How to Use Silverado Advanced Trailering Tech
A step-by-step guide to the Silverado's trailering system: setting up a trailer profile, hitching with Hitch View, calibrating Transparent Trailer View, and choosing from up to 14 available camera views.
How does Chevy's Transparent Trailer View work?
Transparent Trailer View combines the truck's rear camera with an accessory camera mounted on the back of your trailer, then stitches the two images together so you can virtually "see through" the trailer to the road behind it. According to Chevrolet, it requires a properly equipped truck, the available accessory trailer camera, and a compatible trailer: a conventional hitch box-type trailer no longer than 32 feet (or a fifth-wheel or gooseneck box-type trailer). You set it up and calibrate it through the In-Vehicle Trailering App.
The Silverado offers up to 14 available camera views, depending on trim and packages. Advanced camera technology is offered on the LT, RST, LT Trail Boss, LTZ, ZR2, and High Country. To see what a specific truck has, open the Camera app: views your truck doesn't support will appear grayed out, and the window sticker lists the packages installed.
Step-by-Step: Setting Up Silverado Trailering Tech
Follow these steps in order the first time you tow with a new trailer.
1. Confirm what your truck is equipped with
Tap the Camera icon on the center display's Home screen. Grayed-out icons mean the truck doesn't have the cameras for that view. The vehicle's window sticker shows which trailering and camera packages are installed.
2. Create a trailer profile
Open the In-Vehicle Trailering App on the center display and create a profile for your trailer. Enter its dimensions accurately. Many trailering features, including mirror biasing and Transparent Trailer View, need these measurements to work or work better with them.
3. Line up the hitch with Hitch View
Select Hitch View for a close-up of the receiver while you back toward the coupler. On some vehicles, shifting into Park while in Hitch View automatically applies the electric parking brake to help keep the truck from rolling.
4. Run the pre-departure checklist
Use the Trailering App's pre-departure checklist to confirm connections and lights before you pull out. Saved profiles let you switch between trailers, like a boat and a camper, without re-entering details.
5. Install the accessory trailer camera
For Transparent Trailer View and Rear Trailer View, mount the available accessory camera on the back of your trailer in the specified location and connect it to the truck. Inside Trailer View uses an accessory camera mounted inside the trailer.
6. Calibrate Transparent Trailer View
After you enter the trailer dimensions, calibration starts automatically. Tap the Transparent Trailer View icon to watch the progress bar, then drive forward in a straight line under 31 mph until it completes. Turning or speeding up pauses calibration; it resumes when you straighten out and slow down.
7. Turn on turn-signal camera views
In the vehicle Settings menu or the Trailering App, enable turn signal activation for the side cameras. With a trailer connected, signaling a lane change will display that side of the truck and trailer automatically.
8. Pick your driving views before you move
Choose the camera views you want before you start driving. Some views stay on screen while you drive, while others time out. Use the arrows on the camera menu bar to reach additional views.
For full limitations and warnings, see your Owner's Manual, the Trailer Towing Supplement, and Chevrolet's trailer views support page.
Silverado Camera Views Explained
The views Chevrolet describes for its trucks, what each one shows, and which need an accessory camera.
| Camera View | What It Shows | Accessory Camera Needed? |
|---|---|---|
| Transparent Trailer View | A stitched view "through" a compatible trailer to the road behind it | Yes, plus setup in the Trailering App |
| Hitch View | Close-up of the receiver hitch for lining up the coupler | No |
| Front Camera View | Front view with available guidelines for parking | No |
| Rear Camera View | Rear view with available guidelines | No |
| Surround View / Top-Down View | Bird's-eye view of the truck's surroundings | No |
| Front Top-Down View | Hood, bumper, and front tires for tight spots and curbs | No |
| Rear Top-Down View | Clearance between the bed and nearby objects | No |
| Front Side View | Position of the front tires | No |
| Rear Side View | Rear-facing view along the side of the truck | No |
| Cargo Bed View | Inside the bed, for checking cargo or fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitching | No |
| Rear Trailer View | Vehicles and objects behind the trailer, with available guidelines | Yes |
| Inside Trailer View | Trailer contents while you drive (displays mirrored) | Yes |
| Picture-in-Picture / Combined View | Left and right sides of truck and trailer with an overlay of the area behind the trailer | Yes |
| Rear Camera Mirror | Camera-based view in the rearview mirror | No |
Source: Chevrolet trailer views support and camera technology pages. The exact views on any truck depend on trim, packages, and installed accessories.
Need the accessory trailer camera? You can find trailering camera accessories through Miller Chevrolet's Chevrolet Accessories store.
Trailering Alerts That Work While You Drive
Once your profile is set, these available features help on the road.
Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert
Extends side blind zone coverage to the length of your trailer. Turn it on by activating Lane Change Alert in Settings with a trailer attached.
Trailer Length Indicator
When you signal, Turn Signal View shows a red box on screen to help you judge whether there's room to change lanes.
Jackknife Alert
On some newer trucks, a two-level warning appears in Rear Trailer View when the trailer angle gets tight while backing.
Trailer Tow Mirror Biasing
On some vehicles, the mirror view shifts to show more of the trailer as you turn in a forward gear. Requires trailer dimensions in your profile.
Before you hitch up, confirm your truck's rating in our Silverado 1500 towing capacity guide, and compare trims with trailering tech in our 2026 Silverado 1500 showroom.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Chevy Transparent Trailer work?
Why isn't Transparent Trailer View working?
Which Silverado trims offer up to 14 camera views?
How do I know which camera views my truck has?
Try Silverado Trailering Tech in Rogers
Schedule a test drive at Miller Chevrolet and ask our team to walk you through the camera views and Trailering App on a properly equipped Silverado.