Reading the manual for my recently acquired 2008 (57) HSE, I got exited by the bit on the Venture Cam (bit of a sucker for gadgets). I enquired at my dealer who advised it is only available as factory fit - is that right?
On a similar vane, what about a reversing camera?(57) 2008 HSE
21st Nov 2008 1:08 pm
Ken
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Buy a full Fat they have both
21st Nov 2008 3:57 pm
CFB
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Wiggs is your man for this, he has fitted all sorts of cameras etc to his D3. Do a search or drop him a PM 2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
21st Nov 2008 4:22 pm
wiggs
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It could be a factory fit as they need some engineering codes to enable it .
I have one and have never got it to work ..the docking station to charge it is £150 on its own ...and its not designed for the D3 , so it would have to be "made to fit somewere"
The facility is there on the nav screen ..unfortunatly just plugging it does not work.
Same with the reversing camera ..it will not swap over when you put it in reverse ...Lr had my car for a day trying to enable it , but could not do it .
Search for +venture +cam and have a read of the previous posts
I have a reversing camera , which has to be accesses through the diagnostic set up ..You could use an interface box that interups the signal from the nav unit to the screen ...not cheap though .G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
21st Nov 2008 4:49 pm
DiscoDunc
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Ive just finished fitting a mobile CCTV using a 2 channel "Mirror Screen" that i bought off Ken. All pretty easy to fit.
I use a RF remote to switch the Recorder (160GB standard hard disk) on and an IR repeater to remotly control the Recorder. It has 4 inputs (1 wired upto a camera in the tail light housing to monitor the tow ball, 1 wired up to a rear facing camera on the roof, 1 wired up to a front facing camera and the final one wired up to a camera on the back of the caravan/boat) and two outputs that go to the "mirror".
you can view all 4 images (quad mode) in the mirror or select individual images. Images can be recorded individually or as a Quad image using the remote.
The CCTV recorder and remote came from Maplins, the cameras from ebay and the Mirror Screen from Ken (but you can get these off ebay also)
All fairly cheap and a lot easier to wire up than i had expected.
The benefit of this is I can still see the 4x4 info or sat nav whilst viewing the images.
Just an alternative option for you...Duncan
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21st Nov 2008 5:08 pm
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This would have been useful yesterday when I reversed into a VW Polo .. i swear that it wasn't there when I began reversing..
Anyway now I now for a fact that it is safe to run over german cars..my disco is ok.. the Polo is Ko (bended hood slightly)
21st Nov 2008 5:20 pm
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Any pics Dunc
Oh and what part number was the recorder from Maplins ?G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
21st Nov 2008 5:26 pm
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Duncan
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21st Nov 2008 5:30 pm
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Thanks Dunc G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
21st Nov 2008 5:41 pm
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Thanks all for the responses, though I guess I was hoping for something simple! Will cogitate a little more.(57) 2008 HSE
21st Nov 2008 10:59 pm
Andrew Hebron
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wiggs wrote:
Same with the reversing camera ..it will not swap over when you put it in reverse ...Lr had my car for a day trying to enable it , but could not do it .
Search for +venture +cam and have a read of the previous posts
I have a reversing camera , which has to be accesses through the diagnostic set up ..You could use an interface box that interups the signal from the nav unit to the screen ...not cheap though .
pbhawkin wrote:
Hi all, I have a camera mounted on a bracket to the rear top stop light and comes on automatically when reverse is selected on my GPS screen.
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Hes not using a LR screen ..he has it plugged in a seperate screen / gps which obviously has the facility to change to reversing cameraG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
2nd Mar 2009 7:08 pm
Andrew Hebron
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Got it ...damn... Andrew
2nd Mar 2009 7:22 pm
pbhawkin
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Hi,
Yes I bought a Garmin Nuvi5000 GPS unit that is 5.2" across and it has a AV input on the side that can be used for a camera or video. It has 2 built-in speakers.
The power to the camera comes from the rear reversing light.regards
Peter
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2nd Mar 2009 9:30 pm
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Andrew Hebron wrote:
Got it ...damn...
I have been testing an interface that does allow the rear view camera to come on automatically
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Details to follow when i get time G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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