Steven P Howe Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I have the x920bt and the Audiovox ACA200W camera and having trouble getting it to work. My HU works great and I did a dry run with the camera before mounting by just running through VID1 input; worked fine. So, the camera is connected through the reverse lights for power, and video cable running to brown backup cam input on HU, then reverse wire from HU to the reverse wire circuit on vehicle. And I tested the reverse wire which is at 2 volts constant and 13.4 volts in reverse. But, nothing happens when I put the car in reverse. Camera setting is on and set to battery. With all this in mind, does anyone have any ideas what I could be overlooking? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I am not sure what the problem is but if you are powering the camera off of the reverse lights there is no need for the reverse wire. That is also not the proper way to wire the camera and although it will give you reverse view it wont give you rear view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1loudls Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 the reverse wire might not have enough current to power up a light bulb, the camera, and still trigger the unit. find a different source of power from the camera, and then try it wouldn't you still have to have the reverse wire hooked up so that the AVIC would know when the car is in reverse and know when to switch video sources? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 wouldn't you still have to have the reverse wire hooked up so that the AVIC would know when the car is in reverse and know when to switch video sources? Yeah I dont know what I was thinking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1loudls Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 thats ok, i catch myself not fully paying attention a lot lately, ive been finding threads to help on by looking at the "unanswered post" button and then i reply to a question for a D3 with info about a F90.lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steven P Howe Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 I see. So the camera might be too "power hungry" for the reverse light wire. I guess I'll try connecting the positive side of the camera to the reverse wire under the dash where I have the AVIC reverse wire connected. Thank you for the replies and I'll post results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 That is when you will loose rear view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1loudls Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 i would hook it up to the ACC wire (red) at the radio, that way you can pull up the camera at any time for the rear view, and that wire that the AVIC is connected to might be the same wire at the back (even if it is a different color) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bryantp757 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I gotta say Im stumped as well. I have the same equipment as Steven audiovox 200w and 920bt. They must not like each other. I can switch the rca feed from the camera to AV2 and can see whats going on in the rear, but I cant get the rearview to trigger on while having the camera plugged into the rearview input. I switch the camera polarity to gnd and it works when I throw it into reverse however its stuck in reverse camera mode...HELP! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1loudls Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 it sounds like you either have the wrong reverse wire, or the avic is having a problem reading the signal from the wire, verify with a meter that your reverse wire is correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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