Reverse camera wiring

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So i've bought this double din radio satnav bluetooth etc unit (Eonon G2240) for my car (3000GT) which also comes with a reverse camera, but i've not really got a lot of experience with wiring things in so struggling with this a little bit.

This is the unit from the back :

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I found this picture about the camera online :

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But mine is slightly different as it seems to have 2 wires comes out of it, instead of one.

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The camera has a black and a red wire coming out of it.

The black wire fits into another black wire, that ends in the big yellow plug (that goes into the head unit) and a thin red wire.

The red wire goes into a red plug, which ends in a thin red and thin black wire.


So i'm thinking :

1) Big yellow plug goes into the head unit at 'video in' port 17.

2) the little red one that's with the yellow plug, and called 'reverse image trigger line', i using a crimping tool to connect it to wire number 7 coming out of the head unit labelled 'reverse control'.

3) Then using the red plug ending in the thin red and black wires, i crimp the red wire into a 12v power supply. The actual connection harness allready has an extra power suply crimped in for my AFR gauge, and this has a free port :

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Then i crimp that thin red wire into the free red plug.

4) And then i'm suppost to do something with the thin black cable...


I'm not sure about step 2, 3 and 4, so any advice welcome :D
 
Cheers for replying.


Connect the camera's power supply (the red plug and red/black wires) to an ignition live source. Black goes to any ground.

This is the bit i struggle with.

I just noticed that power cable (red plug, ending in thin red & black wires) isn't that long at all, so that won't reach the front of the car, so i will need to find an ignition live source somewhere near the back of the car, but have no idea where to look for that.
 
Use the reverse light feed rather than ignition. No need to power the camera until you're reversing.


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How/where do i wire it into the reverse light feed.

Do i just try and find the back of the reverse light on the back of the car and look for a red cable there somewhere ?
 
Cheers for that.

I found the wire for my reverse lights, so i just the blue/red one of that to connect to the thin red one of the camera right ?

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I've bought this crimping tool which comes with a few terminals, but i'm not sure which one to use to split one wire (that 12v) into two (1 for the reverse light, and 1 to connect to the red wire of the camera).

Is there a special terminal that takes 2 wires ?
 
Haven't got any soldering tools (or experience) so i think i'll stick with my crimping tool, not that i've got much experience using that though...

I've found this picture online :

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Can i do that with my crimping tool ? I thought each wire should have its own connector, or is it ok to put two wires together in one terminal ?
 
Had only wired it in, not installed the actual camera just yet, that's another issue i'm trying to tackle at the moment.

It was just resting on top of the bootlid, just above the 3000GT logo :

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Need to find a way to either install it just above the rear plate, but struggeling to get the wires through as there's no entry holes, or still and put it in the rear garnish where the key lock is.
 
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