Do You Fully Trust the Backup Camera?
#31
On down the highway
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This is my first vehicle with a camera, it points almost straight down and has a pronounced "fish-eye" effect on the sides, I don't trust to it to give me any perspective at all. I'll use it to make sure nothing is directly behind me, but the old Mk1 Eyeball is hard to beat.
#33
It's almost completely useless when it's been raining out since it almost always has water on it. I generally try and use my mirrors (mostly right mirror since i'm always backing in that way) and then the sensors to tell me how close I am. Also the reverse lights are fairly useless so I'm always having to ride my brake ever so slightly to keep my brake lights on to see.
#34
When I bought my truck I didn't even know it had one untill I drove home it was in my rear view mirror I like it a lot so easy to hitch up a trailer usefull when backing into a parking spot or just simply tricking your friends into thinking your going to back into there truck haha I have a 2014 f150 stx sport 4x4 5.0 I think the sport is a new package for the stx I love it
#35
Member
Nope, 2012 here with the regular stereo. If there are any setting pertaining to it on my dash, I haven't found 'em. Thanks though!
#36
Senior Member
Just picked up my truck yesterday and tried out the backup camera a few times. I like it a lot for looking where I can't see and helping to judge distance. But I feel it's a supplement to normal backing-in procedure of using mirrors and shoulder checking.
#39
Senior Member
You mean I'm supposed to look at the mirrors as well as the camera?
#40
Senior Member
I love the camera. I still use my mirrors some like when backing out of a driveway but always check the backup cam for objects I don't want to hit. It's giving you a clear image behind you with no real blind spot, what's not to trust? I now drive a f250 with limo tint so it definitely helps, especially at night.