How To: Retain Factory/OEM Rear Camera To Aftermarket Radio

[@lyubobg]

Update from me - I managed today to install my camera. The problem was not with the video source in the media, but in a wrong connected cable. Good job @The Fitting Bay !

[@leadahwan9356]

I have been searching for weeks on how to hot wire my lancer camera and you came through for alot of people...you showed us step by step....thanks alot and keep up the good work.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I'm very surprised, after the many decades of aftermarket stereos being sold, that there isn't an aftermarket/oem plug standard so that you can just remove the old radio and plug everything into the new one, retaining your steering wheel controls, original backup camera and everything else without having to cut and strip wires, look up color codes for the wires for your particular vehicle and so on. Luckily there are companies like Metra that do make some of this kind of stuff to bridge oem plugs with aftermarket stuff.

[@larsk7708]

Almost that you suggest all working in my stereo android 😀plug and play😀

[@CentreVictorious]

Alternative approach: In another related video, they simply probed the radio connector (while connected to the powered-on factory radio) and looked for the wire with the 6 V level (while in reverse), which is only used for camera power, i.e. if it's 6V then it's gotta be camera power. The video signal wire would usually be near the 6V wire. Again, using some kind of video monitor, probe around until the monitor shows the backup camera picture. You could use any old monitor with an RCA video input, and there are also 3.5" TFT monitors on sale in the usual places for $30 or so. Although the front-to-back continuity approach is foolproof and guaranteed to work, the probing-around approach eliminates the pain of removing the back panels. Lastly, probe around for the 12 V level which comes on when in reverse, this will be your trigger signal for the aftermarket radio. To be sure, the continuity approach is guaranteed to work, but it's a little more labour intensive. Thanks mate for your video though, good on ya!

[@williampennjr.4448]

not to mention standing behind a car while its in reverse is pretty dangerous.

[@Tino_Moreno]

Can you do the same just on the camera, saying that your vehicle wasn't wired for a reverse camera but some how you now have a factory oem camera .can I get that power and power reducer from the reverse light?

[@jeffrycarrascal]

@@williampennjr.4448 Not if it's off

[@williampennjr.4448]

@@jeffrycarrascal Not if the brakes fail.

[@ggonz3734]

Thanks for the video. I have been looking for directions to hardwire my OEM reverse camera to my 08 sequoia for an aftermarket stereo. I hope I can figure out the appropriate wires from this video.

[@robert-pe8wi]

I know you have a good reference video. Is it totally necessary to use a voltage reducer . I'm just having problem to link into the back up camera

[@mogannaidoo2705]

been looking for something like this for ages to do a lancer. However, the lancer wiring codes colors are different. Have you done a lancer

[@Thomas-l6l6m]

Hi, what’s the color wire for the video input from the factory cable?

[@earlskie2u]

If the back camera triggering voltage supply connects directly to the oem headunit harness brown wire then why need to add a voltage reducer if it has already 6v supply on it when reverse is triggered.. why not make direct supply connection from the harness wire to rca video input of the new aftermarket HU

[@vhongfabria9946]

This setup will work on after market android head unit?

[@ivortraynor7599]

Hey mate. Thank you for the info. I’m trying to install an after market head unit to a 2017 Hyundai i30 I have found the reverse wire from the head unit and the original car wiring and the works but I’m getting no video from the camera. The original wiring harness had 4 wires for the camera it has video and ground and power and ground . I have connected the male RCA I bought to the video and ground but where do I wire the other video power and ground ?

[@247SH]

Hi, great video. I’m trying to connect my OEM reversing camera (VW 2014 Scirocco 2.0L TDI, UK) to an aftermarket android head unit with no luck. I bought an A0580 decoder box. It has a yellow rca and three wires, yellow, brown and red. They plug into the head unit but still no video feed. Just wondering if there should be 6volts or 12volts going to the camera? Voltage from the decoder box, brown and yellow wires is 10.5volts so I’m confused. I’m guessing the decoder box just tries to reroute wires rather than change the video standard. I have tried selecting PAL video standard but still no joy. Any ideas appreciated. Should I just dump to decoder box and try to hardwire the camera to the head unit? I’m not sure what I’m trying to achieve is to change OEM camera standard, whatever that is, to RCA or reroute the wiring, or both? Thanks

[@RL12894]

great video thanks for explaining the 6v reducer and how i can identify the video and ground wire from the camera. 1 question though how do u get the steering wheel controls to wrk ? how do i knw which wire to connect to key1 and key 2 of the headunit

[@simonrutherford5738]

I’m having to do this on a LWB Mercedes sprinter. I can’t get access to the camera wires at the back of the van as I have converted it to a Motorhome and it has a ceiling that has the wires behind it. I think all I can do is check the wires at the front by the new head unit? I’m a bit confused about “shield “ I assume that is ground or negative? Any help you can give would Best regards, appreciated.

[@sameera1226]

Hi quick question. Does vehicle needs to be in start to test the continuity? Thanks

[@ThePhilbox]

Does the headunit know to show the reverse camera because the camera gets power ad triggers it, or it it is triggered by the actual 12V reverse circuit?

[@Tino_Moreno]

This is a nice video, I got me an OEM camera that I got included in a trunk that I got for my 08 Lancer, but my car wasn't wired for reverse camera, I was hoping you have a video on how to do it just in the trunk, I could imagine that you would use the reverse light power to power up the camera from there and also add the rca cable to the camera from there since I do have an aftermarket stereo, I don't mind running cables to the front just hoping you have a video like that would be much appreciated. Thanks and sorry if I didn't make any sense Update 12-1-2021 So Like I said before I installed the Evo X lid with the camera and I was surprised that your method worked, The only difference was that I had to send my own wires from the trunk to the new Stereo I did my wiring the same way you did, I know its not the exact same method but pretty close. Thanks

[@harundoe1]

Excellent job I found a camera original Toyota Yaris but there colour is red, black ,white and brown, could you please tell me which colour I will be used for signal + -. I am using same display but camera power coming from power Bank 5v. Thanks

[@Sherwalivlogs]

Hy watched it your videos are amazing am installing headunit to estima 2008 all done but struggling to find the rear camera wires can you help please

[@naeemrafique7338]

Do the parking sensors still work.

[@artcraftstudio560]

Hi where u connect voltage reducer end with small hole?

[@dhavzadriano7088]

The 12volt reducer posible to connect the purple wire on my pioneer head unit

[@igeliga]

How can I build the cable to reduce the voltage to 6volts?

[@earlskie2u]

What IC did you use as voltage reducer

[@DebraLynnP]

What if I already have 6 volts and the camera triggers in reverse but the only thing I need to do is add the RCA to plug in the new Android head unit. Factory plug I found the video + and video - wire (pin 7 and 8) continuity to the camera. Now splice the RCA and you have yellow, red, and a little shielding. Does the yellow connect to the video plus? And the red? What about the shield? Well in any case the video I get in like an old tv in 3 parts is it just a shielding problem?

[@kevinpurdue3592]

Okay so I’m going to be attempting this on my car this weekend lemme get this correct. So I have the actual pin out of my vehicle Video signal connects to rca positive. Video signal ground connects to rca shield. Now video pos 12v is connected to 6v out pos I have a converter that has 4 wires pos and ground for out and pos and ground for in. Then.... 12v in connects to reverse/back up to head unit. Then shield for camera should be plugged into ground of 6v out. Now my question is this leaves me with the converter 12v ground not connected to anything what should I connect that to? The head units ground or should I connect shield and 6v out ground together with the 12v in ground and connect them all to the head unit ground?

[@TheFittingBay]

Yep so do the 12v converter 12v+ and ground. Then use the 6v out for camera power and also ground. If it’s not working and you’ve checked all your connections. Change the 6v ground out to the camera to any other ground in the car . That’s what we did here and it worked :)

[@octaviolemos2794]

Where should we connect the voltage regulator to 6v at the camera input or at the aftermarket 12v voltage output?

[@Tino_Moreno]

I plugged mine to 12v wire that sends the power to my Stereo, It worked.....

[@Prof765]

Where can I buy the voltage reducer please?

[@TheFittingBay]

Jaycar

[@dagordsta]

@@TheFittingBay I can't these anywhere on the Jaycar website?

[@jonathanzepeda6482]

So the shield from the video cable and the ground for the voltage reducer has to be connected with the ground of the stereo???

[@TheFittingBay]

Jonathan Zepeda Shield and GND can be seperate. But sometimes you need to connect them together for it to work (OEM cameras only). And technically it should be 12v + and GND input to the reducer then you use the 6v + / - out of the reducer but I’ve seen that also fail so the way done in the video will work all the time

[@octaviolemos2794]

@@TheFittingBay conectando solamente un reductor de volt en la entrada + de la cámara oem , funcionará con mi aftermarket?

[@adendes1]

Great video Can this be done in a ford ranger with the screen in mirror? Cheers

[@TheFittingBay]

adendes1 Hi mate thank you! Yep it sure can, just follow these steps with the plug at the mirror 👌🏽

[@alialwahedi4672]

Can you share with the link for the voltage reducer?? Does it work with lexus is300 model 2011??

[@Team-Goodfellas]

Okay so is there a way to do this without the using the back as well as the aftermarket radio is already installed

[@TheFittingBay]

Are the correct camera connections done at the front? The voltage reducer etc?

[@mansylaj4075]

Hello there, I have installed an android head unit and I would like to keep my oem camera, I have found a connector with 4 cables to the old head unit, 1 it’s reverse signal 1 it’s ground 1 it’s positive and another one do not have a voltage. Now how I understand to wire them it’s the follow: Positive of the voltage reducer and the reverse wire from the head unit goes to the reverse signal and the 6 volt output on the 12 volt signal, the negative of the voltage reducer with the negative of the rca goes to the negative wire (toghether?) and than the positive of the rca goes to this cable witch dosent have a voltage ( I assume it’s the video signal), does this make sense to you? Waiting for an answer, thank you so much

[@scott-oh1ip]

hello mate will this install process work on a renault trafic x82 with alpine ilx-407 head unit. cheers

[@SinaHeidary]

Hello, Any guidance to found retain OEM rear-camera wires of Toyota corolla hybrid 2020.

[@sameera1226]

So my vehcile setup was totally different but got it done with your concepts. Thank you so muhc for this.

[@earlskie2u]

Can you please do in a 2016 chevy trax

[@toufic1987]

Hi can I do the same process on a vw amarock 2017 model to install or is canbus wiring different..do I need to buy this voltage drop resistor

[@TheFittingBay]

Nope watch the video we did on a Tiguan head unit replacement, Should be the same.

[@jmendoza102980]

Got a plug and play harness for this aftermarket camera, can you help me connect it

[@yunusinci8055]

hello friend. i like to know if it will work with my OEM 360 cam.? i bought a aliexpress andriod headunit to my Nissan Qashqai 2013 :) and the canbus cabel i got dint work with my 360 or the revers cam. the seller promisd mee that is build in the andriod unit

[@naraim3944]

the part of reverse signal to aftermarket radio.... it confuses me because youre tapping into the factory harness then running a jumper to the HU.. iM a compete noob so its hard for me to understand sorry. any help would be really appreciated... i bought a dasaita HU with a canbus adapter but cam and steering wheel controls dont work as advertised... just trying to do some research

[@TheFittingBay]

Those should be plug and play so probably settings more than wiring

[@chrishaworth207]

Yeah problem mitsubishi asx 2015 , aliexpress audio unit . Just get a black screen , the reverse grid comes up etc but no image ... just a black screen when you put it into reverse...please help ...

[@Imthegreat-em4zd]

Hi i need help to use oem camera of 2014 toyora highlander

[@johnlev8778]

Great work. What about 360 view camera.

[@TheFittingBay]

360 needs a module

[@CamFromOz]

Do i need a voltage reducer if i'm connecting a factory camera to an alpine direct camera input?

[@TheFittingBay]

Cameron Church No you don’t! But just use a multimeter to double check the output from Alpine. I’ve also got a video with the alpine direct camera plug pin outs if you need

[@CamFromOz]

The Fitting Bay sweet. Already watched the other one, just trying to put the two together. Is it a constant output from the alpine or do I need to wire it up and test it out (without the camera)

[@TheFittingBay]

Cameron Church I don’t think it’s a constant output but a lot of the alpine units have a their own camera button so if the unit has power you can press camera (instead of reverse) and it will get power :)

[@CamFromOz]

@@TheFittingBay Wired it all up but no video signal. I've got the Alpine Direct connection and used this wiring diagram cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fitfreak.net-vbulletin/825x975/screen_shot_2019_06_08_at_9_59_51_pm_4a22b8661fb1f8313cbee73b5210b300cdcc3f79.png without any luck.

[@CamFromOz]

Reverse and handbrake are ok, but the camera ones i'm stuck on. The black shield on the direct camera input, does that go to Shield on the OEM loom or Camera Ground?

[@speedpros]

Excellent video and I needed it cause I'm stuck in doing a 2013 370z bose no navigation

[@GoranMilici]

Could you buy like the dual backup camera fun Walmart for 15 bucks and use that harness to keep your stock backup? Will that have the right voltage firb the camera

[@TheFittingBay]

Goran Milici Hey mate can you send me a product link? Or email some photos of what you’re thinking. [e-mail] . Most cameras having a small voltage reducer somewhere on the harness near the camera so, yes you could potentially do that.

[@leadahwan9356]

I just finish my hook up and it works for my lancer gts if it was not for your tutorial video i would be stuck..i appreciate you man 👍👍

[@mugumeanthony2006]

It has really been of help thanks bro and keep it up.

[@kiwi-moto]

Where do you get the 12v to 6v converter?

[@TheFittingBay]

nzkiwibri Jaycar sell them. Most local auto parts stores will have them also 😊.

[@kiwi-moto]

@@TheFittingBay thanks! Im in Canada, will check Amazon and Crutchfield etc. I have a kia Sorento, and although i can get a harness for connections and SWC , it doesn't seem to do the backup camera. Using your technique i think i should be able to patch into the existing camera

[@TheFittingBay]

nzkiwibri No worries! Yep you’ll definitely be able to find something. Hopefully it helps if you get stuck with anything just comment on this and I can help you 😊

[@eacalways]

Nice video,the yellow male rca that I have available have 3 wires yellow/black /red but the the one you have only have 2.

[@kiwi-moto]

@@TheFittingBay Turned out my 2014 Kia Sorento uses a 12v camera after all :)

[@didimilano2438]

great video

[@haissampro45]

Thanks for explanation good job.

[@adrianmilia5340]

I have a nissan note and I change my factory sat nav to aftermarket pumpkin stereo head unit,to do that I use a canbus but my factory camera if i unplug all the connection and put back it work just 5 second and then is off and on my steering wheel controls I can't sett up all 7 controls. What should I do?

[@honumikey]

having the same problem, A/C won’t cut on, backup camera won’t even pop up on screen and the steering controls. Nissan Altima 2015

[@randyr316]

how do i do it on 2010 silverado?

[@williampennjr.4448]

why do you have to do all that for a camera that's already installed? It should just be a matter of attaching the radio to the old camera line.

[@TheFittingBay]

William Penn jr. Factory cameras wiring are built into the genuine harness. You need an adapter with a voltage reducer and failing that (if not available) you need to hard wire it (this video) . After market cameras have the standard RCA cable you can just plug and play 😊

[@williampennjr.4448]

@@TheFittingBay just a few more questions. What do you plug the RCA cable into? Why do I need a voltage reducer? You said to have the car in reverse while checking the voltage on the camera, Is that safe?

[@SteveO.69]

@@williampennjr.4448 Don't Start The Car. Just Power On The Ignition & Put It In Reverse.

[@williampennjr.4448]

@@SteveO.69 what are the RCA's for? Do they have anything to do with the camera?

[@uncomn]

This is a good video!

[@ghostleader630]

I bought a mtisu asx with an Android radio installed with a backup camera, but the factory camera is still on the back. I've check the wires and they passed new cables to connect the backup camera to the android radio. Is there a way to connect the factory camera signal straight to the android radio ?

[@TheFittingBay]

Yep, hopefully they didn't try it already and blow up the camera. Just need to follow the steps here except the video is already done for you so just get 6v to the oem camera

[@ghostleader630]

I'll do that! Thanks

[@richardpereira7611]

great explanation

[@reibax]

Great job!

[@dominicano2thetop]

Does it work on a 2017 accord sport?

[@graemeross9329]

Can you run a vid to find key1, key 2 without pulling half your column apart to trace your button controls for the after market radio...As it was so easy to follow the retain camera vid . " so hurry up" so hurry up! "thanks"

[@vhongfabria9946]

Please show us the diagram

[@williampennjr.4448]

just to change the Radio you need: New Radio that fits the car Wiring harness that fits the car Steering control harness that fits the car and the radio. butt connectors that fit the wires soldering tool with the right kind of solder Voltage tester voltage test wire voltage reducer backup camera adapter that fits the camera satellite radio adapter dash kit that fits the car credit check headache medicine. This explains why I got quoted $1200 just to install a radio and adapters I already have.

[@MrTftrade1]

Your awesome thank you!!

[@supfpv]

i thought the red wire showed 6v and yellow showed 0v which makes sense as red is usually v and yellow is usually signal so now your abaout to add voltage to the signal wire

[@TheFittingBay]

Well no because the installation worked. As stated in the video you have to test the wires and also note that the colours can change between plugs and also at the front of the car. Hence testing is important

[@williampennjr.4448]

I would never stand behind a car that's in reverse let alone suggest it, unless you have a partner in the drivers seat, or the camera can run with the engine off and you have the back wheel chucked

[@tylerbusch9999]

The cars off dipshit