NCCherokee
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Anderson, SC
Something simple, but now that I have it I love it.
Wanted a backup camera, didn't want to spend a lot of money. Bought this Pyle on amazon with camera and wiring harness for $60 shipped. Mounted the camera above the license plate and aimed just so I could see the tip of the trailer ball.
The AV wire goes from hatch to body along the upper driver side trim, down driver a pillar to the monitor. The camera is ground to the hatch, and 12v comes out hatch to the body, where it meets the 12v to the monitor. They are soldered together then heat shrinked. The 12v power comes from my fitchbox in the rear quarter panel. I did it this way because I wired them up to a switch on my switchbox, so I could use it any time.
Currently it isn't hooked up to the reverse lights to automatically engage it in reverse. I did this for my backup lights so I could use both a switch and have it work automatically. I may just have a jumper from the backup light relay to the camera relay in the future.
The monitor comes with two sides sticky tape and I mounted it next to the gauge cluster and A pillar. It's only a 3.5" monitor, any bigger wouldn't fit in that spot, and I wanted to minimize obstruction to driving view
You can kinda tell its location
Monitor has distance scale lines. For me they aren't accurate because of how I positioned the camera to catch the trailer ball. So 3m is more like 3 feet. If I pointed it up higher I can essentially calibrate it.
Now that I've done it, my wife wants one on her car. I'm also kinda thinking it'd be nice to have one on the front bumper down low angled downwards for trail obstacle stuff, and use a monitor you can switch back and forth between different camera inputs.
Wanted a backup camera, didn't want to spend a lot of money. Bought this Pyle on amazon with camera and wiring harness for $60 shipped. Mounted the camera above the license plate and aimed just so I could see the tip of the trailer ball.
The AV wire goes from hatch to body along the upper driver side trim, down driver a pillar to the monitor. The camera is ground to the hatch, and 12v comes out hatch to the body, where it meets the 12v to the monitor. They are soldered together then heat shrinked. The 12v power comes from my fitchbox in the rear quarter panel. I did it this way because I wired them up to a switch on my switchbox, so I could use it any time.
Currently it isn't hooked up to the reverse lights to automatically engage it in reverse. I did this for my backup lights so I could use both a switch and have it work automatically. I may just have a jumper from the backup light relay to the camera relay in the future.
The monitor comes with two sides sticky tape and I mounted it next to the gauge cluster and A pillar. It's only a 3.5" monitor, any bigger wouldn't fit in that spot, and I wanted to minimize obstruction to driving view
You can kinda tell its location
Monitor has distance scale lines. For me they aren't accurate because of how I positioned the camera to catch the trailer ball. So 3m is more like 3 feet. If I pointed it up higher I can essentially calibrate it.
Now that I've done it, my wife wants one on her car. I'm also kinda thinking it'd be nice to have one on the front bumper down low angled downwards for trail obstacle stuff, and use a monitor you can switch back and forth between different camera inputs.
