Does the camera automatically come on when the car is in reverse?
323428
No. The camera is powered on all the time and so is the monitor but you don't get a picture until you turn on your vehicle lights and the monitor picture does not go off unless you turn off the power.
323429
Camera uses power from 4 flat wiring harness. Turn on your driving lights and camera is on, sending wireless signal to LCD monitor which must be plugged into cigarette lighter
323430
No it does not, when it is on, the camera is on. No connection with your reverse connection like some wired ones have.
323431
No. You must have the camera hook up to a trailer plug and then turn your parking lights on plus the camera must be hook up to a 12 volt accessory outlet.They do not work great in all vehicles. Does not work good in my 2010 Dodge truck. If I was to buy another one, I would get one that's hard wired.Hope this helps.
323432
No. The camera is always one when the vehicle is powered on. This product does not operate like a factory installed back up camera in a vehicle where it knows when the car is in reverse. The camera is always transmitting to the screen as long as both are plugged in. In certain circumstances, the vehicles lights made need to be on to power the hitch lighting.
798196
You have to hook it up to your backup light if you want it go on automactically when you shift into reverse. You can hook it up to radio power and just hit the camera icon whenever you need it also. I personal like it hooked up to the backup lights
698454
if you wire it appropriately then yes. few people do. I wired mine to a backup light so the camera is only on while I backup my car. In your case you need to wire it to constant + with a switch in between so you may turn it on or off when you want.
2194342
If you have it wired correctly, yes. Theoretically when you shift into reverse, the poser to your backup lights provides 12VDC to the camera. The signal from the camera makes the monitor power up through a separate 12VDC feed. (This connection is not defined very clearly in the instructions, I guess it is supposed to be intuitive. I found out about it after reading some feedback from other customers.)
743522
It doesn't take long - I believe the device has a sensor built in so that it can pre-boot once it detects motion in the car. Also the reversing camera picture shows up even before the full OS has booted. By the time I've sat in the car, turned on the ignition, put on my seat-belt and put the car into reverse the video is always there.
917735
Not by design as it automatically turns on when the camera is powered, and the camera is powered by the back up lights
302132
The answer depends on your equipment. If your car stereo accepts a backup camera, and has the feature to automatically engage the camera when you enter reverse gear, then it is simple. Non reverse I believe referred to the ability to engage the camera and have it display when your car is not in reverse gear (when you are parked or driving done the road).
2112788
When wired properly, anytime the vehicle is placed in reverse the camera comes on. Camera turns off once taken out of gear
321633
No but I leave mine up all the time and every time you put it in reverse the picture comes on.It is a neat little camera good clear picture.
1205980
No it is a single wire setup from camera to monitor which has a trigger wire to automatically switches to reverse camera input when vehicle is put into reverse and automatically shuts off when taken out of reverse gear can also double as monitor with second Rca input I have had mine forever and I love it no issues don't buy wireless adapters or system to much interference within vehicle crappy picture with wireless systems go with this one easy one wire from camera and camera uses power off reverse light circuit
1043137
Yes. As long as you hook-up the video lead from the camera to only come on when there is power to the reverse lghts. No mater what is happening with the unit if I put the car in reverse the display shows me the camera's view.
2030688
Yes, the camera that is purchased separately ties into the vehicle's reverse light wiring harness. Any time the vehicle is placed in reverse it will come on. Be sure to pay the extra money for a good camera because this mirror has a high quality screen.
543735
It is not necessary to connect the camera to the reverse light, but would have to operate the camera manually. The radio has a wire for reverse that would connect to the reverse light for automatic operation once in reverse.
1448556
No, this button can be used to adjust the brightness of the camera's picture in increments of 10% from 0 to 100%. The rear view turns on when the transmission is in reverse.
2135436
No it does not your reverse lights are what light up the area so that you can see I drive a 2011 impala and the reverse lights work really well for lighting up the area behind my car and have no problem seeing while backing up with this camera but it does not have night vision
2161970
The camera requires a power source, recommended source is the backup light circuit on the vehicle so the camera will turn on/off when using reverse. Brackets are provided for mounting the camera.
83610
Yes it does have a connection for a backup camera, it switches to the camera screen automatically when you put your car in reverse.Josh