Poorman's camera mirror.......

jrickett

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I've been meaning to get this done and finally, on my birthday I get it done. Been using cigarette lighter power for a bit and decided it was time to hardwire and place the rear camera.

I used an Azdome PG17, which also includes a rear camera with cabling as well. It straps to the stock rear view.


I started by finding some suitable switched power so that I could tap a 12v to 5v power supply. On the fusebox on the passenger side door side (F28, a 50 amp fuse). There are 3 blades for that fuse. Place the fuse on the left and center pins (the lighter and usb are switched), place it on the center and right pin (usb and lighter are constant with the truck shut off). I believe that factory is the center and right pins. I previously moved mine so that the dashcam did not stay on.

No cutting of wires needed for this, just need a blade connector to tap the pin. The only alteration was a tapper screw for the power supply ground (near the fusebox).

Note, please use an inline fuse (I used a 15 amp) and if at all possible solder and heatshrink your connections

Running the camera wire was simple (just pry a little on the panels to tuck the cable in). Ran the cable on the left side (I have a power sliding window, slides to the right). I placed the camera up top close to the slider (did not change the view signifigantly not being centered). Used hook tape (not the velcro type) to attach it. Works well, it is just too bright outside right now to capture a decent picture.

Another advantage to this one is that not only does it augment rear view but also records as well.

Update, apparently my pictures are too large to upload, so I had to screen shot them.
 

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I will post a picture of the view when the camera exposure is not too high. Wirh human eyesight, it looks good, bright enough to be usable in the daytime, it works decent in the dark too.
 
Looks good. I drove my buddies AT4 with this factory option and I noticed it would take a bit to get use to. It was so clear (obviously) it just messed with my brain/eyes! :D
 
I will post a picture of the view when the camera exposure is not too high. Wirh human eyesight, it looks good, bright enough to be usable in the daytime, it works decent in the dark too.
I'm not quite following. Do you replace the oem mirror with this? If so, can it be switched off and then have a normal mirror view?

Let us know what it is like at night, when traffic is behind you with lights on.
 
i have the factory camera also and don't turn it on it is too distracting to me.
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This. It does work when your parked and can stare at it while waiting on the wife, when others are walking around in short shorts. 👹
 
I'm not quite following. Do you replace the oem mirror with this? If so, can it be switched off and then have a normal mirror view?

Let us know what it is like at night, when traffic is behind you with lights on.
No, it straps over the stock mirror. Yes, you can turn it off completely and it also functions as a wider mirror. Even stranger, you can split screen the forward camera with the back camera on the display too. That one is too weird to keep up for long.

I don't drive it much lately but I will follow up with a pic in lower light for the camera.
 
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