Official Hijack your Rear Camera Input HOW TO DIY!!!
03-05-07, 01:39 PM
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Well, that seems to be more complicated to realize than the hack on the US cars. 
I suppose those guys didn't give you any diagrams how they did it.
In that case, I think, I have to contact my dealer and hope to get either the diagrams or let them do it. Image quality would be alright for me too even with the lines in. So the image on your photo was actually taken with an external camera through an AUX-video input and not with the backup cam of the car?
I suppose those guys didn't give you any diagrams how they did it. In that case, I think, I have to contact my dealer and hope to get either the diagrams or let them do it. Image quality would be alright for me too even with the lines in. So the image on your photo was actually taken with an external camera through an AUX-video input and not with the backup cam of the car?
I got it the way I want it. Now I'm just waiting for a new mp3 player to come out.
03-06-07, 07:23 PM
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i just used a regular switch (http://www.oznium.com/gsw-45) and a DPDT relay for the video. i went this route because the switch looks OEM and fits in the holes w/ some minor shaving....
Thanks,
Dang
03-07-07, 12:48 AM
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I am interested in doing this for my NAV but I am not very savvy with these types of things. So I am wondering if anyone from SoCal who performed the hijack can show me how if that's possible. 
06-20-07, 04:51 PM
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To eliminate this behavior, you have to isolate the
backup signal that you artificaly send to the multi display by
cutting another wire and connecting it up to a second set of switch
contacts or a relay. To put it another way, the vehicle backup
signal will not be passed through the multi display on it's way
to the navigation unit. The vehicle backup signal wire has to be sent
directly to the navigation unit bypassing the multi display. You can
then activate the backup wire going to the multi display artificialy
without the navigation unit seeing it.
backup signal that you artificaly send to the multi display by
cutting another wire and connecting it up to a second set of switch
contacts or a relay. To put it another way, the vehicle backup
signal will not be passed through the multi display on it's way
to the navigation unit. The vehicle backup signal wire has to be sent
directly to the navigation unit bypassing the multi display. You can
then activate the backup wire going to the multi display artificialy
without the navigation unit seeing it.
07-30-07, 04:11 PM
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I started doing the backup camera hack this weekend, I completed the camera override but it doesn't necessarily work. I hooked up the relay and switch as per the schematic that Lexellent gave.
When I turn the car on and toggle the switch, the display doesn't change to the camera. But when I put the car in reverse, the camera is activated. At this point, toggling the switch also does nothing. Any idea what's going on?
When I turn the car on and toggle the switch, the display doesn't change to the camera. But when I put the car in reverse, the camera is activated. At this point, toggling the switch also does nothing. Any idea what's going on?
07-31-07, 02:20 PM
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I started doing the backup camera hack this weekend, I completed the camera override but it doesn't necessarily work. I hooked up the relay and switch as per the schematic that Lexellent gave.
When I turn the car on and toggle the switch, the display doesn't change to the camera. But when I put the car in reverse, the camera is activated. At this point, toggling the switch also does nothing. Any idea what's going on?
When I turn the car on and toggle the switch, the display doesn't change to the camera. But when I put the car in reverse, the camera is activated. At this point, toggling the switch also does nothing. Any idea what's going on?
fixed my own problem, it was a power issue. anyone know if the orange wire on the J51 connector is also a +12V signal?
07-16-08, 10:45 PM
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i'm using a dc/ac inverter. this one http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-PV1...d_bxgy_e_img_b it fits in the center console without any issues. i ran the power cord of the ps2 from the glovebox to the center console behind the HU and below the shifter.
ideally though you wouldn't want to use an inverter like that since you're converted the power from 12vdc to 110vac back to 8.5vdc. i tried to find something to convert the 12vdc down to 8.5vdc to power the ps2 but didn't really find anything that was cost effective.
ideally though you wouldn't want to use an inverter like that since you're converted the power from 12vdc to 110vac back to 8.5vdc. i tried to find something to convert the 12vdc down to 8.5vdc to power the ps2 but didn't really find anything that was cost effective.
