Thursday, August 29, 2019

Stereo Install with Rear View Camera

The Sony stereo that I will installed five years ago began to have issues and kept resetting itself.  As a result I bought a JVC DVD/touchscreen unit with a rear view camera input to replace it.   I purchased the camera for $12 on ebay since the stereo did not come with one.  I also bought the wiring that allowed me to use the steering wheel controls and the factory auxiliary port.  The wiring was a little complicated but not too hard to understand.  I soldered all of the connections and put on shrink tubing to make it look professional.  The camera was a little harder.  It require passing the wire down the door channel and using a wire coat hanger to pass it from the rear seat to the rear lights.  Once this was done, I used a wire split connector to the rear light wire and placed the black wire to ground where I had done so for the CB radio.  I then passed the wires from the access hole near the jack and under the bumper where I zip tied them.  I passed the camera wire right above the hitch and below the hitch valance.  I had someone print a camera mount with a 3D printer that I also zip tied around the hitch.  This worked well as can be seen in the pics below.


                              Stereo installed

                            3D printer camera mount.

                  Camera mount above hitch.

                  Camera mount above tow hook.

Rear view camera on stereo screen.