BOYO VTL375HD - Ultra Slim Full-Frame License Plate HD Backup Camera (Black)

I have just installed two of the VTL375HD cameras on my two older Subaru Outbacks. I mated the cameras up to the Boyo VTM4000 4 inch monitor. The image quality of this combination is outstanding. You need some experience in vehicle installations to do a neat job. Although my experience was from 30 years ago I was able to complete a neat job. The camera has a short cable permanently attached and will require a small hold drilled behind the license plate to pass the cable into the vehicle. There are two grommets preinstalled on the cable and I cut off the larger one and used the smaller one which fit nicely in a 19/64” hole. I think a 5/16” hole might be just a tad too large. It’s probably a metric grommet designed for a 3mm hole. A tiny connector on the end of the short cable attaches to a 26 foot long extension cable that will be run to the dash. There is no convenient method to grab DC power from the backup lights. Using the supplied cables you must get your power from the front of the vehicle (fuse block). This means that your camera and monitor will be on whenever the car is on. Not a problem for me but some might find the constant rearview display distracting. Surprisingly, there is very little useful information to be gained from a full time rear display. The wide angle nature of the camera makes objects more than a few feet behind you appear very small. The camera tilt angle is adjustable using a supplied allen wrench. I adjusted mine so that I can see a small amount of the rear bumper at the bottom of the display. I would not hesitate to recommend this camera.

I installed a Boyo VTL375 on my F150 over five years ago, and it has been a reliable performer for me. I just installed the 275HD on my Expedition EL, and am incredibly pleased with the purchase. The image quality is amazing compared to my 375, and the configurability of the display is great with the included remote. Plug it in, configure it the way you want it, save the config, and you're done. The picture looks amazing on my Pioneer AVH-X4800BS. I did have a minor install issue relative to my fat fingers and approaching 50 eyesight, and ended up bending the power pin on the tiny connector from the camera to the long svideo cable. That connector needs to be as small as possible, so I can't fault the design of the product for it. I got my highest mag glasses out and bent the pin back with no further issues. :) The svideo extension cable wasn't quite long enough to reach the head unit since installing the camera in the rear hatch requires a lot of extra routing, but I had anticipated this and the extended power wires and video cable of the head unit enough to reach the end of the svideo cable.

First let me start off with I am MECP certified and have worked for years as a professional car audio installer. I mention this to help you understand the install was done correctly and I have installed my fair share of back up camera systems. Installed this on my new truck hooked up to an in-dash JVC unit. Bought this item along with the JVC unit from Amazon 03/27/2012. September of 2013 this unit quit working. Just flat out done. A year and a half roughly of use is what it handled. Looks like water got into the camera housing itself. This was never submerged. When it worked the image quality was not that impressive. It was decent enough for backing up to a trailer or seeing if someone was behind you but judging distance with this was tough. If any thing from a porch light or the sun hits this camera it will white out the monitor. All around expensive for the performance and quality. Look into the PAC units for a much better performance to dollar buy. I only purchased this at the time because I had been wanting to try the Boyo brand of cameras. Wish I would have just gone with what I know works well.

The manufacture and design of the camera is first rate with one exception; the connection off the camera is a small four pin connector where the pins can be easily bent. A larger connector would have been prefeered. The kit included a heat shrink mastic to cover this connection. Directions are non existant. You get a list of contents and a schematic of the system with no recommeded connection. The power and ground for the camera follow the video link all the way to the dash. The power and ground are wrapped in their own sheath that has to be stripped to reveal the individual wires. I wired the power to the reverse circuit in the dash so the camera wasn't on all the time. The wires supplied in the box were more than long enough to get to the dash and didn't require any extensions. The image supplied by the camera is great and the final look after installation is clean. I would recommend this item to anyone who is familiar with automotive wireing.

I like this camera. For me, it has just the right viewing angle--as wide as you can get before the distortion makes judging anything in the image very difficult. I like the brightness of the image, too. I find it sufficient in darkness with just my backup lights providing illumination. With parking lot lights, it looks almost indoor daytime bright but with noise in the image--much brighter than what I see with my eyes. In bad weather, I find the camera has a much better picture than what I can see out the window. My car has a high-ish truck lid, plus a wing, and so my view out the back window only sees the upper half of an adult. With the backup camera, I can see all the way to the ground immediately behind the car, which means I know for sure there is nothing--no children, no pets, no toys, no suitcases, no golf clubs, no groceries (imagine anything you can)--behind the car when I back up.

I just got this recently, hence why I am giving it a 4 stars out of caution. The plate itself looks very nice & is much sleeker device than a lot of the other rear view cameras out there. The image is ok, but could be crisper...however that might have to with the Double DIN stereo screen. The garage that did the installation said it was pretty much straight forward & easy to hook up

I installed for my car in 2018 and still working good as new.