HOW TO CONNECT eBay BACKUP CAMERA TO NAVI

[TerminatorX5]

ouch.. i had the stones while i was in panama - i thought i was dying... i had no idea what was happening, but the doc (panamenian, US trained, perfect English), just looked at me, and says - stones... also, gout goes hand in hand with the uric acid stones...
i hope you are doing well dude - some women that i know, said that they would rather have another baby natural way than pass a stone...

get well soon...

[TerminatorX5]

i completely (99%) finished my camera install, using the OE TV module, license plate camera, and wireless video sender/receiver... 99% - because is still need to saturate the back of the camera with the liquid tape...

the license plate camera is OK in the daytime and less than adequate at night - the bumble camera i had on the 4.6 was much better at night, but i paid $80 for it back in 2007... after the $80 camera died, i got a $25 bumblebee camera that did ok at night... this one - so-so... in the day time it does its job nice...

I will post the pics later - between two laptops, i uploaded the pics to a "dead" one.. lol... well.. it is not dead... it is zombified... lol...
I am eyeing up a front facing camera (bumblebee front facing, off ebay) for a DVR application - i have an 8-channel DVR USB card that I haven't tested yet... If it works, I might saturate the car with up to 8 cameras!!! hell, why not... lol

[TerminatorX5]

Originally Posted by pw44

Next weekend.... the last i was in the hospital due a kidney stone.... Sorry.

I hope you are doing better...

Did you get the camera finished?

[pw44]

Hi,
thx for the care, TerminatorX5... i'm now much better
i did pass all the cables (camera video and power) inside the trunk door and having it coming out near the cd changer. Due end of year duties and travels, i will only be able to connect all at the beging of january and will then post all the pictures and results.
Sorry for the delay.....

[TerminatorX5]

Hi guys.

I have come up with a write-up on the rear camera installation on E53, the file is PDF, about 13Mb... since this is a work in progress, I would like to hear comments about removing some content or adding more content to the file.

If you care for the file, shoot me an email at

terminatorx5 at midnightstar dot com

and i will send you the file. Don't use PM, my box is full. In return, I expect to hear constructive criticism and ideas on improving the document - since I did the work and then wrote it, many things seem obvious to me but might be unknown to you.
I am posting this info on other rearview camera threads that I subscribed to.

EDIT: reduced the size of PDF to 2Mb

[TerminatorX5]

anymore takers of the file for review?

[pw44]

Which are the wire colors in the BMW harness?

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

white plug
pin 13 - + from camera
pin 14 - shield from camera (-)

blue plug
pin 17 - (-) to trigger front monitor

middle plug on the PDC controller
pin 7 - to power coil of the relay that triggers (-) to pin 17 on TV module blue plug
any ground (-) to the second lead of that power coil of the relay

Let me know if you have more questions...



keep us posted

I will do it next monday. Thx in advance.

[pw44]

Hi,
i got it working, but could not find the PDC module, even taking everything out of the trunk.
The solution i got was:
Video module-
white plug
pin 13 - + from camera
pin 14 - shield from camera (-)
blue plug
pin 17 - (-) to trigger front monitor
I hooked a positive and ground from the rear light lamp, and plugged a capacitor between the positive and negative (to eliminate the flickering due the pwm).
The positive from the rear lamp triggers the relay coil and is connected together to the positive power of the the camera. The negative from the relay coil is connected together to the ground power of the camera and to center contact of the relay.
When the car is put in reverse, the relay is triggered, the camera gets power, and the the pin 17 of the blue plug gets grounded.
Attched the photos from the final work and the result.
BR.

P.S. Where is the pdc located at the E53 4.8 is 2006?

[TerminatorX5]

congratulations!!!!

does it work to your satisfaction? is there any delay in cutting the image into the front screen?

the PDC module should be in the L-shaped module carrier, as you look at the battery compartment, the long arm of the L-shaped carrier is closer to you, the PDC module is the left-most module with three plugs... i can't see it on your pictures...

[pw44]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

congratulations!!!!

does it work to your satisfaction? is there any delay in cutting the image into the front screen?

the PDC module should be in the L-shaped module carrier, as you look at the battery compartment, the long arm of the L-shaped carrier is closer to you, the PDC module is the left-most module with three plugs... i can't see it on your pictures...

When engaging reverse, the delay to show the rear camera image is around 2 seconds..... the same as the factory equiped rear camera (as i did see in newer BMW, as the 640d i had for 3 days in Germany at the end of december last year).

Are you telling the the pdc module is the three plug module close to the radio module and left from the video module, as the attached photo?