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TECHNICAL: Backup Camera Installation by Tom Wright<br />
Technical Chairman<br />
By today’s st<strong>and</strong>ards, most <strong>Rolls</strong>-<strong>Royce</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Bentley</strong> automobiles vary between large <strong>and</strong> huge,<br />
so maneuvering it for parking, broken U-turns, <strong>and</strong> so on can be problematical. A backup camera<br />
can be a useful aid in many situations.<br />
I wired a $90 backup camera to my license plate light with a $25 remote control switch in series.<br />
I’m pleased with the result. It means to use my backup camera I turn the headlamp switch to at<br />
least “S&T” <strong>and</strong> then turn on the remote switch. The monitor comes on automatically. I also tried<br />
wiring the camera to the backup<br />
light with no remote switch, but<br />
found it irritating.<br />
These cameras have been on<br />
sale at Pep Boys for $110 with a<br />
$20 rebate. (The rebate was a<br />
painless online process.) If<br />
considering alternatives, an<br />
important feature is that the<br />
system is “wireless”. Both the<br />
camera <strong>and</strong> the monitor have a<br />
power <strong>and</strong> ground wire, but the<br />
image is broadcast from the<br />
camera to the monitor. Thus you<br />
needn’t run a wire from the<br />
camera to the monitor, which<br />
would be a lot <strong>of</strong> work.<br />
<strong>September</strong>-<strong>October</strong> 2007<br />
(Continued Page 17)<br />
In my Silver Cloud, the<br />
monitor was placed in the<br />
driver’s side door-less glove<br />
compartment, shown with a<br />
view across my alley. The<br />
monitor can plug into the<br />
cigarette lighter or be wired to<br />
a power source under the<br />
dash such as the radio power.<br />
The camera is designed to<br />
mount on the rear license<br />
plate. Getting the camera<br />
power wire hooked up to the<br />
remote switch <strong>and</strong> the license plate light will depend on the car involved.<br />
I wired the camera to the license plate light through a remote controlled switch. The car’s light<br />
switch must be in at least the first on position to use the camera. Then the remote control switch<br />
must be turned on. I find it is no bother to turn on the lights during the day to operate the camera.<br />
The wiring <strong>of</strong> the camera <strong>and</strong> the remote switch is very straightforward. Details may vary from car<br />
to car. Here is what I did on my Cloud. I removed the license plate light bracket as if I were<br />
replacing the bulb. Then I did this wiring:<br />
Page 5 Volume 35 Issue 5<br />
Photos by Tom Wright
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