Reviewing and Testing the Vantrue Nexus 5S

[EricSan]

I’ve had the N5S camera installed in my car for a little more than 3 months now and I’m liking it more and more! It’s a great 4 channel camera and it has operated flawlessly during this time. I’ve had it installed with the suction cup mount and the 12v utility plug adapter - all three pieces have performed great.

I just hardwired it into my car and connected it to my new DIY LTO parking battery so I can have 360 degree parking coverage. It also provides great coverage out the side windows while driving - something none of my other cameras can do! Post #68 above shows a plate capture of a moving car out the side window.

One small detail - be sure not to mix up the rear video cable with the cable from another camera during installation. If you mix them up like I did (oops…), you’ll know right away because the rear cabin camera feed will be blacked out on the screen. The rear camera USB cable for the N5S has TWO pairs of video wires inside, one for each camera. It worked much better after I installed the correct cable. 😉

 

[jsmith]

I’ve had the N5S camera installed in my car for a little more than 3 months now and I’m liking it more and more! It’s a great 4 channel camera and it has operated flawlessly during this time. I’ve had it installed with the suction cup mount and the 12v utility plug adapter - all three pieces have performed great.

I just hardwired it into my car and connected it to my new DIY LTO parking battery so I can have 360 degree parking coverage. It also provides great coverage out the side windows while driving - something none of my other cameras can do! Post #68 above shows a plate capture of a moving car out the side window.

One small detail - be sure not to mix up the rear video cable with the cable from another camera during installation. If you mix them up like I did (oops…), you’ll know right away because the rear cabin camera feed will be blacked out on the screen. The rear camera USB cable for the N5S has TWO pairs of video wires inside, one for each camera. It worked much better after I installed the correct cable. 😉

Correct. I tested this out of curiosity and pmed @Jeff_Vantrue for further confirmation after receiving a black screen. Other cables are not capable of carrying the data to support 4 channels.

I like the 5S a lot. I've actually opted to run it full time over keeping the higher quality N4S Pro. I get a nice view of my side windows (front and rear) which no other cameras provide. My other cameras make up for the higher quality front and rear capture. Not to say the N5S doesn't do a solid job at capturing.