6_Myles

See this thread: http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

You will need to trim around 1/8" inch from the top and bottom of the radio surround on the dash, I used a metra kit I got from Circuit City. Everything fits fine, no other trimming is required other than the dash. Pretty easy if your patient and measure/test fit twice and install once.

There's one already going http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5746

On my Excursion I have it mounted on top of the reciever also. Fits nicely right under bumper. Most people can't really find it at first glance.

500 X 240 worked for me, resolution isn't too bad.

Well, using 136 x 72 mm still give me black all the way around. I will try the 500 x 240, thanks.

No kidding, I just checked back and those things are HUGE. I've deleted them and will try to resize. Sorry for the gratuitous use of bandwidth.

Thanks, I just ended up using the MM height/width in photoshop. Seemed to workout fine. The are for my excursion.

I can't seem to find the Height & Width in pixels for the D3. Is it the same as the D2? Trying to create a custom background and using pg. 66 in the manual gives me an over-square image that has black bars on the side and extends past the top & bottom. Spec's at the end of the manual say Screen size/aspect ratio ..... 6.1 inch wide/17:9 (effective display area: 136 ✕ 72 mm) Pixels .................................... 336 960 (480 ✕ 234 ✕ 3) Thanks.

Because I was told on a Ford Forum that it was the black w/ pink stripe. Nobody mentioned there were two. I tested the second time. I ended up having to splice off of the reverse light itself b/c I was already nearby.

That was it, pulled the voltage and was 12. Apparently there are two black w/ pink stripe wires around the reverse lights on ford excursions. Thanks for the help.

I started reading the manual after I made the previous post, but i know to RTFM. What causes the camera to come on? Additionally, what would cause the D3 to go straight to the camera on start up? If it was being feed constant power, would that do it? Maybe my reverse lines are constant power w/ a relay to trip the lights on.

Yes I hooked up to the reverse lights for the signal input. How do I get to the hardware - connection status menu? Still trying to find my way around this thing

Just finished the installing everything on my Excursion, I was going to tidy everything back up after testing but I don't know if this is the normal camera operation. 1st, Camera is grounded and set to 12v switched power at the D3. When I turn the car on and let it idle, the camera automatically comes up and I can't make it go away. I haven't driven forward or backwards yet, so I don't know if that will have anything to do with it. Is that normal? Thanks

I should be close to first on the list, Wed 28th @ 10:18pm. This was the info I was fishing for from CF, but they wouldn't give it up.