Random Reverse

[americonium]

Having installed head units before, I've never had this problem. When I plug the phone into the adapter, I get random reverse (back up) camera video. It's annoying. I was thinking of hooking up a relay to the reverse lights to throw a ground to the reverse sense and then changing it in the settings to eliminate the possibility of a spurrious voltage on the reverse sense. I have a 2010 Camaro, so I'm thinking it might be the Metra Kit causing it, but I can't be absolutely certain. If anyone has any insight on this, it would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.

[texbuck]

What are you using for reverse sense now? The same wire that runs the backup lights? If so, I can see that being an issue. If you're going to use a relay, you probably have the best solution. My backup camera used to come on randomly till I found out I had inadvertently touched the camera icon on the main screen. When I touched it again, my problem was solved.

[americonium]

I was using the reverse sense provided by my Metra 99-3010s install kit for my 2010 Camaro. It seems that the kit has a bug that throws +8 vdc randomly, so it would cause the back-up camera to pop on and off. So I disconnected the kit reverse and created a relay circuit off of the reverse light. Problem fixed.