Fire4Effect
Junior Member
I know there are a bunch of threads on this, but none actually covers the information.
I have a 2012 RHR radio transplanted in a 2009. Everything works fine, GPS,
UConnect (for whatever I think it’s supposed to do) and Sirius. Of course I needed an adapter, microphone and GPS antenna. Everything you’d expect. Now comes the backup camera. Everything works up to the radio. The power in the rear is from the reverse lights.I tested it on a separate monitor. The camera’s RCA cable is connected to the radio through the C3 adapter. I activated the camera system through Appcar Of course, the camera doesn’t come on.
The factory diagram shows C3 with wires on pins 3, 4 and 5, with 5 being labeled as a shield. My adapter only has the video on 3 and 4. There is a separate red wire attached to the front part of the camera “harness”, but I have not connected it to anything. I’ve checked a ton of aftermarket resources and there is no consistent answer. Some insist you must use a Lockpick, some say you need the OBD2 programmer and pass through connector, some imply it should work as it is.
I’m not all that familiar with FCA or their radios, so I don’t have much of a starting point.
Anyhow, does the head unit need it’s own separate trigger signal or is it recognized through the CAN bus system in the radio, when the camera is enabled? Is the signal sent by the aftermarket camera compatible with the radio as is, or is there some sort of processing required? Nothing anywhere has addressed this.
I have a 2012 RHR radio transplanted in a 2009. Everything works fine, GPS,
UConnect (for whatever I think it’s supposed to do) and Sirius. Of course I needed an adapter, microphone and GPS antenna. Everything you’d expect. Now comes the backup camera. Everything works up to the radio. The power in the rear is from the reverse lights.I tested it on a separate monitor. The camera’s RCA cable is connected to the radio through the C3 adapter. I activated the camera system through Appcar Of course, the camera doesn’t come on.
The factory diagram shows C3 with wires on pins 3, 4 and 5, with 5 being labeled as a shield. My adapter only has the video on 3 and 4. There is a separate red wire attached to the front part of the camera “harness”, but I have not connected it to anything. I’ve checked a ton of aftermarket resources and there is no consistent answer. Some insist you must use a Lockpick, some say you need the OBD2 programmer and pass through connector, some imply it should work as it is.
I’m not all that familiar with FCA or their radios, so I don’t have much of a starting point.
Anyhow, does the head unit need it’s own separate trigger signal or is it recognized through the CAN bus system in the radio, when the camera is enabled? Is the signal sent by the aftermarket camera compatible with the radio as is, or is there some sort of processing required? Nothing anywhere has addressed this.
