rear view camera help

BG370z

Just ordered same sony camera off Ebay and 2009 Nissan 370Z Navigation Video Converter. Hopefully i can install without too many issues. Wonder what else to do when I open her up?

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Fountainhead

I ordered that same camera the other day for 18.50 and now it's up to 20.00???
Oh well for now I'm going to make a relay to change the state of the parking brake when I hit reverse and then manually switch to Aux input when I back up. I know it's kind of hokey but I don't have 200.00 for the video adapter that reroutes the reverse camera into the TFT during reverse.

cheshirecat

What head unit are you routing this to?

Cbtech

I just purchased this...dont think anyone has mentioned these on the forums so i guess ill be the guinea pig here ill try to take pix of the install when it shows.

on a side note the seller offered (if in Hong Kong) to take me out for Chinese food and for me to call him whenever im in town...

LostSol

Ordered mine just over a week ago, seller said the same thing to me lol

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BG370z

same thing here.....haha

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cheshirecat

Yea dude, god be with you on that one. I saw them pop up several weeks back. I don't expect good things, but I really hope it works out for the best. Please follow up with what it was like to hook up this "wireless" camera.

Cbtech

I dont see too much of an issue since its most likely using a UHF signal that has a shorter wavelength which is better for line of site and short distance transmissions. That being said you are not going to get too much interference from outside signals unless they are right on top of you, think closed circuit TV. The only disadvantage is there could be some fuzziness due to other electronics and all the metal.

cheshirecat

This is true as long as the engineering on the actual unit is up to spec. That's yet to be seen.

Fountainhead

Hi Cheshire,

I'm routing to the Bose Navi. I've put a trigger transistor activated by the reverse signal to ground the Parking Brake wire when in reverse. I ran the camera input to the composite input on the radio. It's hokey, and when the car is over 1mph the dead reckoning signal to the Navi tells the radio to mute the video input. I COULD cut the dead reckoning wire to the Navi but if I'm going to pull that radio that far apart I decided I could put a Navtool RGB to composite adapter with 2 inputs, 1 for Reverse Cam and 1 for anything else video. Navtool thing change the composite signal from the camera to RGB to display on the screen. I could have made one up myself but for 200.00 my time into the thing would be worth way more than that.
Haven't gotten the Navtool adapter in yet. Hopefully it's as good as everyone else says it is and it won't detract from my video signal quality.