2003-2019 VW Volkswagen Caddy Reversing Camera Brake Light kit with 7" Mirror Monitor - PM39BLP

Price

£190.00

VAT Included £31.67
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Product Code: KIT-PM39BLP
Cable Length
Mirror Mounting Option (see pic)
Add a lighter plug?
Add a fuse tap?
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Description

About the VW Caddy brake light reversing camera kit with 7" mirror monitor

    • Exact fit for the VW Caddy 2003-2019 OEM Brake Light - Designed to replace the original factory brake light and give you that tidy factory fitted appearance.
    • Choice of Mirror Mounting Options - We stock two versions of the mirror monitor, one with strong spring loaded clips in order to secure against the original interior mirror, one that has screw holes to the rear in order to attach to one of our windscreen stalk brackets. 
    • Easy Installation - This camera uses the original mounting points making it easy to secure to the vehicle.
    • IP68 Waterproof - This camera is rated to IP68, a high rating to cope with the strongest torrential downpours you may experience with the great British summer weather.
    • Superb Image Quality - This camera is fitted with an upgraded 4089 image sensor, which gives great colour replication and also returns a high resolution—700tvl. The camera also boasts an all-glass lens, which lasts a lot longer than the cheaper plastic-glass lens available from elsewhere (ours avoids the UV fade issues).
    • Optional Guidelines - You can choose to display guidelines or none at all during fitting.
    • Ultra Wide Angle - Our brake light reversing camera boasts a 150-degree (diagonally measured) ultra-wide viewing angle. The extra wide angle gives you the wide angle required to avoid obstacles around the rear of your vehicle.
    • Excellent Build Quality - We picked the best brake light camera manufacturer we have come across to build these cameras to our spec. They may cost us more to bring in, but the picture quality, customer satisfaction, and reliability is worth it.
    • No CANBUS issues - We use monitors and cabling that allow the monitor to provide power to the camera instead of relying on the rear light. This means that there is no risk of CANBUS cutting power to the rear camera due to unusual power consumption.  
    • 2-Year Guarantee - The factory we use is happy to support the two-year guarantee we offer for the brake light cameras. Feel reassured that your purchase is protected by us - Reversing Cameras UK Ltd, aka REVCAMUK. If any non-user damage fault shows itself in the two-year post-sale period, we will swap the camera to ensure your vehicle's reversing safety.

    What vehicle does this reversing camera fit?

    VW Volkswagen Caddy vans built between 2003-2019


    Mirror Mounting Options

    We stock a few different options for the mounting the mirror monitor. To choose, please use the drop down menu next to the "add to basket" options.

    Clip over original mirror

    This type of mirror monitor has spring loaded clips on the rear, instead of 4 screw holes for our swan neck brackets to fit. Ideal if you have a van with an interior mirror already fitted.

    Clip-over rear view mirror monitor

    ACCMB2+button+glue

    If you have a vehicle without a windscreen button, then you can order this bracket kit. It comes with Loctite 319 rear view mirror bonder, a Ford/Universal button, and the Ford/Universal bracket. This glue was recommended to us by a fitter, who installs lots of these.

    Add a Ford windscreen button to the windscreen for a rear view mirror monitor with loctite 319 glue

    ACCMB3 - Fit to OEM VW Button

    If you have a vehicle with a windscreen button, check the image out below. You can order the ACCMB3 option using the drop down menu.

    Volkswagen rear view mirror swan neck mount for rear view mirror lcd screen

    Choice of kit power options

    • On the monitor wiring harness is a 2.1mm DC socket. On the drop down menu of this product, you can select your desired power lead to plug in to this.
    • The standard hardwiring is supplied with all options, this terminates in a red wire (+12V/+24V), and black wire (earth).
    • For the ultimate quick install is a lighter plug option. Some people also order this just for the initial setup, before changing to the standard hardwiring/fuse tap.
    • Fuse taps aka piggyback fuse holders, are the most recent addition to our options. This allows you to "piggyback" off an existing circuit from your fuse box. The most common size fuse found in modern vehicles is the mini blade (size = 10.9mm wide x 16.4mm tall), older vehicles are likely to have the standard blade (size = 19.1mm wide x 18.8mm tall). Download and read our Fuse Tap installation instructions PDF for more information.
    • Our fuse taps were designed by us, they have a 200cm lead that connects directly to the monitor socket with no soldering / crimping required. There is a black wire with an earth terminal attached - designed to fix to a chassis bolt/screw.  This earth wire/terminal can be separated away from the red wire to enable you to find the most convenient ground/earth (although often this is next to the fuse box).
    Power Supply Options including lighter plug and piggyback fuse taps

    Easy-Fit Wiring

    • We have been using this type of cabling since 2007, and it has performed perfectly in all of this time. It is called the 4 pin aviation cable, and uses what is known as a 4 pin GX12 connector.
    • This type of connector is very durable, and can be kept outside exposed to rain and freezing temperatures.
    • It makes fitting easier, and avoids CANBUS issues due to the monitor powering the camera.
    • It keeps contacts clean and dry, plus prevents them from accidental separation.
    • It has become the industry standard connector, which means you aren't forced to buy future cameras/cables/upgrades from one retailer - as parts are interchangeable between numerous suppliers (although we are confident you will be impressed enough with us that you will choose us for any future upgrades/spare parts).
    • All of our aviation extension cables are high quality, with the inner cores consisting of pure copper. We do not use the cheaper CCA (Copper Coated Aluminium) or CCS (Copper Coated Steel) cables, because they are more prone to failure/degradation over time.

    Image Sensor for Camera

    This particular system uses the PC4089 1/3" Hi-Res CMOS image sensor (not to be confused with the older technology low res CMOS), this runs at 700TVL and gives a really crisp picture with a good colour replication.  We use 4xglass composite lens instead of the cheaper 2xglass, 2xplastic lenses, which cloud/fade over time due to UV exposure.  With our camera you can be assured of good performance and long term reliability. 

    Image sensor key

    Monitor has Digital LCD Panel - Not Standard LCD

    Our monitor uses a Hi-Res digital panel LCD screen with an 800x480 pixel display.  To complicate matters we have seen a difference in quality between 800x480 pixel panels. We only stock LCD panels that have the brightest backlights, and the best colour replication.  This costs us approx. 50% more than we could buy the monitors for, however, the reliability, picture quality, our reputation in keeping our many return customers happy, means we are willing to pay the extra (you get what you pay for!).


    2 Year Guarantee

    We supply with a 2 year Guarantee with us, meaning we will repair or replace any non-user damaged parts that are deemed faulty.  Our failure rate is very low even beyond these two years, if you have a problem outside of 2 years we should still have compatible parts and possible repairs for reasonable amounts.


    Parts Tested in the UK

    The parts of this kit will have been tested twice, once by the factory and once by us.  We check all the items in the kit including all cables, trigger wires, IR leds and menu functions to reduce any chance of having a non working part.  Our fault rate is extremely low, and we just like to ensure that we avoid any imperfection slipping past.  This is why professional fitters love us.  

    Detailed Images

    Yes you can, the monitor powers the camera, this means you can choose to watch the camera at any point, you can drive with it "always on".  It is worth noting that the camera faces downwards, so it may not be used as a rear view driving camera.

    Our easy wire fuse tap options are new for 2023.  We designed a fuse tap that plugs in to a socket that is present on all of our monitor wiring harnesses.  The other side has a "piggyback" fuse holder aka fuse tap.  You identify a fuse in the fuse box that comes on/off with the ignition (see piggyback fuse holder / fuse tap instructions here - PDF download).  The original fuse is placed in to the new fuse tap, plus there is a new fuse already present for the reverse camera kit.  On the same wiring there is an earth terminal connector, simply attach this to a chassis bolt (usually near the fuse box, or add your own).

    Yes, absolutely.  You can also choose to hard wire it at a later point.  Some people order the lighter plug option simply to try it out before they wire it in permanently.

    Yes it does. The camera outputs its own fixed guidelines (these can be turned off by snipping a small loop of wire that is next to the cameras connector). The monitor can also add guidelines itself, these will only be shown if you connect up the green reverse trigger wire on the monitor wiring. The advantage of using the monitors guideline function instead of the cameras is that you can adjust the position on the monitors guidelines (see the instructions tab for the downloadable PDF on how to do this).

    There could be a number of reasons they may be cheaper than us, the most common are below :

    • They may be Rejected Production Runs - This is more common on the marketplaces where there are a lot of non-UK businesses (although the stock is often in the UK). When one of the larger factories produces a camera they will age-test a batch to ensure that the quality is sufficiently high to be able to send to their big customers (like us). If a production run fails this test with a high enough number having issues, the whole batch is often sold off for "recycling" the components. Sadly, these get placed in a container setting sail to the UK and other destinations, and eventually listed on a marketplace at crazy low prices - lower than we can buy hundreds at a time for. Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you are not, depending on how badly the batch failed.
    • They likely Use Cheaper/Poorer Grade Components - With the cameras, there are different standards of image sensor, support chips, lenses and camera bodies. With the monitors, there are different grades of LCD panels, and main boards. For both camera and monitor, we prioritise quality; the results speak for themselves. We didn't earn our reputation by buying as cheap as we could; it's not what our customers want. Although at the same time we really do keep our prices as low as possible. The cheaper prices help us to sell more volume, which means we can bring the cameras in by ocean shipping, saving freight costs, which we pass to the consumer.
    • Produced by a "Factory for the day" - We have seen some shocking quality cameras sent to us over the years by customers. There is a phenomenon in China where someone can rent factory space for a day or two in order to complete a production run. Often this is a factory employee that is trying to go it alone and start his own business. Sadly, they don't often have the best engineers, they usually buy the lowest price/quality components, have the lowest standard of production line worker, and they can't afford to reject a bad production run. These usually either end up on a Marketplace or sold directly from a Chinese website.

    In short, trust us to find the best quality and support you for safety and peace of mind.

    Our general 4 pin cable based fitting instructions.

    4 pin reversing camera kit fitting instructions

    Our guide to the menu system and monitor. Covers the adjustable guidelines that can be added when reverse gear is connected to the green trigger wire on monitor wiring harness.

    Rear View Mirror Monitor Instructions

    Our guide to the menu system.  Covers the adjustable guidelines that can be added when reverse gear is connected to the green trigger wire on monitor wiring harness.

    Rear View mirror monitor for swan neck brackets menu guide instructions

    Monitor

    7” Diagonally Measured Colour LCD screen
    Power supply: 12V/24V
    Power Consumption: 7.5W Max
    Digital Screen Resolution: 800 x3(RGB)x480
    2x 4 pin Inputs
    PAL/NTSC/AUTO

    Camera

    Image Sensor: 1/3" CMOS
    Total pixels: 510(H) x 492(V)
    Video System: CVBS NTSC, 1.0Vp-p 75 Ohm
    Horizontal Resolution: 700 TV Lines
    S/N Ratio: More than 48dB (AGC Off)
    View angle: 150° diagonal / 110° horizontal / 85° vertical
    Microphone: no
    Power: DC12V +/- 10%, max 2 Watt
    Temperature: -20°C - 70°C
    Connector: 4 pin aviation