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naomy

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Hello

I have one Audio/Video input free in DVD player and want to install some? camera in the front bumper of my sky. I dont know if rear-view-camera connected will give enough clear image?? Will I be able to see something on the sreen with speed 80-120 km/h? If not than maybe someone know what kind of camera will do the work ??Any help would be appreciated !

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I have one Audio/Video input free in DVD player and want to install some? camera in the front bumper of my sky. I dont know if rear-view-camera connected will give enough clear image?? Will I be able to see something on the sreen with speed 80-120 km/h? If not than maybe someone know what kind of camera will do the work ??Any help would be appreciated !

this isn't the car I'm doing on wed is it?

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Hey,

yes it is Chris and I cant wait for it. Matt spent all day driving from shop to shop looking for a front camera. He couldnt find any, and none of the staff at the shop couldnt recommend one so I decided to post it no here with hope for some help. Maybe someone has a better idea what to do with A/V input. I have 3 of them, 1 for rear-view-camera, next for front-camera and one more for ?? (dont want playstation etc.)

P.S. this is the link with some good camara in the front bumper -- http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0euuDhG9GEk -Im after something like that

and one more link with some ebay-sh,,, camera -- http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=leYWVNpY184 - thats the reason why Im looking for some help, I dont want to buy by mistake a camera with such a poor image.

thanks

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one more thing Im not sure about. If i install rear-view-camera in the front I`m gonna have image back to front because it is a reversing camera ,unless your screen have the option to mirror the image. ??

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That first video link is shot using a MiniDV video camera, so it will be good quality.

I didnt think the ebay camera was too bad - you wont have the resolution to zoom in on a number plate, but considering that you've probably got a 7" screen and only hooking up a camera to view not record, i'd go with an ebay bullet cam.

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i was just outside playing around with my reversing camera. in the middle of finding a location for it. Stagea not the easiest car to reverse park at night. my camera is goin behind the rear window.

as i was playing around i noticed via the screen is was very responsive ... like i was testing it moving it real fast around the interior, very clear also and was told its good for night time, but i will have to wait and see. should be fully installed and hooked up today. its gonna run constant power via the headunits power and i can just select the screen to view. i'll let u know how it handles doing the speed limit and how clear it is ..

its a Viscom VS2105N , from jb hi-fi, not alot on the web about them :cheers:

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ok all in and very neatly tucked away. sitting on the rear break light houseing on the window. it see's a fair bit, very sunny outside and bright.

in motion 80kph. very smooth not laggy like a mobile phone or anything. picture quality... well its not dvd class but it could look like 10MP just guessing. can kinda of make out number plates at the lights.

only problem i had was . whats on my left hand side, is on the right hand side of the screen. but when i flip it , everything goes upside down, but only using this for perfect parking so no drama's there.

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