Reversing camera conversion.
Does anyone know if it is possible to rewire a reversing camera monitor so that it has a permanent feed and, in effect, becomes a rear view camera? The camera/monitor are connected by Bluetooth so I’m guessing that there is a continuous signal from the camera that the monitor only picks up when reverse gear is selected.
My reason for asking is that when I have the bike rack fully loaded, I will lose all vision through my rear window.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Many MHs have no view through the rear window at all due to the positioning of bulkheads. Your outside mirrors are the best method of gaining rear view vision.
Whether your reversing camera feed can be altered depends how it is currently wired and needs more detail. Did I not recommend ASOF to you? That's the place to find someone who knows about AutoSleepers.
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It must be, as ours can either be switched to come on when reverse gear is selected, or permanently. However, I prefer to just use it permanently on site, where it lets you see any children on bikes tucked in behind. On the open road I prefer to use the outside mirrors.
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I have a Vision Plus camera on my motorhome that gives a permanent rearward view whilst driving. I think Bailey always fit a wired connection. It automatically gives a different view when in reverse, which I find handy at not running over Margaret when she is guiding me onto a pitch
I am about to fit a bike rack and I am concerned that it might obscure the rear view. Other than reversing don't particularly use it as a driving aid but sometimes at junctions and roundabouts it's handy to see who is tucked up right behind to.David
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Just bear in mind that a reversing camera usually has a wide angle lens - typically 120 degrees, whereas a rear-view camera needs to be about 60 degrees, otherwise you get a very distorted view.
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Duplicated post - site playing up again!
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I saw your post. I'm sure someone will know or have done it before.
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My rear view camera, although on permanently, is too wide angled to be of much practical use on the road, as DK says.
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Our AS Warwick, circa 2019, came with a rear view camera as standard and I use it all the time - as a substitute for a rear view mirror.It came with a remote and you just hold the red button down with the engine running until the screen comes on and it stays on for the duration of your journey.I also habitually drive making full use of the door mirrors-I learned to drive in my late Dad's work - van which had no rear through view.The camera does come on when reversing as intended, of course.From an earlier comment am I correct in assuming that you have an AS MH?Experiment, as I did,until it works.
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I think RH's AS van was before the model with the rear view camera such as yours, Ken. Our 2017 Warwick utilised the Avtex Tourer sat nav screen for the camera view so obviously could only be used in reverse - and it was a rubbish camera.
Our 2020 Fiat Warwick has an inbuilt reversing camera and screen as part of the base vehicle and it utilises the Fiat sat nav and multi function screen so, again, no use as a full time camera display.
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TW the camera screen in our MH is "clipped" not the rear view mirror so it is a reasonable supplement to the rear view mirrors but by no means a substitute.The dashboard unit has a radio/sat nav set up in It.
At night the rear view camera suffers from flare off the brake lights which makes it a bit of a nuisance -I switch it off more often than not.Combined with my diminishing sense of depth of field when driving at night it can make the rapid approach of an HGV in the dark a bit of a squeaky bum moment.
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I've heard of the flare problems from others, Ken, so it's not a total cure all for rear view vision.
We don’t know what system RH currently has or is thinking of getting so it’s a difficult one.
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