I moved the Camera Icon to the page I have on most of the time for easy access.
Front camera activation
Le Mans Master
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Navtool will give you a front camera. It will display on your NAV screen. It also comes on rev/1st or manually on at your command. My 2014 has it and it is great at protecting the front low hanging stuff on my car. Perfect solution for the 14s and 15s that don't have a front camera.
Just a suggestion...
Elmer
Just a suggestion...
Elmer
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Go here and read the first post. If you're bored, you can read the gazillion pages too!
The camera is made by "Pyle".
Model PLCM38FRV
170 degree field of view
Color
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...tallation.html
Elmer
The camera is made by "Pyle".
Model PLCM38FRV
170 degree field of view
Color
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...tallation.html
Elmer
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Old thread revival here. I just bought a new C7 with the camera and so far I find it kind of worthless. Most times I pull into a parking spot with a curb in front the color of the concrete does not vary enough to tell the difference between the curb and the ground. Very hard to see for me. It would have been much better with parking sensors.
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I suppose I could be reading my owner's manual but it's much more fun to be on this forum. My front cameras don't come on automatically all the time. I was under the impression that anytime you were moving forward below 5 mph the front cameras were active. This is not the case my GS M7. Is there a setting I need to change.
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I suppose I could be reading my owner's manual but it's much more fun to be on this forum. My front cameras don't come on automatically all the time. I was under the impression that anytime you were moving forward below 5 mph the front cameras were active. This is not the case my GS M7. Is there a setting I need to change.
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Old thread revival here. I just bought a new C7 with the camera and so far I find it kind of worthless. Most times I pull into a parking spot with a curb in front the color of the concrete does not vary enough to tell the difference between the curb and the ground. Very hard to see for me. It would have been much better with parking sensors.
Last edited by Parcival; Aug 26, 2018 at 11:47 AM.
Racer
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Well that's what makes the world interesting. Yesterday I pulled over a curb (thankfully) because it looked like the curb was flat and matched the ground perfectly. Seems to me a sensor would be cheaper and more effective. Maybe I'll get better at it with time.
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what year do u have? It was still suboptimal in my ‘17. I heard ‘18 and ‘19 cameras are better.
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As has been stated, for parallel parking it just works.
Finally, if I am pulling in straight the first time or say pulling into a garage, I've already moved the camera icon to the main page so I'll use that. For me it's a two step process as I have to first hit the home button to get out of Android Auto, then tap the camera.
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Navtool will give you a front camera. It will display on your NAV screen. It also comes on rev/1st or manually on at your command. My 2014 has it and it is great at protecting the front low hanging stuff on my car. Perfect solution for the 14s and 15s that don't have a front camera.
Just a suggestion...
Elmer
Just a suggestion...
Elmer
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...tallation.html
We're talking about Navtool 5.0. I've got 3.0 installed now.
Elmer
We're talking about Navtool 5.0. I've got 3.0 installed now.
Elmer