Jump to content

Auto Front Camera - Rostra 250-8456

Megawolf

By Megawolf
in Modifications & Accessories

Recommended Posts

Megawolf Enthusiast

Megawolf

Posted
Posted

Just installed the Rostra 250-8456...the front camera automatically  comes on at 6 (ish) MPH. $383 on Amazon/Ebay/Etc......you buy any camera you want.  I messed up and went with the Echomaster....grainy...going to research why tomorrow and return it for a <$50 one which is HD/IR/210 degrees.

 

The best thing to me about the Rostra 250-8456 (beside auto on front camera) is the ability to use any camera, HDMI input, USB input, and you can pull the cameras up while moving so you can look for safety issues. Having turn signal activation which cuts back to the normal screen while stopped is pretty cool too.

 

The main difference between the Rostra 250-8450 and 250-8456 is the 250-8456 is the updated version and plugs into the back of the screen,...the rest I'm learning

pgamboa Senior Enthusiast

pgamboa

Posted
Posted

Do you have to “activate” the feature by pressing and holding a button on the radio controls?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Megawolf Enthusiast

Megawolf

Posted
  • Author
Posted
8 hours ago, pgamboa said:

Do you have to “activate” the feature by pressing and holding a button on the radio controls?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No sir. The system mimics the 250-8450. I had to turn the blinkers off in the settings since mine are not connected yet. I am very disappointed in the Echomaster front camera during night time use - daytime is fine. 

 

I went to get groceries with the wife. From 1-6 mph the front camera pops up automatically. I will see if this is a PITA during Atlanta stop n go traffic while using Apple Carplay/Android Auto this next week. But, it was great driving around looking for a space and then pulling within an inch of the pole at the shopping center.

 

 

Someone showed how to trim the 3td brake light csmera Echomaster to point higher....gotta find that post. 

Megawolf Enthusiast

Megawolf

Posted
  • Author
Posted
4 hours ago, Ryan2017Z71 said:

What year is your truck?

Mine is a 16. The system works with any IO5 or IO6 with a 8 inch screen.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • ryan35205
      Lets Talk Z60 Suspension

      By ryan35205 · Posted

      Did the KYBs keep it the same height in the front? I was concerned that pre-assembled assembly would raise it up an inch to standard non-z60 height.. I guess which it would make the rake 1 inch instead of 2 inches.
    • Grumpy Bear
      OCI, not when but why?

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Thank you for keeping the train on the tracks and for a thoughtful engagement. I enjoyed the reflection on a previous stance to refine and improve your position. I like that inquisitive flexibility about you Atlas.    No the process isn't sterile. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles of piping, vessels, pumps. Chevron, the people I worked for, were keenly aware that there is a market for what is known as their "ISOCLEAN" line of lubricants. These are lubricants that are the same as those sold bulk that are further processed by filtration to a level your particular application demands. They will filter and package and provide lab documentation as required. Do not kid yourself. Every gallon of oil that goes into a Chevron Turbine, reciprocating compressor, generator is prefiltered and tested before being charged. Lest wise it was when I was there in the plants I worked in.    There are requirements set by manufactures for the cleanliness of the oils used in their equipment. OTR such as CUMMINS has standards shared with customers on this. Commercial interest selling to Ma and Pa do, but don't share that information. Not even upon request but internally, they do exist.    The GM study sited, (Graph from Machinery Lubrication in previous post) only shows "relative" importance.  I find that fascinating. By constructing the graph like this they admit there are dozens of factors in engine life and via scientific method determined the effect of 'relative cleanliness' on engine life not in miles but in 'FACTORS'. This allows a certain amount of reverse engineering does it not?   They even provided some touchstones. Beta 75 as a reference point. Wonderful stuff!!   Smaller blenders CAN and some DO take the time and effort to do better than a refinery or large bulk blender, like Warren Oil, in improving the "in the can" cleanliness. No I don't have a list but testing could generate that information.    Again, but one of several levers we can pull to improve engine life. The simplest is keeping a clean work station while doing your own oil changes.     
    • Mykel544
      New Guy from Oklahoma

      By Mykel544 · Posted

      Thank you. I'll give it a try 
    • Grumpy Bear
      OCI, not when but why?

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      I just spent the last 45K miles doing samples every oil change over more than a full year to get the data for seasons and break-in to broke in.    I found the same thing to be true. Something was always teetering on done or had stepped off the cliff long before the OLM was DOA. In fact, I found about a thousand mile difference between summer and winter. That is during the winter half the OLM was STILL too long. Even the severe schedule was to long in the winter.   Now having done the work I can say I was NOT DISAPOINTED. I saw nothing I didn't already know. Nothing my father hadn't already demonstrated in his 2K OCI's pushing dated iron on dated oils and weak filters to mileages well beyond 300K.   Building on his work through use of Lab testing it wasn't hard to find the correlation between 'sight/feel/odor, the things dad relied on, and test results. Use of current viscosity stable chemistries & filters has pushed that marker for my motors out to 3K summer, 4K winter.    So the early lies were 3K on conventional oil and the lie upon the lie was 7K+. turns out to be off by a factor of two.    So... it is true that modern chemistry has doubled the useful oil life. But the base milage that came from was off by double. It's how good lies work. Partly true, sometimes mostly true so that your meter isn't set off. It also means that non-shear-stable shelf oils are only now as good as the old oils were in their best case scenario.    So the question now is how do we improve on that? Thus the question into cleanliness among the other items listed in the post quoted below.    If this bores you, feel free not to participate.       
    • newdude
      2027 Chevrolet Silverado: Official Discussion

      By newdude · Posted

      Is it though?  Like LTZ, not a high take rate.  Current Sierra has AT4, Denali and Elevation as its main bread winners.  Each trim accounting for 25-35% of sales for Sierra.  SLT makes up about 10-15% at best.        Like others have predicted here for GMC, it will be:   - Pro (equal to WT Chevy)   - Elevation (replaces SLE and SLT)   - AT4 (and X)   - Denali (and Ultimate).  

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...