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Old 04-29-2006, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ncx
Looking forward to seeing your install in the fog light.

I'll go look at my connections again this morning but I wired it exactly as the diagram above from the TvonNav pdf above and it worked perfectly. The camera ground and reverse light ground should connect to both pins 85 and 87. Did you try the Bosch relay or some other kind/amperage? Could you try another to be sure it is functioning properly? Just trying to eliminate possibilities.

Would like to know this: When you connect direclty to the battery, where are you getting the ground from for pins 85+87? From the battery or from the same reverse light ground?

Also, have you tried any of the other brown negative wires coming from the tailgate? They are all together in the wire bundle. I used a 12v tester to identify the proper + and - from one reverse light. Could you be using the brake ground instead of the reverse light ground? (not sure if the X5's 'brake force' brake intensity current difference would matter, I am not a 12v pro!). I used the reverse ground not the brake ground, and didn't try to test with a brake ground.

If there is any way I can help let me know.
Hi Kevin,
Thought I just post you some pics of where I installed the camera!Unfortunately,I am still getting interference when I connect the cameras positive and the reverse positive to the same pin on the relay.I strongly suspect that its the cameras that I have been supplied that are not internally isolated and are therefore creating this electromagnetic interference.

I like the install on the rear light ,you just got to ensure that you waterproof it with a rubber "o" ring.I am now limited to getting a camera with 25mm diametre because I drilled the light!
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