Sorry it took me so long to get pics guys...Originally Posted by 2me
So, since I had two rear cameras, I went ahead and mounted the 2nd camera just above the hitch in the rear bumper. Didn't take too long since I had already pre-run the video cable back to the radio when I did the original install.
Anyway, here are two pics of the two different cameras while I was sitting in line at the local McDonalds.
This one is the bottom camera, in the rear bumper
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This one is the camera in the hub of the spare tire wheel
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Oddly enough, you can see in the pictures that both cameras show almost the exact same close in spot on the ground. Look at the grease marks on the ground and compare between each camera. Each camera is basically showing the same. I was able to tilt my spare tire camera down maybe 5 degrees whereas the bumper camera I couldn't tilt as much. End result, both cameras show the same distance from the back of the Jeep, it's just the bumper cam allows me to see the hitch for when I hook up a trailer whereas the spare tire cam obviously doesn't have the spare tire in the image so I can see further back. I'm also expecting that in the winter time the spare tire cam won't be as blocked by snow.
I will say I'm not as impressed the the NavTV as I was hoping. I selected it over the Coastal Tech's lockpick because supposedly the NavTV was more reliable. I have found it to not be as reliable as they said, and I think the Coastal Tech actually implemented better features with more convenient access to them. With the NavTV, flipping between the cameras is not as convenient as what Coastal came up with.
I think the NavTV is putting the stupid colored grid lines on the screen, as those are not coming from the camera. I wish they weren't there as they are clearly off since the tilt of my camera doesn't match how they have designed them to appear on the screen. Clearly they were planning for more of a 30 degree down tilt on the camera.
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