Backup Camera Quality
Hotshot
Joined: Mar 2017
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From: Chaz
Is it clean? A little dirty and they are about unusable.
With that said, the bed camera and reverse camera are about worthless backing up to a trailer in a dark garage. The lighting is perfectly fine by the door but the camera is all shadows.
With that said, the bed camera and reverse camera are about worthless backing up to a trailer in a dark garage. The lighting is perfectly fine by the door but the camera is all shadows.
Trailering
Joined: Jul 2002
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From: Roseville, CA
Yep, mine sucks too. I have to tape a piece of cardboard on the top of the tailgate to cut the glare if I really want to use it for backing up to my trailer. My 2012 F150 camera was way better, and it was a tiny square screen in my rear view mirror...
I will say the 360 top view is great, I use that every day...
I will say the 360 top view is great, I use that every day...
Logistics Pro
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More Turbo
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From: Nevada
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Joined: Jul 2011
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From: Wherever the RV is parked
"Somehow", as in cheaper.
I also wondered if the lens was clean. If they were somehow subjected to something
like a "wash and wax" treatment that might have coated the lens.
I also wondered if the lens was clean. If they were somehow subjected to something
like a "wash and wax" treatment that might have coated the lens.
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From: Chaz
On my 15 f150 and this 19 I regularly would need to clean the lense. Usually just spit on a napkin to wipe it real fast as gross as that sounds.
I dont know if the camera sucks or if it needs to be that way because of the overhead 360 view.
I dont know if the camera sucks or if it needs to be that way because of the overhead 360 view.
More Turbo
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From: Nevada
My rear camera was never waxed and the poor view continued thru out ownership. Definition was poor, I had to guess when approaching my 5th wheel.
5th Wheeling
Joined: Jan 2014
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I asked about camera quality, seems that's as good as it gets. My wife's 2022 Bolt's display looks like a 8K Oled high deff TV compared to the trucks. I've cleaned off all the camera's and it didn't make a difference.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Apr 2011
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It really depends on the type of camera. The older cameras are all NTSC signal types with a video wire, ground, and power. The new ones with 360 vision systems have coax connectors that have both power and signal on the same wires. The NTSC have an issue with the quality of wiring and noise in the power. So even a great camera, could have a lousy image if the wiring to the camera is not great. The coax type camera is a lot more immune to these problems, but you can not substitute one for the other, they are complete incompatible with each other.