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fut1a



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Parking Sensors/ Camera
My wife has parking sensors on her car and still hit a bollard and scratched her bumper. I was in the passenger seat at the time and said 'did you not hear the sensors going off - she said 'yes' go figure Rolling Eyes So I had Chipsaway around last weekend to repair it. To be fair she is a good driver so I put it down to a blonde moment and shut up, even though she is a brunette Laughing

With the imminent arrival of my Defender and with this in mind I thought it may be a good idea to get rear and front sensors, and maybe a camera too Laughing Has anyone fitted a parking system to their Defender and can recommend a descent not too complicated to install system? They seem to vary in price from quite expensive to really cheap and I am usually a great believer in 'you get what you pay for' but I also don't want to pay more than I have to.

Thanks in advance. 59 reg 90 XS Station Wagon
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I am going to put a rear camera in eventually as it's easier to install and more reliable than sensors (they don't pick up narrow obstacles such as bollards sometimes!) and a picture is much better than a couple of bleeps, good for hitching up also. You can put one on the front as well of course, many good reasonably priced bits of kit available Thumbs Up

http://shop.reversingcamerasuk.com/
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You could just use the rear view mirror, door mirrors and your eyes .......

God knows haw people manged to drive in the old days ...... Whistle John

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Barry



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Re: Parking Sensors/ Camera
There is always Trailair if you are feeling flush......

http://www.landrovertrailair.co.uk/buy-trailair-by-land-rover/

Gives you a hitch level camera and tyre temp/pressure monitor for your LR and your trailer/caravan etc..

I keep flicking back and forward re this solution vs a cheaper camera only solution.

What I would really like is a nice touch screen , a nice dash mod to mount it and the ability to pipe any number of different stuff into it , but I fear it doesn't exist Rolling with laughter Sad



fut1a wrote:
My wife has parking sensors on her car and still hit a bollard and scratched her bumper. I was in the passenger seat at the time and said 'did you not hear the sensors going off - she said 'yes' go figure Rolling Eyes So I had Chipsaway around last weekend to repair it. To be fair she is a good driver so I put it down to a blonde moment and shut up, even though she is a brunette Laughing

With the imminent arrival of my Defender and with this in mind I thought it may be a good idea to get rear and front sensors, and maybe a camera too Laughing Has anyone fitted a parking system to their Defender and can recommend a descent not too complicated to install system? They seem to vary in price from quite expensive to really cheap and I am usually a great believer in 'you get what you pay for' but I also don't want to pay more than I have to.

Thanks in advance.
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Post #80794 18th Jul 2011 1:34pm
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I installed a camera on to the rear working lamp:

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Easy with parking. It was a relative cheap camera, and I agree with fut1a, you usually get what you pay for: it was a cheap camera. Therefore, soon I will upgrade to better camera cos this one is not working anymore now after one year.
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fut1a



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JSG wrote:
You could just use the rear view mirror, door mirrors and your eyes .......

God knows haw people manged to drive in the old days ...... Whistle


http://www.elinz.com.au/blog/ 59 reg 90 XS Station Wagon
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Land Rover have a parking sensor in their accessory catalogue-they call it a Tow Bar. Rolling with laughter 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
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There are several threads on sensors and reversing cameras on here already Whistle Steve.
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fut1a



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Miserableolgit wrote:
There are several threads on sensors and reversing cameras on here already Whistle


I must be doing something wrong then because when I looked I got 238 threads. What do I need to do just to get the several? 59 reg 90 XS Station Wagon
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fut1a wrote:


http://www.elinz.com.au/blog/


This is my biggest concern, there is obviously a big blind spot behind, just reversing out of the garage is worry enough with my own kids, and neighbours kids who scoot up and down the path. I have to back onto the path to close my garage doors and you can't see them coming with high hedges. It will also make hitching and reversing into tight spots in supermarkets easier Thumbs Up
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fut1a wrote:
I must be doing something wrong then because when I looked I got 238 threads. What do I need to do just to get the several?


When you type in what you're searching for make sure you click the "Search for all terms" button to get closer results. By doing that, then if you're searching for reversing camera then the search facility will only bring back a result if the topic contains both words. If you leave "Search for any terms or use query as entered" selected then it will return all topics that contain just the word reversing, and all that just contain the word camera - hence a couple hundred results. Hope that makes sense Thumbs Up Peter
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mse



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Re: Parking Sensors/ Camera
Barry wrote:

What I would really like is a nice touch screen , a nice dash mod to mount it and the ability to pipe any number of different stuff into it , but I fear it doesn't exist Rolling with laughter Sad


Of course it does - you want a head unit with the screen that comes out (touch of course) a good one comes with inputs (two possibly more) - Job done. Mike
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Barry



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Re: Parking Sensors/ Camera
Yeh mse,

Thought about that route but kept coming up with fixed screens that wouldn't fit in the single height stereo slot , and were limited to 1 or 2 inputs , closest to what I want so far though.

Cheers


mse wrote:
Barry wrote:

What I would really like is a nice touch screen , a nice dash mod to mount it and the ability to pipe any number of different stuff into it , but I fear it doesn't exist Rolling with laughter Sad


Of course it does - you want a head unit with the screen that comes out (touch of course) a good one comes with inputs (two possibly more) - Job done.
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spudfan wrote:
Land Rover have a parking sensor in their accessory catalogue-they call it a Tow Bar. Rolling with laughter


Ahh Parrisian touch parking Embarassed If everything is under control you are not going fast enough.

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Re: Parking Sensors/ Camera
Barry wrote:
Yeh mse,

Thought about that route but kept coming up with fixed screens that wouldn't fit in the single height stereo slot , and were limited to 1 or 2 inputs , closest to what I want so far though.

Cheers


mse wrote:
Barry wrote:

What I would really like is a nice touch screen , a nice dash mod to mount it and the ability to pipe any number of different stuff into it , but I fear it doesn't exist Rolling with laughter Sad


Of course it does - you want a head unit with the screen that comes out (touch of course) a good one comes with inputs (two possibly more) - Job done.


You do know the ones that rotate out of the single din screen - ones ive seen are quite good but they cost a few ££ Mike
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