Rear View Camera while Driving
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Rear View Camera while Driving
I’ve searched but there was nothing clear, I’ve played around with it but I can’t seem to find any immediate button to be able to do this.
Is there a way to view the rear view camera while driving with the factory Nav/camera system? I will be doing a road trip tomorrow with a cargo carrier, and I’d like to be able to check on things without stopping and climbing out of the car.
Anybody know if this is even possible?
Is there a way to view the rear view camera while driving with the factory Nav/camera system? I will be doing a road trip tomorrow with a cargo carrier, and I’d like to be able to check on things without stopping and climbing out of the car.
Anybody know if this is even possible?
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I figured the aftermarket units would be able to do so.
Like I said in my original post. I have a cargo carrier that attaches into the trailer hitch. Would be nice to be able to check on things without climbing out of the car.
http://www.ragepowersports.com/cargo...op-cargo-bags/
Like I said in my original post. I have a cargo carrier that attaches into the trailer hitch. Would be nice to be able to check on things without climbing out of the car.
http://www.ragepowersports.com/cargo...op-cargo-bags/
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Cameras and monitors are very inexpensive these days. I would think that a better solution than a fish-eye view from the license plate would be from a camera you select for its appropriate viewing angle mounted in a position to show you the things you need to check up on while driving. I would do this one myself and leave the factory system alone.
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Maybe "Go Pro" Cameras?
As tfischer mentioned, it might be worth getting a separate camera for it, if it's that important to you. The Go Pro cameras are really innexpensive compared to a regular digital camera, or so are from what I've seen. I've seen them in Academy stores well under $100. Don't know if they direct stream or anything, but you could do all sorts of things. Here's a geek idea...
1. Wifi Camera of whatever sort
2. Plug a router into power port in back of car (behind back seats if you have it)
3. Use your phone on Wifi to stream the video (or tablet, or whatever portable device).
Sounds like a neat (pointless for me) project that I probably wont' do, but I like the idea. Worth considering in your situation, though, I think.
1. Wifi Camera of whatever sort
2. Plug a router into power port in back of car (behind back seats if you have it)
3. Use your phone on Wifi to stream the video (or tablet, or whatever portable device).
Sounds like a neat (pointless for me) project that I probably wont' do, but I like the idea. Worth considering in your situation, though, I think.
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Like others said, better off getting an additional camera with a small screen that you can monitor all the time.
You can go cheap and splice the camera cable and feed that to another screen but that is a bit too much work to do
You can go cheap and splice the camera cable and feed that to another screen but that is a bit too much work to do
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You may want to research whether camera is wired to the reserve light. If so, you may want to re-route the wire to somewhere appropriate or perhaps install a switch to manually turn the camera on. But why would you want to do this? Do you tow and need to monitor while being driven?
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