More than once I've pulled into a parking space and encountered a parking block that's a little too high. I've seen front cameras added as part of an infotainment upgrade but has anyone come across one that would work without tearing apart the existing system?

 

I have a factory front camera on my Mercedes X-class truck, and I love it. It's so much easier to know how far I can pull up compared to the beeps and blinking lights. The problem with adding one after-market, without the vehicle being equipped/programmed for one to begin with, would probably be how to get the video on the main screen? Obviously you wouldn't want a tacky second screen just for that, especially not in a Bentley. I don't even know if these Tesla-style Android units can support more than one camera...

 

[QUOTE=BruceR;4919430]Más de una vez me detuve en un espacio de estacionamiento y me encontré con un bloque de estacionamiento demasiado alto. He visto cámaras frontales añadidas como parte de una actualización de infoentretenimiento, pero ¿alguien ha encontrado una que funcione sin desarmar el sistema existente?[/CITA
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Good morning, I have a front camera installed and my vehicle has an older system, it's Gen 1. I don't know how they did it but they put it on me when I installed carplay without modifying the aesthetics and original menu of the car. Pressing a button that I have in the ashtray, I change the menu to original-carplay-front camera.

There is a video that I uploaded in the forum of the system that they installed for me.

 

pablen but you dont have FRONT camera? where it is placed to bring the view needed in Bruce's case

 

I can see the frontal camera in the main screen.

 

where is placed? wondering the POV

 

Under the front plate

 

One option I'm considering is putting an easily mounted wireless camera (only a power connection) that would be viewable on my phone. I'm playing with the JoyTrip app now before I buy the camera. I found that, without touching the phone, I can say "Hey Google, open JoyTrip," and it opens right up to the viewing screen. If it'll automatically connect to the camera's WiFi I think it may be all I need.

 

ok cool how it is integrated - is this on automatically when pdc will start chiminng?

the display automatically switches to camera without any interventoom on your side?

and how is the maintenance of it? cumbersome? i mean the dirty lens in this position?