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rearview wiring help

By jaytrey · Apr 01, 2007in Problems/Troubleshooting💬 17 posts👁️ 3,118 views
Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 16:32 UTC#1

i had everything hooked up yesterday only to find out that the cam pic is upside down (misfit told me i could flip it) so that's not a big deal.

 

could you guys help me with the wiring info? how do you have ur camera hooked up? when you engage in reverse? or how else do you have it done?

 

i don't know much about wiring. all i did so far was put the plate up and run the wire to the front of the car. the installer left me some white/purple cable but i do not really know what to do with that. he told me to run that wire to my reverse light? i'm not quite sure what he said/what to do.

 

 

thanks

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 16:46 UTC#2

just conect the purple white to the reverse wire on your vehicle and the camera wire connect it to acc. or ign.

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 18:03 UTC#3

can you try to be more specific? i'm lost in terms of wiring.

 

maybe a step by step?

 

thanks.

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 18:08 UTC#4

There is a wire that goes to your cars reverse lights. When your car is in reverse, that wire gets 12V+. When your car isn't in reverse, that wire gets 0V.

 

You need to find that wire and splice the purple wire into that wire.

 

 

Post the year/make/model of your car and someone can give you the info on where to find your reverse wire.

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 19:09 UTC#5

tell me what kind of car it is and what year

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 19:11 UTC#6

sorryabout that..thanks for the help..

 

it is a 1999 ford explorer xlt

 

thanks for the help...i'll be waiting for the reply as i put it in...

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 20:05 UTC#7

the wire you will need will be black with a pink stripe chances are your gonna find it on on the harness going to the rear of the vehicle look on the drivers side you can also connect the power to the camera at the same place or you can connect the power of the camera to the red wire wire behind the radio any questions feel free to ask

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 20:51 UTC#8

aiight..i'll see what i can do...so that's all i need to do then?

 

spice the purple/white wire to teh black/pink wire and i'm good to go?

 

and that makes the camera work when i put it in Reverse right?

 

thanks buddy

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 22:49 UTC#9

I spliced the purple and white wire onto the black wire with a pink stripe. When I open the doors the camera comes on. When I close the door the camera goes off. I put my car in reverse and there is no picture. Is the black and pink wire the correct wire?

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 23:35 UTC#10
I spliced the purple and white wire onto the black wire with a pink stripe. When I open the doors the camera comes on. When I close the door the camera goes off. I put my car in reverse and there is no picture. Is the black and pink wire the correct wire?

 

No I wouldn't say so. Lol. Whatever wire you tapped into gets 12V+ when the doors are opened.

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 23:37 UTC#11

jaytrey, try reading your old post. i'm not the one who told you to flip your camera. common sense should tell you what that would do

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 23:38 UTC#12

if you read the post before, the guy told me to splice into the black wire with the pink stripe. can you help me locate the correct wire then?

 

thanks...

Posted Apr 01, 2007 · 23:40 UTC#13

no no...i meant you told me i could reverse it by unscrewing the back and changing it around...that's what i meant...my bad...

Posted Apr 02, 2007 · 03:38 UTC#14

No "bobmun" told you to flip your camera over. I was the one who gave you the wire colors.

Posted Apr 02, 2007 · 04:32 UTC#15

i must be losing my mind...but thanks anyways...

Posted Apr 02, 2007 · 04:48 UTC#16

Hey I did not give any bad wiring advice. What I said was if you are installing the Boyo license plate cam with the camera positioned on the bottom of the plate you can unscrew it from the back and flip it so you do not have an upside down picture. Common sense yes but true.

Posted Apr 08, 2007 · 00:38 UTC#17

hey guys..thanks to your help i got everything working. i connected it to the black wire with the pink stripe. i had to look deep into the panel because there were 5 wires that were black with a pink stripe. so after a week of getting it to work when i went into reverse the cam came on when it was supposed to. however...i was adding some more stuff to my car today and when i went into reverse, the cam did not come on. i checked the settings, and the cam was on. i manually turned it on in map mode and it worked. but it will not turn on when i go into reverse automatically anymore. whatever i hooked up, i didn't come close to where i spliced the rearview cam and the black/pink wire. it is no longer automatic.

 

do you guys have any ideas as to why this is happening? please help. thank you