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That's the one I have. The screen is about the size of a business card. The rear camera is kind of quirky. It works, but I need something better.
Z*L O L .I've used convex mirrors to back trailers up against fences when I used to drive a truck, but they don't work at night, or if they're in the shade and you're in the sun, or if they're covered with dust, or if it's raining, or in the morning when they have dew on them.
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I'm in the queue to buy the camera, may have to wait for Santa.
I just came into the house from doing a temporary install of my new backup camera. I wanted to hook it up to see how it worked before I actually ran the wiring. I bought it at SAMS CLUB the name is Peak Safety View Back-Up camera system. It is one of the best ones I have seen for the price. Not a lot of bells and whistles but does what I wanted. It is a color camera that fits on to your license plate bolts. It has some wedge shaped washers so you can adjust your down viewing to fit your needs. I put the largest wedge shaped washers on it so that I could see the trailer ball. I might go to the lesser ones and see if that still gets it in the picture the ones I have in actually has the ball about in the middle or top portion of the screen. The camera is wireless so no running wires up to your dash. The nice thing is the monitor it is a 7 inch color monitor so you get a lot of viewing area. The monitor also has AV inputs in case you want to run something else through it. There are several mounting options that came with it. I chose the straps that go through the case and let you mount it to the sun visor. The best thing is the price. 109.00 and if you want you can get a three year warranty for 14.95 ( i figure 5.00 a year to warranty any wireless device is cheap. ) I used it to backup to my trailer (something that normally i have to back up then get out of the truck and see where I am and then cut the truck tires and back up some more usually about three trips out of the truck) With the camera I could see the hitch go right over the ball. It is well worth the price to save on the agravation of trying to hook up to the trailer. There are some threads about using a camera on your FEL to see where it is. I might try that one of these days and IF i like the results go get another one at that price here is the unit on ebay. It is the same one I bought but at sams is 109.00 I looked and sams online does not show it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Car,-Truck,-RV-Back-Up-Camera-System-Kit-7%22-LCD-$0-S&H!_W0QQitemZ360105402384QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20081108?IMSfp=TL081108119006r30668
That sure beats my wireless camera with a 3" screen from Walmart!!
How far back does it see? More than 10 feet?
I'm getting one this weekend. Thanks for sharing the great find!!!!![]()