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Alex_and_Tee
Explorer
May 22, 2021

Rear View Camera

I want to be able to have a rear view camera hooked up on my MH in order to monitor my tow vehicle and also help with traffic behind me. Is there a way to change the hookup of the existing camera that currently only activates when the transmission is in reverse or would I have to install a separate camera? If I have to add an additional camera, is it possible to tie it in to the dash screen or will I need a separate screen as well?
  • Unrelated question: When we first started RVing, we had a 1991 Explorer Sport which had a 4.0L V-6 and a 5-speed. That was a tough and dependable little brute. It could tow its own weight (3300 lbs) and was an easy toad for us. It died with over 307,000 miles on it.
    I'd like to hear your experience with the new Bronco Sport. Good luck with that! It seems to me you've bought into a first class rig.
    ATB,
    Jack
  • Alex and Tee wrote:
    It does have a rear view camera but the sales person told us it only comes on when the coach is in reverse. Same with the side views on the mirrors. They only come on when the turn signal is engaged.


    That is true for the turn signal cameras, but you should have a rear view camera. Salesmen don't always know. Like the one that told us our generator was propane. I said, ?????? He said, they ALL are. No, that's not true. I got the serial number off of it and called Onan. It was a GAS powered generator as I thought.

    It may be a setting, but I'm betting you have a rearview camera. A backup camera only comes on when you are in reverse. There is a difference between a backup and a rearview camera.

    We had a friend who refused to run with his rearview camera on going down the road, something we did without fail to keep an eye on the toad and on traffic. I asked him why he didn't have it on. He said he couldn't stand the road noise. I said. . . "You do know there is a volume control on it don't you?" He looked at me like I was daft. Guess what? It had a volume control. He had the coach for over a year and didn't know that. :-)

    Dale