Buying guide
Backup Cameras
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Pyle PLCM4550
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Other contenders
Choose the Garmin BC30 if your navigator specifically supports BC30 and you can install its receiver cable; the GPS must draw power through that cable to communicate with the camera.3
Choose the Pioneer ND-BC8 instead if you already have a suitable RCA video display; confirm NTSC support, the reverse-gear connection and the specified vehicle power supply.2
For a Garmin GPS you already own
Choose the Garmin BC40 if your Garmin navigator explicitly supports this camera; update the navigator’s software before pairing, rather than assuming any Garmin screen will work.46
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Pyle PLCM4550
- Field of view
- 170 deg1
Garmin BC 30
- Field of view
- 140 deg7
Garmin BC 40
- Field of view
- 180 deg (Reported test result)6
Pioneer ND-BC8
- Field of view
- 129 deg8
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| Specification | Pyle PLCM4550 | Garmin BC 30 | Garmin BC 40 | Pioneer ND-BC8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | Mirror overlay1 | Gps unit (Host: Compatible Garmin GPS device with latest software; GPS must use BC30 receiver cable)3 | Gps unit6 | None7 |
| Connection | Wired5 | Wireless (Host: Compatible Garmin GPS device with latest software; Host interface: GPS powered through the included BC30 receiver cable)3 | Wireless (Host: Compatible Garmin navigation device with latest software; verify BC40 support)4 | Wired (Host: Negative-ground vehicle; camera supply 10.8–15.1 V DC; Host interface: RCA video input; confirm the display’s reverse-gear connection function; Protocol: NTSC compatible camera output)2 |
| Field of view | 170 deg1 | 140 deg7 | 180 deg (Reported test result)6 | 129 deg8 |
| Low-light performance | 0.2 lux1 | Not published | Not published | Approx. 0.9 lux (Tested configuration: Illumination range approximately 0.9–100,000 lux)2 |
| Cameras | 1 (Tested configuration: Included PLCM4550 kit contents; monitor video-input capacity is separate)1 | 19 | 16 | 12 |
| Resolution | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Screen size | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Vehicle class | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
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| Specification | Our pickPyle PLCM4550 | Garmin BC 30 | Garmin BC 40 | Pioneer ND-BC8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | Mirror overlay1 | Gps unit (Host: Compatible Garmin GPS device with latest software; GPS must use BC30 receiver cable)3 | Gps unit6 | None7 |
| Connection | Wired5 | Wireless (Host: Compatible Garmin GPS device with latest software; Host interface: GPS powered through the included BC30 receiver cable)3 | Wireless (Host: Compatible Garmin navigation device with latest software; verify BC40 support)4 | Wired (Host: Negative-ground vehicle; camera supply 10.8–15.1 V DC; Host interface: RCA video input; confirm the display’s reverse-gear connection function; Protocol: NTSC compatible camera output)2 |
| Field of view | 170 deg1 | 140 deg7 | 180 deg (Reported test result)6 | 129 deg8 |
| Low-light performance | 0.2 lux1 | Not published | Not published | Approx. 0.9 lux (Tested configuration: Illumination range approximately 0.9–100,000 lux)2 |
| Cameras | 1 (Tested configuration: Included PLCM4550 kit contents; monitor video-input capacity is separate)1 | 19 | 16 | 12 |
| Resolution | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Screen size | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Vehicle class | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |