HOW TO | CORRECTLY WIRE A REVERSE CAMERA

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This is a video to show you two ways to connect a #ReverseCamera into your existing #Android #Headunit. The typical way others do is to feed the camera with 12v signal coming from the car’s reverse tail light. But my preferred way is to connect one end of the red wire coming out of the RCA video connector into the “Reverse” trigger on the headunit as a means to power up the reverse camera. There is no messing around with light bulbs that may cause a CANBUS error.

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[alfonsolopez]

Excellent video. I like how you explain the source of the voltage being the CANBUS detecting the reverse and how the connections through the back long cable powers the camera. Best explanation I have found. Keep it up!! you gained a subscription....

[ItsSweetShot]

I know its been said many time but I just have to say great video you explained everything in an easy to understand manner

[rumerobnamia]

Just what i need ty for making this explanation 👍

[valterdema]

Thank you very much. 🙏
Hello from Albania 🇦🇱

[prasanna]

Where is the grounding point??
Where do I iron soldier the black cable. The rest instructions are crystal clear

[robertbragg]

Thanks i appreciate it. Fixed my problem in under 10 minutes. 🎉🎉

[MrBigpappaT]

Thank you very much, after hours this was the only solution that worked for me

[Afropolitanen]

You are the god I met in 2024 July 🙊 u solved my problem in 1 min😫🤣💪🙌 God bless u

[papinderpalsingh]

Excellent video. Tells exactly what to do.

[mohammaddarwish]

Hi
Special thanks for you
Your video is so helpful
But I have a question
What is the role of canbus decoder ???

[stevenle]

What did you do with the black wire? Did you connect it to ground (body of car) or did you leave it disconnected and got the ground from the RCA cable only?

[blackfireball]

Thank you for this. I saw so many videos and articles saying I needed to connect both the RCA red wire and the other red wire at the same time to a source, but that didn't make sense to me.

Will be wiring mine the same way and avoiding needing to use T Taps (hate them). My headunit/factory wire harness has a 12v reverse signal, so I should be good to do mine the same way as you.

Hopefully all works out well. Thanks again!

[maurieinfanti]

Hi guys. Thank you for your informative video. I have connected my new unit up exactly as per your instructions but I have a slight issue. The camera seems to power on when I put the car in reverse (as the bright led lights around the camera lens light up), but I am not getting a video signal on the screen. I have plugged the RCA into the correct input on the head unit and I have checked the radio settings to ensure that the Reverse Camera setting is 'on'. Do you have any ideas as to why I am not getting vision from my camera onto the screen? Cheers from Maurie

[Dyland-mgmo]

Hi, I have a Vauxhall Zafira recently installed a android unit. It has the canbus box and a wire labelled ‘reverse’. Can I connect the red wire from the video line to this to the red wire on the camera for power? When I go into reverse the screen changes to on its own to the camera feed, currently only shows a blue screen as no camera currently installed.

[RobertArif-uh]

How does the cable stay in the red box ? I have something similar. But also mine doesn’t seem to have any power.
Also where would I put the black cable in a Renault traffic

[karaLUVEanime]

I have a pink wire on the Canbus that is directly below the brown wire it's labeled "Parking" would this wire be 12v that I can connect the red wire too without cutting the brown from the Canbas?

[KingTreeFiddy]

My brown trigger wire from the back of the unit does not connect to the canbus, can you tell me which slot does it go into the canbus? Thanks

[DeelitefulJestr]

dont you need a relay in order to amplify the signal when tapping into canbus decoder wire?

[ynonser]

i liked the video well explained. but if you can help me understand, i connected mine to the reverse light for power. now i want to add an additional switch to turn on the camera whenever i want. how can i do that? and btw if im not connecting to the reverse light and only as you did . how does the unit know im in reverse? i don't have a canbus ..thank you :)

[prasanna]

Hi Mate

How do I ground black cable. I mean where do I ground the black cable. I have ordered the same head unit but it has got separate brown cable marked with reverse. So I don’t need to cut the cable but need to ground black cable. If you could let me know layman way such as where to connect that black cable . I have got same head unit and camera. I am trying to install tomorrow