Avoid Accidents & Unnecessary Insurance Claims With A Wireless Backup Camera

Trying to keep an accident from happening, when reversing, is very difficult as most situations and circumstances are beyond our control. You can easily prevent this by investing in a wireless backup camera monitor.

Installing a wireless backup camera system into your vehicle is not as hard as you might think and once installed it is a very simple and effective tool to have.

One might think that installing a wireless backup camera into your automobile is best used to help with parallel parking and avoid scraping the curb or bumping into the vehicle behind you but that is not always the case. The number one most important reason for installing a wireless backup camera system is to avoid hitting another human being, most notably small children as they do not always have the maturity and proper common sense to not get in the way of a moving vehicle. For all the pet lovers out there, another good reason would be to avoid running over the beloved family pet or any other animal for that matter.

Fortunately, the majority of higher end luxury vehicles on the market today already have this incredibly efficient feature built right in. For the rest of us who may not have a wireless backup camera system in our car, there are plenty of affordable aftermarket choices for us to choose from. The wireless backup camera and monitor packages come in a variety of different shapes, sizes and colors. The monitors are usually available in a color screen and come in sizes such as 2.4, 3.5 and even 7 inch displays. The reverse cameras also come with regular lenses but sometimes it is better to buy one with a wide angle lense as it will help you see over a wider area of coverage. Depending on the brand and quality you are looking at a price range of anywhere from $70 to $150 plus.

Wireless backup camera systems are actually quite easy to set-up and do not take up too much time to install at all. It is easier to set up because you do not have to run long wires or cables along the interior of your vehicle to connect both the reverse camera and the monitor. However, you do still have to hardwire the camera by running a wire from the camera mount on your license plate to your vehicle’s reverse light circuit. This is necessary because it allows the rear view camera to automatically turn on every time it detects that you are in reverse which causes the reverse lights to come on.

Basic Instructions On Installing a Wireless Backup Camera System:

1) Mount the reverse camera bracket onto your vehicle’s license plate frame. You can choose to mount it with the top or bottom 2 screws depending on your preference.

2) Run the cable from the reverse camera into your trunk. You should be able to do this by removing your license plate and inserting it into a hole or through the license plate light socket.

3) Once the cable is in your trunk, proceed to remove the wiring connector from your reverse lights. This is absolutely necessary for your rear view camera to work as you need to tap into the reverse light wire connector with your backup camera’s cable by connecting the two.

4) Now we can move onto the color monitor. Mount the wireless backup camera monitor onto your dashboard, or if it comes with suction cups, mount it to your windshield.

5) Run a wire from your engine compartment into the inside of your vehicle. Most vehicles with have a hole just underneath the dashboard or glove compartment. If you do not have this you can drill a hole but make sure to include a rubber grommet into the hole, after you have finished drilling, to protect the wires from being frayed by the edges of the hole.

6) Disconnect the negative terminal from the vehicle’s battery and place the positive wire on the positive terminal of the car battery. Reconnect the negative terminal back onto the battery and then attach the ground wire onto any metal protrusion on the body of your vehicle.

7) Run the cables into the interior of the vehicle and hook it up to the monitor. Turn on the color monitor and test the camera to make sure it is performing properly.