Picking up Signal for Backup Camera

[Shaw520]

I assume they are similar to my night time surveillance cameras on my house,....not very noticable at all.

 

[adventurenali92]

I thought about wiring it up that way, but the my only complaint is that the LED lights that are built in to the camera would always be on as long as the vehicle is on. Not really an "issue", just don't want the lights on at night for instance while driving down the road. I am not sure if it may prohibit a cop from seeing my license plate with 4 LED lights right now to it.

Maybe I am just overthinking it...

If they are tied into the camera then they should only light up when the camera power is energized to engage it. They shouldn’t be on all the time when the truck is running.

 

[David Smith]

If they are tied into the camera then they should only light up when the camera power is energized to engage it. They shouldn’t be on all the time when the truck is running.

But to have it where you can switch and view the rear camera at any given time, you have to have the camera on all the time. There is not a way, to my knowledge, to make it where to camera only comes on when you hit the camera button on the radio.

You can make it where it automatically comes on when you put it in reverse, but for you to have it where you can see behind you even while driving down the road, the camera would have to be powered up all the time. This way, when you hit the camera button, it is already on.

The only way around that would be a toggle switch of some kind.

 

[David Smith]

I assume they are similar to my night time surveillance cameras on my house,....not very noticable at all.

I am going to power it up and see if that is that case. If they are not actually white lights, I will probably have it powered on all the time, but make it where it automatically switches when in reverse. This way I can see behind me whenever I want to. i just want to double check that they are infrared lights rather than bright white LED lights.

 

[David Smith]

Here is a picture of the camera portion.

 

[David Smith]

Here is a picture I just found on Amazon from a customer review...

 

[David Smith]

Got it installed yesterday. I just ran an extra wire from the tail light to the head unit for the signal wire to force my head unit to the back up camera screen. Works great! The LED lights are actually white/blueish. They are bright. Seems like a very good camera for the money!