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By mbau · Jan 03, 2007in General💬 37 posts👁️ 8,760 views
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Posted Jan 30, 2007 · 22:30 UTC#26

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is the camera I have. they are metal not plastic. they have an adjustment on them that allows to rotate (angle) the lense up or down so as to fit more vehicle. I have had the platecam on my f150 and it worked ok, I did get scratchy lines with it, but that may have been a connection issue since it was on a truck that was dirty most of the time. The other thing I did not like about the plate cam was that its not adjustable as far as the angle. I had to put some spacers in a certain way to get the thing to view what I wanted to see.

 

In addition, these other cameras are plastic, and when jumping up onto the bumper of my truck I used to slip occasionally and my foot would push against the frame of the camera, and finally cracked it.

 

The quality of the camera I really dont know as far as line of resolution. I have seen similar cameras with 380 lines, but it may be that, or it may be more. The quality of the camera is decent, its not the best. You cant see well in the dark, you have to have something lighting the path for the camera to see. Also, I suggest having something in the line of sight such as a bumper. This helps with point of reference when viewing the camera. we sell these cameras alot for $499 installed, so $129 is very reasonable for the part only.

 

I dont really like selling these because they are pretty plain jane, theres no paperwork, and no box persay. its in a plastic container with the cabling. This is because it came directly from the manufacture at the time and was really suppose to be stock for our customers that never even would see a box or paperwork. In fact the manufacturer was going to produce these kits for us, the kit would have had a rear view mirror that has a lcd screen in it. The screen is so well hidden you cant tell its even there when the video is not on. The only downfall is that it is 'coated' with an anti glare thingy but NOT auto dimming like some mirrors. I still have one of them even.

 

Anyways, thats my thoughts on them.

Posted Feb 02, 2007 · 16:10 UTC#27

Anyone have the ND-BC2? How is it?

 

I'm trying to decide on a camera too...

 

The plate cam thing seems to be a decent option that I hadn't thought about yet...

 

This one sounds great but I don't want (what seems to be a) giant "block" mounted on my car:

 

http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... c&start=15

 

Low-light performance is important, as well as the "mirroring" option as well...

 

Does the ND-BC2 support those features?

 

Thanks.

Posted Feb 03, 2007 · 06:17 UTC#28

Sports shooter, Looks very interesting. I like the low profile aspect. Any chance you could provide a picture or two of the Z1 screen so we can see image quality like OSUV did? Many thanks either way. Also, I was impressed with the night vision of the model OSUV chose. Is yours decent at night?

 

Thanks again,

 

digxrayguy

Posted Feb 03, 2007 · 17:53 UTC#29

Here is a picture of the vtl110. It is the same as tillithz except that the camera is mounted in a whole frame. The chrome doesn't look shiny in the picture because my car was really dirty. :oops:

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Posted Apr 10, 2007 · 02:41 UTC#30
I had this one installed yesterday. Absolutely love it. I have an 06 4Runner and the door handle protects it from rain. Got it on E-Bay for $145 delivered. It also comes in plastic.

 

http://www.tundraelectronics.com/cart/p ... amera.html

 

Can you adjust the camera angle at all on that one? It would be nice to be able to tilt it down so I catch part of the bumper.

Posted Apr 10, 2007 · 03:49 UTC#31

yes you can adjust the angle up or down. and you can find it cheaper on ebay.

Posted Apr 10, 2007 · 03:53 UTC#32

good job bobmun, i was gonna respond the same, it looks like you can adjust it just the same way. whole frame is nice so you dont have to find a frame to put it on, the chrome is pretty nice quality, especially if its on metal and not plastic, which is what i think that is too.

Posted Apr 14, 2007 · 19:11 UTC#33

My D3 is on the way so I am hoping someone will be able to answer this. I looked through the online manual but was not able to find it.

 

Is there a way to hook up more than one camera to the unit? I know it sounds strange but it's going in an RV and I wanted to hok up a couple side cameras too. Is this possible??

 

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Posted Apr 14, 2007 · 20:20 UTC#34

Probably have to by a video switcher, hook the multiple cameras to it then hook its output up to the D3...

Posted Apr 14, 2007 · 23:16 UTC#35

I know people that have done that (use multiple cameras) and all they did was put a switch on it and toggled back and forth between the cameras.

Posted Apr 15, 2007 · 06:27 UTC#36

I ran a backup camera and a dvd signal to a single video monitor using a togle switch. I just cut up a couple of rca cables, connected all the shieldings and switched the center wires. There wasn't very much signal loss either. That might work for you.

Posted Apr 15, 2007 · 20:05 UTC#37

Thank you all for the help.

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