gahpee wrote:Yes - you have to remove the head unit but this very easy. The plastic surround simply pulls off and there are then 4 screws to remove to release the head unit.
The genuine camera then plugs into the connector on the back. The other connection that is required is to connect the green wire (which should be coiled up behind the head unit) to the reversing light wire. Mattya explains how to do this in an earlier post with pictures. The green wire already has a splice connector on the end of it which you clip over the red/white wire coming out of the drivers side fusebox. This fusebox is behind the plastic panel under the steering wheel.
gahpee wrote:I ran mine under behind the passenger side kick plate, then under the plastic floor plate and then through the grommet under the passenger seat. From there it followed the chassis rail to the rear of the car.
hobo wrote:not with the original toyo camera Brendan
i have no idea if there's an aftermarket cam with a sensor built in
it's no problem, you very quickly learn the distance just by looking at the screen how close the object is by how much of the screen it fills up & how much 'ground' you can see between the object & the cam
gahpee wrote:I have finally had success and my $13.65 camera is working. The camera connector is indeed the one in the top left of the above pic (thanks aaronpricey). What caught me out was that the video signal must be present before, or at least soon after, the reverse signal is applied. If the video signal is applied too long after the reverse signal then no video will be displayed and it is then necessary to switch the unit off to reset this condition. The only tricky part was connecting the video signal. I made a tiny printed circuit board to take 4 dual wipe connectors salvaged from an ic socket. A simpler solution would be to use 2 small spade connectors (Jaycar PT4520) and slip some 3mm heatshrink over them.
The pinout for the connector is as follows.
gahpee wrote:I ran mine under behind the passenger side kick plate, then under the plastic floor plate and then through the grommet under the passenger seat. From there it followed the chassis rail to the rear of the car.
Linc1 wrote:I am very disapointed in my toyota factory fitted 2012 SR5 reversing camera
in the daytime it is all good, at night its a shocker ,
firstly becouse the display dims it becomes unviewable
secondly the display at night shows up the reflections of the number plate light and tail lights
To use it effectrivily you need to turn off the headlights when reversing,
Is anyone else having this roblem
What i believe should happen at night is the display should not dim when in reverse
regards
jacko306 wrote:
All sorted. Total cost $30. Yes I have a multimeter. I been a electronics tech for 30 years. I made my own plug and used a $29 e bay camera. The factory pin out diagram I got had two locations marked camera input.
What I did learn is my eyes are not what they used to be.
gahpee wrote:Sorry to be so long in responding Caleb.R but I have been away and have not been checking this thread. I found my camera was working intermittently when powered from the reversing lights and finally realised that it would always work if I had the car in reverse gear when the engine was started. It appears that when the head unit is first powered up, it checks for the presence of the camera. The solution is to power the camera from the accessories line rather than the reversing lights.
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