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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115   
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anyone fitted a reversing camera , i was thinking of the sort where the screen fits on to the interior mirror,
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30th Nov 2011 6:23pm |
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| T1G UP Member Since: 08 Dec 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 3101  
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discussion here http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic9441.html
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30th Nov 2011 6:27pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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By coincidence, I've just bought one of these:
and one of these:
Both from eBay for a total of £40. I did consider a 7" monitor, but I thought it probably overkill for the application, plus it would kind of dominate the centre of the dashboard. The 4.3" one should, with a bit of bracketry cunningness, fit above the rear view mirror. I've particularly gone for a CCD camera as opposed to a CMOS one, as they are supposed to give a sharper picture. They only arrived yesterday though and I haven't had time to rig them up and actually check that yet. I plan to mount the camera on the rear of the roof directly above the rear screen washer jet pointing downwards into the big blind spot. However, the monitor has two inputs so I may add a second camera on the rear crossmember above the tow hitch at some point, too. All I have to do then is arrange for some power that's switched on by the reversing lights and Bob's your mothers brother  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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30th Nov 2011 7:20pm |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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nice one let me know how it goes ,most have a look on e -bay i think.
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30th Nov 2011 7:35pm |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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http://www.parkingcameras.com/store/home.php
makes these seem dear |
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30th Nov 2011 7:38pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, my monitor was a bit of a bargain. Most are buy-it-now for around £40 but I came across an auction for one with no bids for £20. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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30th Nov 2011 7:54pm |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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i wish i had your luck
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30th Nov 2011 8:07pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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THIS ONE finishes tomorrow morning. It's the same as I've just bought from the same seller. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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30th Nov 2011 9:58pm |
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| tolley Member Since: 07 Nov 2011 Location: gloucester Posts: 1115
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let me know how it goes and if it works ok .
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1st Dec 2011 9:34am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, no problem. I just need to find some time in the daylight
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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1st Dec 2011 10:08pm |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2638  
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Just be aware that the screen will clutter up the dash. Which is why I am ditching mine and going for a new head unit that supports reverse camera input, such as this one:
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2nd Dec 2011 8:08am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Like I say, I plan to mount the screen above the rear view mirror. Just got to fabricate a bracket of some sort. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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2nd Dec 2011 8:15am |
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| bmc054 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Doncaster Posts: 32 
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HI
I have just ordered the same set up as you hope you dont mind you may have a stalker until its fitted !! Thanks |
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2nd Dec 2011 1:29pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Managed a quick and dirty wiring lash-up this afternoon, just to prove the equipment worked, and took a few equally quick and dirty pictures along the way:
With the camera perched on the dashboard, this is the screen image. The picture quality is much better than shown, but I think it's suffered from being a reduced in size digital picture. Click image to enlarge One thing that hadn't occured to me is that the image on the screen is mirrored. Makes sense though, I suppose. I plan to mount the screen up by the real mirror, so this is just to show the size of it: Click image to enlarge The camera is equipped with infra red LED's to provide 'night vision' and switches automatically depending on light levels. To test it, I just pointed it down at the darkened dash with the following result: Click image to enlarge The resolution suffers a bit, but it serves its' purpose and is quite a neat feature. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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2nd Dec 2011 5:07pm |
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