I will document in this thread my progress in installing a Front View Camera (FCV) in my 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with a RA4 (8.4 AN) radio.
I decided to install the FCV for a number of reasons:
Until recently there was only one choice on the market: the hardware-based Coastal Tech Lockpick CHR558 v2 solution. In the past few weeks, a new software based solution has emerged, the Customtronix software-based choice from Europe. I chose the Coastal Tech Lockpick solution for these reasons expressed here.
I will be using instructions for the Lockpick installation and for an external CB radio antenna installation posted elsewhere on this forum. I will not reinvent those and I will up-link then here as I progress with my install.
Unfortunately I had a stomach flue over the week-end and made zero progress and then today the weather did not cooperate. I hope to have it installed in the car by next week-end and I will detail the relevant installation aspects here.
I will be using:
Meanwhile if anyone has done this before, please point me to your installation thread but I have successfully handled more hardcore car navigation projects before. Thanks.
I decided to install the FCV for a number of reasons:
- Parking (parallel, street, garages)
- Off-Road (over-the-hill visibility)
- Pothole avoidance
- Blind entry/exit (alleys, garages)
Until recently there was only one choice on the market: the hardware-based Coastal Tech Lockpick CHR558 v2 solution. In the past few weeks, a new software based solution has emerged, the Customtronix software-based choice from Europe. I chose the Coastal Tech Lockpick solution for these reasons expressed here.
I will be using instructions for the Lockpick installation and for an external CB radio antenna installation posted elsewhere on this forum. I will not reinvent those and I will up-link then here as I progress with my install.
Unfortunately I had a stomach flue over the week-end and made zero progress and then today the weather did not cooperate. I hope to have it installed in the car by next week-end and I will detail the relevant installation aspects here.
I will be using:
- Coastal Tech Lockpick CHR558 V2
- Pyle PLCM37FRV camera (with optional lines)
Meanwhile if anyone has done this before, please point me to your installation thread but I have successfully handled more hardcore car navigation projects before. Thanks.