Looking at a 2018 Jayco 43' 5er. Can either come with camera prep or a Furrion wireless unit. Prep location is center top of rear wall.Reports from Jayco owners on factory camera are mixed, reporting delayed video when in motion and low res display.With a typical factory prep package in place, what aftermarket system should I look at that will power on and off remotely and be able to wirelessly broadcast the length of a 43' trailer plus truck? I think I want one with its own display vs dash screen integration so I can just keep it on as a rear view camera when underway and not have to toggle displays when using the truck's head unit.

Ours came with a Furrion wireless unit and have had no issues.

I did a Garmin and mounted a booster partway to the front of our 42' 5'er. The camera came with the 760 GPS from Costco.

ToddD wrote:Looking at a 2018 Jayco 43' 5er. Can either come with camera prep or a Furrion wireless unit. Prep location is center top of rear wall.Reports from Jayco owners on factory camera are mixed, reporting delayed video when in motion and low res display.With a typical factory prep package in place, what aftermarket system should I look at that will power on and off remotely and be able to wirelessly broadcast the length of a 43' trailer plus truck? I think I want one with its own display vs dash screen integration so I can just keep it on as a rear view camera when underway and not have to toggle displays when using the truck's head unit.They have two models. The slow backup model and the fast observation. We have the latter and it works fine. They do need a good 12v power source. Chris

Ok, I see there are two models, at least from Furrion. A backup model and an observation model. The observation model gets good reviews:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010XWNFOM/ref=psdc_2504395011_t1_B017P8H7BOQuestion about factory pre-wiring: will it let me use it as a rear view mirror when traveling? Still not sure how this would power on and off if not triggered by the reverse lights...

Scrounged around on YouTube with that part number and found a series of videos by a gent:https://youtu.be/CmgVCbBsPLYNot sure why he didn't just use a clearance light for power in the area of the camera, which would be switched.Then in a subsequent video he does some voltage drop calcs of clearance lights circuit based off the stationary battery voltage, instead of engine running alternator voltage (oops).Anyway, these videos seem to answer my questions.

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Arcamper
Explorer
Nov 06, 2017
Butch50 wrote:
I don't have a Jayco but our rear view camera is a Furrion Observation one and it works great but we are only 33' long trailer. Ours has been wired to operate with the clearance lights. So if I want to use the camera I just turn on my marker lights and boom there is the rear view.

Same here except ours is 39 feet long. Keystone wired ours hot all the time from the factory and it burned out after 6 months. It was the Furrion backup so I got it replaced with the observation camera for a small charge, changed the power to feed from a marker light and it has worked great.
Butch50
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017
I don't have a Jayco but our rear view camera is a Furrion Observation one and it works great but we are only 33' long trailer. Ours has been wired to operate with the clearance lights. So if I want to use the camera I just turn on my marker lights and boom there is the rear view.
ToddD
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017
Scrounged around on YouTube with that part number and found a series of videos by a gent:

https://youtu.be/CmgVCbBsPLY

Not sure why he didn't just use a clearance light for power in the area of the camera, which would be switched.

Then in a subsequent video he does some voltage drop calcs of clearance lights circuit based off the stationary battery voltage, instead of engine running alternator voltage (oops).

Anyway, these videos seem to answer my questions.
ToddD
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017
Ok, I see there are two models, at least from Furrion. A backup model and an observation model. The observation model gets good reviews:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010XWNFOM/ref=psdc_2504395011_t1_B017P8H7BO

Question about factory pre-wiring: will it let me use it as a rear view mirror when traveling? Still not sure how this would power on and off if not triggered by the reverse lights...
Me_Again
Explorer III
Nov 05, 2017
ToddD wrote:
Looking at a 2018 Jayco 43' 5er. Can either come with camera prep or a Furrion wireless unit. Prep location is center top of rear wall.

Reports from Jayco owners on factory camera are mixed, reporting delayed video when in motion and low res display.

With a typical factory prep package in place, what aftermarket system should I look at that will power on and off remotely and be able to wirelessly broadcast the length of a 43' trailer plus truck?

I think I want one with its own display vs dash screen integration so I can just keep it on as a rear view camera when underway and not have to toggle displays when using the truck's head unit.

They have two models. The slow backup model and the fast observation. We have the latter and it works fine. They do need a good 12v power source. Chris
ORbiker
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017
I did a Garmin and mounted a booster partway to the front of our 42' 5'er. The camera came with the 760 GPS from Costco.
dfletch
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017
Ours came with a Furrion wireless unit and have had no issues.

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