Pyle PLCM7200 7-Inch TFT Mirror Monitor with Rearview Night Vision Camera

• 7'' TFT (16:9)Wide Screen - Viewing Angle:U/D90° L/R120° - License Plate Mount
• Universal Clip on Existing Mirrors - Power Comsumption:6W - Anti Glare Mirror
• Wireless Remote Control - Auto Switch PAL/NTSC - Screen Dimensions: 10.19''W x4.25''H x 1.81''D
• Resolution:480xRGBx234 - Dual Video Input(DVD/CAMERA/GAME) - Camera Dimensions: 8.46'' W x1.29''H x 1.37''D
• Contrast Ratio:400 CD/M2 - Rearview Night Vision Camera
• 7-inch TFT LCD display
• Viewing Angle:U/D90° L/R120° - License Plate Mount; Universal Clip on Existing Mirrors - Power Comsumption:6W - Anti Glare Mirror
• Wireless Remote Control - Auto Switch PAL/NTSC - Screen Dimensions: 10.19''W x4.25''H x 1.81''D
• Resolution:480xRGBx234 - Dual Video Input(DVD/CAMERA/GAME) - Camera Dimensions: 8.46'' W x1.29''H x 1.37''D
• Contrast Ratio:400 CD/M2 - Rearview Night Vision Camera

Before install the directions are garbage so look at them once and toss it. It's a pretty simple connection though red= positive, black= negative, green= brake line & the other is obvious video. Installing the back-up camera was of course easy: unscrew the license plate boom your done. Camera power cable just taps into your rear power line from the lights: Check voltage: and run the ground to a good spot and your camera is done. Running the wires was not too much fun but still not too bad just invest in some zip ties to secure the line. Of course mounting the unit on the already there mirror is easy. You sort of have 2 choices on the power: either go with an accessory line as long as you get 12 volts, below that equals a crappy picture. Or you can run the power to your battery and have the choice to turn it off and on every time you get in and out of the car. Please connect it to an ACC power line it will be so much easier. I just ran the ground under the dash where there were other ground wires: easy. Okay got the easy stuff done. Hardest part: Location of your brake wires. Luckily it's usually black and pink. And if you're lucky and have a trailer set up you can just connect into that line under hood or dash and good luck under the dash. Connected my video cables and battery put my ignition in the start position without starting the motor: put her in reverse and boom a nice bright view behind me in the Day Light. After snugging everything down and double checking everything to be on the safety 3rd side it was time to give it a test. During the day it works great and I have a nice clear picture behind me. One thing I noticed is that it doesn't have a too good of a peripheral vision to my right or left but it is acceptable. Okay NIGHT TEST: Went to the Grocery store put it in reverse backing up, Camera was pretty good but keep in mind that is in a well lit up area, I could see clearly behind me people, cars or whatever else would of been there. Now for my NIGHT time parking area: Camera NOT so great dam near a black display, those little LED's just don't have enough light in a dark area to light things up properly. So NIGHT TEST FAILED in a dark area with the one light I park below. Night Vision Camera is a false statement really when you're parking in a dark area. But it did light up the bush behind me when I got about 1 foot or less away and I could see clearly once those little LED's were lighting things up. But still a FAIL in the dark: if you were backing down a dark street and had this you would not see a thing even the street.

Overall not bad for less than $100 especially the screen it's nice and big: Now to figure out everything else on it since the directions were um the crappiest I've ever seen. What's the little speaker for on the back? What are the modes I can't identify? I put this on my Ford F250 HD Get Extra wire if you have a big truck.

Oh, yeah the wire from the mirror is very short I had to run everything down the plastic runners.

A couple hours of install time was worth it. This camera will come in handy. It cost me less than $100. I had to spend some money buying extra wire. But Over all it's a pretty good deal. It's clear picture in the day and well lit up areas. Bad in the dark areas. So it's 80% good 20%bad. maybe I'll do a short video review so people can see it in action.

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I like the system. It is really cool backing up looking into the rear-view mirror and seeing everything behind the car. I feel like I can drive in reverse anywhere. I think it will really help when I am backing up my trailor. With that said, the instructions are worthless. Since they are, I will describe my installation here on a Honda Ody 2005:

1. Find a 12V power adapter (kind you plug into cigarette lighter, they come with lots of electronics so you probably have one somewhere. If not it can be purchased at RShack)/

2. Cut off the plug end that goes into the electronic item (not the end that goes into the cig lighter).

3. Splice the cut wires into the Pyle Monitor's wires (the red is power and the black is ground). On my 12V adapter, the black wire was ground and the black-with-white-stripe wire was hot.

4. I did not use the green wire and will explain later.

5. The only other wire is the yellow video connector which we will use later.

For the camera:

6. Remove all the plastic backing on the trunk hatch.

7. Remove the license plate.

8. There is a hole midway betw the lic plate mounting holes. Drill that out wider so the camera power and video cables can snake through.

9. I had to mount the camera on the bottom of lic plate (interfered with trunk latch). Snake the cables through the drilled hole and tighten everything up.

10. On the inside of trunk hatch, find the wire that feeds one of the rear back up lights. On the Ody it is green. Cut a green and ground (black) and connect to the red (hot) and black (ground) wires that connect to the camera. NOTE, these wires plug into the red coax cable coming from the camera.

11. All that's left is to connect the video from the camera to the montior and replace all the plastic you took off.

It worked like a charm (took me all day to figure this out though). I did not connect the green wire from the monitor b/c it was hard to find a backup power wire, cut it, and connect it to the green wire I did not want to cut wires in the dash area b/c it was crowded and hard to get to. But I don't miss it. I just hit the power button on the unit when I want to back up and turn it off when I am not in reverse. No big deal. Hope that makes sense.

I hope these instructions help.

11/2011 update

The mirror only lasted less than a year. It stopped giving an image. It was not wiring but the device itself. Piece of S%&%. I will never buy any of this company's products again.

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I just purchased a 2010 F250 short bed. Did not get the reverse camera option and realized I should have. Looked around Amazom and found the Pyle PLCM 7200 monitor and camera for under $100. The reviews where mid range but it seemed to be only due to the complaint that the instructions are not adequate. Well it is true that they are very very limited but considering all the variations in vehicles it is expected. Basically you need power to the camera, cable run connecting the camera in the exterior back with the monitor in the cab, and power to the monitor. So this is what I had to do.

Camera

I did not want to hook it up to the license plate holder so some fool could rip it off easily. So a placed it just behind it. There is a panel with two holes. The holes are not in a perfect location but with a metal strip from Home Depot and some bolts, it sits secured and nicely hides between the gate and the license plate.

I took a meter and checked continuity between the cables to the trailer connection and the pin out on the connector. On the F250 orange is power (+) and the big white one is return (-). The video cable they give is a little short. I had an additional 4 foot single RCA cable. With an adapter to connect them both to each other, I ran the cable along the non exhaust side to the cabin. So how to get the video into the cab? Well it so happens that on the back of the cab there are two vent openings. Pretty sweet. The cable easily fits through the vent, then you just run it along the trim to the front drivers side.

Monitor

Attaches right over the existing rear view mirror. Cable slides into where the cabin cealing meets the trim. Down to the drivers side, squeezing into trim. On the side of the dash the panel comes right off, no screws. The cable just makes it into a cavity under the dash. I have a few car power adapters from various flashlights that have died through the years so, I cut the end off of one, metered it to see which side was +, and then wired it to the power wires from the monitor. There are alot of screws to land the ground wire to in the area where the panel came off from.

Plug in the adapter, turn the Key to ACC, turn the monitor on and on Video 1 I get a nice clear picture.

I used the adapter instead of hardwiring it because it was easy. I do not have a schematic of what all the wires under the dash do.

As far as night vision, well with no lights it is dark, imagine that. With break lights and even more with reverse lights I get a descent picture. Definitely good enough to hook up a trailer at night.

The remote works nice. There are options to modify brightness, contrast, tint and even if you initialy installed the camera upside down, you can flip the view.

Update 5 16 2012. The monitor stop working..trouble shooted....purchased new camera...works sometimes but not when needed...seems to be the display unit....maybe gets to hot in the cab.??

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Nice product for such a low price. The monitor is great because it slips right over your rear view mirror. When the camera is off, the monitor serves as a rear view mirror. The monitor is set up to handle TWO cameras.

I used mine for the front bumper of my Rock Crawler Jeep so I can see the road immediately in front of the bumper for obstacles. The same company offers a much higher quality camera at a reasonable cost as well. I switched the original camera to the rear. I then mounted the higher resolution wider angle camera on the front, mounting it into a waterproof type household electric outlet box and mounting it to the lower front bumper. The original camera that comes with the set is a 160 degree camera, and can bolt onto your licence plate. The higher quality is a 180 degree camera at higher resolution, but requires some clever tricks to figure out how to mount it.

The bad side of this purchase: HORRIBLE INSTRUCTIONS. Poor customer service. I had to leave repeated messages to ask how to make it work, before I accidentally found someone who didn't know that it is OK to answer the phone. Once I found out that the camera requires a power source wire, and the monitor requires a power source wire, it was easy from then on.

I am going to buy one more of these to mount on my RV. Well worth the price.

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The camera-monitor system works OK; serves its purpose. I bought it for the large screen, hard wiring betweem camera and monitor and attractive price. Those wireless cameras are easier to install but I've read of multiple problems like interference, limited range, etc. Main problems with this one were the lack of an instruction manual and inability to handle bright lights. The system becomes paralized if camera is exposed to sunlight. Backing toward a car with its headlights on blanks part or most of the screen. I wired both camera and monitor to a plug that goes into the cigarette lighter socket. There are times when I need more than just the mirrors while going forward, like while towing a trailer, so I chose not to connect to the backup light wire. Curiously, I found no mark as to country of origin. Very surprising that is isn't Chinese. That must mean that a US manufacturer has out chinesed the Chinese. Way to go!