Upgrade Backup Camera Grid Lines
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Upgrade Backup Camera Grid Lines
I have a 2008 GL450 and i would like to have the Grid lines appear in the backup camera. Is there a way to upgrade for the grid lines through software upgrade or any other way?
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Best way is to rip out the out dated piece of junk M-B provides and put in a Kenwood or other nav/camera unit with a GOOD used interface and usable features. It was outdated by 4 years when the vehicle was new!
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I may be incorrect, but I thought the lines were something integrated in the actual camera. For example, I installed a backup camera on my 05 Acura RL (with the appropriate interface, etc.) and the first camera had no lines and/or markings. I had some trouble with the brightness of the unit and someone on the Acura forum recommended a different camera. It turns out the second camera I installed had distance markers. This is NOT the unit I used, but gives you an idea:
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The sat antenna DID crap out (no signal) and rather than pay the dealer $2100 for a replacement multifunction antenna I dropped $400 [installed] at Cartoys for an aftermarket sat radio that I can move from car to car. It works better than the factory sat unit too!
Perhaps you can tell that I am not a big fan of the quality or user interface of the Mercedes electronics. It would be difficult to find electronics that are NOT better.
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Seems some cameras do have the line built in. Guess it would be up to your creativity to disassemble the factory camera and install an aftermarket one.
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It seems that going through the removal of the camera/ installing a new one and redoing all of the wires seems much more of an ordeal to go through. I would prefer that it were a software upgrade. Much easier process.
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It is not just the camera. The line- drawing software interfaces with the steering angle sensor in the steering rack to curve the lines accordingly.
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No, you wold not get the fancy bending lines, just the fixed ones, but better then nothing if you feel you need (or want) them.
