- 7" LED Backlight Color TFT LCD monitor
- Full color LED backlight display.
- High-resolution picture.
- With 2 AV input.
- Comes with an IR remote controller.
The monitor is by no means a high resolution monitor, but it gets the job done and kids really do not care about the resolution so long as they can see the movie and subtitles if enabled, both of which are very usable on this monitor. If you need a cheap monitor for the kids, this will do just fine and it is cheap enough to replace should something happen to it.First I should state that this unit is very easy for anyone with basic automotive wiring knowledge to install. What that means is, you should need no instructions, the wiring is self evident. Because of that the instructions that come with the unit are very brief.
I purchased the package consisting of the monitor, the E363 camera and the Koolertron license plate camera. There is no comparison between the cameras, the E363 with 170 degree viewing angle wins. I have a 2007 Honda CRV and I mounted the camera low under the rear bumper and the view from the camera is just amazing. I then ran the wiring into the spare tire well and made my connections in that area. There is an ignition activated power outlet on the left rear wall that I used for the power source running everything all the time while driving. Snaking the single cable which contains the video signal and power wire up to the front was relatively easy, tucking the cable under the trim.
The monitor is very nice, I found the picture quite pleasing. I mounted it with nylon straps via the AC vent over my radio, which I never use. The single cable from the monitor is all that is required, it contains the wiring for the two video inputs and power, snaking it around was quite easy. It plugs into a longer harness that connects to the cable coming from the camera. The monitor has brightness and contrast controls along with the ability to flip the picture left or right, up or down so it accommodates the camera no matter what. As one might expect the monitor is always on, that is, anytime you turn the key it automatically comes on. You do not have to punch the on-off button every time.
Backing up at night is adequate because of the built in vehicle back up lights. The E363 camera has no infrared LED's.Works for the Raspberry Pi composite cable video out. I cut the wiring harness down because the cable that comes with it is so long that it was out of control. I now run the monitor off of an old 12V wifi router power plug, and both the raspberry pi and the monitor fit into a pelican case for easy transport and usage. The actual area you get to work with on the screen is limited, but what do you expect for under $40 bucks.This monitor supplies a great picture from the backup camera. Even better picture from an outside video feed.
Horrible instructions and non-existent wiring diagram. Though Red is positive, black is negative the blue was a guess. Its the auto on feed from the camera. But the instructions did not say anything about that or how it works.
However, now knowing what it all is, great monitor for the price.As one of the other reviews pointed out, this works just fine with the raspberry pi composite video. However I am using a svideo to HDMI adapter I just so happened to already have. Blue wire I have hooked up to GPIO17 and can turn the monitor on and off via python's GPIO interface. If you just want to use the monitor you don't even need to attach the blue wire. just hook up the wires to an old 12v power supply you undoubtedly have laying around.
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