Hooking up backup camera

[gus]

A trailer is even more reason to leave it on, it is always nice to see if the trailer is still there or if smoke is pouring out from it!! It helps check the trailer when backing also, nice to see if it is straight.

It is just one more safety feature, buses need all they can get.

A tip; set the backup camera so the bottom of the monitor shows about four feet from the rear bumper. To do that set something on the ground four feet away and adjust the camera so the object just shows on the bottom of the monitor. If you are an expert and confident backer you can set it closer - maybe, some won't tilt down that much. I had to put shims under the top mounting bolts on mine to get it down to four.

[ake1994]

The Camera that I mounted 3 years ago has a tilt feature built into the camera and controlled by the flat screen monitor on the dash. While the camera is in a very small housing, the housing is fixed with no moving parts visible on the outside. The camera tilts inside the housing. I can look straight down at my ball to facilitate hitching up a trailer or to see how far I can back up to something. Then I can tilt it up to look down the hiway behind me to see traffic. My camera is on all the time when the bus is roling.

[gus]

I feel like I'm flying blind when my camera is off while moving because it has a nice wide angle, I can see vehicles on either side on the monitor when they begin to appear in my outside mirrors. This gives me great piece of mind about cutting off anyone when changing lanes.

Some electronics don't like being turned off and on often. If it is hooked to a reversing switch this will happen when maneuvering in parking lots and RV parks, better just to leave it on.

If you don't want to leave it on it is better just to have a simple on/off switch on the panel.

[bakbonz]

Thank You for all of the responses. I found the turn signal wires under the steering column. I call MCI and they told me that the reverse wire is in front JBox under Driver window outside on my 1986 MCI 102 A3. It is correct but it has constant power and grounds when you puit bus in reverse which turns camera off. If I hook the backup wire directly to power it can be on all of the time but this disables the turn signals turning the side cameras on automatically. What I decided to do is get a 24v switch and hook the backup wire to the power lead so that I can turn camera on while driving and if I know I am going to be in traffic and need to use side cameras I can turn it off .

Here is a link to my 3  camera system and it was only $399 for everything.

http://www.busrvparts.com/rvs_back_up_cameras.htm

[John316]

Warning

That site (http://www.busrvparts.com/rvs_back_up_cameras.htm) has been affiliated with Walker bus. He has scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money. Buyer beware! If you purchase from him, make sure it is on a good credit card that you can get your money back from (if needed). Also, even though he says he can work on buses, never take your bus there. Search the archives for Sam Walker. I am not badmouthing, just warning. I would hate to see somebody else burned by him. As long as him, or any websites he was affiliated with, are brought up, I will keep reminding.

FWIW

John