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| Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67   
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Thanks.
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13th Mar 2015 12:35pm |
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| nicedayforit Member Since: 11 Jun 2011 Location: Beside the Solway Posts: 3979  
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These are the people I got my camera from, worth having a word with.
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13th Mar 2015 12:40pm |
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| Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67
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Thanks. I've contacted them and await their reply......a tad frustrating that their cameras are up to 4 times as much as ones on Fleabay but if they work first time it's money well spent....
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13th Mar 2015 4:43pm |
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| miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3661
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^^ Wot he said |
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13th Mar 2015 10:29pm |
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| miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3661
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This is a reasonable camera, had it on my Shogun
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13th Mar 2015 10:51pm |
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| Fish Member Since: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Bolton Posts: 301 
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I took the plunge and got a wireless kit and camera. I hooked it up to a power supply to test it and was pleasantly surprised so I hooked it up to the car. I fixed the camera to the tow bracket next to the 13 pin socket and angled it towards the tow hook. I shoved the wireless unit up bahind the bumper for now and ran the wires under the tailgate and rigged a temp supply of the 12v socket.
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15th Mar 2015 2:35pm |
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| Fish Member Since: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Bolton Posts: 301
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I've now wired this to a 13pin plug and it's plug in to the tow socket and runs on a switched live so it's always on when driving if I want it and everything is outside the car.
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24th Mar 2015 9:01pm |
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| Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67
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The replacement camera arrived today and it works !!! So it's now installed in the same position as the incorrectly supplied PAL camera, in the bumper directly behind the towball.
mod edit, pics sorted for you And this is where I got it from.....supplier is "befdi" and when I ordered it I stated it needed to be NTSC. I was assured it was and this time is was. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281345054717?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT All four cameras were described as NTSC but only 2 were actually NTSC, one bumper mounted as now installed and one to fit on the top tailgate beside a reversing light. I got full refunds for the ones that weren't. If anyone wants the other NTSC camera (link below) please send me a PM, all I would want is the postage cost. It can be either wireless or wired as I have wiring for both. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141496401692?_tr...EBIDX%3AIT Thanks to all the contributors to the forum that help all FFRR owners to get the best from their motors. Cheers |
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26th Mar 2015 3:36pm |
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| Fish Member Since: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Bolton Posts: 301
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That looks good, did you drill it into the trim on the bottom of the bumper? I looked at similar cameras but didn't want to have to cut into anything in case I messed it up. |
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26th Mar 2015 4:24pm |
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| Zambezi Member Since: 07 Feb 2015 Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Posts: 67
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Yes. It comes with a drill mounted hole cutter but the hole needed enlarging very slightly. That part of the trim is actually double skinned and so was a bit fiddly to drill through. If it had been unsuccessful, I was going to fill the hole with a rubber grommet.
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26th Mar 2015 4:31pm |
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| ndg Member Since: 25 Mar 2016 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 94
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Thought I'd add my experience to this post. I wanted a camera that would help line up the tow bar, and would also be of use when reversing up to walls etc.
This is super discreet as the camera is entirely hidden from view. The downside is that it limits the view slightly. The camera is angled up as far as possible without picking up the lip of the tailgate, and you can see a lot of bumper in the shot. The bright silver metal clip doesn't actually fit through the hole made by the supplied cutter (!) so I used three dots of superglue with an activator to hold the camera in place. Hopefully this will last, if not I'll resort to more harcore adhesives, but I wanted something that was easy to remove initially if something wasn't right. For reference I took a couple of pics of the view. I placed a 1m rule on the car centre line with the end at bumper line on the ground. The camera can see to within 20cm on the floor, and obviously the very back of the bumper itself. The second shot has the same meter rule sideways, centred and about 40cm back from the rear bumper. Unfortunately this position doesn't quite show the tow bar. Annoyingly, testing shows that this is by about 2cm! I'll probably put a bit of tape on the bumper when I'm towing for alignment purposes, or maybe a bit on top of the ball pointing out so I can see it, and whip it off before hitching. I'm concerned that the reverse lamp will overwhelm any picture when it's dark (it was already twilight when I took the photos below), so I may have to experiment with some tape on that corner of the lense. Anyway, pics of the view:
One point of note with this camera is adaptability. It came with guidelines on which I'm not a fan of (certainly for an offset mount like this). However there were two small cable loops:
I took a stab at these being for guidelines and as it turns out image mirroring. I think it was green for guidelines and white for mirroring. These links are not mentioned anywhere in the ebay listing or the instructions. They only have an effect when power is turned on, so cut it then reset the camera power to see what changed. Finally for power. I had been planning on switching the camera earth along with the control signal to the A/V box, so originally took a permanent live in the tailgate, however the signal ground also functions as a power ground, so to prevent unwanted battery drain I ended up borrowing a switched 12V from the rear wash wipe (Purple/Red). This means the camera is on whenever the car is, which is not ideal, but not the end of the world. I think people have documented better places to take a power feed from (PDC control), but I used the reversing lights to drive a small PCB relay soldered with fly leads. As I've heard that the BCM uses PWM to account for voltage variations I didn't want to use this to drive the camera (though it's fine for the relay due to its coil). Hope this helps people and provides another option. |
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15th Aug 2016 7:54am |
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| miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3661
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I used the feed from the reversing lamps to power the camera, as I only wanted it on when going backwards |
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17th Aug 2016 2:21pm |
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plus you need a feed from the lamps to opperate the relay to switch the nav screen... I just sent the + light feed to the relay and the camera at the same time, I haven't had a problem with this arrangement in the 2 years that I have been running it | khyber Member Since: 21 Mar 2017 Location: new york Posts: 30 
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Is the power from reverse lamps enough to power the camera? I tested by connecting the camera power wire to the white yellow wire going into lower hatch and the earth to the brown wire but Eonon unit doesn't switch to camera when I select the reverse gear. The Eonon unit knows the reverse gear is selected because of the Canbus decoder and doesn't have to be triggered from the reverse lamps as far I know. |
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3rd Apr 2017 3:30pm |
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| miggit Member Since: 12 Jul 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 3661
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3rd Apr 2017 7:46pm |
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is there a back up / reverse lamp wire in the connector at the head unit?
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