Ford Transit Custom (2012-05/2016) Twin Lens Brake Light Reversing + Rear View Camera kit with 7" Mirror Display - PM39BLGTW

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£240.00

VAT Included £40.00
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Product Code: KIT-PM39BLGTW
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Mirror Mount (see below)
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Description

About the Ford Transit Custom (barn door) brake light reversing + rear view camera with 7 inch mirror monitor kit

When somebody wants a reversing camera for a van, the most popular option these days is a brake light reversing camera. This is because of the following reasons:

  • Brake light reversing camera to fit the smaller Ford Transit Custom vans with double doors built before May 2016 - using the bulb type rear lights.
  • This brake light camera replaces the original left hand side door brake light, and provides one with a high quality reversing camera fitted.
  • Top quality 7 inch rear view mirror monitor display, with options to either clip over existing mirror, or attach directly to the windscreen fitment.
  • A Ford swan neck windscreen mounting bracket is selectable if the metal windscreen fitment/button is present on your van. If you have nothing present, we can supply a swan neck bracket that allows you to add a Ford fitting/button (with loctite 319 glue).
  • 2 Year Guarantee with the specialists - Reversing Cameras UK Ltd.
  • The camera supplied in this kit is special, as it is also fitted with an always on rear view camera to monitor traffic. This makes the camera system useful 100% of the driving time, instead of just when in reverse.

What vehicle does this fit?

Ford Transit Custom with Bulb brake light 2012-May 2016


Mirror Monitor Mounting Options

We stock a number of different mounting options for the mirror monitor, depending on what you currently have fitted to your van. Kindly note that if you choose any mount other than the clip-over original mirror, and your van has a plastic trim cover that hides the metal mirror mount button, this will need to be removed and likely won't fit back once the bracket is fixed in position - although we have been told that this isn't too much of an issue since the mirror monitor mostly hides this anyway.

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 - Fit to original Ford windscreen button

This is the most commonly seen windscreen button fitted to various Ford vans.  We have had customers with Transit customs who have told us they have had to remove plastic trim, and if they have auto wipe windscreen wipers, they have had to remove a plastic bracket that sits on top of the regular metal button shown in the image below.  The plastic trim may need trimming or removing, the good news is that this is not easily noticeable once the new mirror monitor is in position.

Ford windscreen stalk for rear view mirror monitor

ACCMB2 + Button + Glue - Adds a new Ford windscreen button to vans without one

If you have no metal windscreen button to attach our bracket to, then you can add your own.  This option provides the Ford windscreen stalk, plus the Ford windscreen button, as well as the Loctite 319 glue.  Please see our instructions on how to glue a mirror button to the windscreen.  Download our PDF fitting instructions for fitting the windscreen button with Loctite 319 mirror button adhesive.

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

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 two of 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

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.  

FAQ'S

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".  In fact this particular kit includes our special twin view camera, which incorporates both a wide angle parking / reversing camera, as well as a narrower view always on driving / rear view 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 reversing camera (not the driving 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.

Detailed Images

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
Adjustable guidelines when using trigger wire
2 Inputs
PAL/NTSC/AUTO

Driving camera (upper camera)

Sensor: 1/3 PC4089 CMOS
Effective Pixels: 976(H) x 592(V)
TV line: 700 TVL
TV system: NTSC
Lens: 2.6mm
Min illumination: 0.1 LUX
Waterproof: IP68
View angle: V 65 degrees, H 80 degrees D 105 degrees
Camera lens adjustment: 20 degrees up and down
Voltage: 12 volts
Current consumption: 150mA
Operating temperature: -20 to 70 degrees C
Certificates: FCC, CE, E-mark, RoHS
Connector: 4 pin aviation

Reversing camera (lower camera)

Sensor: 1/3 PC4089 CMOS
Effective Pixels: 976(H) x 592(V)
TV line: 700 TVL
TV system: NTSC
Lens: 1.9mm
Min illumination: 0.0 LUX (IR LED on)
IR LEDs: 8 pcs
Night vision: 10m
Waterproof: IP68
View angle: V 85 degrees, H 130 degrees D 160 degrees
Camera lens adjustment: 20 degrees up and down
Voltage: 12 volts
Current consumption: 150mA
Operating temperature: -20 to 70 degrees C
Guideline: Optional (some have a trigger wire to select)
Certificates: FCC, CE, E-mark, RoHS
Connector: 4 pin aviation