back up cameras

[Tikvah]

Just bought and installed this one myself, easy to install. 
eBay item number:271555532185

[Tikvah]

Just bought and installed this one myself, easy to install.  
eBay item number:271555532185

[Oonrahnjay]

I bought a Rear View Safety Inc RVS-7706123WQ system. Works great so far.

   Is that a wireless system, Buddy?  Will it accommodate more than one camera?  Got a link to specs and prices?

[buddydawg]

Wireless. You can use up to 4 cameras with it.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1014776-REG/rear_view_safety_inc_rvs_7706123wq_digital_quad_wireless.html

[Newbob]

VERY interested and following this thread myself. As for me, I would NOT use a wireless model - I have much experience with EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) and can tell you I would not want to trust this technology with such an investment (and peoples lives) on the line. Im sure there are folks who have used it and it works for them - I'm not disputing that - Just my .02

Would anyone commenting on what they know to be good (or bad) cameras PLEASE be as specific as possible about make AND model and, if you can, where you found the best deal (price and service etc.)

Thanks to all who have input their experience

[lvmci]

Hi Bob, if you have a Frys or Best Buy, you can buy components that are high quality and less expensive,  as Clifford said Tadi Bros has good stuff, not cheap, I got my rear view camera thru them, when it developed a problem they replaced it, not with the same quality camera, but they did replace it for free. Lvmci...

[lostagain]

My only experience with a back up camera is the one that is on the tail gate of my wife's pick up. It only works when it is clean, which is seldom. It is useful for backing into a parking spot, but I find while you are looking at the monitor, you are not looking at your side mirrors and risk side swiping something, so you have to stop while you look at the monitor. It is pretty good for lining up a trailer hitch onto the ball.

For the bus, no thanks. There is enough to worry about while driving, without having to look at yet another distraction like a camera monitor. I can see the edges of the trailer fenders in my mirrors. As for backing, I know what I am backing into before I do it. If not, I stop and get out to look. I'd be a liar if I said I've never had a backing accident, but a camera would not have helped. Paying more attention and slowing down and looking more would have prevented it.

Funny how back up cameras are a big thing for RVs, but not on commercial vehicles. Or at least I haven't noticed any on commercial buses and trucks. I will have to ask some of my friends still driving buses and trucks. Interesting subject.

JC

[lostagain]

Tom C, do you sell a lot of trucks with back up cameras?

JC

[luvrbus]

A lot of trucks have security cameras but never heard them called backup cameras,funny how much the technology on cameras has improved over the years and the drop in prices, in 1999 I gave 2500 bucks for the Sony in Matts bus and it is B/W I even paid extra for sound like you could hear someone talking at the rear of the bus with a 8V92 running   that wasn't a smart move.The back up gauge on the screen was well worth the money it would line you up perfect all you had to do was hook up and go once I started to trust it The system was a 3 camera system I don't think it was the money the side cameras were always a problem I finally removed those and still have them somewhere buried in the shop 

I would use the mirrors for looking on the sides I have a buddy that has the radar system on his Prevost bus he trusted the system totally till he squeezed a Honda into a match box size in Phoenix  

[Oonrahnjay]

... I have a buddy that has the radar system on his Prevost bus he trusted the system totally till he squeezed a Honda into a match box size in Phoenix  

    Clifford, you can paint a picture with words!  Thanks for the reminder about common sense.

[buddydawg]

My only experience with a back up camera is the one that is on the tail gate of my wife's pick up. It only works when it is clean, which is seldom. It is useful for backing into a parking spot, but I find while you are looking at the monitor, you are not looking at your side mirrors and risk side swiping something, so you have to stop while you look at the monitor. It is pretty good for lining up a trailer hitch onto the ball.

For the bus, no thanks. There is enough to worry about while driving, without having to look at yet another distraction like a camera monitor. I can see the edges of the trailer fenders in my mirrors. As for backing, I know what I am backing into before I do it. If not, I stop and get out to look. I'd be a liar if I said I've never had a backing accident, but a camera would not have helped. Paying more attention and slowing down and looking more would have prevented it.

Funny how back up cameras are a big thing for RVs, but not on commercial vehicles. Or at least I haven't noticed any on commercial buses and trucks. I will have to ask some of my friends still driving buses and trucks. Interesting subject.

JC

I use mine for a rearview mirror, it gives a nice view of what is behind me on the highway.

[Ed Hackenbruch]

I have a Voyager that i got for about $800 at CW about 9 years ago.  7 in. monitor, color with tint, contrast, brightness, and sound. Also has night vision which i never did hook up as i don't usually drive at nite.....was surprised at how well you could see at dusk with it . It is cable not wireless, only one camera but i can hook in another if i had one.  I use my mirrors all of the time but the camera will let me know if anyone is in my blind spot behind me. More than once before i got it i started to make a lane change and found out that somebody was back there that i didn't know about and they had jumped out in the lane next to me to pass me.....almost took out a Honda going thru Phoenix on a quiet Sunday one time......traffic was sparse and i had been watching in my mirrors for quite awhile ahead of time as i knew i was going to have to change lanes. No idea of how long he had been back there tailgating the jeep.

[Scott & Heather]

My only experience with a back up camera is the one that is on the tail gate of my wife's pick up. It only works when it is clean, which is seldom. It is useful for backing into a parking spot, but I find while you are looking at the monitor, you are not looking at your side mirrors and risk side swiping something, so you have to stop while you look at the monitor. It is pretty good for lining up a trailer hitch onto the ball.

For the bus, no thanks. There is enough to worry about while driving, without having to look at yet another distraction like a camera monitor. I can see the edges of the trailer fenders in my mirrors. As for backing, I know what I am backing into before I do it. If not, I stop and get out to look. I'd be a liar if I said I've never had a backing accident, but a camera would not have helped. Paying more attention and slowing down and looking more would have prevented it.

Funny how back up cameras are a big thing for RVs, but not on commercial vehicles. Or at least I haven't noticed any on commercial buses and trucks. I will have to ask some of my friends still driving buses and trucks. Interesting subject.

JC

Those of us with expensive toads (land cruiser) would like to keep an eye on them to be sure we haven't blown a tire or any other random issue cropping up back there. I have no use for them backing up (mirrors, prewalk around the coach,) but I do want the peace of mind that my toad isn't.....well....trying to hop away.


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[lvmci]

Hi All, when towing the jeep, it usually stays in the rear view monitor without a lot of movement, but when one of the arms broke on the tow bar, it started bobbing and weaving in the monitor, immediately grabbing my attention, I probably wouldn't have noticed until later, which might have been too late,  lvmci...

[Cary and Don]

We use the backup camera to keep an eye on the toad also.  Would like to add side cameras.  Cary is the backup camera. The one on the bus can't see tree branches.

Don and Cary