Topic: New back up camera

[oHIobellboy]

Here's the camera mount. What a view. The monitor is just stuck on the windshield for now, Can't bring myself to cutting my dash when I've only had the truck a little over 2 weeks.

[HenryJ]

Dusting off another post from the past. I think a camera on the back is a great idea. A few years ago the undercarriage cameras were showing up. I have not seen or heard anything about them in a long time. I had seen a couple damaged by rocks and one that filled with mud. I wonder what ever happened to those rigs and if the cameras are still working?

I did check up on one of the crew cab trucks that had installed a camera in the rear license plate and another in the bowtie . His is still going strong after all these years.

My Avalanche has a HUGE blind spot behind and I want to take the pressure off my spotter when hooking up to the trailer. Having the ability to monitor the trailer will be an advantage too. I installed a Peak PKC0RB Back-Up Camera with a 3.5" Monitor

This is supposed to be a wireless system, but that is a bit of a stretch. Two wires for the display to connect to a power source. Then a long set of wires to the wireless transmitter from the camera and from the transmitter to a power source. Another six feet of wire and it would no longer need to be wireless. I wired mine in to an ignition source so that it comes on with the truck and remains on while it is running. The kit is designed to wire the rear camera to the back-up light circuit. That way it comes on in reverse. I wanted to be able to check back there anytime needed.

The camera is set up with a license plate mount.



The kit includes some angled shims to adjust the angle upward or downward. I used some double sided foam emblem adhesive tape to better secure it to the plate and seal out debris and then mounted it with the plate screws.

The display I mounted using a surplus ball and socket mount I had left over from another project. It is sturdier and mounts with screws and the double side adhesive tape.



I chose to mount it lower so that it would be out of the windshield and somewhat shaded by the laptop.



The camera uses a 110? lens and has a pretty good field of view.



It does have reference lines that can be turned on or off. Night vision seems to be very good. With the illumination of the back up lights the field of view is visible.

Rumors I hear say that by 2013 rearview cameras on the back of vehicles will be the norm rather than the exception, even if it is not mandated. I like it so far. We will see how well it holds up.
Price on these has really come down. I wanted a "budget" system, but large enough to be usable. I thought wireless would be the way to go, but I'm having some doubts about that being critical now.
Mine was purchased through Amazon for just over $73 , which is less that the smaller version was available locally.

[oHIobellboy]

I don't know what happened to the rest of this thread. At one point I had taken and extended the wires from the camera to the transmitter for better reception. After it started to be a hassle with the poor reception I added a hard wired camera to the nav unit I installed after the original camera.