RXPhil

I’ve searched but there was nothing clear, I’ve played around with it but I can’t seem to find any immediate button to be able to do this.

Is there a way to view the rear view camera while driving with the factory Nav/camera system? I will be doing a road trip tomorrow with a cargo carrier, and I’d like to be able to check on things without stopping and climbing out of the car.

Anybody know if this is even possible?

Carver

My Kenwood has the feature so it is a 'thing' for RV cameras. Don't know if Lexus camera does it.

hypervish

Yeah, just throw it in reverse while going 80 mph.

LOL, in all seriousness I don't know. But, I couldn't help myself.

draco

I did read something at some stage in the past that hinted that this may be possible, but the obvious question would be why you want to do it?

RXPhil

I figured the aftermarket units would be able to do so.

Like I said in my original post. I have a cargo carrier that attaches into the trailer hitch. Would be nice to be able to check on things without climbing out of the car.

http://www.ragepowersports.com/cargo...op-cargo-bags/

tfischer

Cameras and monitors are very inexpensive these days. I would think that a better solution than a fish-eye view from the license plate would be from a camera you select for its appropriate viewing angle mounted in a position to show you the things you need to check up on while driving. I would do this one myself and leave the factory system alone.

kjv1611

As tfischer mentioned, it might be worth getting a separate camera for it, if it's that important to you. The Go Pro cameras are really innexpensive compared to a regular digital camera, or so are from what I've seen. I've seen them in Academy stores well under $100. Don't know if they direct stream or anything, but you could do all sorts of things. Here's a geek idea...
1. Wifi Camera of whatever sort
2. Plug a router into power port in back of car (behind back seats if you have it)
3. Use your phone on Wifi to stream the video (or tablet, or whatever portable device).

Sounds like a neat (pointless for me) project that I probably wont' do, but I like the idea. Worth considering in your situation, though, I think.

RXPhil

Thanks for the info guys. I'm good tho. I was just trying to see if there was a way. I don't care that much to put an aftermarket unit in lol

mowmow

Like others said, better off getting an additional camera with a small screen that you can monitor all the time.
You can go cheap and splice the camera cable and feed that to another screen but that is a bit too much work to do

thekhmer

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Just tap the camera wire from back of navi ticking it that you put the car in reverse put a button to push overtime u wanna view it

sgmstr

You may want to research whether camera is wired to the reserve light. If so, you may want to re-route the wire to somewhere appropriate or perhaps install a switch to manually turn the camera on. But why would you want to do this? Do you tow and need to monitor while being driven?