I want to get a backup camera installed onto my kenwood ddx7015...anyone have any idea? i dunno where to get a camera. If possible, it would be nice if it automatically switched to the camera when i put the car in reverse. any ideas would be appreciated.

 

I bought mine off of ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5773649047

Really good quality and easy installation.

 

how did you mount it? i want it as concealed as possible. got pics? i really dont want a thing stickin outta the back of my car.

 

I mounted it thru my license plate. You can see a pic here

http://www.rippedzone.no-ip.org/Inte...ifications.asp

 

so you cut a hole in the rear bumper? how is it attached inside? do you have a bracket mounted on something?

and i dunno bout cuttin a hole in the license..

 

Yes, there I had to cut a hole in the bumper behind the plate. The entire camera's outer shaft is threaded and has the appropriate spacers to get it angled just right.

I'd rather put a hole in the plate than a hole in the bumper that's visible.

 

i was hopin to get somethin like the jdm camera that's tiny and fits up above the plate.

 

www.supercircuits.com

I've bought eight or ten cameras from these guys. Find one that comes with a "U" bolt mount, that's color, and waterproof. Depending on the resolution it should run you $40-$200 with the sweet spot being about $40 rather than $200. Understand that you're using this in a car to glance at from time-to-time so you don't need 700 lines of resolution and 0.001 Lux sensitivitiy.

Fine one with 300-400 lines of resolution and 2-3 Lux.

 

the one from Ebay link would work ok.

 

gonna take a look at the supercircuit ones...hopefully they'll be smaller than the ebay ones. i want to do a total conceal install...not feelin the hole thru the license plate thing.

 

the smallest one i found seems to be the BOSS CAM10. however..i cant find actual specs of it anywhere..




or this one?
http://www.etronics.com/product.asp?...ore=&catid=382

that last one is 0.98" x 2.12"...smallest so far

 

Check the Eclipse one by Fujitsu...

 

would the eclipse cam hook up to my kenwood HU?


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holy damn! it's $200??

how bout this one

http://www.mobilesoundworks.com/Prod...VAC%2DRV5000NC

 

HAHAHA... yea I didnt say the eclipse was cheap, but it is a good camera and comes with the brackets to conseal it. As to if it goes with your HU I really have no idea but I don't see why it wouldn't, for the most part they're just A/V connectors. Good luck.

 

any idea how it hooks up? im lookin to get something that can isntall like the jdm one...without cutting a big hole in the bumper.

 

If I remember correctly it has a small bracket you just screw in where ever you want to place the camera... as for the wires I really don't know but I'm guessing you may have to drill a small hole somewhere to feed them through...

 

How can I hookup a backup camera to my 2003 350Z NAV system? I don't want to buy new monitor.

Thanks

 

WhiteW,
This is the module I used with my OEM screen. It expensive but it works great.

http://www.mobilevideo4less.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?

It provides 2 video inputs. One is autosensing which I have my reverse camera connected to. When I put my car in reverse the camera gets powered and the video automatically switches. The other inout can be used for any other video source (ie forward looking camera, DVD, PS, Xbox etc....)

 

Looks like the site is down or at least broken now. Sounds easy enough to make - a two position relay which switches with the +12V power for the backing lights. I like.

Mounting the camera is a *****. I'm not certain how well the po-po is going to like a one plus inch hole cut thru the license plate. There arn't any pin-hole rear-view cameras that I've found. Plenty of normal cameras for the front plate but none for the rear.

I went thru SuperCircuits.com and found only normal view cameras. I had a spare normal camera and velcro'ed it to the back to test and it didn't work - the mind doesn't do the looking foward and seeing backwards thing.

 

I got the link work. It lead me to here: http://www.mobilevideo4less.com/cameras.html.

I think there may be incompatibility problems between some cameras and the NAV monitor.

I'm still looking in to it. Hope to get more responses.

Thanks