Ignition Switched fuse or wire in the rear back cargo area?

[andrewwynn]

That is great feedback. im thinking of adding rear view cameras in our X5. Was going to power from backup light but think it would be helpful to have always live. I would put the display at the top of the rear window so you can see in the rear view mirror.

On my car I installed a frensel lens there to see behind me for parking and it's very natural to look there.

[DriverX]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

That is great feedback. im thinking of adding rear view cameras in our X5. Was going to power from backup light but think it would be helpful to have always live. I would put the display at the top of the rear window so you can see in the rear view mirror.

On my car I installed a frensel lens there to see behind me for parking and it's very natural to look there.

Hello, do you mean you are putting in a back-up camera or a dash cam (constantly recording camera) in the rear?

We have both. Used an old 70mai as the rear dash cam, and have a no-name camera above the license plate that connects to our Eonon head unit. Not the best but works ok. We (somehow) wired it via the PDC, so that it comes on when in reverse, but only turns off when driving >5mph or whatever the PDC is set to. Can also manually turn it on and off at low speeds by pressing the PDC button. I forget exactly how I wired it up, I think there is some kind of trigger wire that comes with the camera and that is what gets spliced into the PDC wire, and the camera gets its normal 12v from the rear fuse box.

We use the new 70mai Pro up front now. Both have worked well for us, not amazing but pretty good considering the price.