Advice on back-up cameras

jCarroll · Aug 13, 2015

I want to add a back-up camera to our car. Wife and I are over 75 and our heads don't swivel very much.
Car does not have a console screen.
Looking for functional advice mostly, like:
wired or wireless ?
size of display?
distance marking lines on image?
buy a kit, or pieces and parts?

Thanks for your thoughts..

dr sportster · Aug 13, 2015

Practice swiveling more . You fail the driving test if you don't swiv all the way right .

Dave Sherburne, NY · Aug 13, 2015

Check this out, it's on Amazon
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Two Dogs · Aug 13, 2015

What driving test? I took my first and last test when I turned sixteen in 1959. (Georgia) But I think everyone including me should have to retest at every renewal. TDF

timcasbolt · Aug 13, 2015

Wireless is easier
bigger is better
lines are nice
kits come complete

Dick2 · Aug 13, 2015

I've been told that congress mandated backup cameras for all 2016 new vehicles. You could just trade in your vehicle for a 2016 model and be all set.

RM-MN · Aug 13, 2015

I put one like this on my 750 massey combine so I could see what was right behind me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-7-TFT-LCD-Digital-Monitor-Car-Rear-View-Video-Backup-Camera-Night-Vision-/201289891893?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eddd00035

I've considered putting a second camera on it to see the opposite side so I don't back into something when I turn.

GordoSD · Aug 13, 2015

Swivel 70 degrees rt to left. Then the mirr
ors take over

ObsoElitist · Aug 13, 2015

I put one on my Dads car recently, its cheaper than bodywork. Many types on Amazon, have the family "techie" help you out. Stereo shops can install it.
I ordered thisnunit for Dad.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...irect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

willie in mn · Aug 14, 2015

Have a cheap one from Wally World on the p-up truck. Camera is at top of lic plate. Screen at left corner of windshield, easy to glance from screen to mirror. Power from back up lite circuit, wireless.
No lines, but when object, such as line in parking spot, hits bottom of screen, it is 18 inches from bumper. Also handy for hitching trailer, can get within less than 1/2 inch on first try, close enuff for coupler to drop onto ball.
Willie

Determined · Aug 14, 2015

I was at a store parking lot a while back walking toward the store with our children when a lady in a SUV started quickly backing up towards us.
She was close enough to hitting us that I was able to connect my steel toe boot to her bumper.
She hit the brakes and stuck her head out the window screaming at me for kicking her truck.
I told her she almost hit us.
Her reply was she would of seen us in her camera or the back-up sensors would have alerted her if she was too close.
A foot away is too close in my book.
I am not saying do not get a camera, just saying anyone who depends on them exclusively is a fool.

dr sportster · Aug 14, 2015

New Jersey state test . When backing if you don't swivel all the way first you fail instantly.If your head ain't swived you can't see where you are going.

David G · Aug 14, 2015

I have a backup camera and sensors on my truck, still creamed a car that was not where I thought it was.

Distracted driving, my fault.

Hay hay hay · Aug 14, 2015

You can buy a nice total unit for about $75 and install it yourself in an hour. I use a wire system.

Have heard lots of interference complaints on wireless. Must run a wire through the car from the camera to the monitor.

I like mine.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 16, 2015

Someone on YT recommended a Pyle back up camera. Best deal at time was Wal-mart on line. I love mine and you can attach a second camera for the front. The field of view is greater than both of my outside mirrors.

I like mine when backing up to hook up trailer.
PLCM 7500

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