rear view camera help
 

This is my first time doing any car audio video stuff to my car, I just purchased a kenwood ddx419 unit. I would like to know if I would have to purchase a kenwood brand rear view camera to hook up the the unit or would any rear view camera on the market work?

The unit : Kenwood - DDX419

The kenwood camera :
Amazon.com: Kenwood Cmos-300 Multi-Angle Rear View CAMera: Car Electronics

The other option :
High Definition 7 LED Night Vision Waterproof Car Rear View Camera E322 - Tmart.com

Edit** Also wanted to ask if I would need a antenna adapter, I haven't started taking the trim off the car yet to see what size the current antenna wire is.

I'm waiting for BigAudio to chime in...

I have the Kenwood DNX9990HD and the CMOS-310 Camera. Audio shop that did the install told me I could go with a different camera (like Alpine), but I liked the kenwood because it had multi views. As for the GPS antenna, they mounted mine on the dash next to the factory tweeter location. It's relatively small about 1"x0.75"x0.5". Magnetic, sticks to a larger square baseplate. You don't really notice it.

Sorry never saw this thread. Yes you can use any aftermarket camera with pretty much any aftermarket head unit, as long as the camera has a standard Yellow RCA Male jack.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ideo-cable.jpg

I just installed an ebay "Nissan Livina" rear camera last weekend. Sony CCD Car Camera Nissan Livina Cube GT R Pulsar Versa Fairlady 350Z 370Z | eBay

I went with this one based on numerous mentions here about it. The way it is made to replace the license plate light makes for a clean factory look, and it is almost not even noticeable on the back of the car.

How you like the quality of this camera?? I'm thinking to get one of this for my factory Navi.

I have no basis to compare it to, other than the factory cam in my Altima, but I am pleased with it so far. Night time in really low light it is a bit dark, but then so is my Altima cam. I snapped a few pics. Also, even though the reverse image warning is on there, the image is correct.

First pic the "haze" is actually a reflection of my sweatshirt and the dark round shadow in the middle is a reflection of the gear shift.

http://www.the370z.com/members/markg...1-imag1047.jpg

In this pic, no gearshift reflection but the haze again is my sweatshirt. Also, the pics are just a touch darker than the actual image. I guess my cellphone cam adjusted the exposure some.

http://www.the370z.com/members/markg...0-imag1046.jpg


Final pic-inside the garage with the door down. This is fairly representative as there is no glare in this one.

http://www.the370z.com/members/markg...2-imag1048.jpg

Thank you!

Can you remove the parking lines and the caution warning from the image? Thanks for posting the pics by the way.

No way to remove it that I know of.

You will need an antenna adapter because Nissan uses some funky cable. The Z has the antenna built into the rear glass and requires an amplifier which requires a 12V input trigger line from the headunit. Grabbed mine from the amp remote on wire. Metra 40-NI12

Here's the antenna adapter.

40ni12 - *Nissan Antenna Adapter For Car Radios (2007 Years And Newer) - METRA

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?

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.

What head unit are you routing this to?

I just purchased this...dont think anyone has mentioned these on the forums so i guess ill be the guinea pig here :ugh2: 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...:wtf2:

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

Lol nice...Well I just might have to try it

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.

Haha, I go to HK and China unite often be funny toI look him up and listen to him stammering why he couldn't meet :)

lol i have a alpine one for my rear cam worked well, but ordered a cheap ebay one so that i could put on the front so that i wouldn't scrape my lip works just as well lol

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.

how did you connect the 2? or does the deck come with 2 inputs?

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

Ebay OEM style back up camera
 

I had one of the same "oem style" cameras installed about two months ago. Connected to my OEM Bose-Nav unit in a 2010 roadster. Still works! The picture is sharp and looks better than my OEM unit in my Hyundai.

Just got my wireless camera kit today...came with no instructions...going to try to install tonight

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/26/ybe6amyd.jpg

Well Cbtech you could always direct wire it if it doesn't work out. You might have to put them pretty close together (receiver and transmitter) in order to get them to work.
I've tried them before and while they do work, sometimes when you drive real slow through neighborhoods you'll see baby monitor images come up on your little receiver screen.....
My personal take is the image isn't as good as a direct wire but you could see a kid or a bike behind you if the wireless connection is good.

all good points and ur right I could just hard wire it. i might make it accessible behind the glove box so if i need to hard wire it i could. I plan on only using it for reverse and not to turn on any other time.

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.

Crazy. Let us know how it turns out.

same thing here.....haha

lol bet they don't expect people to know each other

Im thinking about flying to Hong Kong just to take them up on their offer!

Where did you get power and ground for the reverse camera, in the trunk?

I took the tail light off and tapped at the plug cluster since i could actually verify the wire color being a "cream orange" color. I then just used a metal self tapping screw into the body under the tail light.

did you go with the wireless or wired set up?

Is the cream orange the reverse light wire?

I went with the wired. Getting as much done as I can today and gonna install tomorrow night hopefully.

yes. i might actually go with a better cam as this one is worthless at night.

The ebay one I used that I linked earlier had an "ok" image at night. Lot of noise, as is to be expected.

If you really want a good night signal, you may want to consider upgrading the reverse lights to some bright LEDs to illuminate the rear of the car better- this should give the cam more exposure, which will lower the ISO and eliminate some of the noise (hopefully).

I was thinking about that.

someone on the forums had modded their ebay OEM versa reverse light to something better i just cant seem to find the post.

Has anyone had an issue with their camera sending like a ghost signal their head unit making it switch screens when its not on? I posted a review of my camera but no one has commented.

Im installing mine tonight so Ill let you know if I do.

Did either of you need to use a remote line to let the HU know you were in reverse? Did you use the same wire you used for power for the cam?

And I remember seeing that post as well, someone basically took this camera holder, pulled out the camera, and put a pioneer or other one in it so it had the nice OEM look that this one does, but without the crappy cam.