here is what I would love to have:

Xylon Test Vehicle Surround View Parking Assistance DA - YouTube

It looks good. But I am not so happy about cutting up that strip. I am pretty sure I will just go with a plate cam, or something I can stick above the plate, but to the body. Not for nothing that looks good.

Terminator, that setup would be epic to install. Deff something way beyond my wiring capabilities.

Not sure about the difficulty level for installation, just running the wires and building some suitable housing for the cameras, BUT...

But the price of admission!!!

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it is about 7,500 euros, so about $10K!!!

Of course, it is just one place - I hope that with time, that technology will become mainstream, and the prices will come down drastically as it is good not only for parking but also for the blind spots around the car going at 60 MPH... My first VCR was about $300 at Wal-Mart back in 1991 - now you can get DVD player for $30...

BTW, why are always coming back to 60MPH? like nobody goes faster, or what????

If you're talking about my setup, i didn't cut the strip, it was the actual camera/light that i trimmed down to fit the original spot.

Oh. I get it. Nice. Which cam did you get?

Got the Relay (not a solid-state one) and i can't seem to get it to work.

This is the Relay diagram
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9...0714165127.jpg
Pin lay out
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1...0714165202.jpg
Screen still flicking ...
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2...0714165030.jpg

What i had was ...'

30 = Constant 12V
87 = Vehicle Chassis
85 = Reverse light +12
86 = Trigger wire

Screen still flickering so i changed 85/86 around the still the same thing.

Then i look at this Backup Cam

Most others use the Bosch Mini Relay but i suspect there is nothing wrong with the one that i have BUT what i noticed is that they all DON"T need a good 12+ to the relay and even use the 12+ from the Reverse Light (???), isn't this suppose to produce Pulse Signals?

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This suppose to work????? (Taken from previous post)
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7735/relay1.jpg

Yup that's the relay diagram i see everywhere too. I think once the reverse is on, it no longer pulses.

Mission accomplished.

Thanks to this Pin Out Diagram ...

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4/bmwtvtuner.gif

The Ebay seller had my trigger wire tagged with + plus so all this time i've been trying to get a + current going through it ..... until today, i've had enough so i stripped everything down again .... started from scratch.

Anyway, there are so many wiring diagrams going around, don't follow any of them.

Best is to understand what sort of Relay do you have and most importantly, the TV needs a Ground/Earth signal for it to switch over, over-ride everything, even when the TV screen is OFF.

You won't need a good +12, you don't need direct power source from the battery if you're using the standard TV.

Simple! In the case if a 3 pin Relay is use ....

*Reverse light positive (+) to Relay
*Reverse light (-) to Relay
*(If you use 4pins relay, the extra pin will also need to be connect to a neg)
*Relay to Trigger wire

So when you engage reverse, reverse light + will activate Relay, Relay Jump/Bridge Reverse light Neg to Trigger wire, TV screen change to receive Video input from Reverse Cam.

Reverse Cam can be wire to any good 12+ sources on the vehicle, pending on where you're mounting the cam.