Review by John R. Fuda for PYLE PLCM10 License Plate Mount Rear View camera with Night Vision
Rating:
Bottom line up front: Don’t expect a $30 CMOS backup camera to perform like your $600 camcorder.

This camera is good for the price. I installed it rather quickly in conjunction with my Pioneer AVIC-Z110BT. It added a Pyramid 10-amp noice filter ($3) as close to camera as possible to ensure it got clean power. It works fine. I can see anything behind me, day or night. Between the IR illuminators on the camera and your backup lights, anything close enough to be of concern at normal reversing speeds are illuminated.

After careful aiming, I know right where the “sweet spot” is for backing closse to other car’s bumper and other obstacles behind me and still have a save 6-12″ buffer. I now get in and out of tight spots with ease.

Important notes:

- Don’t expect this to look like HDTV. It’s a $30 CMOS camera.

- Use the $3 noise filter.

- Route your cables carefully. You should ground the negative lead as close to the camera aspossible and run the positive lead to your choice of power supply (the reverse lights, of you want the camera on only when you’re backing, or an accessort power, if you wnat it on when the car’s on – as in my case where my head unit has a “rear view” mode for viewing trailers and such while moving forward). If conecting to accessory power, you’ll likely have to extend the cable to the front of the vehicle. Keep it a few inches from the from the video cable, and make sure both the video and power cable cross each other and other cables at 90-degrees, and avoid parralle runs. Also, be prepared to extend the video cable. I had to add a 6-foot extension to mine in order to get it to reach the head unit.

I don’t understand wht someone would spend over $100 for a higher quality camera for the purpose of just backing up, unless they’re using it for some sort of high-speed reversing and/or using a really large screen, in which case I would personally use a 0 lux securty-type camera with a differnt mounting location.