full time rear view camera
11-18-2014, 01:52 PM
#1
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full time rear view camera
I hope this is in the right place.
Has anyone found a rear view camera, I could mount on a trailer, that works with my dash screen, while driving.
2014 F 150 w/4" screen.
Thanks for any help.
Has anyone found a rear view camera, I could mount on a trailer, that works with my dash screen, while driving.
2014 F 150 w/4" screen.
Thanks for any help.
11-19-2014, 05:58 PM
#2
Any aftermarket camera will do that. You just need install a single pole double throw (spdt) switch. Basically it's switch that has three positions.....on off on.
http://www.delcity.net/catalogdetails?item=7500022
or
http://www.delcity.net/catalogdetails?item=7900071
Here's a drawing of the switch....note the smaller diagram with 1, 2, and 3 on it:
http://www.delcity.net/images/linedrawings/7900071.pdf
NOTE: Do NOT get the (ON) OFF (ON) switch...the () indicates that the switch is momentary....meaning as soon as you take your finger off the switch it goes back to the middle/off position.
For the ease of explaining, I'll just name the terminal posts like they are labeled in the drawing as 1, 2 and 3:
Post #1 gets connected to the truck's reverse light wire.
Post #2 (Center) gets wired to your radio screen reverse wire input and also to the camera's reverse wire input
Post #3 gets connected to a +12V acc source.
It operates as follows:
When the switch is pushed to Post #1 AND the truck is in reverse, the power comes into Post #1, out of Post #2 (Center), and to the radio and camera.
Leaving the switch on Post #2 (Center) will not allow the camera system to turn on, even when the truck is in reverse. I like this because I don't need it on EVERY time I'm backing up.
When the switch is pushed to Post #3, the power comes in from the +12v source, into Post #3, out of Post #2 (Center), and into the radio and camera regardless if you are in reverse or not.
DISCLAIMER....this SHOULD work lol. This is what I'm going to be doing to mine very shortly.
.
http://www.delcity.net/catalogdetails?item=7500022
or
http://www.delcity.net/catalogdetails?item=7900071
Here's a drawing of the switch....note the smaller diagram with 1, 2, and 3 on it:
http://www.delcity.net/images/linedrawings/7900071.pdf
NOTE: Do NOT get the (ON) OFF (ON) switch...the () indicates that the switch is momentary....meaning as soon as you take your finger off the switch it goes back to the middle/off position.
For the ease of explaining, I'll just name the terminal posts like they are labeled in the drawing as 1, 2 and 3:
Post #1 gets connected to the truck's reverse light wire.
Post #2 (Center) gets wired to your radio screen reverse wire input and also to the camera's reverse wire input
Post #3 gets connected to a +12V acc source.
It operates as follows:
When the switch is pushed to Post #1 AND the truck is in reverse, the power comes into Post #1, out of Post #2 (Center), and to the radio and camera.
Leaving the switch on Post #2 (Center) will not allow the camera system to turn on, even when the truck is in reverse. I like this because I don't need it on EVERY time I'm backing up.
When the switch is pushed to Post #3, the power comes in from the +12v source, into Post #3, out of Post #2 (Center), and into the radio and camera regardless if you are in reverse or not.
DISCLAIMER....this SHOULD work lol. This is what I'm going to be doing to mine very shortly.
.
Last edited by ls67nova; 11-19-2014 at 06:56 PM.
