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Backup camera replacement

By PKS · Oct 03, 2020in NEX Series💬 4 posts👁️ 725 views
Posted Oct 03, 2020 · 18:14 UTC#1

Hello. I'm new to the forum and hoping to get some help here with my ND-BC6 backup camera installed with my AVIC 8200 NEX in a 2003 Ford F150.  The system is working fine except that I totally dislike the picture quality of this backup camera. My friends have other backup cameras that cost a third and their picture quality is way better. So I'm thinking of replacing the camera with a different unit. This ND-BC6 comes witha long wire leading all the way to the receiver. Since the NEX unit is really hard to pull out of the dash, I was wondering if I could snip the wires close to the camera, attach an rca jack, then plug in a different camera to that rca jack. I haven't been able to find the wiring diagram showing the details of the wires in the harness leading to the camera so I was hoping to get guidance on that at this forum. Please let me know if you have any relevant info that could help me. Thanks!

Posted Oct 03, 2020 · 21:50 UTC#2

its only four wires. should be pretty easy to find the RCA wires and power.. Use a DDM to test for continuity

Posted Oct 03, 2020 · 23:25 UTC#3

Firstly, thank you for the information. Let me confirm what I understand from your message. There should be 4 wires in the harness leading to the camera. One is power, another is posssibly ground, 2 wires are for video signal from the camera to the receiver. If this is correct, I can work with it. I imagine that any replacement camera would also need the same 4 wires to connect to.

Posted Oct 03, 2020 · 23:54 UTC#4

yes