Gagakev said:
and there was I thinking you were no good with electrics
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I wasnt Until you and Sprocket came along Colin!!!
Colin could you change the mirror veiwer to a monitor like ours in the photo's
Have you contacted photobucket to get you back in, I had to once, took them 48 hours to reply but I got back in.
Colin as said previous Sprocket has a lot to do with this and deserves's the praise
the majority of it was Spockets ideas (clever ******) and with his step by step guide it was quite easy for me with a small amount of tweaking..
Think he should start a seperate thread on How to install a Rearveiw Camera and then Parksy could make it a Sticky
How about it Sprocket?
Hi Kev, I will try and make this short, first I agree about Sprocket he is very clever,
and his approach is very proffesional, a proper guide would be very helpfull to all, while some of his ideas are very close to mine I do tend to take the "Heath Robinson" route, and treat such projects as an experiment rather than a prototype full working model.
Rearview is one such project, instead of the full on perminant conversion of the van, using the best kit, couplers, and viewers, I first started by assesing what I wanted it to do, without modifying anything that would be a perminant fixture, with this in mind, I looked for a kit that could be fitted and removed if needed and would be descreet yet functional, my main concern was practicallity, I stood at the back of the van with the drill in one hand and a camera in the other and thought!!! NO I am not going to do this!!, not just to see whats behind the van.
in the end I came up with the idea of mounting the camera (different type) on a bracket that could be slotted over the rear window btm with the power fed from the vans 12v TV socket and a RCA cable through the van and out of the front window into the boot of the car,
the connection in the boot is via a splitter that also serves the tailgate internal mounted camera that can be used for reversing and seeing the small trailer (when attached), I went for the mirror mounted monitor as it just clips onto the normal mirror and all the wires are hidden in the roof lining and behind the interior lights, a switch turns off the tailgate camera, when the van's camera is connected.
everything works as it should do, and there is no problem with the installation, the issue is with glare from light pollution at night, and reflection in the monitor during the day, I could change the monitor to a screen type, and in the end may have to, but this would mean re-routing the wires, and unplugging it every time I left the car and plugging it back in when I used the car. seems a lot of hassle to me not to mention the wear on the RCA connectors, one solution would be to use a radio mounded head unit with screen, (as suggested by Watson John G) but this would be a big investment "for an experiment".
I will get round to posting some photos once I have sorted photobucket out " it seems to have forgotton my log in, (or I have)
in the meantime i still have a few ideas left,
and ps, sorry it wasn't that short.
colin.
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