when back up camera connected and truck on reverse, is it not suppose to switch automatically?
1329041
Yes! When back up camera connected and car on reverse, switch automatically.
1329042
yes it should switch on automatically . be sure to check your wiring and make sure your hook up to your reverse wire.
1736928
I believe that is more related to the firmware/software in the head unit. As I was reading up on this camera and alternatives, prior to buying it, some reviews said that depending on your head unit, the picture may be reversed. I would check your head unit's features, as the camera doesn't do the "reversing," the H/U takes care of that.
798198
either, if you want to be able to activate the camera,, for some reason while driving, you need to hook it to the radio. If you will use it only in reverse, you can hook it to the reverse light- but note, usually the camera wires send the red/black lines up along the RCA video cable so it may be best just to use the radio. If you wish to use the backup light, you will need to run a set of wires feeding to the radio to connect the camera, then connect the other end to the light,,, more work really. so check out the wiring of your camera first, if they allow you to hook right up to the backup tail light, then that's your best bet for sure. You can use solderless clamps to quickly secure the connection with no cutting involved
936985
I wondered the same thing. Instructions are LAME and then some. The key is connect the Green wire to backup lights positive which has no power until you put vehicle into reverse. Green wire is the control. When you shift into reverse, power is sent to green wire to monitor and it turns on. When not in reverse, monitor is just OFF, no blue screen, just off. Also make sure camera ground back there is to the body metal ground and nothing else if you have a newer vehicles like 2012 sprinter van, computer did not like camera ground to license plate light wire neg, would disable camera somehow. I wondered the same thing. Instructions are LAME and then some. The key is connect the Green wire to backup lights positive which has no power until you put vehicle into reverse. Green wire is the control. When you shift into reverse, power is sent to green wire to monitor and it turns on. When not in reverse, monitor is just OFF, no blue screen, just off. Also make sure camera ground back there is to the body metal ground and nothing else if you have a newer vehicles like 2012 sprinter van, computer did not like camera ground to license plate light wire neg, would disable camera somehow.
1450693
The camera power should be coming from the back up lights and that should be energized when car is placed in reverse with key on. Display has a couple of input selections like av1 and av2 so switch them with the remote or button on display.
479062
On any radio set with video cable input connected from camera... There is usually an automatic swtching of the screen to show the video input from the rear of vehicle when you are on reverse. However some cheaper radios require you switch to a video screen manually by selecting the proper screen. Double check all required electrical connections and then check your manual for further directions of still not working and all connections were good. If not done... Make sure the video cable is connected to the radio.
1480575
You can hook it up to the reverse lights, wire-so it will only come on when you put your vehicle in reverse. Which is the power wire. I have my camera hooked up so that it works all the time, so I can always see behind my truck, I have a camper on it, so need to see behind driving down the highway. It works really good. So their is all options to this camera which is nice, and in color. Very Good-never any trouble at all...
1232811
You have to connect camera to reverse lights for power and to switch it on when in reverse. The monitor has to be connected to power.
1556339
if you want the camera to come on when you back up, hook into backup lights for power, otherwise hookup directly to power.
422211
Yes it does come on automatically to what ever input was last toggled to. For the most part I leave mine to all 4 cameras the Quad display. When I am hooking up or pulling a trailer I would toggle to just rear view full screen and it holds that setting after power down/up.
698450
Yes if only u connect for it continuous power cable..there is in pioneer radio a menu where u turn it on while driving...however the guy who installed it for me connected camera power cable to my reverse light..so the camera only gets power when I am in reverse mode
1033896
No, but if you wire the camera to the backup light circuit, the camera will come on when you put it in reverse.
2200680
The reversing light was the brown wire and the trigger is the blue wire. You need to connect the brown to your back up lights to turn on the camera when in reverse. Power comes from a different line when the key is on. The unit acts as a switch that sends video from either the TPMS or the camera depending on what state you are in.
2155166
Thedood,Make sure the orange wire which is the Back up Camera Trigger gets 12 volts when you switch into reverse. Once the orange wire receives 12 volts it will automatically switch to rear view mode on the screen.
2139673
If you connect the "Purple" to the yellow wire on the camera, and the red power wire on the camera to your reverse lights it should automatically turn the camera on and show video on your Pioneer screen when you put your vehicle in reverse.
1047684
No, but, you would easily wire a 3-way switch to do this. Essentially when you put the car in reverse it sends a positive signal to the camera, you could wire a switch to manually send a positive signal to the camera when it's not in reverse. I plan to do this.
1410916
Unfortunately that is simply a characteristic of the camera. When you have it set to auto (the green camera symbol on the dial) and turn the camera off when you turn it back on the flash setting will default back to auto. If you use other camera modes on the dial (A, S, P) then your flash setting will remain regardless of whether or not the camera is powered down.