DIY: Rearview Camera & DVD

Isakowt

Hi, i'm in South Africa where can I find those wiring diagrams for the U.K and U.S as I want to fit a camera myself?

Thanks

doubleG370Z

/\ I'm having the problem of no backup camera image when I shift into reverse. Double checked the wiring & very sure that wiring has been done right, oem nav screen works fine & operates the way it should but still on backup image.

You mentioned about the plug & play harness...initially the harness adapter end to oem nav screen wouldn't simply slide in without some effort b/c a portion of this plug was sitting high.

I've emailed tech support at Navitool & waiting response.

Paul_S

If it's anything like I've experienced then it'll be a long wait. My plug was difficult to fit into the screen too but once I worked out it needed to be pressed tighter together it went in OK.

My wiring was all wrong because the y cable was wired for US cars (I did email sales before I bought it and they said it worked on UK ones - if it does they sent me the wrong cable).

If you disconnect the box does your nav screen still work? It shouldn't. Similarly, if you use the toggle switch the nav screen should not work either. If it does then you have the wrong y cable. Maybe you've got mine!!!!

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doubleG370Z

/\ I'll have to check, so you mean just disconnect p&p harness & reattach oem plug to see if nav screen works? I know that toggle switch does nothing b/c I've switched the toggle back & forth.

my ride is a US model.

Paul_S

No, leave the harness in place and just unplug the Navtool box. With my incorrect y shaped harness the nav screen still showed up even when the Navtool was not connected. This is obviously wrong since the Navtool is supposed to interrupt and switch the video signal.

If your toggle switch doesn't work then maybe your cable is wrong. That's the first thing I noticed.

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doubleG370Z

Paul, thxs for pics.

if you use video 2 connection for camera & don't use video 1, then toggle switch will not work, right? unless you connect blue wire from navtool to toggle switch as another input for video source. I have the blue wire connected to reverse light accessory power in truck area.

I tried connecting camera to video 2, no camera image. Then connected camera to video 1 still no image. In between both video connections, I tried flipping toggle switch still no camera image.

I was able to contact sales at Navtool and they said to send it back for replacement

shawnal

I had nav tool installed 4 weeks ago but the installer used a cmos lens very grainny at nite very poor quality . I have left him and just want to order the right ccd lens can any one help me thanks

Paul_S

Just a quick update. Still no word from NavTool - seriously unimpressed!

Anyway....

I chose to mount my NavTool under the dash by the 12v socket. The advantage of doing this is you don't need to extend the video cable and you have an easy 12v supply. There is plenty of room to tuck it away under the dash and it's easy to get to if you want to plug something else it or change the brightness control.

The cable thread through the dash:


Looking up under the dash where I stashed the NavTool:


I hope that helps or gives someone an alternative option

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hoss1946

Hi I am installing a rear camera with a Kenwood DNX6960 . I purchased a Boyo lic.Plate mount camera but I like your mount. I have done a sililar mount with a boyo very small camera in a 2010 Jeep wrangler bumper but the issue is the Boyo camera has no camera angle adjustment and the plug location you used on the 370z looks like the camera angle would me pointed up if the mount was flush with the plug surface?
Please give me your thoughts.
Hoss

Zyonara

I wouldn't worry about the angle as long as your cam is a wide angle lens

Kilted Leo

How do you take apart the dash to get to the back of the nav display?

rarwz

Via Post 18 ?

robtrink

Sorry if this is a repeat question. I have looked through all the posts buy may have missed it. Will this camera automatically come on when the car is in reverse or do you have to hit a special button/mode?

Edit: Found out from reading the documents further. Now looking for the cheapest location to buy the navtool and a camera. Thanks for the help

TMAN1985

Did the OP hook up a DVD player, and if so, where is the DVD player mounted, and where does the audio get hooked up to? The Navtool only does video, how does the Stock NAV unit know where to get the audio from? Because it has to take the video from Navtool, and Audio from DVD player....doesnt make sense

TMAN1985

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