Confused
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Racer
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From: DFW Texas
Confused
Hey guys,
I have a Pioneer Nav installed in my car with backup camera.. Everything was working... when I put the car in reverse, the nav switches to the backup camera. All of a sudden, two weeks ago.. the camera does not show up anymore. I have looked though many forums posts and I saw that many people changed their reverse lamp switch.. So I went ahead and ordered that switch and changed it out. Still no camera when I put the car in reverse. I have checked the fuses in the passenger footwell and under the hood.. I can manually put the camera on through the nav screen so I know the camera is working.. but when I put it in reverse, no backup screen.. Any ideas?
I have a Pioneer Nav installed in my car with backup camera.. Everything was working... when I put the car in reverse, the nav switches to the backup camera. All of a sudden, two weeks ago.. the camera does not show up anymore. I have looked though many forums posts and I saw that many people changed their reverse lamp switch.. So I went ahead and ordered that switch and changed it out. Still no camera when I put the car in reverse. I have checked the fuses in the passenger footwell and under the hood.. I can manually put the camera on through the nav screen so I know the camera is working.. but when I put it in reverse, no backup screen.. Any ideas?
Pro
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Hummmm.... sounds like the head unit and camera work and the signal connections are ok. So it does sound like something on the reverse-sensing circuit. If the switch is ok then maybe a connection in that circuit somewhere????
Pro
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Not the head unit or camera, check the connection where the camera gets the signal from the car when it is shifted into reverse.
Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '14, '16
Check and make sure that your reverse lamp relay is working. You should be able to hear it click in the passenger footwell of your car when you put it in reverse. It is in the fuse panel in the passenger footwell.
You should be able to check the diagram to see which one it is; it may be under an additional cover.
You should be able to check the diagram to see which one it is; it may be under an additional cover.
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Racer
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From: DFW Texas
Check and make sure that your reverse lamp relay is working. You should be able to hear it click in the passenger footwell of your car when you put it in reverse. It is in the fuse panel in the passenger footwell.
You should be able to check the diagram to see which one it is; it may be under an additional cover.
You should be able to check the diagram to see which one it is; it may be under an additional cover.
so there is another reverse lamp relay in the passenger footwell for reverse lights?
Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '14, '16
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It's under the black block with a nut in the middle; never removed that myself but it's the one on the left under there.
Also check fuse #5 under the hood
Last edited by sevinn; Nov 3, 2013 at 02:33 AM.
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Racer
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ahh.. ok I can check tomorrow if it is clicking.. is there a part number for this relay, just in case this thing is the reason the backup lights are not working?
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Racer
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I took apart that plastic cover.... I see a bunch of wires going into a plastic panel and then the panel goes into a pin out in the car foot-well.... any ideas where the actually relay is?
Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '14, '16
Sorry I've never had that area apart.
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Racer
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Racer
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I didn't mention this before because the reverse lights aren't working either, but i had the same problem a few weeks ago with my kenwood and backup cam. Mine happened after battery disconnect and i could manually put the camera on but in reverse didn't come on. Finally I got it working after recalibration of the camera in the head unit settings. The fact that your reverse lights are out make me think it's something else, but a recalibration is simple if you want to try....
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Drifting
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if the bulbs light up with the car in reverse, that would tell you that the fuses are good and the green wire used for the reverse lights has power on it, something else I just noticed fuse #5 says StopLamps/Back-up lamps so if you have stop lights you have power.