Aftermarket back up camera - form and function

[quantez1120]

Has anyone Awnserd your question . I also don’t have back wire. Only grey

Originally Posted by wasthatacop?

What color was the ground wire? My wiring does not have any black wires. I have a light gray, and a wire with a stripe. I tried the wire with the stripe as a ground, no such luck.

[R8cerX]

Originally Posted by darkrider01

I wired the camera power and ground to my rear drivers side tail lamp harness.

The ground is connected to the inboard tail lamp ground wire (black).

The power is connected to main harness. The +12V wire for the back up lamps is the teal wire. I say it's light blue, but my wife says teal....

A couple of views from a little farther out to see locations.

I have mine wired up exactly the same as you but still can only get a picture on the screen when I manually select camera. I have a Kenwood DNX 7705S, checked the settings and everything seems to be correct there.

When I select camera, the screen is black until I put the car into reverse so I'm assuming the wiring is correct, but the camera does NOT automatically come up when I go into reverse....Any thoughts?

Thank you

[gtstorey]

It sounds like settings in the Kenwood, most of the cameras only now on or off.

[R8cerX]

Originally Posted by gtstorey

It sounds like settings in the Kenwood, most of the cameras only now on or off.

Exactly, the Kenwood shows "connect to CMOS" which is a Kenwood camera or "Connect to any camera" which is what I have selected. As I said, when I select camera from menu, screen is dark until I go into reverse, then it comes on..but only if I select camera, not automatically

[gtstorey]

Did the Kenwood have a wire that receives power from the reverse lights that tells it to swap to the camera. I think that was what mine had on the aftermarket stereo that I wired a camera into.

[gtstorey]

I checked the manual online. Did you connect the backup lights to the purple/white wire on the Kenwood?
https://manual.kenwood.com/files/B5A-2301-00b_En.pdf page 93

[R8cerX]

Originally Posted by gtstorey

I checked the manual online. Did you connect the backup lights to the purple/white wire on the Kenwood?
https://manual.kenwood.com/files/B5A-2301-00b_En.pdf page 93

I believe so, but I'll have to double check. Thanks man, I really appreciate you looking that up and providing the link. Awesome. Have a great day

[gtstorey]

If you did hook it up it might just be a bad head unit.

[hydstar]

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[RGM215]

There are two similar wires. The brighter (teal) wire with the yellow stripe is NOT the correct wire. You want the duller looking one with no stripe.