Car solutions reverse anytime + front camera install

Here's the (wrong) camera:



Edit: I'm now realizing that this camera doesn't have the green and white loops to make it a front camera without guide lines. Oh shoot. Thank you @Tmaloy for bringing that to my attention. I ended up ordering

$14 Reverse Backup Camera,RAAYOO L002 HD 170 Degree Wide View Angle Universal Car Front/Side/Rear View Camera,2 Installation Option,Removable Guildlines,Mirror Non-Mirror Image,12V only

this one.

 

Anyone have the Natika camera with the little unified connector on the camera end? It looks like I can just trim off the red and black power wires and use the RCA plug with the trigger wire all the way the unified plug. It would make the cable management much easier, just the length of the cable would be the only thing. Where is everyone placing the excess cable if I may ask.

 

Not sure if we have the same Natika camera but this is how I did it. I only had to run the RCA cable through the fire wall.

PS: You also don't have to cut the wires that are not needed. You can just tape the end or make sure they don't touch and cause a short.

 

This is how I did it too...well worth doing this upgrade. I absolutely love being able to use my mode button. No extra switches at all. It was a tight fit for the entune headunit and the module but got it all squared away. Putting it back in place was literally the hardest part.

 

This is the Natika camera kit I got. The connector on the camera is a single plug with no RCA connector on the camera side. Only the extension end that gets plugged to the HU or CS kit has an RCA and trigger wire built in to the cable. I figure that I don't need the red and black power cable and may just snip them off so I have one small cable to run. I'll probably run the excess cable under the driver side carpeting in a wound bundle to keep the excess there.

 

I was thinking of going with that camera as it comes with its own hole saw for a flush mount. If the Natika doesn't suit me well I may just go with it. It has good reviews. Nice pick.

 

Don't snip off the red and black power cable. That's what powers the camera !

I bundled the excess cable up and zip tied it up behind the dash. It would be a bit much to stash under the carpet.

 

Has anyone used this with the Alpine F309TCM?

 

Hi Ryan, I noticed that the CS kit you have also has the orange colored wiring harness like the one I received today. All the previous ones I have seen online and in videos have the white harness and the controller seems more like an even block all the way around. The controller seems to have a larger area near the connector sides and one set of connectors is gray and the other white. If you have yours installed did it function properly. I am planning to do my install in the next couple of days. My concern is if it the correct model for the Tacoma.

If anyone who received theirs from the email restock notification order and has installed theirs can confirm the box bar code or product ID on the box that would alleviate my concerns if it is working properly. The product ID I have on the box I received is: 875000. On the controller I have:060320180477.

Thanks all.

 

I got the kit and ordered the top tier pro camera but it never shipped from eBay and is now out of stock on Amazon.

ive see a couple posts with folks using this camera:

$14 Reverse Backup Camera,RAAYOO L002 HD 170 Degree Wide View Angle Universal Car Front/Side/Rear View Camera,2 Installation Option,Removable Guildlines,Mirror Non-Mirror Image,12V only

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074P45P7G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_IvQ6DbBWA15TY

anybody have any experience with this setup? What other front cameras are recommended? Looking for minimal wire cutting

 

That lower one looks identical to the one I put on my 1st gen in 2016. Still working.

 

Do you remember if the install was similar to the natika camera in the original post? Any difference in install with this one?

 

I'm using it as a rear camera. It's stuck to the bottom of my bumper with neodymium magnets. I figured if I caught it on something on the trail it would come off and dangle instead of break.

EDIT: This was installed on a Pioneer HU in a 2004 Tacoma.

 

Thanks. Looking for a camera that mounts easily to a pro grill.

dies the natika mounts easily to a pro grill?

 

I'm not exactly sure when I'll get to the instillation, and you may beat me to it! Please let us know how it goes!

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B018800TR2?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

I used this one, it works great.

 

Installed mine today took about an hour, although I have not run everything neatly I will tidy it up on my next day off since it looks like rain clouds today had a sprinkle so I did not want to chance having a downpour and I have to work this afternoon, thanks to all who contributed with their install pics and videos, the controller worked as advertised, was able to switch between both front and rear cameras with the Mode button, lock it in front camera while going for a test drive.

Install notes, first thing was disconnect the negative battery post, remove the kick plate and door sill plate to get more room to work with, used a small flathead screwdriver to poke a hole in the grommet boot, then used a coated metal coat hanger to run the RCA and trigger wire through, was very tight since it was a small hole. I used a pair of pliers to pull the coat hanger and cable through. Took off the radio dash trim and unbolted the radio. Fished up the cable to the radio area and terminated the crimp on terminal from the CS kit for the trigger wire. Wrapped up the extra cable and placed in the gap near the right side AC vent.

Plugged the harness in for the CS kit and dropped the module down in the below the radio harnesses. Plugged it all in and snipped the purple and white wires. Left the grid lines on for now to see if I am okay with the camera positioning as I may do some shimming to get a little more vertical view right above the license plate bracket.

Future plan is to have the cable follow along the main harness and under the radiator shroud so it will be run along side the TSS sensor cable and can be unplugged from there. Pic is front camera while testing and before reinstalling the radio trim.

I think I will get Acekrauts flush mount plate kit and mount it, it should help with the visibility of the camera in it's current position and using the shims I should be good to go.

 

Anybody else's module making audible clicking noises when you're switching the views around? That's normal right?

 

I did not during my test drive. Is it like a pop or like static? I will be playing with mine while I go to work today and if I hear anything I will post.

 

I tested the camera while everything was still apart so I had the module out and not behind the head unit. So it was a pretty audible "click" sound. The best I can describe it is of a pen clicking. Each time the front camera would engage it would sound.