Rear View Camera Install
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With truck in park and key to on, the screen is on video. When truck is started, screen is in video mode with camera in top left corner and screen saying no video detected. When truck switches to reverse, video shows back up camera. Switch to park/drive, video switches to black screen saying no video detected. Camera is shown in top left corner.
I'm going to try to drive forward suggestion, if that fails, I'll try to route to green/yellow wire. If both those fails, I'm returning the HU and getting a different one. I have until January 31 to do so.
Sure sounds like I've done everything correct and the HU is the problem. Appreciate all the help fellas. Couldn't have done it without you.
I'm going to try to drive forward suggestion, if that fails, I'll try to route to green/yellow wire. If both those fails, I'm returning the HU and getting a different one. I have until January 31 to do so.
Sure sounds like I've done everything correct and the HU is the problem. Appreciate all the help fellas. Couldn't have done it without you.
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I just put one in last week. You will have to run power over to the taillight and tap into the wires that control the backup lights. Mine is to the drivers side taillight.
Next run the rca plug from the camera to the back of your monitor. In my case it was the stereo. On the back of the monitor you will have to run a wire from the camera/stereo to tell the monitor to turn on when the truck is put into reverse. Not sure about the passenger side but I'm 100% sure that in the drivers side it is the black/pink wire. It drops off right in front of the seat and exits thru a grommet there. That's the easiest place to find it. That is picking it up under the kick panel on the drivers side.
Next run the rca plug from the camera to the back of your monitor. In my case it was the stereo. On the back of the monitor you will have to run a wire from the camera/stereo to tell the monitor to turn on when the truck is put into reverse. Not sure about the passenger side but I'm 100% sure that in the drivers side it is the black/pink wire. It drops off right in front of the seat and exits thru a grommet there. That's the easiest place to find it. That is picking it up under the kick panel on the drivers side.
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just to give everyone an update. i spoke to customer service at BOSS. Apparently the black/pink wire was incorrect. They told me
"You need to rewire the back up camera wire to the positive trigger wire to the back up light.
Whatever it is connected to now, its providing voltage to the back up wire."
After getting this, I went out and wired to the green/yellow wire on the right kick on the passenger side. Everything works now although getting to that wire was a B!
The screen goes on and off on occasion but at this point I don't care. Hope this thread helps out others who are going through the same thing!
As far as extending the wire from the HU to that green/yellow wire, I bought a primary wire from my local Auto Zone to extend it. Tucked it with my antenna wire to hide it.
"You need to rewire the back up camera wire to the positive trigger wire to the back up light.
Whatever it is connected to now, its providing voltage to the back up wire."
After getting this, I went out and wired to the green/yellow wire on the right kick on the passenger side. Everything works now although getting to that wire was a B!
The screen goes on and off on occasion but at this point I don't care. Hope this thread helps out others who are going through the same thing!
As far as extending the wire from the HU to that green/yellow wire, I bought a primary wire from my local Auto Zone to extend it. Tucked it with my antenna wire to hide it.
Last edited by sport938; Jan 4, 2016 at 08:33 PM.
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From: Idaho
Originally Posted by Tommy J
Was reading this post cause I did mine today and almost have the same problem except I can turn my camera on with backup cam mode button on front of my HU but won't go on in reverse automatically. Thanks for answering him and me indirectly. What kind/type wire did you run from back of HU to this black/pink wire if you don't mind me asking. Thought I"d tackle it tomorrow
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From: Seattle
Do some of you guys have a stock camera already? regardless except for the routing of the wire this might help out with reverse wires
https://www.f150forum.com/f30/how-st...ket-hu-285985/
https://www.f150forum.com/f30/how-st...ket-hu-285985/
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From: Steamboat Springs
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From: The City of Oranges,FL
I brought my wires up under the driver side doorsill panel, there is a rubber grommet which the stock wiring harness goes to the through the floor to the rear of our trucks. Under the same sill is the black wire with the dark purple strip is for constant ignition 12v, and the green with yellow stripe is for reverse trigger wire.