Hansshow trailer and truck back up camera installation

[Eyesore]

I need to be able to see behind my trailer when I’m backing up so I don’t run over anything. This is the view I now have from the rear camera on the trailer. That is with the screen scrolled down so I can see the edges of the trailer. I can scroll up on the screen/mirror to see the road behind me when towing.

I chose the Hansshow Cybertruck Media Rearview Mirror 8.2"Dual Channel Recorder. I installed the rear camera at the back of my trailer,

and the front camera on the aeroseal forward of the tonneau.

The camera cover is the design that Chuck Cook posted on thingaverse, printed by the Filament Farm on Etsy and finished with bedliner spray.

I had to modify the camera housing quite a bit to fit the front camera, as it is wider than the rear camera it was designed to house. It would have been easier to swap the cameras, but then the front camera would be out in the elements on the back of the trailer with no housing, and it is intended for the interior.

Filament Farm had to print a second housing to meet their quality standards. They included the initial print which I used for prototyping. I sanded out the filament lines and finished it with black bedliner spray from a rattle can.

I routed the camera cables under the headliner out through the 48V power feed roof seal.

and then along the roof under the trim for the roof rack fittings. The front camera cable terminates just above the rear window, and the camera side drops through a hole I drilled in the aeroseal and sealed with hot melt glue. This requires a front camera extension cable, which Mike @Cyberowners.com identified on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BQT1LZL?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title - Dash Cam Rear View Backup Camera Reverse Car Recorder Cable 5 Pin Extension Cord (5 pin 16.5ft)

The rear camera cable was fished through the rear body and through to the hitch area. The excess cable is coiled up and stored behind the rear sail panel. The coiled cable you see here is in a temporary location that interferes with the tonneau seal, I eventually tucked it in lower down.

Edit: The tonneau cover seal brushes past the cable, and long term could cause wear. Reid Tomasko found that the cable could be routed through the aero seal extrusion to avoid this problem.

This is the view using the front camera (on the aero seal) at its highest scroll

And scrolled to the low view you can see what's in the bed if the tonneau is open.

I have not had the GPS problems mentioned by others.

Edit: eser50 points out (below) that the image is flipped such that items on the drivers side appear on the passenger side. I have not yet solved this problem.


Thanks to Chuck Cook, Reid Tomasko, and Mike @cyberowners.com for their install videos.

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[Gigahorse]

Looks like quite the job, but I appreciate the two rear-view cameras for hauling.
How long did the job take?

 

[ShockAuto]

Looks amazing! Great install and awesome to see you use the roof pass through!

 

[Eyesore]

Looks like quite the job, but I appreciate the two rear-view cameras for hauling.
How long did the job take?

I’m retired so I took my time. I’d guess about 8 hours spread over 3 weeks. The 3D printed housing had a 2-3 week lead time, and I didn’t know about the front camera extension cable so was waiting on parts.

Routing the 2nd rear camera extension cable on the trailer took some time as well.

 

[Cybergskr]

Awesome This is exactly what I want on my truck with a tweak. I would want to be able to move the rear camera between the trailers back and a location at the hitch or the rear license plate based on if I attach the trailer or not. This setup should work well to back up the truck without a trailer when the hauling a motorcycle or something longer that 6ft in the truck bed and that the tailgate is down and the front camera placement in your setup is blocked.

Also, has hansshow updated the firmware so that you can flip the image horizontally on the front camera to make it a rear facing camera?

 

[Eyesore]

Awesome This is exactly what I want on my truck with a tweak. I would want to be able to move the rear camera between the trailers back and a location at the hitch or the rear license plate based on if I attach the trailer or not. This setup should work well to back up the truck without a trailer when the hauling a motorcycle or something longer that 6ft in the truck bed and that the tailgate is down and the front camera placement in your setup is blocked.

Also, has hansshow updated the firmware so that you can flip the image horizontally on the front camera to make it a rear facing camera?

Yes, you can do that as the rear camera has a short cable you connect to an extension cable. Just need to come up with releasable mount points.

Only the rear camera flips in the firmware I downloaded, but if you mount the front camera as I did, no front flipping is needed.

Otherwise, as mentioned by another poster, you can physically rotate / flip the mirror/screen itself if your front camera is mounted with the bracket on the bottom. Drawback is the software menus end up upside down. Advantage is the wide part of the mirror/screen is at the bottom so you get a wider view near the ground.

I look forward to seeing your setup.

 

[eser50]

Yes, you can do that as the rear camera has a short cable you connect to an extension cable. Just need to come up with releasable mount points.

Only the rear camera flips in the firmware I downloaded, but if you mount the front camera as I did, no front flipping is needed.

Otherwise, as mentioned by another poster, you can physically rotate / flip the mirror/screen itself if your front camera is mounted with the bracket on the bottom. Drawback is the software menus end up upside down. Advantage is the wide part of the mirror/screen is at the bottom so you get a wider view near the ground.

I look forward to seeing your setup.

Hey Scott, just to clarify, is everything in the correct orientation in your rear view without having to horizontally flip the image for the "front" camera input? I literally trying this on Friday, but looks like you beat me to the punch. It looks like I may have given up too soon.

Also, would you be willing to share the updated STL that fits around the front facing camera? I'd like to give this another go.

 

[Eyesore]

Hey Scott, just to clarify, is everything in the correct orientation in your rear view without having to horizontally flip the image for the "front" camera input? I literally trying this on Friday, but looks like you beat me to the punch. It looks like I may have given up too soon.

Also, would you be willing to share the updated STL that fits around the front facing camera? I'd like to give this another go.

If you mount the front camera with the bracket facing up, nothing needs flipping. It does fit in the housing this way.

I did not modify the STL, I physically modified the housing by removing plastic from the inside of the mount with an oscillator tool and Dremel.

 

[eser50]

oh, I see what you mean.

I had mine mounted this way as well, but without “mirroring” the image from left to right on the mirror’s display if there is a vehicle to the right of the truck, it’ll show up on the left side of the display which is incorrect.
I’m still working on a solution for that, been looking for an aftermarket camera that I could plug into the mirror, but the mirror’s cameras run on 5V not the typical 12V

 

[Eyesore]

oh, I see what you mean.

I had mine mounted this way as well, but without “mirroring” the image from left to right on the mirror’s display if there is a vehicle to the right of the truck, it’ll show up on the left side of the display which is incorrect.
I’m still working on a solution for that, been looking for an aftermarket camera that I could plug into the mirror, but the mirror’s cameras run on 5V not the typical 12V

Crap. I had not noticed. In my pic, the door and shed are on the passenger side of the vehicle, but appear to be on the drivers side in the mirror.

 

[panthar]

Did a similar install .. it was not too much work

 

[Eyesore]

Crap. I had not noticed. In my pic, the door and shed are on the passenger side of the vehicle, but appear to be on the drivers side in the mirror.

Maybe if I flip the front camera over and the mirror/monitor over the image will be correct?

Edit: Nope, two flips cancel out and the images are on the wrong side of the vehicle. The only way I found to correct it in hardware is point the camera forward into a mirror facing the rear. Drawback is the camera blocks the middle of the image.

 

[Eyesore]

oh, I see what you mean.

I had mine mounted this way as well, but without “mirroring” the image from left to right on the mirror’s display if there is a vehicle to the right of the truck, it’ll show up on the left side of the display which is incorrect.
I’m still working on a solution for that, been looking for an aftermarket camera that I could plug into the mirror, but the mirror’s cameras run on 5V not the typical 12V

I tried this Acumen 5V, 5pin camera, but the mirror showed no signal, so it seems incompatible.

https://acumen-camera.com/products/200ai-wdr-rear-camera-5pin

Hansshow will sell a 2nd rear camera for $68. I can either mount it near the hitch on the trailer extension cable, or replace the camera on the aero seal, and run an extension cable back to the aero seal from the hitch area for when I’m not pulling the trailer. I'm waiting to hear back from Acumen about a fix or return, before ordering a 2nd rear camera from Hansshow.

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