DIY Rear View Camera Install
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Where can i find the reaverse light wire so i can tap into it? is that the light green wire that you have in the picture? thanks in advance,
& thanks for info installing today
& thanks for info installing today
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they are pointless it's just for peoples who are lazy to turn their head around in the cars. i don't think it's that expensive to get it professionally fit into your car i think it should be around 200 for the device and installation.
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not sure if this will work on 07s, but this allows a video input:
http://kptechnologies.com/products.php#/6
Just a weird note on my rearview camera- my old cam stopped working after 1.5 years. I replaced it with the identical camera, but it stopped working the same day. Turns out something shorted the s video cable. I replaced it with a third camera and made sure to use plenty of electrical tape and wire loom.
http://kptechnologies.com/products.php#/6
Just a weird note on my rearview camera- my old cam stopped working after 1.5 years. I replaced it with the identical camera, but it stopped working the same day. Turns out something shorted the s video cable. I replaced it with a third camera and made sure to use plenty of electrical tape and wire loom.
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not sure if this will work on 07s, but this allows a video input:
http://kptechnologies.com/products.php#/6
Just a weird note on my rearview camera- my old cam stopped working after 1.5 years. I replaced it with the identical camera, but it stopped working the same day. Turns out something shorted the s video cable. I replaced it with a third camera and made sure to use plenty of electrical tape and wire loom.
http://kptechnologies.com/products.php#/6
Just a weird note on my rearview camera- my old cam stopped working after 1.5 years. I replaced it with the identical camera, but it stopped working the same day. Turns out something shorted the s video cable. I replaced it with a third camera and made sure to use plenty of electrical tape and wire loom.
As for your shorting out issue, it sounds a bit strange, even a thin layer of electrical tape will protect the circuit for up to 600volts. Perhaps the wire got snagged somewhere along the body metal? My friends g35 lost the power trunk when the stock wire was cut in the trunk area and this was oem wiring.
Im waiting on my camera but I already ran the cables through the car and out to the license plate. Its a good idea to make the cable as solid as possible around sharp body metal openings. I used that grey round styrofoam stuff made for copper pipes (its like 1$ for a 3 foot piece). its not pretty but noone sees it anyways.
Good luck with the install
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[QUOTE=Linuxglobal;8663322]to play the rear view cam on a stock nav would require the same kit to view movies on the stock navi. The screen isnt made for video resolution on the oem nav so its not the greatest idea but it will work with most aftermarket modules. You would most likely have to switch views manually from nav to rear view unless the kit includes an automatic feed.
Can you or anybody else recommend a specific module that will work to have a back up cam work on a stock 04 Z's nav screen?
Can you or anybody else recommend a specific module that will work to have a back up cam work on a stock 04 Z's nav screen?
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It does not. I found a module on ebay that lets you hook up a bu cam and dvd player...it goes for $179 shipped.
Found a pricier one with a google search that goes for $350.
Another member/friend asked me if I could install a bu cam in his 04 Z to work with his factory nav screen so I went researching...........
Found a pricier one with a google search that goes for $350.
Another member/friend asked me if I could install a bu cam in his 04 Z to work with his factory nav screen so I went researching...........
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post mortem thread bump.
found this today.. its a replacement back up light housing w an integrated BU camera.
I personally opted for the ALpine unit sold to go along w my head unit, and am installing it in my Veilside rear end so it is unseen...
but this was super cool and very cheap.
and heres the ebay sales link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Car-R...item3a6826bce5
found this today.. its a replacement back up light housing w an integrated BU camera.
I personally opted for the ALpine unit sold to go along w my head unit, and am installing it in my Veilside rear end so it is unseen...
but this was super cool and very cheap.
and heres the ebay sales link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Car-R...item3a6826bce5
Last edited by bmccann101; 08-12-2011 at 03:23 PM.
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Wow thats neat. Price is almost too good to be true. Worried quality would render it useless. May have to be the guinea pig. Not much to loose @ $25
I just don't wanna pay $200 for the matching (pioneer) camera.
I just don't wanna pay $200 for the matching (pioneer) camera.