Hello all,

I have a Pioneer X920BT and a Kenwood CMOS-200 Rearview camera. The rear camera only turns on when the car is in reverse. Whenever I go into the settings to turn on the camera to see whats behind me while going forward or to adjust the video settings I only get a black screen. Why is that? Is it my camera? or is there a specific setting I need to work around?

who installed the camera? It sounds like its getting powered off the reverse brake lamps. Cam should be on whenever the car is switched to ignition, u will need to re-wire.

I believe it is wired to the reverse brake light... where is it supposed to be wired to?

U need to find a wire that has 12V when the ignition switch is set to ignition. If you can't find a wire back there u need to run one from the front.

I found out what the issue was..

The Kenwood CMOS-200 has a wire that's supposed to be wired to the reverse light only if not hooked up to a nav.. this wire was hooked up which causes the camera to be shut off when not in reverse, even though its not where it gets its power...