rford426

I got everything working except it doesn't come on while I'm just driving what could I wire it to to make it do that?

CutterWolf

"If" your head unit is like every other one out you will have to bipass the safety lock out for video. Your head unit had a wire that needed to be hooked up to your E-brake right? Just disconect that wire from your E-brake and connect it to a ground and now you will be able to use your camera whenever you want.

degeze

^^^+1

CutterWolf

Here is the deal rford426, It's illegal to play videos/DVD's while the car is in motion on LCD screens mounted up front where the driver can see them so any in dash video system has to have a "video lock out" switch which is that wire they tell you to hook up to your E-brake. What it does is to keep you from seeing video any time the E-brake is off, once you pull up on the E-brake and set it you can watch videos. But, as I posted above you can very easy by-pass it and watch videos anytime you want but, if you get pulled over by the cops and your video is running or they see you running one as your driving be rdy for a ticket.

rford426

no no no i can watch movies i have that bypassed the back up camera works in revers only when it is in reverse not when im driving...were else could i get power from?

rford426

right now its hooked up to the + of the revers light socket

lrgnation

Why would you want your back up camera to be on at any other time besides when backing up...

whtcanbrwnd04u

Where did you mount it? What camera did you use?

rford426

mines in the faux gas cap in the keyhole its a boyo off ebay it was like 30 bucks 9 ir leds i like it had the same one on my last vehicle

jmcnh

My Avic-D3 has an option under the nav side to choose to view the camera while I'm driving. I forget the exact option since it's still in storage but I think it is one of the view toggles where you choose what type of map display you want...

I'm probably taking it out of storage tonight so I'll check to see what the exact option is for mine.

Jeff