Subject: Ahh, I see - the US market only gets a night vision camera Author: JohnG : member since October, 2004 : 3107 posts Posted on: 2008-04-23 10:36:28

That makes sense then. I'm not familiar with the camera you describe, as the only front mounted camera the US market gets is the night vision camera, which definitely works at all speeds. I suppose the night vision camera is controlled by a completely different module.

So with this module, if you used the speed controlled input for the reverse camera, you'd have to re-wire the trigger to switch to ground when the car went into reverse - meaning you couldn't use the included wiring harness without some changes, as the included harness requires a manual trigger for the speed controlled input.

And you'd have to re wire the harness to accomodate a manual switch to ground to trigger the non speed controlled input, if you were using the non speed controlled input for another video source.

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  • Speed control input for backup camera? RCA input possible? - JohnG 2008-04-22 17:00:08 (286 views)
    • Almost forgot... - davidf 2008-04-23 09:52:33 (234 views)
      • You could but the speed controlled input - saft6luck 2008-04-24 02:02:35 (237 views)
    • Kiwijochen has it pretty much correct, let me say it another way... - davidf 2008-04-23 09:43:45 (238 views)
    • Re: Speed control input for backup camera? RCA input possible? - kiwijochen 2008-04-23 02:38:53 (219 views)
      • Ahh, I see - the US market only gets a night vision camera - JohnG 2008-04-23 10:36:28 (199 views)
        • Front camea. (url) - Roy In GA 2008-04-23 22:08:15 (288 views)
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          • I see - sounds like this module may not be best for rear view + dvd then - JohnG 2008-04-24 10:01:01 (209 views)
            • If I was going to add DVD, then I would put reverse camera on ... - davidf 2008-04-24 22:20:58 (223 views)
              • Thanks for the input! 1)backup camera 2)maybe DVD or video ipod later - JohnG 2008-04-25 09:31:08 (215 views)
  • There is another kit... - davidf 2008-04-22 10:05:52 (285 views)
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  • Terrific work! So that little video module is something new from BMW? - DavidC 2008-04-21 12:52:10 (244 views)
    • yes, little box is video module, it is NOT a TV tuner... - davidf 2008-04-21 15:12:44 (346 views)