 |
09-13-2019, 07:10 PM
|
#1
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 11
|
digital wireless backup camera system
I have a backup camera system on my 2008 Lex 255GTS ...the camera and monitor work fine in the garage but when I take the camper out in the sunlight it goes blank? Anyone have suggestions for a fix? This is an after market unit (wireless) that has a very clear picture while it is in the garage...
|
|
|
|
09-13-2019, 07:30 PM
|
#2
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 5,059
|
What brand of camera? If we know what you have, folks with the same unit may have recommendations.
__________________
Al
I am starting to think, that I will never be old enough--------to know better.
Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist
S.E. Mich. Flagstaff 26FKWS / 2022 F-150 3.5 EcoBoost SCrew Propride
|
|
|
|
|
09-14-2019, 06:03 AM
|
#3
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 11
|
backup camera system
This is a generic Chinese "No Name" setup I bought on ebay...114.00 bux. No more info on it...
|
|
|
|
|
09-14-2019, 02:14 PM
|
#4
|
|
Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Posts: 33,801
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kad36
This is a generic Chinese "No Name" setup I bought on ebay...114.00 bux. No more info on it...
|
I bought one on Amazon that appears to be exactly like the Haloview system, on Prime Day for $112.
Have tested it and it works great and the wireless range is impressive. I still have mount the camera in the middle rear clearance light spot, since my TT was not pre-wired for a camera. Making a plate to mount it to.
__________________
Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
|
|
|
|
09-15-2019, 12:06 PM
|
#5
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1
|
rear camera
Make sure your headlights are on. Mine, and a lot of them, are wired in with it and won't work without the headlights on. I didn't know and it took me a little while to figure it out.
|
|
|
|
|
09-15-2019, 12:50 PM
|
#6
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 648
|
Another thing I found out with my cam is that when the Jeep has automatic head lights on the cam will not work. The headlight switch has to be in the true on position.
|
|
|
|
|
09-15-2019, 03:07 PM
|
#7
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 11
|
backup camera system
Well my system gets the camera power from the center rear marker lamp...also the ignition key operates the monitor. The failure seems to be related to being outside in the sunshine...works fine inside my shop!
|
|
|
|
|
09-15-2019, 07:34 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 176
|
well, i typed a long input, but the forum lost it... so here is a shorter version
I have a 2005 255GTS DS and the rear view sux. i sideswiped, while making a lane change, a passing car that appeared out of my blind spot, so I installed Autovox cameras.
I have a wireless system mounted on the license plate frame that I use only for backing up. I plug it into the cigarette lighter as needed. the camera is powered by the reverse light but it could be wired to permanently come on when the ignition is on and serve as a rearview mirror. I just don't like to have to look at a separate monitor to see what's going on behind
I have a wired rearview that the camera is mounted just below the top center clearance light in order to see over the toad, the monitor 'straps' onto the existing inside mirror. works great day and night. (have replaced the original inside mirror in the picture with a smaller one so that the monitor doesn't overhang. wires have been tidied up under the top windshield trim). it also has front and rear recording cameras and GPS and a clock on screen. I REALLY like it...
this posting doesn't answer the OP's question but I know some cameras are light sensitive in order to control day/night lighting. only suggestion I have is to call the supplier
Bill
(I have no clue why the pictures are sideways. if there is other pics or information you might need, maybe I can get it)
|
|
|
|
|
09-16-2019, 08:32 AM
|
#9
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2
|
The problem is signal from the wireless camera to the receiver. The garage acts like a huge reflection dome and gets the signal to the receiver.
|
|
|
|
|
09-16-2019, 09:42 AM
|
#10
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 648
|
Better?
Quote:
Originally Posted by 2005gts
well, i typed a long input, but the forum lost it... so here is a shorter version
I have a 2005 255GTS DS and the rear view sux. i sideswiped, while making a lane change, a passing car that appeared out of my blind spot, so I installed Autovox cameras.
I have a wireless system mounted on the license plate frame that I use only for backing up. I plug it into the cigarette lighter as needed. the camera is powered by the reverse light but it could be wired to permanently come on when the ignition is on and serve as a rearview mirror. I just don't like to have to look at a separate monitor to see what's going on behind
I have a wired rearview that the camera is mounted just below the top center clearance light in order to see over the toad, the monitor 'straps' onto the existing inside mirror. works great day and night. (have replaced the original inside mirror in the picture with a smaller one so that the monitor doesn't overhang. wires have been tidied up under the top windshield trim). it also has front and rear recording cameras and GPS and a clock on screen. I REALLY like it...
this posting doesn't answer the OP's question but I know some cameras are light sensitive in order to control day/night lighting. only suggestion I have is to call the supplier
Bill
(I have no clue why the pictures are sideways. if there is other pics or information you might need, maybe I can get it)
|
I just gave this a try to see how they posted. 
|
|
|
|
|
09-16-2019, 04:26 PM
|
#11
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 176
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by campers302
I just gave this a try to see how they posted. |
amazing.... thanks
Bill
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2019, 10:13 AM
|
#12
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2
|
Hope that it helped.
|
|
|
|
|
09-17-2019, 03:27 PM
|
#13
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 176
|
a better picture of the rear view monitor
sideways again....
Bill
|
|
|
|
|
09-18-2019, 07:25 AM
|
#14
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 11
|
Well now that my thread has been hi-jacked....
Hi-jacked!
|
|
|
|
|
09-18-2019, 02:38 PM
|
#15
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 176
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kad36
Hi-jacked!
|
sorry to have offended you; just trying to show something that worked everywhere, out of the box.
as I said before, call the vendor
Bill
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
