rgarjr Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 U positive that's the reverse gear wire you're using? That wire should not have 12VDC on it when nothing is connected to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler_S_Brown Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 i am positive. It is the purple/white stripe wire right? If this is supplying a 12V and shouldn't, maybe i should call pioneer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alexei Navalny Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yup, violet/white according to the manual. Make sure it isn't blue/white (auto antenna/relay control). That would be +12VDC whenever the HU is on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vdubz Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 What car and cam do u have? I recently hooked up one in an 08 Vw and all I did was give power to the ign positive and negative at the back of the radio and plugged in the video. The radio should do the rest as long as the backup cam is not defective. Iff you have a a small tv that has a video in try feeding the cam with 12v and plugging it into a tv to rule out the camera being defective. My settings for BU cam is on battery. Same goes for having the cam running while driving. A lot of people think that they have to run constant 12v to the cam to do this. It was easy to pick up a reverse signal in my car bc I used PAC audio modules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyler_S_Brown Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I have an 07 F150 and the cam i have is a nicer one that only has the positive, negative, and the video. But anyways no it is connected to the violet/white wire that is labeled, reverse gear signal an there it also carries a 12v signal on it by its self. Should i try the blue white to see if it is mixed up? i don't get why the reverse gear wire is providing a 12v signal when it shouldn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rgarjr Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 It's quite possible that the wire might have been inserted at the wrong slot on the connector. Do some research on what slot it should be in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghost911 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 How in the hell is there no 411 on how to install a back up cam on this forum for the z11? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
himsweet66six Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 has anyone figure out the problem, i seem to be having the same issue happening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeffro312 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 so not sure if this helps..... for the head unit to recognize your going into reverse when you go in reverse and give signal to turn camera on and show you video from camera you need to connect that wire for reverse signal to the wire coming from the car. if you have a certain module like i have for my buick it will be labeled if not you must do some research to find the wire on your car that will give voltage when in reverse.so you need power and ground for camera and connect rca to camera rca on radiothats all camera needs to be connected to.then if you go to settings forgot actual steps but there is like a diagnostic screen that will show you your gps signal speed sensor signal reverse signal.go to that put car in reverse and make sure the reverse signal changes otherwise its not connected right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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