Want to connect a backup camera's monitor to this plug instead of cutting into the car's wires. Doable or not?
1550970
I really don't know but I'm a electrican but these things are very, very cheaply made. Gotta look at volts and amps but fuse blew on mines first day.
1550971
Yes. But you will have wires running from camera through the car to the cig lighter
1550972
You would be better off with this "HitCar Car Vehicle Circuit Blade Style ATM APS ATT Low Profile Mini Fuse Holder Fuse Tap" just select medium, small or mini depending on what size fuses your vehicle takes, that takes care of the + the, the - can (typically) go to any metal on the vehicle with a crimp on ring terminal and a self taping screw.
1550973
Its probably doable if the camera's monitor is low voltage. I used it to repair an air compressor, idk if its a good comparison, hope it helps.
1600841
Yes, but the power supply provided is for a normal 110 outlet. You can just cut the transformer off and attach it to a 12vdc supply in your car. I put this in my van so I could see left and right side rear view cameras on one screen
505562
Do you mean the monitor is connected to you backup lights? It could be that there is a surge of power upon ignition that is tripping however you have monitor power wired--but the surge isnt making it to the backup camera--and the display shows no signal because the camera isnt powered/relaying video
888274
It's not necessary. The rear camera and display in the cab communicate via Bluetooth. No wires route from the camera to the unit in the cab. A cable with two wires on the camera connect to a reverse light circuit to either taillight. That's it. If the wiring travels close to the camera along the bumper you can connect right there.In the cab the unit can be connected to a power outlet, fuse box or hot wire in the dash when the ignition is on and off when the ignition is off.
1649001
Sorry I can't answer that question, I hooked mine up to the backup camera.Rowland
927399
Depends on how you want it wires. I connected mine to the stock wiring behind the cigarette lighter. That way when the key is in the acc or vehicle on position (engine running) the monitor will always have power. When the vehicle is off the monitor loses power not draining the battery
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Wiring: If you read the reviews there are no directions that are of any help. This is true and I did not really pay any attention to them because of the reviews. I tried a couple different ways to hook things up I found (for me) the perfect wiring hookup. I hung the display on the existing mirror and fished the wires down to the below dash area on the drivers side. I then fished 3 wires from the back of the car to the same area under the dash (one red, one blue and then the supplied av cable that came with the camera). Monitor hookup: Red wire (switched power - on with key) Black wire (ground to chassis) Blue wire (hooked up to the blue wire I fished from back of car which was tied to backup light) Camera Hookup: Red wire (connected to red wire I fished to front of car which was connected to the same switched power that the camera was connected to) Black wire (ground to chassis) AV wire (connected to the av wire I fished to front of car that connected to the display unit) I found this to be perfect. The screen is black until you shift to reverse, the display comes on nearly instantly then off again when you shift out of reverse. I also found if you want to display the rear camera view while not in reverse, just touch the av button on the display and you can show AV2 all the time which is the rear camera view. Works just like a factory install when wired like this.
808389
Yes you can, and I was able to sync camera with the monitor however the minute I was more then few feet away I lost signal. I had to return. It may have just be a bad item that I received but I ended up just buying new system
619015
This is only a camera... there is no monitor included. So yes, you'll need separate power for whatever monitor you plug it into.
1321458
The monitor has batteries. The cameras require a 120v standard receptacle to power it. The back of the monitor says 3.7v battery. I don't see an easy way to access it, but there are 4 screws. How hard could it be?
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Red = +12VDC, Black = GND, Yellow = Video, Green = Video GND. So red and black should go to your vehicle's power and ground. Red can be connected to the backup light wiring with a crimp splice connector. This way the camera will come on only when the vehicle is put in reverse. Yellow and green go to the monitor you are using. You can direct connect but a couple of cautions. First the wires are small and hard to work with. You want to be sure not to break any of the small copper strands when you strip the wires. Be sure to solder the connections or they will stop working in a year or two due to corrosion. Second, if you ever need to replace the camera you'll wish you had the plug in connectors (I know, I'm on my third camera. This is my first license plate frame version.) What I did was solder mating connectors to my vehicle power and LCD wires and then just plugged it in. Now if I ever need to replace it, it will be very easy.
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It might be a little tight. I mounted the display on the mirror of an MDX and put the module in the trunk and there couldn't have been more than a foot of slack left. You could always splice the wires, it's inside the car. The hardest part is to figure out how you are going to run the wires from the module to the backup light and from the module to the sensors. I had to extend the length of the wire from the module to the backup light, it's just low voltage, light gauge wire. I cut up an old cell phone charger, worked great.
195439
Maybe . This is a wired backup camera. You will need to run power and video wires.
1671424
You would have to verify that the prius monitor has an available input, if it does you would probably have to pull the monitor out to access it.
284774
No it requires two wires to a power source and one to ground just for the monitor as well as being wired to the camera.
1238775
Yes! Obviously you'll need to dial back the output on the one that goes to the powered monitor. RCA-&gt;1/8inch stereo cable should do the trick.
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Hi Daniel, I was planning on using the stock GM XM antenna also but found it was integrated into the stock wiring harness. I suppose if you dis-assemble the antenna and can trace the wire coming into the dash the answer would be yes. I was able to reuse the motion sensor lead for the GPS positioning as it was a separate wire. I didn't have an existing backup camera and suspect it will be integrated as well...you might be able to splice the lead into the supplied RCA cable connector....Good Luck! Tom