Saturday, November 19, 2011

Xenos Backup Camera on a Fluidic Verna

Xenos Backup Camera on a Fluidic Verna

Hi All,

Since my variant didn't come with a backup camera and the sharply raked rear windscreen not helping, I decided to get an aftermarket camera installed. I've had good experience with Xenos before and since they had a product in their portfolio that met my requirements, I decided to go with it.

I bought the 7" Mirror mounted display (the 3.5" was unavailable) and a CCD High Definition Camera with 170 degrees of view angle. The camera is extremely small compared to the CMOS version. Its the same size as what a 25 paisa coin used to be.

I must say I'm very impressed. The low light performance is excellent. This was my biggest fear.

I won't bore you with a long story and let the pictures do the talking instead.

The Display unit. Its not quite as big as it appears. But at 7" its not small either. Take a look at the exterior pic to get an idea.
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Control shot to show the pitch black condition. Interior light is on so that the camera wont hunt for focus.
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Control shot with flash. You can see my brother 10 feet behind the car.
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View from inside the car. The rear windscreen is tinted and has 30% visibility.
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The camera doing what its supposed to do! I know I don't have to mention this, but the image is sharper than what its appears here. Remember, this is an image of an image.
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Now you can imagine what the daylight performance will be. I still haven't adjusted the settings for color/contrast etc.

The unit has inbuilt bluetooth. It can accept two more video feeds. Though I won't be using any of these extras.

The MRP for the 7" Display is Rs.6500 and the Camera retails for Rs.2495. Warranty is valid for a year. I bought it for Rs.7200 all inclusive with Bill and Warranty. If you need to get it done, give a call to Xenos @ 080 329 41199 and ask for Sreekanth. Tell him about my car and you should get it for the same price.

I am in no way associated with Xenos or any of its partners.

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