Fitting a Reverse Camera to a VE Commodore

[velj]

Fingers crossed lol if I get time this week il do it

[Morris70]

I wanted to go for the factory look but the genuine Sportwagon camera can't be bought by itself from the dealer.
After looking around on ebay for a while, I settled on this one :

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 630wt_1918

It was fairly expensive, but the specs looked good for low light conditions, It looked about the same size as the Holden one and didn't add the useless guidelines !
Before installing in the car, I tried it out on the headunit first to make sure it worked. The reversing picture only came up as brief flashes on the screen every second or 2. On a regular tv it gave a crappy picture with video noise and halos around everything.
Putting it on a scope showed a noisy video waveform which the headunit obviously hated.

I sent it back to the seller and got a replacement sent, which worked just as badly. Sent him a video of what it was doing, and he replied "Oh, it's not compatible with Commodore headunits" At least I got a full refund, and the customer service was great !

In the end I found a factory fitted camera and tailgate loom from a wrecked Calais wagon and retrofitted it. This one works perfectly

I'll do a write up in a new thread...

[Mattyc]

Has anyone found a licence plate mounted reverse camera without guidelines? Or can the factory ones in the iq be turned off? I've fitted one and have 2 sets of guidelines

[silversv6]

Has anyone found a licence plate mounted reverse camera without guidelines? Or can the factory ones in the iq be turned off? I've fitted one and have 2 sets of guidelines

I bought my one of ebay about 2-3 years ago & only has one set of guide lines...so they are available.
EDIT: picture is on the first page of this topic. cost $18.83 on ebay back then.

[TazzI]

I think it's going to be more of a 'hit n miss' until a good one is found.

[Mattyc]

I bought my one of ebay about 2-3 years ago & only has one set of guide lines...so they are available.
EDIT: picture is on the first page of this topic. cost $18.83 on ebay back then.

I have 2 of them here, but the issue I have is the camera has its own set of guidelines, and the iq also has a set, Is there a way to get rid of the iq set? Or is there cameras out there without guidelines?

[silversv6]

I bought my one of ebay about 2-3 years ago & only has one set of guide lines...so they are available.
EDIT: picture is on the first page of this topic. cost $18.83 on ebay back then.

I have 2 of them here, but the issue I have is the camera has its own set of guidelines, and the iq also has a set, Is there a way to get rid of the iq set? Or is there cameras out there without guidelines?

I plugged mine into a LCD tv before fitting it to my car & it had no guide lines. I think they are stuck in the IQ, but either doubledip or jezzab (on this forum) would be your answer for the IQ question......cheers

[jezzab]

The guidelines on the IQ can be disabled but not via any actual config options on the IQ itself. Would have to do it in person or with s remote flashbox. The CHECK YOUR SURROUNDINGS cannot be removed though.

[TazzI]

I like the idea of having a front and rear camera. The amount of times iv "tapped" a curb now in a non lowered VE is shit!.

[Mattyc]

Yeah a front camera could be something to look at