Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Hi all. Not sure which forum to put this in, so Mods, feel free to move as you see fit. I have my car booked in on Thursday to have a new head unit fitted (I.C.E.?), it's on of thos double din, touch screen jobbies. I'm also having a reverse camera fitted and the engineer is going to try and make it as stealth as poss. One option is to fit it behind my square, JDM number plate with the lens occupying some of the "clear" yellow area (i.e. away from numbers/letters). I'm not sure of the legality of tampering with a number plate, though. i figure that if it's positioned well away from the registration it'd be okay, but would affect the MOT for instance? Any advice would be very welcome, particularly if you definitively know Thanks all Quote
H5 Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I have seen these done through the number plate before and AFAIK it is fine. The lens will be no bigger than a screw head anyway so if it was positioned centrally at the top or bottom then I think it would be quite stealthy..... Quote
Stew Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 My dad had a lexus RX keep with a reversing camera in it and it was positioned by the number plate lights. Didn't see it unless you looked for it! Rickya has a reversing camera, maybe see where his is mounted. Quote
Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 ICE & Electronics Hmmm, I wasn't sure. It's a legal question regarding the number plate/bodywork, so does it really belong in ICE? Quote
GIXXERUK Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 pics ! when you get it done mate, did you go for a kenwood ? Quote
Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 It IS a Kenwood unit I'm having it fitted with a bluetooth thingy and, as I already said, a reverse cam. I can't wait! I posted before to ask about the possiblity of connecting a hard drive via the USB port but no-one answered So I thought I'd go for it anyway. The guys at Turnbulls in Plymouth said that it'd be a real possibility that it'd work okay, so we'll see. Quote
GIXXERUK Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 what about a memory stick if the hard drive doesnt work ? something like a freecom hard drive might work - it powers via the usb port and is very slim, or a western digital (i have one of these for my laptop) - very slim ! http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=391 Quote
Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 I already have a 250gig Freecom portable HDD which is powered by USB, I'm gonna give that a go, but it's size is a bit of an overkill for the amount of music I have, which would make it kinda expensive (to replace). Flash drives are ok, but they're around £50 for a measley 8gbso I'm lookin' at this little beaut: http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3516346/M ... oduct.html whatcha fink? Quote
Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 I don't even wanna consider ebay, far too many fake memory cards and stuff on there. Last year I thought I'd got a really good deal on a 4gb PSP memory card that turned out to be moody. I got a refund after threatening the seller with all sorts of hassle for him, but it made me cautious. I've tried contacting sellers to ask if their products are genuine, and spookily none of them reply Quote
GIXXERUK Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I don't even wanna consider ebay, far too many fake memory cards and stuff on there. Last year I thought I'd got a really good deal on a 4gb PSP memory card that turned out to be moody. I got a refund after threatening the seller with all sorts of hassle for him, but it made me cautious. I've tried contacting sellers to ask if their products are genuine, and spookily none of them reply aye but for a tenner it was worth a punt and works great i use play.com a lot, i like the price you see is the price you pay approach (no hidden p&p) Quote
Drexyl Posted February 25, 2008 Author Posted February 25, 2008 I cant argue with your reasoning, it does seem to be cheap enough to take the risk. However, if it does go wrong, you've lost all your data and there's no warranty to fall back on. While you can always get another card/drive for a tenner, you can't replace the pics or docs (or even worse, game saves!!! )you might have stored on it. I know I'll be using mine for music, which is replacable, but it's a collosal pain in the arse to rip all those cd's again Quote
GIXXERUK Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 easy answer to that is back up what you rip on your home pc Quote
Sumo Power Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Hi all. Not sure which forum to put this in, so Mods, feel free to move as you see fit. I have my car booked in on Thursday to have a new head unit fitted (I.C.E.?), it's on of thos double din, touch screen jobbies. I'm also having a reverse camera fitted and the engineer is going to try and make it as stealth as poss. One option is to fit it behind my square, JDM number plate with the lens occupying some of the "clear" yellow area (i.e. away from numbers/letters). I'm not sure of the legality of tampering with a number plate, though. i figure that if it's positioned well away from the registration it'd be okay, but would affect the MOT for instance? Any advice would be very welcome, particularly if you definitively know Thanks all Well as far as my limited knowledge runs, i believe that its ok as long as it does not change the way the plate looks, ie if you have the camera showing a little in such a way that it would not reflect correctly, then i believe that it would then be illegal, if your only using a pin prick type camera which is clearly not visable and does not show any marks on the plate then i guess that would be ok. Obviously dont quote me if you get tugged or anything Regards Nathan@Sumopower Quote
Drexyl Posted March 11, 2008 Author Posted March 11, 2008 It's done now. The cam is bigger than I thought it'd be, it doubles up as an infra red one at night so it has what looks like leds surrounding the lens. If it causes any problems for the MOT or the law, I can disconnect it and replace the number plate easily enough. We'll see when I put it in later in the year. Quote
jim Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 It's done now. The cam is bigger than I thought it'd be, it doubles up as an infra red one at night so it has what looks like leds surrounding the lens. If it causes any problems for the MOT or the law, I can disconnect it and replace the number plate easily enough. We'll see when I put it in later in the year. This sounds good - what about some pics? Quote
Drexyl Posted March 11, 2008 Author Posted March 11, 2008 I will get some pics up, but it'll have to wait a while, at least til I get beck from Mexico. watch this space! Quote
R800NER Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Did you get any photos of this? Can you upload some because this sounds really appealing! [/code] Quote
Ebized Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Pics of Cavey's set up if you want any installation details better ask him Sreen pic was the rear view from the camera - camera location is obvious. Quote
Martin W Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Pics of Cavey's set up if you want any installation details better ask him Sreen pic was the rear view from the camera - camera location is obvious. Exactly where I put mine - no more towing tho' Quote
M350ZB Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Seen cavey's, looks , whats the actual quality of the picture via the camera ? ? ? Quote
ireynolds Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 I used to have a rear view camera in my Supra TT car PC. I drilled a hole through the black letter of the number plate, and positioned the black camera in the black letter. Could only see it if you looked carefully, and it passed its MOT 3 years on the trot. Next is the Car PC for the 350 Quote
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