Yesterday installed my very first rearview camera on the TL-S, thanks to Fiddler for his help. I decided to beta-test with a b/w camera at first, cuz its a lot cheaper than a color one, and the case i made for it is not that great. but its a start. the camera works great, the image is done through my alpine LCD screen thats also used for dvd and navi system. resolution is at 420 lines, and so its like watching TV only u can see whats going on behind u. i did this for parking purposes, but its a really cool toy, and now i can see the license plate numbers of those behind me i still have some adjustments to do, and i need to design a better case and see how weather resistant it is, but it looks like it'll be really cool. i'll have pics posted soon, cuz right now i have no dsl at home.

 

The setup was actually relatively straigh forward and is kinda fun.. gets me carsick if i keep on looking at the screen though
Its not the prettiest looking setup right now, but has potential.. would be nice to mount cameras on the front corners of the bumper to see around corners. Anyone know of good A/B type switches for video or a video multiplexer that will do that security camera like thing where it splits 4 cameras into one monitor and you see all 4 in sections?

 

Why don't we have those nice options available to the Inspire? Too bad.

 

soon ... soon

 

That's hella tight... where was the camera mounted?? Inside the car or somewhere by the trunk??

And of course you took some pics right??

 

camera is mounted where it is on the q45, right over the license plate. since i dont have a spoiler on my 02TL-S, i didnt wanna designe it with spoiler as a necessity, unlike the one for the INSPIRE

pictures very soon, cuz it looks like i might finally have my dsl back today.

 

Is the camera picture mirrored left-to-right? I think it would be easier to reverse if it were.

 

not yet, so its kinda weird at first. but since the camera does not have any kind of brain, i cant use a computer to flip the image. once i have a fully functional weatherproof color setup, i'll start working on having it reflect off a mirror, so that u get an image that is "true" left-to-right from the drivers point of view. but until thats done, and really the more important reason i did it, is so i know where the bumper ends and the wall begins, instead of inching ever so slowly trying not to hit nething behind.

 

I believe that there are cameras out there that internally flip the image left-to-right...

But a mirror setup may be sufficient! Sounds cool, actually.

 

Toys, toys! Where will it stop? LOL I like the idea, tho

 

i wish i had the guts and the skills to actually try those things at home...but that thing is reallly cool!! u should master it and start selling them to ppl, it could be good money...lol