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What's a great rear view camera for my 2014 C300 Sport?

Old Dec 7, 2016 | 03:15 PM
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What's a great rear view camera for my 2014 C300 Sport?

In the last days I've been looking for a rear view camera to retrofit into my 2014 C300 Sport. There are a LOT of choices out there and I was not able to decide on any one of them.

I would love to install the camera in the lip of the trunk, maybe even replace one of the license plate lights with a light that has the camera integrated, does that exist?

Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 05:15 PM
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If you would do a quick search on here you would find lots of choices and ideas as there seem to be almost monthly threads of that very topic.
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 05:22 PM
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If you would do a quick search on here you would find lots of choices and ideas as there seem to be almost monthly threads of that very topic.
Thank you, you are right. I did do a search first, but only in this part of the forum. Now I did a search across all forums here and there are indeed many threads. Thank you.

... now reading up ...
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Old Dec 7, 2016 | 11:00 PM
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The one I'ved used on two cars and my personal favorite for close to OEM install is http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-CCD-Min...UAAOSwcLxYHEQu
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 12:08 PM
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The one I'ved used on two cars and my personal favorite for close to OEM install is http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-CCD-Min...UAAOSwcLxYHEQu
Thank you. Just ordered.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 03:07 PM
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Thank you. Just ordered.
Do you have the Audio 20 with the smaller screen? Do you know how to install the backup camera?

I have the Audio 20 and I was wondering if it was possible to install a backup camera while using the stock display.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 03:12 PM
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Do you have the Audio 20 with the smaller screen? Do you know how to install the backup camera?

I have the Audio 20 and I was wondering if it was possible to install a backup camera while using the stock display.
Yes, I have the Audio 20 and the small screen too. This one, right?



My BestBuy installer is confident he can do it. I hope I can make an appointment this coming weekend and let you know how it goes.

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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 03:14 PM
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Yes, I have the Audio 20 and the small screen too. My BestBuy installer is confident he can do it. I hope I can make an appointment this coming weekend and let you know how it goes.
If your install is successfull I'll do it too! I really miss this feature from my previous car.
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 03:20 PM
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If your install is successfull I'll do it too! I really miss this feature from my previous car.
Yes, same here. Hard to believe that a car for this high price would have such a tiny screen and no backup camera
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Old Dec 8, 2016 | 03:37 PM
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Even harder to believe the backup cameras they do come with do not even have lines for reference. Probably one of the few things I really don't like about my car. Just seems to incredibly....cheap. Pretty much every car you ever see with a backup camera has that. I would sure like to know their reasoning for that
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