).

Something I had not realised when I bought the "Ranga Special" GPS was how many hours of amusement it would provide.

It is a very useful device and I have found it a great help planning trips, navigating in unfamiliar cities and towns and navigating offroad.

However, I have also found that it is possible to spend ages modifying it, trying new things and learning something along the way.

After the making the changes recommended by Ranga to make it more useful, user friendly and attractive, I found that there are a lot of other changes that are possible. I changed the splash screen and the wallpaper to personalise it a bit.

I started with OziExplorer and Garmin, but then tried TomTom and preferred it. Then I found some Australian maps to replace the Canadian and US maps that came with Igo8, so I decided to give that a go. At the moment, it is my choice because of the way it presents the information. Although I suppose the real test is how good the maps are.

Then I discovered that there are other skins available for Igo8. I was expecting the new skin to just change a few colours or something like that, but it is much more than that. It makes quite a difference to the way you use the thing.

One of the reasons I bought the YF unit, apart from the fact that it seems to be remarkably good value for money, is that it allows you to fiddle with it and try different things. At the moment I can use any one of the three on-road navigation programs. The more I use Igo8, and the more I fiddle with it, the more I like it.