What kind of wire to use for reverse gear signal?
What kind of wire to use for reverse gear signal?
I’ve ordered myself a reversing camera to install this weekend which I will connect to my new car stereo. The stereo’s wiring block has a purple/white wire marked “reverse gear signal input” which I’ve figured out I need to connect to the wire that goes to the reverse light.
Where does the signal from the reverse light go?
For those units you use the reverse light feed to provide power to the camera and it then sends it’s signal to an input socket at the rear of the head unit. The canbus box sorts out that the car is in reverse so switches the head unit to the right input channel.
Which is wire to connect the reverse ( purple ) wire to?
My Kenwood system needs an ignition controlled power wire that will give power to the camera even when the car is not in reverse. (So you can watch behind the car while driving.)
What kind of wire to use for reverse light?
The canbus box sorts out that the car is in reverse so switches the head unit to the right input channel. There’s a really good write up on reversing cameras in the guides section – generally you can just use something like 1.5mm cable, but me having a fair amount of electrical experience I can tell what’s suitable pretty easily.
I’ve ordered myself a reversing camera to install this weekend which I will connect to my new car stereo. The stereo’s wiring block has a purple/white wire marked “reverse gear signal input” which I’ve figured out I need to connect to the wire that goes to the reverse light.
For those units you use the reverse light feed to provide power to the camera and it then sends it’s signal to an input socket at the rear of the head unit. The canbus box sorts out that the car is in reverse so switches the head unit to the right input channel.
My Kenwood system needs an ignition controlled power wire that will give power to the camera even when the car is not in reverse. (So you can watch behind the car while driving.)
The canbus box sorts out that the car is in reverse so switches the head unit to the right input channel. There’s a really good write up on reversing cameras in the guides section – generally you can just use something like 1.5mm cable, but me having a fair amount of electrical experience I can tell what’s suitable pretty easily.
