Back up camera concern
05-01-2013, 10:34 AM
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You may be right. 2011 - 2012 may be different
My Jeep is a 2010 Unlimited Sahara. The picture is the passenger (right) side tail light assembly. The bottom (where the backup light is) is on the right in the picture. As you can see, the wire going to the right is white with a green stripe. The same part number bulb is used for both the tail/brake and for the backup. On the backup both filaments are wired to ground (2 black wires on the right) so they both light giving a brighter reverse light.
I connected my back up camera power (wht/grn) and ground (blk) on the assembly instead of the harness because it's cheaper to replace the assembly than the harness if I screw it up.
I read somewhere that when the lights and brake are off, the ground floats. I'm not sure how that affects the backup light problem you are having but if you used the wires going directly to the bulb it should solve the problem (bulb lit, camera powered).
05-01-2013, 01:28 PM
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I'm interested in installing a back up camera into my Jeep. What parts do you guys suggest? Will it work with a regular MyGig or do I need a lock pick type set up?
05-02-2013, 06:14 AM
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12SilveRR_Bullet: Glad you got it working!
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Some people have hooked up a camera directly to their Mygig's then had them flashed by a dealer to activate the camera.
I used the Navtool (a bit spendy) with my 430N, I have a 6 speed manual so lockpick doesn't work for mine. The Navtool works perfect and was completely plug and play it also comes with the RCA cables for hooking up the backup camera, a second camera or whatever you desire and outputs for external monitors. The Navtool's video in motion and address input in motion features are turned on with one of factroy button behind the steering wheel so the GPS speed on the Mygig still works unti you activate the Navtool's bypass. This was something that others had mentioned they missed with their Locpicks. Recessed camera off ebay for $11.95 works great and looks like a factory install in the bumper.
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Some people have hooked up a camera directly to their Mygig's then had them flashed by a dealer to activate the camera.
I used the Navtool (a bit spendy) with my 430N, I have a 6 speed manual so lockpick doesn't work for mine. The Navtool works perfect and was completely plug and play it also comes with the RCA cables for hooking up the backup camera, a second camera or whatever you desire and outputs for external monitors. The Navtool's video in motion and address input in motion features are turned on with one of factroy button behind the steering wheel so the GPS speed on the Mygig still works unti you activate the Navtool's bypass. This was something that others had mentioned they missed with their Locpicks. Recessed camera off ebay for $11.95 works great and looks like a factory install in the bumper.