Install Garmin Bc30 Backup Camera?

Garmin BC 30 wireless backup camera installation – piece of cake DIY guide

Since my last review of the Garmin 67LM there have been some follow-up queries. A couple of our readers asked whether or not the Garmin BC30 wireless backup camera was compatible with their devices. They also wanted to know if it was suitable for different types of vehicles.

For those of yous who aren't enlightened of what it is, the BC30 is a wireless photographic camera that pairs with your Garmin Nuvi sat nav. Information technology provides the driver with a view of what's behind you lot. As you lot reverse (and depending upon your configuration) you get to encounter the rear via the screen of your sat nav. It'south a pretty neat idea to employ the sat nav as a camera screen, but is it an easy add on to your arrangement?

As you lot tin imagine moving effectually with a large trailer tin be a little precarious at times. Is the BC30 wireless photographic camera suitable for a trailer? Is it something I tin install myself? What devices is this compatible with?
Anthony Murphy

Well, Anthony, the short answer is yes it is suitable for use with a trailer. It is also possible to install the camera yourself if you accept a few tools and some patience!

Garmin does, however, recommend that these cameras are professionally installed as they will crave hooking up to a power source. That being said they take rather usefully released a number of step by step videos showing how to install the Garmin BC thirty wireless backup camera yourself.

Before we get to the required steps for installation permit's expect at which devices this photographic camera is compatible with.

Is the Garmin BC30 Camera compatible with my sat nav?

Below is a list of compatible devices as provided by Garmin. If y'all don't recognize some of the devices listed here it's probably because that they are designed for truckers and larger vehicle drivers. Garmin should be commended upon providing device compatibility with both the entry-level and premium sat nav ranges. Many manufacturers would accept left this accessory as an add on to their flagship premium models but.

Camper/RV 660
dezl 570, dezl 770, dezlCam
nuvi 55/56/57/58
nuvi 60 series
nuvi 2407/2408
nuvi 2507/2508/2509
nuvi 2609
nuvi 2709
nuviCam

This camera should remove those annoying and sometimes unsafe blindspots. Depending upon how you have installed the device you will come across backside you when you reverse or you may exist able to 'switch' on the photographic camera manually at any time. To be able to alter the sat-nav view from navigational mode to the rear camera you will need to exist hooked up to a permanent power source not just your rear lights.

Think, if your vehicle already has rear cameras installed and then save yourself some money as you will nearly certainly not require this device!

Tin can I install the BC30 myself?

It virtually certainly is possible to install the BC30 yourself. Garmin has been rather kind to the budding DIY fans. They take released a serial of step past pace videos explaining how y'all go about installing the camera system.

Garmin BC30 - Installation

Training & Tools - Part 1 of 6 videos

What tools volition I need?

From watching the video above it'south thankfully obvious that you lot won't need likewise many tools. In fact, most of the tools volition probably be found in your garage or the garden shed. Once again, Garmin stresses that you should seriously consider getting the professionals in for the job – probably because you may demand to drill into the body of the car. In the video above they mountain the camera onto the number plate which I'm presuming is an easier pick.

If you decide to go ahead and install the backup camera yourself you are going to demand the post-obit:

No2 Philips Screw Head

Drill & drill bits
No2 Philips screwdriver
Wire connectors
Tubing covers (waterproof)
Multimeter (perhaps required to cheque the circuit)
Cable Ties

So in one case you have searched the shed and got all the tools required for the job – what'south next? You must now decide how and where you are going to place the camera. How you are going to wire up the organization? Are you going to claw the device upwards to the far reversing calorie-free? Or are y'all going to use a permanent power supply from elsewhere?

If yous install the camera to the reversing light, and then the camera will only plow on when you opposite. Equally this is a transmitter there will be a slight delay of a couple of seconds, before the photographic camera switches onto the screen. If, on the other hand, you lot connect to a permanent power source then you volition have the power to turn on the camera anytime via the sat-nav itself.

Garmin BC30 Photographic camera - Installation

Selecting Your Location - Office ii of vi

Before starting the projection, information technology makes sense to put some proper idea into the installation process. The concluding thing you need is to drill into the torso of the vehicle and discover the camera is not in the best position! Crikey, I shudder to think of the consequences if I did that on the married woman's car!

At this stage, you should have decided on the location that you will be installing the camera. You should as well accept decided upon which ability source you lot are going to hook into. How will the cables be outed from i end of the vehicle to the other? Try and find the best road and easiest route as mentioned in the videos.

Information technology's worth remembering that y'all could potentially attach some additional cameras to the system in the hereafter. If you recollect that you lot might do so then make sure that the cabling is hands accessible to the potential future camera locations. In one case you have made these decisions you are set up to brainstorm the actual installation.