Where/how would I put the long wire between this monitor &amp; the camera, sold separately? Drag it along rear passenger seats &amp; trunk? I have an SUV.
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That way out the back door or more professional ways would be to go out through the fire wall and under the car or if your make and model has them....run to the skirting on driver side..there should be a couple of access holes along the door frame for just those upgrades.
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The only way I could get it work right was to run the power line to the backup light. Then tie the green wire to that wire under The dash. Run the ground wire to a ground under the dash. Do not run the other 12 v line to power the unit, if you do the unit will stay on all the time with No video on the the screen until you put the car in reverse. You really don't need the green wire. All it does is default the unit to video 2. If you don't use the green wire the unit will show video 1 then switch to video 2. With the green wire tied to the power line from the backup lights the unit will default to video 2. the only power sourse you need for the camera and monitor is the 12 v from the backup lighhts. Take the sorry diagram and burn it. It will just give you a headache. Hope this helps
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On the back of the camera there is a short tail with a yellow connector and a black connector. Also in the box that the camera comes in, you should have a coiled wire with a yellow connector on each end. You should have another coiled wire with a red plug on one end and a red and black wire on the other end. You hook up the yellow plug on the camera to one of the yellow plugs on the coiled wire. The other yellow plug on the coiled wire needs to be connected to the video screen that you are using for a backup screen. The coiled wire with the red plug is the power cord. The red plug goes into the black plug on the camera lead and the bare red and black wires at the other end of the coiled wire with the red plug go to the power and ground. Most people hookup the red lead to the power side of a backup light and the black wire to a convenient ground. That way when you put your vehicle in reverse and the backup lights go on so does the camera. Hope this is helpful.
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You can't have any thing near or in your vehicle that has a bluetooth function active. It causes interference that affects the wireless signal from the camera and the monitor. I had to return mine due to that problem.
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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
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Hooked the camera up to a single pole/double throw-center off switch on the trailer's bathroom exhaust fan. One position turns on the fan, center position of switch is off and other position is camera ON. Purchased switch at Radio Shack. Did not connect the green trig wire, only the two 'hot' wires. The truck had its own backup camera, so made a cigarette lighter plug in switch to hook up the monitor in the truck for using the RV camera monitor when hauling the RV, when not pulling the RV, the monitor is stowed in RV.
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1) It doesn't attach to the dash. It plugs into the cigarette lighter. It is on an approx 12 inch stiff cable. you can twist and bend the cable to see the monitor and the stiffness of the cable holds that position.2) I don't know the exact viewing angle of the camera, but with the trailer attached and the camera on the handle of my pickup tailgate, I can see the bumper and ball/trailer hitch at the bottom, the trailer at the top and the just see the side of the trailer side to side. Very adequate field of view.
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Did you try the camera in another car? If the problem persists in another car, try another power cord.I think I had another camera brand that did it and after I tried everything I had to return it.
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I tucked my cable in the seam between the windshield and the frame of the car. I put a DAB of rubber cement several places along that seam to KEEP it in that seam and it is NOT visible from the outside of my car.
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Same with what the others said, you should have left over wire actually. i have a 02' taurus (very long car) and my power cable was long enough, and RCA cables were way more than long enough, ground wire is kind of short (which is actually better to ground).
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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.
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It uses a standard DC "barrel" or "coaxial" power connector available at any Radio Shack, or you could probably buy a cable on Amazon somewhere, or cut the cord off of a "wall wart" that you do not need any more. It runs on 12Vdc, so it can just tap directly into the car electrical wiring. The positive goes to the center of the connector. Why would you want near-IR under your car?
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It has a long cable in order to put the camera on the rear window (with autoadhesive)
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First and foremost, the whole thing is "not" wireless as claimed! Both the rear sensors and the light/sound display must be wired to the control unit which is wired into your rear backup lights wiring. My light/sound display is located just above our rear window frame in our SUV. This unit only senses objects when they are only 6/7 feet or less away which may not be suitable for your motor home. You maybe better off with a rear camera system even if it cost a little more money. Good luck! PS. Wiring these systems into vehicles is not difficult "if" your a good DIY'r.
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Kit comes with 20 ft. of RCA cable. This would be the only limitation in your application. You may could find an extension cable with RCA type ends somewhere. If you can make it work, you should find this a great help when backing a vehicle of this length in close proximity to other vehicles and objects. I put mine in a 1972 Mach 1 Mustang, clipped the monitor to driver's side sun visor and it works great.
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That's kind of a hard question the cables are just standard video cables going into the monitor it would ultimately depend on your phone and then you would have to buy the cable to go from the video cables to your phone. My suggestion would be just to buy a monitor as well. They're fairly cheap and have a good picture, as well as fairly easy to Install and work. You will also need additional cable to run the length of your vehicle as the camera only comes with like a foot of cables.
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I also bought a radio with the rear backup camera option so a separate monitor is not needed. The radio video screen is the monitor. If you don't have a compatible radio or rear view mirror then you will need a separate monitor.