Back up Camera Wiring - How to wire to the Reverse Light

How do you wire a backup camera to the brake/reverse light? Watch to find out how easy it is!

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There are a couple of ways to install and wire a back up camera system. We go through the different methods and explain the pro's and cons of each method. Then we take you through the process of removing the taillight and how to test for power. We explain vehicles with light control modules and the problems they pose. Then we make the connection at the taillight to a back up camera system. We recommend using a relay whenever wiring a back up camera system to isolate the system from the light control modules. Please leave your comments and questions below.

[kylerebman]

Love a 'how to' video, with the how to and without actually doing it

[rangertommy]

DITCH THE MUSIC!! (Otherwise, great.)

[thetraindriver]

Great vids but pls switch off the music when you are talking, it's so hard to pick up what you say otherwise, thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[JTheoryScience]

The presentation of the video and the guys professional and knowledgeable demeanor is perfect here for an instructional video. However, it was assumed that your viewer would know how to use and interpret a multimeter reading. As an electrician it's my experience that a lot of electricians don't know how to use a multimeter, let alone the normal public. Also I got no wiring instructions. Did I miss another video?

[limbsflailing]

What did you say? Can't hear over the concert music.

[jeffjcreative]

I heard you just fine. Good vid. Helping confirm things for my 2014.

[Jespinarlopez]

Thanks for the useful video. I connected my camera just to the RCA connector and the reverse cable at the back of my HU and it works fine. I guess it gets power from RCA cable and signal from canbus. Is that ok and safe or I still need to connect positive and negative to the reverse light?

[tousshong]

Thanks for the video but it would be nice to turn off the background music while you're talking providing us the information.

[xadamdudex]

Get rid of the music it makes it hard to hear you

[c.glivingstone]

For the DIY market, no visual example of the red wire connection to the positive wire of the reverse light. Do you trim and splice, solder, or put in a clip? I guess I'll trim the wire, wrap, spot solder and use heat shrink insulation, since there's nothing specific here.

[gorantrance]

Hello, you channel is very helpful so as you videos. I was have a little problem today with reverse camera. I was connect everything and i was located a riverse light. On my car Peugeot 407 tails light have a one connector for all lights (stop, fog lamps, blinkers, position....) and have a only one ground(yellow-green) wire and its connected on chassis. I was located the reverse light wire and connect red wire of camera on that wire and black wire on metal piece on trunk lock mechanism. When i was in reverse the displey was dead. Something was burn and all is dead. I Don't know what i was do wrong, only thing can be that so i wasn't put ground on the ground of tail light. What do you thing, what was wrong.

[ladydanagirl]

Maby I'm stupid, but can I put the plus pole cable between the lightbulb and connectors?

[UnmaskingTruth]

mate, i am stuck, i have hatchback mazda 3, the wires connecting to reverse light are too thin and its up the boot, is there anywhere else i can connect camera to(don't want to connect to lights in this case) please let me know

[rayatlast]

You can simply trace out that backup light wiring in your fuse box there by saving you the time to run the wire from the back of the vehicle to your radio, its how i did my Ford Escape. relay was still necessary. Thanks for sharing.

[ExplorewithZac]

Silly me, I thought this video would show how to wire the backup camera to the reverse light... My bad!

[qlvewfq]

Hi, I have installed my back up camera successfully and it is recording at all times. I don't think I did a good job on wiring my positives to the back up light, so I'm not sure if that is the reason why my parking assist doesn't show up. It's just a plain video of my front and back up camera once i turn my car on. I pretty much just plug the positives into the connector to form a hook instead of using a wire splicer. Do you think my camera just doesn't come with a parking assist function or did I do something wrong when I set it up?? Thanks a bunch!

[taihepworth]

What would cause a camera to be stuck in Reverse Parking Camera mode and only shifting to normal mode when the car is either in Reverse or the doors are open?? This issue has been occurring since I got the car back from the dealer who flashed the Body Control Module to activate fog lights...

[benjaminaustin]

Is it possible to wire a camera with an Anderson plug connector to have continuous power and simply connect the camera to the rear bumber bar above the Anderson plug? Thinking of wireless so easier for a large station wagon

[mikesavad]

you didn't say anything in this. these are the options. how about showing us? no one shows us. and i agree on that music, not needed.

[timothy]

Very informative, but that music is so distracting mate..