OEM backup camera wiring

[DS95]

i have an oem camera im installing in my vehicle.

Does anyone have the wiring for the six wire factory 12v camera?
Can I run the ignition to the reverse as well or will that not be good?

Additionally I'm making the signal wires into an RCA video female plug. Am I fine running a male to male rca to the front for the nav?

 

[DS95]

Anyone? I've searched for countless keywords on this forum. And on google. Anyone know the factory wiring for the camera? There are six wires coming out of it

 

[brh11]

Hey I Figured I would try to help out if your still looking for info on this.I have access to a great database for everything on the these SUVS Here is s what I found for the camera output.This is for a 2009 Yukon so It should be the same.

Hope I helped!

 

[DS95]

Thank you, I'll try this out. I had come up with something similar and ended up tearing the wiring apart and it looks like the camera has four wires that turn into six wires with the ground going to three of them which seemed odd
Is it possible the reverse signal is negative switched?

 

[DS95]

Okay, so here's where I'm at. I ripped apart the camera wiring and apparently there's only four real wires going to the camera. Red Yellow Brown and a Drain wire(GND)

The drain wire goes into a crimp that connects to Black Grey and White. And then goes into the plug.

So shouldn't I be getting a video signal when hooking the camera up to power with a battery with the red wire positive 12v, and the black as ground? And yellow to video positive and brown to video negative?

I'm confused at this point and really debating just going to an aftermarket camera with all this struggle. Please help

Someone had to have installed the factory camera into a Tahoe with the factory NAV afterwards

 

[PatDTN]

I know this is a very old thread but it helped me out so I thought I'd comment.

Installed a Pioneer AVIC-W8600NEX which has two camera inputs but works with the factory camera. In addition it has a camera view option to see that camera view (or the second one if I add it) by pushing a button. That latter feature gave a blank screen. I figured out in another thread I needed to trigger the camera on. Enter that wiring list above,. I tapped into the switched pink wire and jumped it into the dark blue (D-BU) listed. Now the camera is triggered with the ignition and works with my radio.

 

[Odii]

I know this is a very old thread but it helped me out so I thought I'd comment.

Installed a Pioneer AVIC-W8600NEX which has two camera inputs but works with the factory camera. In addition it has a camera view option to see that camera view (or the second one if I add it) by pushing a button. That latter feature gave a blank screen. I figured out in another thread I needed to trigger the camera on. Enter that wiring list above,. I tapped into the switched pink wire and jumped it into the dark blue (D-BU) listed. Now the camera is triggered with the ignition and works with my radio.

nice! great info thanks

is that the $$$ HU? happy with it?

 

[PatDTN]

It cost me about $1700 total. Pretty pricey for me but it gives me more features that I wanted without losing any. Still learning my way around this complex piece of equipment. Some features I want available while driving are locked out if the parking brake isn't set. Likely I'll work around that.

I was able to send a text with one tap of a microphone, dictating the message, then telling it to send. It uses Android Auto quite nicely. I have never used "hey Google " so it's not set up on my z-flip 4..yet. that would let me do even more without ever taking my eyes off the road.

 

[fatmonk8]

Hey, sorry to bump an old post. But I am trying to wire in a rearview mirror that will use the rear camera to use as video instead of a mirror.

It came with a camera to install, but I want to tap into the oem camera to make it as oem as possible.

Had the wiring apart like you did. What wires did you use? Did you eventually get another camera wired in and working?

 

[mikez71]

I don't know the answer, but your new camera maybe higher resolution than the old factory camera...

 

[PatDTN]

Hey, sorry to bump an old post. But I am trying to wire in a rearview mirror that will use the rear camera to use as video instead of a mirror.

It came with a camera to install, but I want to tap into the oem camera to make it as oem as possible.

Had the wiring apart like you did. What wires did you use? Did you eventually get another camera wired in and working?

Having driven a number of vehicles with backup cameras I wouldn't bother with the stock camera. There are so many aftermarket mirrors with much better resolution and more features including zoom.

 

[PatDTN]

Cameras not mirrors above.

 

[fatmonk8]

Having driven a number of vehicles with backup cameras I wouldn't bother with the stock camera. There are so many aftermarket mirrors with much better resolution and more features including zoom.

So would there be a way to wire in a new camera to the stock plug?

 

[PatDTN]

I don't know. I just ordered a rear view camera mirror that mounts like OEM on the windshield. It's an inch smaller than stock but gives me dash cam functionality as well as better rear view. The descriptions I found are a little sparse so this is going to be a trial. I think it changes the zoom level to act as a backup camera so I'll see.

 

[justchecking]

So would there be a way to wire in a new camera to the stock plug?

I did just that in my 2011. I installed a bigger 9.1" head unit. The larger screen highlighted the poor resolution of the OEM camera, as well, the colors were off. I removed the OEM camera, cut off the plug and attached it to my new aftermarket camera. I believe I only used wires 1,2,4,5,6 from the earlier post. The OEM camera turns on with a signal on wire 3 whereas the after market camera is always on with voltage on wire 6. These are small wires so it takes some care.

Also, I was lucky and did not have to disassemble my tailgate. The OEM camera is held in by melting 4 little plastic pins in the applique. I inserted a small then screwdriver and popped them out. There was enough slack in the harness I was able to pull out the connector where I could disconnect the camera. I was able to use the original mount replacing the OEM camera inside it with this one. Then I siliconed in the mount and camera to the applique.

 

[fatmonk8]

I did just that in my 2011. I installed a bigger 9.1" head unit. The larger screen highlighted the poor resolution of the OEM camera, as well, the colors were off. I removed the OEM camera, cut off the plug and attached it to my new aftermarket camera. I believe I only used wires 1,2,4,5,6 from the earlier post. The OEM camera turns on with a signal on wire 3 whereas the after market camera is always on with voltage on wire 6. These are small wires so it takes some care.

Also, I was lucky and did not have to disassemble my tailgate. The OEM camera is held in by melting 4 little plastic pins in the applique. I inserted a small then screwdriver and popped them out. There was enough slack in the harness I was able to pull out the connector where I could disconnect the camera. I was able to use the original mount replacing the OEM camera inside it with this one. Then I siliconed in the mount and camera to the applique.
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Did you go with one of thoes a Droid headunits? I've been looking into one myself.

 

[justchecking]

I installed the Jensen Car910w. Now I would install the new car1013w. It does sit close to the gear shift but that really isn’t a problem. People hate on Jensen but they have been more reliable (and a lot cheaper) than the pioneers I have installed previously.

 

[Xafnyx]

I did just that in my 2011. I installed a bigger 9.1" head unit. The larger screen highlighted the poor resolution of the OEM camera, as well, the colors were off. I removed the OEM camera, cut off the plug and attached it to my new aftermarket camera. I believe I only used wires 1,2,4,5,6 from the earlier post. The OEM camera turns on with a signal on wire 3 whereas the after market camera is always on with voltage on wire 6. These are small wires so it takes some care.

Also, I was lucky and did not have to disassemble my tailgate. The OEM camera is held in by melting 4 little plastic pins in the applique. I inserted a small then screwdriver and popped them out. There was enough slack in the harness I was able to pull out the connector where I could disconnect the camera. I was able to use the original mount replacing the OEM camera inside it with this one. Then I siliconed in the mount and camera to the applique.
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I need to do this and this is really helpful. Just to make sure:
RCA+ = 1
RCA- = 4

Power+ = 6
Power- = 2&5 ?