Options for a reversing camera

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

The receiver end seems to use very little power; there are plenty of potential sources, though in the short term I'll probably slave it off the RNS-D CD power feed, along with the video converter unit.
Longer-term it will be powered up (when reverse is selected) by the circuit controlling the video changeover relay that will be part of my DVB-T install.

Minor progress on this today thanks to Ian (IT) pointing out (in my DVB-T thread) that the reversing light signal is fed to the RNS-D - it's labelled as RFLS (Rückfahrlichtschalter).

So I fixed up a feed from that to the drivers footwell area and it's now powering the video interface box.

The next step is to fit the radio link for the camera. Hopefully the ski hatch will let enough signal through.
The receiver end is very easy as I've put an extra connector on the new feed from the RNS specifically for it.
The transmitter end means taking the boot lid apart again and a little bit of wiring, definitely a job for another day.

When I start fitting the DVB-T tuner there will be some minor changes to keep the camera working properly. All around the drivers footwell.