Need a walk thru for splicing factory camera into new radio

[oldpaddy]

Hi all, I've got a '14 limited with nav. Which wires control the camera and do I need to do anything other than spicing a rca connector to the camera line?

Thanks

 

[TXFRDOwner]

New Radio ? Aftermarket ?

Your back-up cam image comes up on the screen or rear-view mirror ?

 

[TXFRDOwner]

Splicing into the backup camera signal:

- Locate the only 10 pin plug behind the Radio, it should only have 2 wires according to this diagram and connector pinout
- Splice RCA positive to the white/green wire
- Splice RCA negative to the brown/violet wire.

 

[oldpaddy]

New Radio ? Aftermarket ?

Your back-up cam image comes up on the screen or rear-view mirror ?

Thanks for the diagram and info.
To answer your original question, new pioneer AVIC-W8500NEX and my old stereo is nav/sync1 stereo that displays the backup camera feed.

 

[TXFRDOwner]

Yeah that's pretty much it, ... Find an RCA pigtail (attached), splice it in

... run the Pioneer's Camera detection wire to the rear of the vehicle, splice that into the reverse lamp wire at the Taillight.

Done Deal !

View attachment RCA Video Male Pigtail.jpg

 

[oldpaddy]

Yeah that's pretty much it, ... Find an RCA pigtail (attached), splice it in

... run the Pioneer's Camera detection wire to the rear of the vehicle, splice that into the reverse lamp wire at the Taillight.

Done Deal !

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Awesome.
I'll still have to run a line to a backup light? What guage?

 

[TXFRDOwner]

I believe Pioneer provides a long enough wire for that purpose. If not, 18-22 gauge is big enough.

I was looking at the reverse system electrical diagram, and it seems like there's an inline connector behind the glove box where the reverse line runs from.

 

[oldpaddy]

Yeah that's pretty much it, ... Find an RCA pigtail (attached), splice it in

... run the Pioneer's Camera detection wire to the rear of the vehicle, splice that into the reverse lamp wire at the Taillight.

Done Deal !

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I'm installing a maestro unit and using the corresponding f01 wire harness. It appears that the f01 has a reverse line that ties into the stereo harness. Does that mean I don't have to worry about splicing into the reverse line behind the glovebox?

 

[TXFRDOwner]

So it seems, ... it's coming from the factory radio harness. I'll pull the pinouts for the other radio connectors.

 

[TXFRDOwner]

Well, I pulled the rest of them and I dont see a reverse signal wire in any of them. Unless the Maestro module can pickup the reverse signal through MS-CAN, translate it then pushes it back out into a single wire.

Intriguing to say the least