I dedicated most of Saturday to the installation of a Kenwood DMX-7704S HU, which I chose because it is mechless (NO moving parts), Android Auto/Apple CarPlay-capable, has two USB inputs and two camera inputs, good UX, and is relatively affordable.

Today, Monday, I installed the same wired front camera shown in this post. As expected, this took several hours because it required drilling a hole in the grill for mounting the cam, running the combined video + power cable through a grommet in the firewall, and routing the cable behind the hood mat (I used Techflex F6 braided sleeving to protect the cable).

The way I mounted the camera resulted in the coverage shown on the last image below. The camera shows almost exactly what the hood hides (70cm to about 3m on the ground). The first 70cm are a blind spot covered by the upper edge of the bumper. We'll see how well this works out in practice on the trail.

To turn on the camera, I push the CH4x4 switch to the left of the steering column and hit the CAM button on the HU.

Thanks for the great info in this thread!

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