Reversing Cameras - the best type to buy

[Malcolm P Price]

I want to buy a reversing camera for use in my Skoda Octavia and would like your comments and suggestions please.

As I understanding is that there are wired and wireless ones and that wired ones give better picture quality.

Some  cameras have active guide lines which show the predicted car path.

The display can be in the rear view mirror or a separate screen on the car's dash panel.

The price range is from £15 to £500 so what are good value for money ones??

 

Mal

[Captain Colonial]

What year and mark Octavia do you have?

[Malcolm P Price]

My car is an Octavia 1.4 TSI mark two 2009 facelift  model

There is a tow bar with a large 5mm thick aluminium protection plate behind and I think a camera could be mounted behind this if a vision hole was made though the plate.

[Captain Colonial]

That probably rules out what I had in mind then, sadly.  East Yorkshire Retrofits do some great products and installations for VAG products.  Good luck whatever path you choose!

[corsechris]

I put one if these in my Midlana:

 

AUTO-VOX V5PRO OEM Mirror Dash... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FD2JKW3?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

 It’s mostly a dashcam I suppose, but the reversing camera is pretty good and has guidelines. The reversing camera was my reason for fitting it, the rest of the features are a bonus. 

[SootySport]

VAG cars all have cameras mounted in the number plate light plinth and thats where I put mine when I had Audis. You might be able to connect it up to your media unit depending on model.    I just bought a cheap camera from Ebay which had the guidlines and it worked fine. 

 It 's great for hitching up a trailer and if you paint a bright yellow line on the centre line of the trailer hitch,  it's much easier to line up the hitch with the towball, especially in bad light conditions.