Will these license plate cameras work accurately if the license plate is not located in the center of the vehicle? I have an suv with the spare tire on the rear door and the plate on the left side. I just want to be certain it will work before buying....
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I'm sure it has a wide enough angle so you can still see directly behind your vehicle.
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I have mine on the left side. As far as I can tell the rear view image is basically centered. So I think it doesn't matter which side it's located.
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Hello Thanks for your message, the image of the rear cam would be showed on the top right of the screen no matter park or drive. Hope this can help you, have a nice day:) Regards
1241824
Probably not. I had the same issue on a newer Jeep Wrangler Sahara. Had to send back. This camera requires the full frame area of the license plate in order to fit.
1305934
I can read street signs when I tested it in a moving vehicle. Never tried license plates but imagine you could read them with good conditions - zoom, distance, lighting.
1565719
I cannot answer how it performs vs a license plate camera, but it does have a great field of view, and worked excellent at night. I had taken rubber trailer hitch cover and drilled a hole it it and mounted the camera in there so I did not have to drill holes in the bumper or body. This was a great solution for my Chevy Avalanche.
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If your license plate is located in the middle of your bumper, than it should work just fine. Good luck!
65724
Yeah, I have a front center license plate holder, too, on my 2013 reg. cab F-150, and I found out (after buying this grille) that you have to remove the plate holder to mount the grille, AND you cannot put the plate holder back on. In California it's illegal not to have your front license plate displayed (if 2 plates were issues with the vehicle) and you will get popped for it, especially in urban areas. I got a ticket in San Fran for not having a front license plate on another car of mine. What a headache. So if you do mount this grille, you'll have to relocate your plate to the side. I'm in the process of looking into how to do that right now, so if anyone out there has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
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Then the only choice you have is a board camera. License plate cameras "Back up cameras" are not good enough besides a lot of those reverse the image. The good ones come with light blocking they can be found in dome cameras great for nabbing plate numbers the control for those is in the cable. It's a lot of messing around to get them set up but when you do it's worth it. Take note of those settings on paper if the camera loses power a lot of those default back. You can find then by themselves but I have not seen them on Amazon google board cameras that will get you there.
1117004
I bought a wired camera that attaches over the licence plate. Had a car audio shop install both GPS and camera as they know tricks to run wires.
300912
I would recommend a camera in the megapixel family of cameras before I wanted to reliably read license plates. You're getting up there in price with a high quality one. Check out Arecont Vision cameras.
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If you have the sedan it will fit in between the license plate lights. Although the angle in which it takes the video is a little off but manageable. This will however, not fit at all on a coupe since it's made to be installed where the license plate light is on the coupe. I have a coupe and instead installed a flush mount on the actual license plate itself and works/looks great. My two cents...
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If the license plate is close to the camera, and the camera is zoomed to the maximum, you'll be able to read it. You need to specify the distance between camera and the plates and the zoom to determine if the plates will be read. I can capture and read plates with a similar resolution from about 40-50 feet away when zoomed all the way in.
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Camera works by radio frequency. The farther away the less chance it wil work. I have an f150 and from the dash to the bed of my truck isn't over 25'. I had to put the receiver in the bed to make it work. It was very frustrating to get to work. If you want the camera on all the time it can be done, I do not believe you will burn the camera up.
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We had the same problem. We had it mounted to the back license plate. We emailed the company and they sent a new one. The issue is the camera is not sealed for protection from the weather. We installed the newer one inside the vehicle (above our lift gate). It doesn't work as well; but it does work because it is away from the weather. Would not have purchased again. We would have bought a better brand model that was "sealed".
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Not sure. Would assume so as all license plates are the same size. If it doesn't you can always send it back.
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It will only pick up speed cameras that are "front facing" (i.e. the violation picture is of your front plate). Most U.S. speed cameras are "rear facing" since not all states require front plates. In these situations, you generally won't know there's a camera until after you've passed it (and have already been caught, if you were speeding). It will not pick up red light cameras, as others have noted.