2010 screw flatbed backup camera wiring
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2010 screw flatbed backup camera wiring
question for any of you guys that have messed with the backup camera. I'm tired of the blue screen in reverse and I'm wanting to add a backup camera to the flatbed.
The reverse trigger wire I can deal with no problem, but the Video wire I have some questions about. It looks like just a normal wire, is that correct or is it shielded like coax? Can I just cut insulation, solder, and shrink the wire from a backup camera to it or is there something special with the video wire?
Sorry if this seems dumb, but video/RF is black magic to me. Lol
The reverse trigger wire I can deal with no problem, but the Video wire I have some questions about. It looks like just a normal wire, is that correct or is it shielded like coax? Can I just cut insulation, solder, and shrink the wire from a backup camera to it or is there something special with the video wire?
Sorry if this seems dumb, but video/RF is black magic to me. Lol
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I can't really help you too much on this. I know when I connected my factory backup cam to my aftermarket stereo I had to make a custom harness to go from the two wire signal that the factory uses to an RCA Connector. This was on my '08 F150 but I believe the camera systems are essentially the same through the years. BTW post some pics of the flatbed!
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I can't really help you too much on this. I know when I connected my factory backup cam to my aftermarket stereo I had to make a custom harness to go from the two wire signal that the factory uses to an RCA Connector. This was on my '08 F150 but I believe the camera systems are essentially the same through the years. BTW post some pics of the flatbed!
after some research this is all I don't understand. Do you mind explaining to me how to go from RCA to the 2 wire system? I need to do the same thing.
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This is probably the easiest way of doing it:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Channel-Sp...-/230858218053
If you want to do it yourself I'll try to explain the process I followed. It's a bit confusing and I'm not 100% sure this is the right way of doing it, but it worked for me. Start with a donor RCA cable, it contains two wires. The first is a very tiny wire covered in insulation that is then wrapped/shielded with another thin wire (uninsulated) and a tiny foil of aluminum. The whole thing is then insulated one more time with a final layer that you see from the outside. You essentially have to cut the wire, strip off the first insulating layer, carefully peel back the shielding wire and aluminum foil and separate the two. Twist together the strands that were on the outside of the inner wire and solder that to one new wire. From there, carefully strip the inner wire and extend that with a second new wire. Make sure both wires are well isolated from each other. It can be difficult to do since the wires are of really thin and break easily.
And after I wrote all that I found this:
Once you built the adapter and everything is properly sealed up, I just t-tapped into the factory video feeds and all worked well. I believe there is a polarity to an RCA cable and the video feeds, you can Google that. What I did was just for in the cab. If you're building an adapter for the exterior of the truck I'd make sure everything is well sealed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Channel-Sp...-/230858218053
If you want to do it yourself I'll try to explain the process I followed. It's a bit confusing and I'm not 100% sure this is the right way of doing it, but it worked for me. Start with a donor RCA cable, it contains two wires. The first is a very tiny wire covered in insulation that is then wrapped/shielded with another thin wire (uninsulated) and a tiny foil of aluminum. The whole thing is then insulated one more time with a final layer that you see from the outside. You essentially have to cut the wire, strip off the first insulating layer, carefully peel back the shielding wire and aluminum foil and separate the two. Twist together the strands that were on the outside of the inner wire and solder that to one new wire. From there, carefully strip the inner wire and extend that with a second new wire. Make sure both wires are well isolated from each other. It can be difficult to do since the wires are of really thin and break easily.
And after I wrote all that I found this:
Once you built the adapter and everything is properly sealed up, I just t-tapped into the factory video feeds and all worked well. I believe there is a polarity to an RCA cable and the video feeds, you can Google that. What I did was just for in the cab. If you're building an adapter for the exterior of the truck I'd make sure everything is well sealed.
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This is probably the easiest way of doing it:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Channel-Sp...-/230858218053
If you want to do it yourself I'll try to explain the process I followed. It's a bit confusing and I'm not th100% sure this is the right way of doing it, but it worked for me. Start with a donor RCA cable, it contains two wires. The first is a very tiny wire covered in insulation that is then wrapped/shielded with another thin wire (uninsulated) and a tiny foil of aluminum. The whole thing is then insulated one more time with a final layer that you see from the outside. You essentially have to cut the wire, strip off the first insulating layer, carefully peel back the shielding wire and aluminum foil and separate the two. Twist together the strands that were on the outside of the inner wire and solder that to one new wire. From there, carefully strip the inner wire and extend that with a second new wire. Make sure both wires are well isolated from each other. It can be difficult to do since the wires are of really thin and break easily.
And after I wrote all that I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmBHl4O1y4
Once you built the adapter and everything is properly sealed up, I just t-tapped into the factory video feeds and all worked well. I believe there is a polarity to an RCA cable and the video feeds, you can Google that. What I did was just for in the cab. If you're building an adapter for the exterior of the truck I'd make sure everything is well sealed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Channel-Sp...-/230858218053
If you want to do it yourself I'll try to explain the process I followed. It's a bit confusing and I'm not th100% sure this is the right way of doing it, but it worked for me. Start with a donor RCA cable, it contains two wires. The first is a very tiny wire covered in insulation that is then wrapped/shielded with another thin wire (uninsulated) and a tiny foil of aluminum. The whole thing is then insulated one more time with a final layer that you see from the outside. You essentially have to cut the wire, strip off the first insulating layer, carefully peel back the shielding wire and aluminum foil and separate the two. Twist together the strands that were on the outside of the inner wire and solder that to one new wire. From there, carefully strip the inner wire and extend that with a second new wire. Make sure both wires are well isolated from each other. It can be difficult to do since the wires are of really thin and break easily.
And after I wrote all that I found this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmBHl4O1y4
Once you built the adapter and everything is properly sealed up, I just t-tapped into the factory video feeds and all worked well. I believe there is a polarity to an RCA cable and the video feeds, you can Google that. What I did was just for in the cab. If you're building an adapter for the exterior of the truck I'd make sure everything is well sealed.
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There are so many things wrong with the above video.
First thing that is wrong is that ridiculous mustache that he is sporting. YUCK!
Second: You never twist wire together and tape it. Always solder the connections.
Third: You never use an entire roll of tape on an electric connection. This looks totally unprofessional and non-factory like. For cleaner and safer protection, use heat shrink tubing. It is cheaper than electrical tape and is water proof as well when shrunk.
There is also liquid electrical tape. I have no experience with this product.
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First thing that is wrong is that ridiculous mustache that he is sporting. YUCK!
Second: You never twist wire together and tape it. Always solder the connections.
Third: You never use an entire roll of tape on an electric connection. This looks totally unprofessional and non-factory like. For cleaner and safer protection, use heat shrink tubing. It is cheaper than electrical tape and is water proof as well when shrunk.
There is also liquid electrical tape. I have no experience with this product.
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There are so many things wrong with the above video.
First thing that is wrong is that ridiculous mustache that he is sporting. YUCK!
Second: You never twist wire together and tape it. Always solder the connections.
Third: You never use an entire roll of tape on an electric connection. This looks totally unprofessional and non-factory like. For cleaner and safer protection, use heat shrink tubing. It is cheaper than electrical tape and is water proof as well when shrunk.
There is also liquid electrical tape. I have no experience with this product.
AK4wheeler
First thing that is wrong is that ridiculous mustache that he is sporting. YUCK!
Second: You never twist wire together and tape it. Always solder the connections.
Third: You never use an entire roll of tape on an electric connection. This looks totally unprofessional and non-factory like. For cleaner and safer protection, use heat shrink tubing. It is cheaper than electrical tape and is water proof as well when shrunk.
There is also liquid electrical tape. I have no experience with this product.
AK4wheeler
Check this thread I did awhile back. There's a pin out in there, not sure if it helps... https://www.f150forum.com/f38/anyone...ket-hu-277470/