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Originally Posted by Maruzo
Hi Wpoll,
Camera has a video cable and a power cable. The video cable has an additional wire besides the video feed. The power cable has + and - wire.
The way I wired the first camera was this:
video cable connects between the camera's video out to the cam video in on the av harness I purchased (see picture I posted earlier)
For the power cable, the positive wire is connected to the 12v wires from both sides of the backup light, as well as to the 12v on the switch box. The negative is connected to the negative from the switch box.
That's pretty much it. The camera works but due to a defect on the lens (mostly my doing), the image aren't sharp. So I purchased another thinking the wiring should be the same.
Anyway, that's where I'm at. I'll report back once I re-wire everything one more time to make sure I didn't miss anything.
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The polarity of the wires on the reversing lights matters...
If you have connected to the
left reversing light, then the red wire from the camera AND the red wire from the decoder need to connect to the
White/Yellow wire on the reversing lamp. The black wire from the camera AND the black wire from the decoder need to connect to the
Brown wire on the reversing lamp.
If you have connected to the
right reversing light, then the red wire from the camera AND the red wire from the decoder need to connect to the
Blue/Yellow wire on the reversing lamp. The black wire from the camera AND the black wire from the decoder need to connect tot the
Brown wire on the reversing lamp.
Should work fine with a connection the either reversing lamp - just pick one. Or you could power the camera off one lamp and the decoder off the other, just to split the electrical load up.