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Old 11-19-2007, 12:01 PM
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Back Up Camera

the back up camera in the X5 sucks badly , especially at night !! is there any upgrade to make it more clear but at the same time keep the red green orange indicators ? thanks
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Something I found that helps is if you turn on the rear fog light..... Not a prefect solution, but it makes things a little better....

Only other option, maybe would be to fit a rear spot light to the car..... !!

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Something I found that helps is if you turn on the rear fog light..... Not a prefect solution, but it makes things a little better....

Only other option, maybe would be to fit a rear spot light to the car..... !!

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unfortunately BMW doesn't give the rear fog light option to us folks in the USA... another STUPID move by management.
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Old 11-19-2007, 08:14 PM
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Is there a brightness adjustment ??? I guess not.

If you can get brighter reverse lights, it will help, too. On my current 05 Ody, the reverse lights are very bright, and the rear view camera at night is very good. Once I had a burnt reverse bulb, and could not see a thing thru the camera !
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Old 11-19-2007, 09:56 PM
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Is there a brightness adjustment ??? I guess not.

If you can get brighter reverse lights, it will help, too. On my current 05 Ody, the reverse lights are very bright, and the rear view camera at night is very good. Once I had a burnt reverse bulb, and could not see a thing thru the camera !
There is a brightness control... the problem at night is the quality which is something akin to 20000 ISO film LOL..
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unfortunately BMW doesn't give the rear fog light option to us folks in the USA... another STUPID move by management.
BUMMER !!

I was thinking if u took car to an auto electrician, perhaps they could fit a small driving light at the back.... I KNOW STUPID in a bmw... but an option that would work.....
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I personally have never needed a backup camera for any reason. The beep beep beep does the job very nicely.
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I just had my dealer replaced the back up camera and it's now quite bright at night. Only downside is having to leave the vehicle overnight for programming.
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there is a brightness adjustment but it still doesnt make a difference at night ..

nikman - can u post some pics of the backup screen at night ? do u know with what ur dealer replaced the camera with ? brand ? type ?

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