Reposting info here in a separate thread with more detail for anyone interested...
2 LockPicks have failed on me so I won't go that route again. I had every input on the LockPick in use so I was left with a Digital TV tuner and front/cargo/left/right cameras inoperable.
@Mpgrimm2 let me know about some tricks others on the forum had figured out to get a front and/or cargo camera working using AlfaOBD.
So I've run switched ACC power to power all of the aforementioned accessories and I have a (cheap) manual RCA switch which shipped quickly by air from from Korea...
RCA switch
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I've turned on the cargo camera with AlfaOBD and used
@Mpgrimm2 's $20 camera harness for video.
AlfaOBD Cargo Camera Settings to enable:
VehConfig 1 - CHMSL Camera
"Yes"
CBC Features - LED CHMSL Lamp Present
"Yes"
If you stop here, you'll have a working video input on the on-screen cargo camera button.
I then removed the factory pins for the radio AUX input at the back of the radio and inserted my own re-pinned RCA Jack's for right/left audio on pins 6/7 respectively...
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I now have left/right audio and video for Digital TV on the 8.4 screen.
DTV
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To watch TV, I currently select the AUX input for audio and then switch to the cargo camera (and I wait for my wife to come out of Target). I probably could have left the factory AUX jack useable by just tapping them for my audio, but I decided that was more than I cared to try after discovering I no longer even owned and AUX cable.
I use the cheap switch which I placed in my glovebox for now to leave it on front camera for most of the time...
Front Camera
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But I can also select the other two cameras or DTV if needed without opening the dash up...
Cargo Camera
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Right Mirror Mirror
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Costs
Cameras used (front/left/right) $17 each
CNGATE Front Car Camera |360 Degree Eyeball CCD Waterproof Front Car Camera with Wide Angle
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00AWRAYA2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_uFzrEbQB6Y9Y6
Mpgrimm2 RCA harness (x3 if you want video/left audio/right audio) $20 each
DTV receiver (this one gives you an extra input) $50-$70
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pyle-View-...44720.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc#vi__app-cvip-panel
This is the smallest/cheapest video only RCA switch I could find $20ish...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Port-SIN...1?pageci=e9fa0da2-1c5b-4632-a89e-5e3a45b702a2
There are many options for the cargo camera and I no longer would recommend the one I'm using because while it is good it has more than doubled in price since I purchased it.
That's it! Much cheaper and likely more reliable than a LockPick! It was $50 to have the first LockPick replaced UNDER WARRANTY!!! You can get AlfaOBD for that much! AlfaOBD wins again!
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