Fitted a Heads up Display HUD to our Campervan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2019
- This HUD allows you to more easily keep an eye on your speed and also easily flick between MPH and KPH travelling around Europe. I didn't want to spend a lot, it was just a test really, but this product is great and far surpasses my expectations.
Here is a link to buy the unit I have - amzn.to/2GhLlfD
Here you can see many other types of HUD products - ebay.to/2XLp98q
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Here is a link to buy the unit I have - amzn.to/2GhLlfD
Here you can see many other types of HUD products - ebay.to/2XLp98q
Thanks for your help John. I bought and fitted the identical unit. So easy and it has changed my life, no more peering into the dashboard. Plus my wheels are small and the speedo out of calibration so I used the French speed warnings to set the correct speed and tested the accuracy throughout Europe. Brilliant.
Great bit of kit fair play 👍🏴
Looks like a great idea for European trips and for anyone with glasses too. 🙂🚐👍
Brilliant!
That looks a good bit of kit. I have a self built Peugeot Boxer camper and can agree with you about the speedo display being difficult to read, especially in kph. I did 3000 miles around Europe last summer between two F1 races. Great trip, but I did fall foul of a couple of speed cameras. So I think I'll be investing in one of these. Thanks for the review,
Hi John, I have the same problem reading the speedometer. Your review is spot on and this looks a great bit of kit. Huge advantage seeing sped in Km/hr when abroad. Plan to buy one, many thanks.
Old video I know, but just bought a 2020 Ducato motorhome and bought this so I can see the speedo properly! Great for France too! Thanks John.
Hi John, a Nice bit of kit 👍
Thanks John, I have bought one, not fitted yet, this weekend.
Nice toy 👍 and you can never have too many 👍😀🐾🍺🍟
Thanks John
Just fitted the same unit ,doddle. Only needed to change to mph with the aid of magnifying glass to read the instructions
Spoke to soon it randomly switches itself on when engine is off and key removed
Nice one John :-)
and now you're just showing off John :)
Everyone needs some toys, and at this price it's great 😀
Only just found this vid, would have been ideal for my current French/Spanish tour. The dials on the Ducato really are bad, I use the speed readout on my Garmin Sat Nav as I just cannot see the kmph reading, it’s tiny. Anyway it’s in my Amazon basket for when we get home in a couple of weeks! Thanks John.
That's a great gadet gadet John 😊
So many gadgets 😜
@@GadgetJohn 🤣
I am still getting the double with the film on it
That’s the First thing I noticed when I test drive a Ducato - how am expected to the see the instruments
HUD is a great addition 👍
Thanks John
Another issue is the seat height
With the swivel base the Ducato seats sit too high for tall people.
I’m 6ft 4” and had to duck down to see through the windscreen 🙁
The first mod when my van arrives is to somehow lower the drivers seat base
May there’s a lower one available 🤔
I struggle too, bang my head getting in and out and the ignition key touches my knee.
Yep they do em John 👍
Lowers the seat 40mm so in effect compensating for the addition of the swivel
Expensive though at £145
Not sure if the handbrake lever will be in the way after though - will it stop the seat swiveling ?
Seem to remember it was placed in a silly place and catching legs getting in and out 😂
Can’t have it perfect
But all these little mods help 👍👍
I guess you spend £145 and mess around for 6 hours and then figure out the stuff that doesn't' work 🤦♂️
did you ever try it with the reflective film (it came with in the package) to make the image clearer ?
John, did yours come with the stick on clear filter to put on the windscreen. It’s looks like a smartphone screen protector, couldn’t see from the video if you had one? Cheers
Loving the videos hope the house selling has gone well
There will be an update video out next week 👍🏼
Hi John just bought one and eventually got it set to turn off when shutting down (voltage adjustment)but when I connect the hook up cable it turns back on I think it’s shown charge voltage have you had this issue?
Hi John will this fit a 155 elddis auto quest motorhome on a boxer
Hi what voltage will it start and shut down
does resetting start-up voltage stop the 20mA parasitic battery drain while in storage???
Great little gadget, much rather a speedo read over.
Better to be safe than sorry 👍🏻
Is your van a diesel ?
Details on Amazon are confusing when talking about OBD2 and OBD1
I want to fit into a VW T6 Transporter 2.0 Biturbo
great video john could this device drain your starting battery if left connected to the van diagnostic port ?
No because it powers off when the engine is turned off.
Great vid John. I was wondering if we could fit one of these to our older van. Its a VW LT31 Florida 1994.
Merllynn1 I maybe wrong but I'm sure obd2 sockets are built into all vehicles after 1992.
@@KingstonHomeMaintenance Thanks fella I will look into it
John does the obd port not have constant voltage even when engine switched off surely if so it could drain the battery
No, otherwise I’d say it in the review
Hi john ,I haven’t heard anyone putting one of these in a car ,is there a problem.
Hi John, you slipped in the word "connect the power". Is that separate to the data plug thing? It's so hard to read km in mine I just use the trip feature all the time; ridiculous.
Sorry for the confusion, it’s just the one cable for power and the data for the display. So just as easy as shown in the video to setup.
I followed the link to buy it but the reviews mention connecting to cigarette lighter socket. So for clarity, there's one data plug which picks up the power for the unit? Also one person said it was slow to respond, did you find this too? Thanks for great videos, looking forward to your travels but hope you don't buy land in Portugal and start doing whaky vids about toilets and stuff.
I think the review that mentions cig socket is from someone who fitted it wrong, it wouldn't get the data about revs or oil temp etc unless it was plugged into the OBD port. You can see very clearly on my video how I fitted it, that's the only way you are supposed to fit it.
Great video, just to be aware that since 2001 (I think it was 2001) most speedos are over-rated by 10% so if your speedo shows 77mph, you actual MPH is 70 - this make a big difference on very long journeys. Great product and reasonable price too.
I think it’s considered that speedos are allowed to be 10% out but 99% of speedos these days are quite accurate.
Just wondered if you use the same HUD as I'm looking at getting one? I know you keep changing and looking for better gizmos
I’ve still got this exact one, swapped it between different vans and it’s still working perfectly.
Hi John,have purchased one,after watching the vid,my question is what is the pice of plastic ,with back and front labels for ?
The instructions explain what the plastic sheet is for, it can enhance the HUD display on some windscreens
@@GadgetJohn thanks John,and it dose enhance it to, merry Christmas to you and Mandy and Cooper.
Do you still use this in the new motor home thinking getting one
Yes, it’s fantastic 👍🏼
a bit late to the party but could you let me know what the unit is called? the link you given has a different HUD on there now
This one is the same amzn.to/44oWFAd
Hi ya John, I’ve just ordered one of these as I had a £20 gift voucher to use up, kept looking at various ones that all had very mixed reviews, 2 years on is yours still working ? Can’t wait to try it out in my van, I’ll comment again once set up and working, all the best
Still works perfectly all these years later 👍🏻
@@GadgetJohn that’s Good to know and im glad I went with your recommendation
Hi John just going over old videos during this lockdown period on this hub your display is showing a double image which I believe is because of the laminated windscreen can you get a hud that won't show double image !
Since all windscreens are laminated the only way to avoid this is to project onto something else, like a bit of Perspex, but then you still might get a feint image on the windscreen. To be honest it’s not a problem as it is, it works great and after many thousands of miles the hud is really easy to read.
Thanks for the reply John just one other thing does it have an on/ off switch to avoid draining the battery or is it connected all the time
As covered in the video it switches on & off with the ignition.
We have a pixelation problem watching this John. Any thoughts?
Maybe check you have it set to Full HD? Is there a certain part which is a problem or is it all the video? Have you tried on other devices?
@@GadgetJohn Its the whole video with HD full on. Other vids suffer the same problem. However, this is the first time on one of yours.
Bow to decrease the brightness on this device im stuck ? hhhhhhh in the night is to bright 🌞 any help ?
I set my unit to auto brightness, it's shown in the instruction manual how to do this.
Hi! Is the HUD still holding up?
Yes, it’s still working fine.
@@GadgetJohnThanks for the reply. I think I’m going to try this one.