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Gun Runner 5 said:
Where's there's a will, there's a way. :)
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Lol.....I should have said.....my super modern, super awesome plastic Rav4 dash houses a 200mm wide head unit....so not a double DIN like the old fashioned metal dash holds. I had to get mine in Malaysia and that makes it pretty special :)

Those parking grid lines look like a rainbow.....hmmmmm.

What brand did you go with?
 
The truck had a Kenwood system installed by the previous owner so we kept it. As with everything associated with the "Ressurected" guys, the electrical part was a nightmare. Correcting their screw ups takes far more time than the installation itself.
 
Gun Runner 5 said:
The truck had a Kenwood system installed by the previous owner so we kept it. As with everything associated with the "Ressurected" guys, the electrical part was a nightmare. Correcting their screw ups takes far more time than the installation itself.
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Such a fancy stereo and no door speaker pods. It's a travesty. 😭😭
 
c2dfj45 said:
Such a fancy stereo and no door speaker pods. It's a travesty. 😭😭
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There are four speakers in that itty-bitty cab already. :)
 
Where did they put the second set....behind the seat?
 
2 relatively small ones in the overhead console, 2 large ones behind the seats.
 
I think I remember seeing those speakers up there when that truck was being built.
 
One of the small ones also serves as the Bluetooth speaker.
 
clintnz said:
I just ordered this one: WIFI Reversing Camera

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Don't need the plate surround obviously but it seemed to fit the bill for something 12V powered & displays on an Android device. Cheap enough to give it a try. No doubt it's somewhere on Aliexpress for 1/10 of what I paid here in NZ :hillbilly: but my quick search didn't find much & international shipping is a bit of a gamble at present.

Cheers
Clint
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Got this yesterday & powered it up for a test. Chinglish instructions & not many options or info on the F-car App that it uses, but, It actually works fairly well on the Android 4.4.4 tablet that I usually have dash mounted. On opening the app it connects to the camera automatically & quickly, then when the reverse light input is triggered & you are in a different app it will switch back to the camera automatically, then back again when out of reverse.

Unfortunately on my Android 10 phone it is quite slow to connect & will not switch over to the camera automatically when the reverse input is powered.

I have great spot for it on the side of my pole mounted reverse/work light. Just need to make a little mount & do some wiring. Been meaning to rewire the work light to the aux battery for a while anyway so will run an acc feed alongside that.

Cheers
Clint
 
I have a pioneer NEX4XXXX something with the Pioneer camera .. nice and easy setup.

Android auto and couple of more bits ..

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Follow Up Question .......
I see that prices for the actual camera vary greatly. Is this a case where "you get what you pay for" and the more expensive cameras produce a better visual product?
 
Gun Runner 5 said:
Follow Up Question .......
I see that prices for the actual camera vary greatly. Is this a case where "you get what you pay for" and the more expensive cameras produce a better visual product?
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A while back we installed a very high end Alpine(I think) camera on an 80....it had multiple angles of view....it was pretty amazing. This was 10 years ago.

I've got a good guy in the biz....I'll ask him what he thinks about quality of cameras. My Sony head unit has a pretty good pic. The Pioneer is a little washed out but I think I can adjust the picture quality on that one. Both run the same Amazon camera.
 
c2dfj45 said:
A while back we installed a very high end Alpine(I think) camera on an 80....it had multiple angles of view....it was pretty amazing. This was 10 years ago.

I've got a good guy in the biz....I'll ask him what he thinks about quality of cameras. My Sony head unit has a pretty good pic. The Pioneer is a little washed out but I think I can adjust the picture quality on that one. Both run the same Amazon camera.
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My Tacoma has a fairly high end Toyota radio and the backup camera display is a 10/10. The one on the Ute, while more than adequate, is more like 7.5/10. I am hesitant to spend substantially more money on the camera unit without knowing if it makes a substantial difference.
 
Gun Runner 5 said:
My Tacoma has a fairly high end Toyota radio and the backup camera display is a 10/10. The one on the Ute, while more than adequate, is more like 7.5/10. I am hesitant to spend substantially more money on the camera unit without knowing if it makes a substantial difference.
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The OEMs have it really dialed in....it's hard to find a bad one these days.
 
c2dfj45 said:
The OEMs have it really dialed in....it's hard to find a bad one these days.
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Mine will more than serve the purpose. I'm spoiled and don't want to drive anything these days without a camera. :)
 
Even with my marginal eyesight I could see that screen. :)
 
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