BW 2.4G Wireless Color Video Transmitter and Receiver for The Vehicle Backup Camera/Front Car Camera

TL;DR: Yahoo! BUY! Otherwise, let me entertain you...Last year, I fenced my lot in, a 6 foot high fence you absolutely cannot see though. Our driveway goes between the fence and a small outbuilding onto the alleyway behind our home, resulting in a completely blind entry into the alleyway for us. To compound the problem, I have a large pickup and have to back out -- I really have *no* idea what's going on in the alleyway. And of course, there are some jokers who randomly fog up and down the alley at ludicrous speed. The problem was begging for a solution before my truck, which I really like, took a serious hit.I already had a backup camera and 2-input monitor (one input unused) in the truck, so here's what I did:I mounted two cameras on the side of the outbuilding, parallel to the alleyway, one pointed each way. I fed this to an inexpensive video combiner also purchased here at Amazon (VideoSecu Office Home Security Camera CCTV Color Surveillance Video Quad Splitter Processor 1EY), which I set to dual split mode, which forwards two cameras in one frame, with the two images stretched vertically, side by side. Which looks decent in a widescreen monitor, btw, although it is admittedly somewhat distorted. This, in turn, I fed into the product here, the 2.4 GHz transmitter, mounted at about head height on the inside of a wood wall immediately adjacent to my exit from the driveway.Then I mounted the receiver in the truck, high up in the rear seat area of the cabin. I fed the received video to the previously unused input on the monitor, made sure power was coming from a circuit that was hot only when the ignition was on, and that completed the install.Now, whenever I am near the outbuilding, which essentially means any time I am backing up even over by the house where I park, I can get a clear view up and down the alleyway before even sticking an inch of the truck body out there. My risk of being t-boned went from a dice roll to zero in one move. Just imagine the difference in stress. Did I mention I really like my truck?So... we also have another vehicle, a car, that the lady of the house generally drives. I thought it would be good if she could see what was going on as well, although she drives out vehicle-front first and can see a little bit anyway. So I got her a monitor like mine, bought a second 2.4 GHz rx/tx unit from this page, and installed the receiver in her car. I was taking a chance that there was only one channel involved (so that the 2nd receiver would also hear the first transmitter), but that in fact turned out to be the case.So now she can see what's going on as well, and again, our risk is lowered. I stored the 2nd transmitter as a backup. Then I bought a third set so as to have an RF monitor in the shed if and when I mess with things in there, and again, stashed the transmitter as a spare for the spare, as it were.The only thing that didn't go perfectly is that in her car, I was sort of forced to mount the receiver low and under the dash as she really didn't want wires all over the place, nor was I prepared to do surgery on the headliner. This puts a lot of metal between the receiver and the desired signal, and indeed, the signal is not very strong in her car. I'm considering doing something more like getting a little mini-coax and hacking the antenna up by the windshield. I'll add to this part of the review if I get around to that.Let me clear, though: I consider this problem not in any way a fault in the rx/tx units, just a problem I caused by mounting the receiver low and near all that metal.The wiring... meh. I would have liked to see a little heavier wiring for the power supply. Those wires are thin! And speaking of the power supply, what I used in the outbuilding was a 2.5 ampere linear power supply that feeds the cameras, the switch/combiner, the in-shed receiver, and the transmitter. I'm a ham radio operator (amateur radio) and I really can't tolerate all the RF noise the typical el-cheapo switching power supplies, such as the ones that came with the security cameras, generate in the normal course of operation. So the 2.5 amp linear supply takes care of everything with ease, and there's no RF noise at all.I have not observed excessive heat at any of the three receivers, or at the transmitter. A little warm, that's all. Reception (and therefore transmission) is extremely stable and reliable, and quality of the signal is perfect when within a reasonable range for my application, which is 20 feet or so in any direction. I use an old CRT video monitor along with the receiver in the shed; I rarely have occasion to turn it on, though.Word to the wise: Note that because the units do get a little warm, we know they're consuming a few watts of power, even without measuring. You really want to connect them only to +13.8 VDC circuits that are active only when your vehicle is running and the alternator is producing charging current. Otherwise, you run the risk of going to start your engine after a few days break and... nothing. Dead battery. I hate it when that happens. I don't think you'd like it either.Anyway, these are great, flexible products that can really kick up the safety for you and yours, and I highly recommend thinking about what more you can accomplish outside of just making a backup camera wireless, especially since it's pretty easy to run a video cable for that application. That switcher combiner I mentioned can do a quad combine with four cameras, and you can feed that to the transmitter. Four cameras, all displayed at once via one monitor input. Give you any ideas?Cheers!

Had this for just over a year and used it for about 8 hours total.Yes both the transmitter and receiver gets hot and cuts out.That is until I tried it for the first time this year, now the transmitter power light flickers momentarily when powering it.It no longer works at all.Bottom line it worked sporadically when new and no longer works at all.As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for...

Perfect for making any video camera wireless. Tested the wireless range (in my home) by separating the transmitter/camera and receiver and found that at nearly 70 feet apart the picture was still good, even as the transmitter and receiver had to overcome all the walls in my home as well as the transmitter being located down stairs and the receiver being upstairs. So if you just need to use this on your car, van or truck it should be great since the distance is much shorter. I'm planning to use this on my 18 wheeler by mounting the camera at the back of my trailer which is some 60 feet from the cab of my truck. I will update if this doesn't work for me otherwise hope this helps someone else. Some choppiness may be experienced at long distances but for me it's not a problem as it will only be an aid in seeing what's behind my trailer.

This gadget saved me lots of time when installing my car's backup camera. Video is absolutely perfect. There is no difference to having it hard wired. I have a 2013 Santa Fe SUV and running a cable from the back hatch door would have meant removing part of the headliner as well as many panels. The transmitter and camera are powered from the reverse lights. I did have to remove the back hatch door panel to mount the backup camera. Using a cable tie I mounted the 2.4Ghz transmitter behind the hatch panel. I was able to find a reverse signal wire at my fuse box to power the receiver an 4.3 inch monitor that I mounted in an opening in my dashboard console. The rf receiver is mounted behind the dashboard. Initially I powered the receiver continuously and found that it gets very warm so I decided to only power it while reversing since that's the only time it is needed. This way there will not be any pick up of wireless cameras used in industrial buildings while driving around and will prevent overheating of the 2.4 Ghz receiver. Time will tell if it's along term solution. I've had it working for a month now. I'll post an update later this year.UPDATE 7-7-14: So far so good and it has been about 1 year and three months in service. I've had no problems at all with my backup camera (Neewer backup camera also purchased on Amazon) and this 2.4GHz RF video link transceiver/receiver pair as well as the 4.3 inch LCD monitor bought also on Amazon. Don't hesitate!

I was debating whether to go one or two stars here. It get's a two because of price. I am using this transmitter in my 24 ft food truck.The camera to screen distance is well within what is given the acceptable range and 90% of the time I was getting mostly fuzz. Very difficult to see anything and now I am getting nothing at all in less than one year. Maybe these work well in cars, but this transmitter has been nothing but junk for me. I am buying an extended hardwire connector to replace.

Like the poduct very much, but the receiver gets a little too hot for my liking, just wonder if it's ok and how long it would last running like that, otherwise I'd given it a 5 stars.