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Offline Wide

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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #40 on: 13 November 2017, 06:01 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

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Plus my camera has bendy lines on it to tell you what your going to hit 😂😂

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Offline Mark V GTD

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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #41 on: 13 November 2017, 08:00 »
Depends how you park, for ages I had to reverse up to a garage door, literally an inch from it in order to get the driveway gates to close. You cant get that close to an object on your own without a camera.

That's what parking sensors are for, you just need to adjust them to go solid tone when 1" away from an object.
Its possible to do that? Not sure I would trust them within millimetres...

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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #42 on: 13 November 2017, 08:39 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

Did this video for you today!  :wink:.

I think the Camera is awsome...  :grin:

https://youtu.be/f0fL6qMJzlw
dude, you need staging on them clocks 👍🏻
Plus my camera has bendy lines on it to tell you what your going to hit 😂😂

 :grin:. My car can park itself! . Next Video some scary parking..  :whistle:

i used it yesterday to parerell park and tbh i was amazed how well it worked, just pressed the button indicated drove passed the spot and boom parked within 12inch of the kerb :)

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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #43 on: 13 November 2017, 09:42 »
:grin:. My car can park itself!

Oh we don't like that sort of witchcraft round these parts. We only trust horses and carts, everything else is the devils work!
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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #44 on: 13 November 2017, 10:58 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

Did this video for you today!  :wink:.

I think the Camera is awsome...  :grin:

https://youtu.be/f0fL6qMJzlw

When engaging reverse your camera screen shows the parking sensor vehicle on the screen's left most border.  Somehow I have managed to change my settings so mine now obscures half the camera's image automatically each time reverse is engaged.  (hope that makes sense)  I have to manually tap the screen each and every time to minimise the sensor image back to the left border of the screen.  Which is an irritant.

Does anyone know how to change this screen setting back to left margin only?
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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #45 on: 13 November 2017, 11:15 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

Did this video for you today!  :wink:.

I think the Camera is awsome...  :grin:

https://youtu.be/f0fL6qMJzlw

When engaging reverse your camera screen shows the parking sensor vehicle on the screen's left most border.  Somehow I have managed to change my settings so mine now obscures half the camera's image automatically each time reverse is engaged.  (hope that makes sense)  I have to manually tap the screen each and every time to minimise the sensor image back to the left border of the screen.  Which is an irritant.

Does anyone know how to change this screen setting back to left margin only?

Ecellent question! I don´t like the p- Senor in the screen!. But have not been able to remove them.. :(
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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #46 on: 13 November 2017, 11:16 »
:grin:. My car can park itself!

Oh we don't like that sort of witchcraft round these parts. We only trust horses and carts, everything else is the devils work!

Yes it is a witchcraft!!.

But i order it , bacause my wife don´t scratch my our rims..  :whistle:
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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #47 on: 13 November 2017, 11:29 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

Did this video for you today!  :wink:.

I think the Camera is awsome...  :grin:

https://youtu.be/f0fL6qMJzlw

When engaging reverse your camera screen shows the parking sensor vehicle on the screen's left most border.  Somehow I have managed to change my settings so mine now obscures half the camera's image automatically each time reverse is engaged.  (hope that makes sense)  I have to manually tap the screen each and every time to minimise the sensor image back to the left border of the screen.  Which is an irritant.

Does anyone know how to change this screen setting back to left margin only?
its a weird thing as sometimes it comes up black and sometimes it comes up clear, but if it comes up black after about 5 seconds it changes to clear

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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #48 on: 13 November 2017, 11:47 »
Weirdly, when I first got mine, the parking sensor window was clear all the time, but after it's first service it now comes up black all the time.

That seemed a backwards step to me.
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Re: Rear camera worth it?
« Reply #49 on: 13 November 2017, 19:34 »
Just wondering what people's opinion of the rear camera is on the Golf? I like the idea and its another gadget but I had one on a hire car recently and I felt like if I tried to use the camera I just stared at the screen and neglected checking out the windows, sort of over concentrating on it. Where as without one you just simply look out the windows.

What's your thoughts people?

Did this video for you today!  :wink:.

I think the Camera is awsome...  :grin:

https://youtu.be/f0fL6qMJzlw
dude, you need staging on them clocks 👍🏻
Plus my camera has bendy lines on it to tell you what your going to hit 😂😂

 :grin:. My car can park itself! . Next Video some scary parking..  :whistle:
mine too
Plus I have a spare camera