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Adding front camera, forcing rear camera display: any way to pull this off?
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<blockquote data-quote="jjjaymmman" data-source="post: 18535" data-attributes="member: 902"><p>First I installed the camera system on a 2006 F150 with an aftermarket nav unit. This does not mean you will not be able to do the same, you just made need to do some additional work.</p><p>1) All cameras (front or rear) require a power input. Then they have a video out.</p><p>2) Units that have an AUTO camera view when in reverse get a power input as well letting the unit know they are in reverse.</p><p></p><p>With these two rules, I set the unit and camera up like this:</p><p>I installed a license plate reverse view *mirror view* camera. I prefer this type because I can turn the camera down to see the hitch in the nav unit hooking up my boat. Also I can turn in up to get a better view of what is right behind me (just like the option to adjust the camera with ease). </p><p>-Next I grounded the neg power from the camera to a screw on my hitch.</p><p>-I ran the pos power and video line to the cab (zip tied them to the harness running under the driver side of the truck.</p><p>-I found the reverse power (+) in the cab right behind the e-brake pedal. I jumpered a wire from here to one side of the on-off-on switch. Most of the time I leave the switch in this position.</p><p>-Then I jumped a wire fron the (+) side of my 12V outlet in the dash. This wire is connected to the other side of the on-off-on switch.</p><p>-Finally I spliced together the pos power from the camera to the Nav unit's power input for camera wire. (This is the tricky part, you need to figure out which wire gets this power input on you unit that turns the unit to AUTO view rear camera in reverse.) After I joined these two wires together, I jumped a wire off of thid to a 10 amp in-line fuse. I connected it to the middle contact on the on-off-on switch.</p><p>-Last was to hook the video line to the CDC input RCA connector for the video in.</p><p>Now I just ordered a Audiovox CMOS 2 front view camera from ebay $70. I do not want to see mirror view in my forward camera. I will connect the neg side tot he truck, and route the pos to the cab. Since these cameras draw very little power I'm going to splice the pos power wire to the already existing rear camera power wire. So yes, both will have power at the same time, but I will have a standard RCA A/V switch to display what ever camera I want. </p><p>I would still recommend installing the on-off-on switch. If you have a nav unit that will auto display you will need it if you want to see your camera while in forward gear. Hope this helps. I'll email you a diagram if you wish.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jjjaymmman, post: 18535, member: 902"] First I installed the camera system on a 2006 F150 with an aftermarket nav unit. This does not mean you will not be able to do the same, you just made need to do some additional work. 1) All cameras (front or rear) require a power input. Then they have a video out. 2) Units that have an AUTO camera view when in reverse get a power input as well letting the unit know they are in reverse. With these two rules, I set the unit and camera up like this: I installed a license plate reverse view *mirror view* camera. I prefer this type because I can turn the camera down to see the hitch in the nav unit hooking up my boat. Also I can turn in up to get a better view of what is right behind me (just like the option to adjust the camera with ease). -Next I grounded the neg power from the camera to a screw on my hitch. -I ran the pos power and video line to the cab (zip tied them to the harness running under the driver side of the truck. -I found the reverse power (+) in the cab right behind the e-brake pedal. I jumpered a wire from here to one side of the on-off-on switch. Most of the time I leave the switch in this position. -Then I jumped a wire fron the (+) side of my 12V outlet in the dash. This wire is connected to the other side of the on-off-on switch. -Finally I spliced together the pos power from the camera to the Nav unit's power input for camera wire. (This is the tricky part, you need to figure out which wire gets this power input on you unit that turns the unit to AUTO view rear camera in reverse.) After I joined these two wires together, I jumped a wire off of thid to a 10 amp in-line fuse. I connected it to the middle contact on the on-off-on switch. -Last was to hook the video line to the CDC input RCA connector for the video in. Now I just ordered a Audiovox CMOS 2 front view camera from ebay $70. I do not want to see mirror view in my forward camera. I will connect the neg side tot he truck, and route the pos to the cab. Since these cameras draw very little power I'm going to splice the pos power wire to the already existing rear camera power wire. So yes, both will have power at the same time, but I will have a standard RCA A/V switch to display what ever camera I want. I would still recommend installing the on-off-on switch. If you have a nav unit that will auto display you will need it if you want to see your camera while in forward gear. Hope this helps. I'll email you a diagram if you wish. [/QUOTE]
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