Front camera install not going so well!

[dwhutch]

Yep typo. Sorry for that. The original email/info that was sent is correct.

Here's the official 18 2500 schematic showing chmsl and Panasonic radio (if I can get it attached ...



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Got video!!!!!!! I found that 18 diagram on google last night so I pulled the pins back out of the connector thinking maybe I had damaged them so I slid them directly onto the pins in the back of the radio to verify I had a snug fit and that was fine so I decided I didn't have anything else to lose so I put them in spots 21 and 22. I had to drive around all morning and wait and wait for XM radio and the backup camera to come back but now I have video. You mentioned here https://www.ramforum.com/posts/2384197/ that my donor vin was from a rental. Is is possible that this radio part number is specific to rental vehicles?

 

[SitKneelBend]

Got video!!!!!!! I found that 18 diagram on google last night so I pulled the pins back out of the connector thinking maybe I had damaged them so I slid them directly onto the pins in the back of the radio to verify I had a snug fit and that was fine so I decided I didn't have anything else to lose so I put them in spots 21 and 22. I had to drive around all morning and wait and wait for XM radio and the backup camera to come back but now I have video. You mentioned here https://www.ramforum.com/posts/2384197/ that my donor vin was from a rental. Is is possible that this radio part number is specific to rental vehicles?

View attachment 234956

Have you tried providing separate power and/or ground?

EDIT: Try just ground.

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[dwhutch]

Have you tried providing separate power and/or ground?

EDIT: Try just ground.

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I have it working on pins 21 and 22.

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[SitKneelBend]

I have it working on pins 21 and 22.

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Ah, interesting.

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[Mpgrimm2]

I have it working on pins 21 and 22.

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I will have to remember that it may be 21,22 for some newer Panasonic radios (not convinced that's a ram radio PN) and file that one under...

F - Frickin
C - Connector
A - Anarchy

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[dwhutch]

Hardest part was pulling the trigger on the drill. Now have to wait for fuse taps from Amazon to power the camera, couldn't find any locally.

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[RBAT]

Hardest part was pulling the trigger on the drill. Now have to wait for fuse taps from Amazon to power the camera, couldn't find any locally.

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[RBAT]

I had the same concerns about the drill. I installed mine so that I could replace just the emblem should it ever become necessary for any reason.

 

[dwhutch]

I had the same concerns about the drill. I installed mine so that I could replace just the emblem should it ever become necessary for any reason.View attachment 235160

I would like to have done it that way but my camera was too big to fit there

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[dwhutch]

Final product

Radio part# 68461699AB

Camera: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H852D49/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Pigtail from https://www.ramforum.com/threads/m²-mods-intro-project-list.98332/#post1458159 pinned to 21 and 22 of the radio connector

Power for camera: micro2 fuse tap to fuse 95

 

[shadowhawk]

is you r display backwards? Mine is and I'm wondering if anyone has found a setting to reverse it

 

[HTXRamExp]

Final product

Camera: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H852D49/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Pigtail from https://www.ramforum.com/threads/m²-mods-intro-project-list.98332/#post1458159 pinned to 21 and 22 of the radio connector

Power for camera: micro2 fuse tap to fuse 95


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I like that your camera gives a wider view. The one I have, supplied from Customtronix, has a narrower field of view. But it's also integrated into the badge which camouflages the camera which I like, since my paint is blue. Yours blends in well black on black!


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[dwhutch]

I like that your camera gives a wider view. The one I have, supplied from Customtronix, has a narrower field of view. But it's also integrated into the badge which camouflages the camera which I like, since my paint is blue. Yours blends in well black on black!


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I looked at Customronix but I couldn't stomach the price. I'm all about cheap. I think if I had a different color truck I might have considered it. Or maybe just shoot the camera with some rattle can touch up paint. I took it out last night to try it out and it really makes parking a lot easier.

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[dwhutch]

is you r display backwards? Mine is and I'm wondering if anyone has found a setting to reverse it

Mine was backwards and upside down. The camera has three colored wire loops in the harness you can cut. One flips the image right side up. One changes from mirrored image to normal and one removes the parking grid lines.

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[shadowhawk]

which one did you cut? looks like the purple one from the information given

 

[SitKneelBend]

which one did you cut? looks like the purple one from the information given

It's camera specific. Not all are capable of image flipping.

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[shadowhawk]

It's camera specific. Not all are capable of image flipping.

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I have the same one you do.

 

[dwhutch]

which one did you cut? looks like the purple one from the information given

I had to cut 2 but I don't remember the colors. I didn't cut the one for the grid lines. Looking at the instructions on Amazon purple would fix upside-down, white for backwards image.

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[HTXRamExp]

I looked at Customronix but I couldn't stomach the price. I'm all about cheap. I think if I had a different color truck I might have considered it. Or maybe just shoot the camera with some rattle can touch up paint. I took it out last night to try it out and it really makes parking a lot easier.

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Yeah it did have a hefty price tag, but I now also have functional front, cargo, and backup cameras. I have to use all three Everytime I'm in the truck to help justify the cost haha!


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[SitKneelBend]

I will have to remember that it may be 21,22 for some newer Panasonic radios (not convinced that's a ram radio PN) and file that one under...

F - Frickin
C - Connector
A - Anarchy

M² Mods.

I have it working on pins 21 and 22.

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OK, I've been looking into this as I want to see if I can keep the video in motion at all times. It appears that PINs 21,22 are used for second row video in factory applications. Thus far I've been unable to get the second or third row options to appear on a UAS screen.

My question is, do you have the source VIN for that radio? Do you know the firmware level too? The only diagram I see that PINs 21,22 from the factory is for a Grand Cherokee.View attachment Mopar Connection Repair Kit GC.pdf

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