I 99 expedition with the factory mach system. I installed the D3 and have the boyo 300 camera. When I start the truck the camera comes on and seem like it locks for a few seconds. I have the red wire to ACC and the black wire is grounded did I do something wrong. Oh and its plugged into the camera lead from the D3. any help would be appreciated.
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hhmmmm. did you say the red to accs. and the black to ground. this red that you are talking about, is that the red for your camera? if so you may want to look at the inst again. that wire normally goes to the b-up lights.
I want to be able to have the camera on all times, not just when in reverse. I do a lot of towing. If I hook it up to the reverse wire I will only use it in reverse right? I know people on this site have there's powered on at all times.
got ya, now I understand. I am curious why you don't use your video 1 or 2 inputs for the camera if you want it to work independently?
I've hooked up my camera to the camera input and to a acc wire and can use it on demand. Why would he need to use the av inputs?
One of the navigation views is rear view. Rear view gives you full screen view from your camera even when you are going forward
I want to be able to have the camera on all times, not just when in reverse. I do a lot of towing. If I hook it up to the reverse wire I will only use it in reverse right? I know people on this site have there's powered on at all times.
Something is wrong then with my set up. I originally the camera on a/v 1 but it would always default to the camera on vehicle start up and almost seem like it froze . I couldn't switch to any other input for about 5 seconds. I have the camera off right now and just turn it on and off as needed but I don't like doing that. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? I think it's something with the AVIC-D3 unit.
Why aren't you running it into the camera input again? You can use it going forward and backward
One of the navigation views is rear view. Rear view gives you full screen view from your camera even when you are going forward
I want to be able to have the camera on all times, not just when in reverse. I do a lot of towing. If I hook it up to the reverse wire I will only use it in reverse right? I know people on this site have there's powered on at all times.
I got mine connected to the camera input, power to acc and ground, and I can see the camera when switch to reverse. My question is how do you access "Rear View". I seen it at the demo at the store and a little bit on the manuel, but I don't know how to access that. Please, thank you.
Something is wrong then with my set up. I originally the camera on a/v 1 but it would always default to the camera on vehicle start up and almost seem like it froze . I couldn't switch to any other input for about 5 seconds. I have the camera off right now and just turn it on and off as needed but I don't like doing that. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? I think it's something with the AVIC-D3 unit.
bro, try checking you polarity in "Camera" setting. Make sure your setting is either Battery, if it is, switch to the other one, GND
Press the map button so you are looking at the map screen. Press the map button again to bring up the viewing modes. Touch the screen on the one that is Rear View
Something is wrong then with my set up. I originally the camera on a/v 1 but it would always default to the camera on vehicle start up and almost seem like it froze . I couldn't switch to any other input for about 5 seconds. I have the camera off right now and just turn it on and off as needed but I don't like doing that. Does anyone have any idea what's wrong? I think it's something with the AVIC-D3 unit.
Connect it to the camera plug and shouldn't be a problem.
Ok I will make things clear. I have my boyo 300 camera plugged in the camera cable from my AVIC-D3. the red wire is going to the ACC and the black wire is grounded. If I have my Ipod screen up and turn off my truck, when i restart my truck the camera comes on first. this happens when the vehicle is in park. and freezes for about 5 seconds.
Did you hookup the reverse wire from the D3 to your vehicles backup (reverse) wire?
No I didn't because I wanted it to have power all the time not just when in reverse. If I hood it up to the reverse wire will I be able to use the camera when going down the road towing something?
No I didn't because I wanted it to have power all the time not just when in reverse. If I hood it up to the reverse wire will I be able to use the camera when going down the road towing something?
No, he didn't say hook it up to the reverse wire. He said did you hook up the reverse wire from the d3 to your vehicles reverse wire?
Yes. Did you read my previous post???
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One of the navigation views is rear view. Rear view gives you full screen view from your camera even when you are going forward
No I didn't because I wanted it to have power all the time not just when in reverse. If I hood it up to the reverse wire will I be able to use the camera when going down the road towing something?
ok, this poor guy is getting way too many different answers. in a nutshell, the red wire from the camera does go to accessory. the black wire from the camera does go to ground. the d3 reverse wire (purple/white) goes to the vehicles reverse wire. (in your truck, should be black/pink in drivers kick.) that is the proper wiring. it will allow you to view the camera while driving by switching to rear view mode. it will also automatically switch to camera view when in reverse. you do not need to use an a/v input or try to trick the unit. it is meant to do exactly what you want it to do. it sounds like your d3 reverse wire is connected to something that it shouldnt be. try checking that and make sure you connect it to the reverse wire if the car. also got to settings as mentioned before make sure camera is turned on and polarity is set to positive