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Old 08-24-2012, 11:03 PM
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I was tired of our less than adequate navi and wanted a better view of what's behind me. I picked up a Boyo rearview mirror and camera on Amazon for a decent price. I had my installer install a switch that lets me turn the cam on and off when I want. It also operates like most rear view cams, automatically turns on when you shift into reverse.

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Boyo VTG43
4.3" LCD with dual inputs...I use one for the rear view cam
Navigation
Bluetooth
MP3's
Video's
E-reader
Accepts SD cards
etc...

Camera:
Boyo VTL402HD Rear Camera (Sony CCD)
540 TVL resolution
Cam comes with the distance gridlines built in

The navigation is 10x better than the crap stock unit.

A few pics. The cam actually looks great in daylight; the pic below is night time and it is still decent.







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looks pretty good! can you take a picture during the day of the interior its hard to see how it looks inside there..
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gun me down and shoot me in the face! i love that!
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well I am glad it is highly functional, because pretty it is not... The backup camera would be nice though.
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True...not that the factory mirror was a work of art itself. For the money; the value is there. I am still searching for the perfect solution. I came across a company that makes mirrors running Android and with the ability to display 3 cameras simultaneously with a record feature. Not available in the US yet.
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That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I didnt know that stuff existed or I would have done that a long time ago!
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I think GM makes mirrors with LCD's built in for their SUV's. That would be a nice seamless stock appearance. It's the ghosted LCD behind the mirror, so when the LCD is off it just has a mirror appearance. I'm not sure where the processing is for that unit though. Likely not compatible.



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