Pyle RV Backup Camera for Car, Waterproof Marine-Grade with License Plate Cam - Built-in Distance Scale Lines Slim Bar Cam w/ 420 TVL Resolution Adjustable Lens, RCA Video Cable, 10'' x 1.3'' x 1.3’’

I bought this device for my 2009 Ford Ranger extended cab. When I received the camera, it had the following in the box: 1. Camera 2. 17'-ish long composite cable 3. Power cable 4. Utterly useless instructions. I did not have a wire alongside the composite cable. I wound up running a single 18 gauge wire to send the signal to the head unit to turn on. The composite cord is just long enough without having to extend it on my truck - for other Ranger owners, drop the wire from the radio down the driver's (left) side of the tranny tunnel, then go through the grommet that is under the driver's seat. I put the wires in loom and snaked them along the frame alongside the other wiring for the truck and it's *just* long enough to get back to the bumper. I soldered a wire onto the positive side of the backup light, and I grounded the camera above the spare tire (using an existing 10mm bolt that bolts the spare tire cable assembly to the truck), which you'll want to remove to have some room hooking things up. I don't recommend the camera be on all the time, it'll probably wear out too fast. If you have a trailer and want to be able to turn the camera on, use a diode at the backup light and hook up an auxiliary switch on the dash somewhere to put +12V on the power line you run from the back of the truck - this will turn the camera and the radio input on and the diode will prevent the backup lights from coming on if you want to use the camera independently. Make sure you solder all the connections! The quality of the camera is a lot better than I thought it would be. Haven't tried it at night yet. Edit: I've now had this unit for 2.5 months. Camera still works perfectly. Night vision is actually pretty decent - the backup lights on my truck are pretty bright and I could even see a car parked across the street from my house. It's nothing like infrared and the image can be a bit grainy at night but you can easily identify people walking or parked vehicles. I also discovered that if a raindrop sits on the camera it looks like your LCD screen is broken in the truck. That gave me a heart attack the first time I saw that. Now as a part of my morning routine I wipe off my side mirrors and the camera at the same time and problem solved! ;-) Edit (2014-11-28): For those wondering about durability and longevity, I've now had this for about one year and four months. I've dropped things on the camera while loading my truck (if it wasn't metal I'm sure it would have broken), I've caught it with my toe climbing in and out of the truck bed, it's been through the carwash several times, it's been buried in snow a few times, covered in snowy mud from highways, and it's seen temperatures of about -20 celcius. The dang thing is still working! Edit (2018-03-10): Well, it seems the camera got moisture behind the lens making it useless (the camera still works but it is so blurry you can't tell what it's showing. Lasted about 5 years for me.

This is likely the same camera as many others that look like it. I bought it to replace one that got real blurry and was able to just plug it into the existing power and video cable. The camera is wired to be powered at all times so I can turn it on while driving forward with the "rear camera" button on my A/V receiver. Very handy when the rear window is blocked or I'm paranoid about what's behind me. The only beef I have is that there doesn't appear to be any way to disable the parking lines, I should have verified that before I bought it. The mounting bracket is also pretty long, it extends over the registration sticker and that will get you in trouble where I live. I had to fab up little extenders and mount it above my plate.

Okay. This product is just as advertised and once installed properly, is on point. Now, my unit did not come with directions for installation but I figured I would pretend Google didnt exist and went at it. First there are two cables with this unit, one is a video male to male connector (for hooking up to display unit, stereo, tv, or projector if you are really odd) and another one that plugs into the power jack on camera and then has a naked end with positive and negative wires (exposed). I found the reverse light wires running to reverse lights and spliced the red and black to the positive and negative leads to reverse light, which gives the camera power only when the reverse lights are on (when in reverse obviously) I then ran the video cable to head unit and hooked up and every thing was great. The one thing i did not figure out, was a small thin red wire that was exposed at both ends of the video cable. I am not sure if that is something to hook up to the monitor or head unit that makes it automatically switch to the camera feed once vehicle is put into reverse. But the camera works fine as is, and I did not want to resort to google as I mentioned earlier. Oh and the hardest part if you have a tailgate or hatchback is running the wires from the camera THRU some orifice (I used the place where my license plate lights are) to get it into the cabin of car to run video cable thru car to head unit or monitor. Okay all of that being said. It was not that hard to install once I worked out the obvious and the quality of the image is very very very clear and the adjustable camera angle is easy to work out and my wife likes the three color (red yellow green) back up scale lines imposed on the image. Good stuff.

Una cámara de reversa no necesita una altísima resolución, ya que con una resolución aceptable es suficiente para observar cualquier obstáculo, siempre y cuando su sensor pueda captar la imagen exterior en condiciones de baja luz. Esta cámara puede captar imágenes bastante aceptables en condiciones de poca luz. Parece soportar muy bien condiciones climáticas difíciles, como por ejemplo mucha lluvia, y seguir funcionando sin problema. Es importante tener en cuenta que serán necesarios tornillos un poquito más largos si se tiene un marco porta placa abultado, o bien, comprar algún marco porta placa delgado y plano para poder usar prácticamente cualquier tornillo para placa. Aconsejo ampliamente comprar algún juego de tornillos para placa de los que usan llave especial. Es decir, que no puedan desatornillarse con cualquier desarmador o pinzas. De otra manera, cualquiera podría robarse tu cámara si dejas el auto estacionado en algún lugar que no esté bien vigilado. El segundo aspecto a tener en cuenta es que cualquier cámara de reversa necesita una instalación un poco compleja, ya que es necesario pasar el cable de señal desde la placa hasta el estéreo (o monitor de la cámara). El cable de señal incluido con la cámara tiene un poco más de 5.5 m de largo. Esta longitud me fue suficiente para instalar esta cámara en un auto Chevrolet, pero se quedó un poco corta para una segunda cámara que instalé en una Dodge Durango. Por lo que en caso de tener una SUV tan larga como la Durango, es importante considerar alguna extensión RCA.

Very solid build quality...I still have to get it connected but so far it looks and feels awesome in my hand...I think this will last the lifetime of the car.

It was so simple to install and the clarity of the display was exceptional. I was. It expecting the display to be that crystal clear. Camera resolution is great. Great value

Good camera, working like a charm. Clear even in night time

Buen producto, es decir, la calidad no es excelente, pero si se ve mucho mejor que las cámaras de ese precio... de noche se ve de maravilla, puesto que yo tenia un que se veía horrible de noche.. si vale la pena