Very good. You got the basics covered clearly in less than 5 minutes compared to the "other" guys that took twice as long to make things somewhat confusing. Thank you.

Finally got an answer from you after watching 10 other videos. Simple and clear! Thank you for the vid!

Thank you! The instructions that came with my camera said to hook up both red wires to power and I thought that didn't make since and it should be one or the other. Glad I found your video.

Thanks man everyone else on KZfaq makes this set up look messy 🙎🏽‍♂️ but this videos great !!

Thank you! This makes it a lot more clear. I've been searching on the internet everywhere and have been very unsuccessful in finding an answer. Thanks again!

Awesome, thanks for the explanation of that mysterious red wire!

I too wired an aftermarket camera (nearly identical to yours) to a 2-DIN aftermarket head unit in a VW Jetta Sportwagen - these cars have CANBUS. As any other "standard" instructions, I have tapped into the Reverse Light connector. What happened was that I would turn the key to Accessories (only), shift into Reverse and have video feed. However, with the engine operational when shifting into Reverse I would only get a blank screen with only the grid lines-feature incorporated into that head unit. I combed through a lot of videos on youtube and various information in forums and finally I have seen someone's comment who said that if the CAR HAS CANBUS - do not tap into Reverse Light. If the new head unit preserves the functionality of the Canbus then it should power up automatically the camera when shifted in reverse. That's another tip. What I wanted to comment about is your "Ground" note toward the end. Actually I disconnected that separate or "local" ground wire when troubleshooting my situation and the camera had no feed. I too was thinking that the ground is already carried out through the RCA wire to and through the head unit which is already grounded. That was wrong. As soon as I reconnected that local ground I had video feed. I'm not sure what your further research has unveiled, but you might consider amending your video (which provides an excellent how-to, btw) with complete information concerning that local ground wire. Thanks. good luck

That red wire on the video cable is for instant on in reverse. It is connected with the power wire to camera which is connected to reverse light and the one at the radio side connects to your radios wiring harness labeled reverse gear signal input. So now when you put in reverse it automatically switches to camera mode and when you put it in drive it then will go to the last mode you where on.

As far as the ground wire that is part of the 12v feed at the camera end, you may not want to connect it to ground. This is because there is already a ground connection at the head unit (monitor). If you connect grounds at both ends you can end up with a ground loop. If you have screen flicker with backup camera activated, try removing the ground connection at camera end and you may find that flicker disappears.

Thank you! I looked through a bunch of videos for what the red cables meant! Even considered not putting in the backup camera because I wasn't sure about the red wire. Thanks!

Hello My name is ralphie, I too was searching for the rear view reversing camera. While looking through the images and reading the descriptions. It explains how one can connect the red and black wire meaning the negative and positive to any reverse brake light. I was confused for a little while, but I didn't realize there are so many different reversing cameras for different vehicles. And what I also realized is that most of these products don't include extendable wires to make the connection easy and comfortable to install. Great video.i definitely understand how it works thanks.

Just tried this! It works. No need to ground the black wire to ground. Power can come from the radio connection. Connect the red cables together at the camera end. Thanks!

This video clears it up for me. Was so confused about the two red wire sticking off the yellow rca plug.

thank you. Your first 3 minutes I think answers my questions, I will find out tomorrow.

Very informative, it's exactly what I was looking for. Thank You!

Very well explained. I did mine before watching this one. But it took a long time to figure it out. Thanks

Ah... Just the video I was looking for. Thank you, kind sir ☺

Super helpful! Thank you!

Big help on understanding those red wire, thanks

My head unit (cheap but good, Boss) has backup camera and alternately rear video feed selection from the touch screen, so I chose to draw power from my rear license lamp. I can now turn the camera on/off with my driving light switch. I don't have to be in reverse to power the camera on. That way, I can see traffic behind me while driving: tailgater's license numbers or just watch behind me while parked. I also hard-wired my mirror dash cam from my dome/courtesy lights (ignition hot,) so it starts recording as soon as I start the car and there is no wire dangling down to my cigarette lighter. I did have to buy a separate 5V USB step-down transformer, but it looks stock, with only a 2" lead going under the headliner. My mirror cam has an extra video feed to record both from the front-facing and a second camera. I could split the feed from my backup camera and run the video signal to the dash cam to record both views. But, I chose instead to install a second cheap camera pointing out the back window, powered the same way, for higher resolution. This would work with any brand camera, head unit combination.

Perfect. Just what I needed to know. Been to 4 different Auto electricians to connect a power and ground for me and they all fobbed me off to come another day as it's a lengthy job and 1 even went on to say he needs the trigger wire to run to the reverse lights too lmao. Watched your video. Camera was already in place as well as wiring. Just connected the trigger to the red on camera and it fired up in reverse. My xtrons unit actually had a wire labelled reverse behind the headunit so other trigger wire went to that. Literally took me 5 mins to get my reverse camera working. Thanks again

This is the video i was searching for. Thank you.

The red wire that runs in the harness with the yellow video signal wire is meant to be used for the signal from the camera back to the head unit so the head unit knows when to switch the screen to camera mode. This video makes no mention of this important function. Also, the only time you wouldn't need to connect the camera ground wire is if the camera mounting hardware was acting as a ground through contact with the vehicle chasis.

Short and sweet. Thank You

Awesome, answered so many questions, thanks

EXCELLENT VIDEO WITH GREAT INFO ON RED PIG TAIL

Thank you just what i was looking for.

Thanks for the informative video! I'm getting ready to install one on my TJ & the ATOTO SA102 headunit has the red 12V lead available. However if I want the camera to only come on during reversing would I use the other 12V lead close to the camera & tap into the reverse light power?

Very clear. Bravo! Thank you.

This way of installing the power wire at the radio end only works if the radio switches to reverse camera mode using CANBUS, if it's a cheep Chinese radio the camera end needs the red connected to the reverse bulb 12v feed and black to ground or leave disconnected and use the phono plug ground, the red wire at the radio end will need to be connected to the radio reverse signal terminal.

Funny u mentioned this because the same exact scenario happened to me. As I was wiring cam up I noticed everything was working and I hadn't even wired up the ground yet so I left it be. Everything ran fine without issue for a month & then screen started flickering intermittently. I went through everything & couldn't figure out the prob. Ended up finally terminating the ground & wala...back in business. Still can't make heads or tails out of it. Glad to hear that everything's running smooth on Seicane, looks like they addressed some passed issues with revised edition.

Thanks, wasn't getting any feed until I hooked up the red trunk wire like you stated.

Great. Thanks So question... will my radio, I just got the Heigh10... will that notify my camera to turn on or do I still have to tap into my reverse wire on the taillight?

Thanks for the info. answered all my questions. I was very confused, thanks again

thanks - this was a big help

thanks for the explanation. helpful! installing my cam now :)

Many thanks for this video

big thanks...im looking for hours...finally you answered my questions

Great tips 👍😁

I was searching for this type of video, and finally, I found it! I just installed my reverse camera by connecting the red wire to the head unit backup 12+ve cable, and it worked perfectly. Surprisingly, I didn't need to connect the two red and ground wires near the camera. I assumed that the ground is already included in the video cable, and we just need to provide the +12V from the head unit. But I'm now wondering if our rear camera will always be on while driving using this method??

Thanks. That was very helpful. 🎉

So about to install one of these in my TJ, i was planning on running the red wire off my backup lamp or hitch reverse wiring. If I am understanding correctly, I can ignore the red wire with the video feed if I am getting power from the back of the Jeep.

Great video just made my day the black wire has been doing my head in

finally clear and simple

Yes! Thanks buddy!

Great tutorial you really helped me out thanks

Perfect example thanks

wow!! thanks with this video you helped shave off 30 min minimum to my install! cheers

On a 2012 ram would u advise splicing the 12v wire and the reverse wire onto the 7 pin trailer plug wires or running both straight to the dash

When you do this, do you typically wire the power wire for the back up camera to the power wire for the radio or do you run it to the battery?

great video! easy to understand. did you ever find out about that black ground wire? thanks

Got my backup camera working finally in my 2010 tacoma. the factory one didn't work with the pioneer nex 1400 stereo. I bought a $15 cam from walmart & it still didn't work. I bought another $15 cam today from walmart & this one worked !

Thanks this is helpful

An added tip that I use is to not use the ground wire spliced to the backup light ground wire. I drill a pilot hole near in the body near the camera, then rotary brush the area around the hole to get bare metal. Crimp a eye terminal to the ground wire and attach it to the chassis hole with a self tapping screw to ensure a good bond.

Yes I have experienced it too...

If I could give you a thousand thumbs up I would. Works perfectly. I watched so many other videos making it seem complicated when it actually isn't. Now not only can I see it when I reverse, I can tap the camera app on my head unit and turn it on whenever I want. Thanks.

they share the same ground or neutral line if they are directly connected to same power source (car battery). But there are dashcam monitors that are battery backed up to avoid relying on ACC of car.

THANK YOU!!!

Very nice

My car, a 2007 Ford Mondeo, has a weird switched polarity tail light. What you think is ground is actually live, and turning on a signal, putting the car in reverse etc, actually switches on the ground for that light. I believe it's done this way so that if the car's control module fails, the lights turn on for safety. So to get around that headache (and CANBUS), here's how I wired the camera. The black lead from the camera went to a ground point near the camera. I used a tail light screw. The red power cable connected to the red cable on one end of the video cable. I ran the video cable to the head unit and connected it to the camera socket on my headunit. The red power cable was then connected to my headunits remote turn on lead (usually used for amps etc). By doing this, I was able to get a camera that is permanently live when the stereo is on so can be used at any time. My headunit wiring harness adapter had a reversing light signal output which I connected to the headunit reversing sensor. Hey presto! The camera automatically shows when I enter reverse, or manually switch to the camera input.

Awsome got right to the info I needed thank you

Can I install the red wire into the red 12v on the back of the head unit instead of the purple video viewer. And then run a wire from the kick panel and find the reverse light wire and run that to the purple video viewer cable? That way I can view the camera whenever I want as well as have it kick on when put into reverse? Thanks

Your video saved my ass, thank you.

You are right about the ground

Thanks

can you cut the yellow RCA cable (though it's long but what if it is short) that goes to the head unit to connect a new wire, say 16 gauge wire, in between to extend it?

Tyvm it was so difficult to find what I was.looking for

Hello, im using a NDDN-W56 toyota navigator and need assist to mount the carvox led 333 reverse cam and i cant see where to connect the reverse trigger red cable. Can you assist? Thank you

Hello, I do have FPV camera and monitor but is there why that my rear light will be able to run this camera, or will it "burn" it. btw. I run this "system" with battery but now I want to get rid of them. What do you think? Quanum ELITE QB58 Transmitter power: 25mW Input power: 2.5~5V Thank you very much.

Thank you for a simple explanation! Looked high and low and you answered my question simply and concisely. Kudos!!

Thank God for this film....finally some answers. Great product horrible instruction sheet.

So did you get your power from the red 12v wire or did you use the yellow acc?

Hello Can i connect camera and monitor wires to parking light ? 2 cables on + and 2 cables on black

My set up Iv a black plug for the back camera and then single red wire some say goes to live reverse light or head unit

Great info!!

Do you need to connect the re wire that is connected to the yellow plug ?

You beauty.. i used the red pigtail on ma truck today.. thanks mate!!!

o3djeeps great vid.... any chance you can take us through power at the other end???? Not sure how to connect monitor to battery? Thanks

THANK YOU! So easy. Why hasn't anyone explained the red wire power source before. Holy cow! Trying to find the correct wire on Ram truck was driving me bonkers, every answer was different. Good video.

Bro, quick question .. if i use the constant power thats going to the head unit to connect the “ pig tail “ for the camera to power up.. how does it come on when i put the car in reverse?

I have done exactly as you suggest - the camera works when I go into reverse. The issue is the LEDs around the camera are on 100% of the time when the car is on. I spliced the RED power wire at the head unit into the wire going to 12v Ignition?

Is there any way to connect a rear camera with a kit that has 3.5mm jack to a car radio that uses rca? My dash cam went out and I have an extra camera i'd like to utilize

Yeah my head unit was already ground via the RCA and the Antenna and the wired ground. So plenty of places to draw from.

I was trying to get through the rubber in my car and I damaged the end of the cable. I decided to cut and run the wire because it was thinner; now, I bought a new P2 power cable. Can I just cut it too and splice it to my old one? I saw that there are 3 wires. Or do you suggest to repair with a new plug?

Hi can you send me the link to what you did to epoxy the magnets to the camera please ?

Re: the red wire, I have one that is too short. How would I go about getting a wire to extend it? What size works? Thanks

I have a Wi-Fi rear camera should I wire it to a permanent live

Hello, so it’s important to connect the ground cable (black) ?

Hi I have the power acoustik P-81ACRD 08-12 Accord 8.3" Touchscreen with Navi but in the back of the unit have the rca yellow for the camera but is not have the red wire

Hello, could you tell me how I find the reverse cable in the radio cables? It is to connect the small cable that brings the cable with the yellow plug in ford focus Mk2 2008,Thanks

how do i use this camera so i can view rear of car full-time? I've tried everything but not getting any image on my video monitor

Where did you get power from behind the head unit?

So how will the car know when too gets put in reverse? I just used the reverse wiring from the bulb

Cool 👍🏽

My red pigtail that comes off the yellow rca got pulled off (such a cheap pos). Its the part that connects to the rca on the camera. I wonder if i should not worry abt it or get a new wire?

Can you please do a video on mods that you think all 1st time jeep owners should get.

Hello. Is it ok if the current flows that 10 meters through this very tinny cabel from the front of the car to the camera, is it not too big distance? Will it not affect negatively the camera after some time?

Tks gracias cool excelente 👌

If I leave out the red wire will the RCA send a signal to the headunit do I need the red wire

The way you are wiring the harness, how does the headend unit knows you placed the vehicle in park?