Backup (Reverse) Camera On-Demand
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Backup (Reverse) Camera On-Demand
Does anybody have any information as to a way of activating the backup (reverse) camera when in normal "drive" mode? I think it a wonderful feature, but I'd like to use it more than just when backing up the car. I'd like to have it augment the rearview mirror when driving forward.
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Originally Posted by syrophenikan
This is in an '07 TL Type-S
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I spoke with the lead technician at my local Acura dealership and he provided me with a wiring schematic and a solution that he believes will work.
You will have to remove the main under-dash interior fuse/relay box. If you turn this housing over there will be some wiring harness connectors. Looking at it from the rear, it will be the bottom right harness. The socket is labeled in the book as "P (MICU)". It appears to be a 30-pin connector. If you locate pin-20 there should be a white wire coming off of it.
As a test, place the car in park and simply ground the wire at the pin-20 connection point (while the wire is connected.) This should trip the camera into an active state. If this test works, perform the following to make it switch selectable.
Coming off of the pin-20 connection (no more than a few inches) cut the white wire and place a diode in the line. From the diode, run a wire to a simple switch. One side of the switch will be connected to the new wire coming off of the diode and the other side of the switch will be grounded. The diode prevents the "presence of ground" from being detected by the "A/T Reverse Position Circuit".
The camera should still activate normally when the transmission is placed in reverse, but it will now be able to be activated on demand by your switch.
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Originally Posted by acura911
i did that on my 2005 acura tl.but if you do that when you drive your Reverse lights will stay on when you have the camera on.
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RE: Lights coming on when switch is activated...
According to the Acura tech, the diode will prevent that from happening. The "presence of ground" that the camera triggers off of will not feed back into the Reverse Position Circuit. The camera will come on but nothing else in the car will know it has been activated.
According to the Acura tech, the diode will prevent that from happening. The "presence of ground" that the camera triggers off of will not feed back into the Reverse Position Circuit. The camera will come on but nothing else in the car will know it has been activated.
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I doubt it. I was just in my buddy's Q7 this weekend and it is in that truck by design. I am guessing it is because it is not viewed as a distraction but a driving aid. A lot of buses and trucks already use cameras instead of mirrors as it is produces better results...
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I'm wondering if the diode will make my left camera input into the nav system stop blinking.
I installed a camera under each side-view mirror, and, using Dom's unit and the blinker, can activate the camera to turn on under my right mirror. It's like Honda's LaneWatch system but I have the only Acura with this. The problem is that when I put on the left signal, the screen blinks. Not sure why.
I installed a camera under each side-view mirror, and, using Dom's unit and the blinker, can activate the camera to turn on under my right mirror. It's like Honda's LaneWatch system but I have the only Acura with this. The problem is that when I put on the left signal, the screen blinks. Not sure why.
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