Backup camera
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Burning Brakes
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Backup camera
The weather is warming and dry - and my aotu mechanic is looking at the DVD for installation of my Boyo VTL-425 camera and Lockpick 360 system. I hope to get it done soon. 
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
Drifting
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Let me know if you need more info.
Burning Brakes
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I don't mind at all. The original cost was $1,300.00 for the Kenwood and $179.00 for the Boyo through Crutchfield. Last May they went on sale and I got both for about $750.00. I love the Kenwood unit because it has the Garmin GPS, touchscreen, and is great for my iTouch. The iTouch plugs in right by my right hand in the center console and plays through the screen with all the info showing on the screen with touch control there.
Let me know if you need more info.
Let me know if you need more info.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. I felt all along that the Kenwood (and many other nav units) were superior to the Corvette one. They simply have come to the table with too little too late imho. In my case I needed a unit with a dvd screen capability in order to run the Boyo unit. I got the Boyo from Crutchfield and they talked me through it. Where did you get your backup unit and will they help you with installation? If you haven't gotten the Boyo camera yet give Crutchfield a call and they will walk you through the marriage of the Corvette nav unit and the Boyo if they are compatible.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Loudon/Lake Mary Tennessee/Florida
I don't mind at all. The original cost was $1,300.00 for the Kenwood and $179.00 for the Boyo through Crutchfield. Last May they went on sale and I got both for about $750.00. I love the Kenwood unit because it has the Garmin GPS, touchscreen, and is great for my iTouch. The iTouch plugs in right by my right hand in the center console and plays through the screen with all the info showing on the screen with touch control there.
Let me know if you need more info.
Let me know if you need more info.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
Melting Slicks
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I think they are useless. I have already backed up and going forward before the radio finishes loading. Just my $.02. I think its pretty useless on my Tahoe and Truck too but I think they are totally useless on a Vette.
Drifting
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You may be right! I got a good deal and haven't put the back up camera in yet but "according to the directions" and the Crutchfiled people the dang thing is supposed to go immediately to camera picture whenever I shift into reverse. Just trying to improve what I find is a problem whenever I back into a parking spot (cause I don't want my front to hit on a curb) or some other area and can't seem to judge the distance. Just me but I'll post the results. Should have checked with the Corvette forum before I got it. Oh well, live and learn here in the "Live Free or Die" state. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Covington TN
Yes
You can use the back-up camera with the stock radio with the lockpic, mine was not that hard to install, just a little scary taking the radio apart! The camera comes on instantly when you shift to reverse, and you can turn it on @ any time with the remote.
Melting Slicks
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From: Goleta California
You and I have a different opinion on that one. Mine loads pretty quick and is useable b4 I back out of the garage. I have a Kenwood DNX7100 and a Boyo cam. I know you don't have kids, but if and when you do there will come a time when they leave their little tricycle/bicycle or other bs toy right behind your car, not visible as you approach from the front and then thumpity thump. That is one of the reasons I wait the extra couple of seconds it takes to come up on the screen, saving that 2 seconds or so makes absolutely no difference to my trip times.
Drifting
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From: Marshall, Missouri
You may be right! I got a good deal and haven't put the back up camera in yet but "according to the directions" and the Crutchfiled people the dang thing is supposed to go immediately to camera picture whenever I shift into reverse. Just trying to improve what I find is a problem whenever I back into a parking spot (cause I don't want my front to hit on a curb) or some other area and can't seem to judge the distance. Just me but I'll post the results. Should have checked with the Corvette forum before I got it. Oh well, live and learn here in the "Live Free or Die" state. 