Just installed back up camera With Pioneer Appradio

I was on Amazon and and got one of those "Things you may be interested in" emails. One of the items was

$14 BW 3.6mm Wide Angle Car Rear View Reversing Backup Camera with Night Vision

this. It was cheap so I was like what the hell why not. It had pretty good reviews and had infrared leds for night time. The only thing that sucked was the instructions. I could have eaten a can of spaghetti-o's and pooed out better directions on how to wire the camera then what they gave me. Not to mention that they were in size 4 font.

This is how I installed with reverse signal bypass. I tried to take pictures but had to stop due to rain rapidly approaching

I installed on 2007 base model 4 banger. Do this at your own risk I am not responsible for damage you cause. Which should't be much because I dont touch the factory wiring


1) Get my tools ready.
• Wire cutter/crimper/stripper
• Wire
• Switch
• 10 mm socket with extender
• Zip ties
• Tap splices (red)
• Electrical tape

2) Remove the head unit you want to add the camera to and plug the camera cable in



3) Find the reverse signal wire for the radio



4) Once the reverse signal is found what I did was run it to a switch that I put into one of the blanks. I got power from an add a circuit and hooked it to the switch.

5) Once you have power for the reverse signal I added a tap splice the wire running to the reverse signal to power the camera. What this did was make it so when I flip the switch it tells the radio reverse and powers the camera.

6) I ran the video wire above the inside the glovebox and down through the kicker panels to the grommet under the passengers seat.

7) Along the way I found factory holes in the frame to zip tie to

8) Run the power line for the camera along the drivers side using the same process as #6 and #7

9) Find a place to ground the camera to. I tapped into a negative wire I already had there for so aux lights I have installed.

10) Plug the camera in to video source and power and test before buttoning up.

11) For my radio (Pioneer Appradio 2) I had to change a setting called Camera Polarity to the setting called battery or ground. Both worked for me.

12)Find a place to mount. I installed right above my trailer hitch.

13) Reinstall radio and test again

14) I wrapped the connections near the camera with electrical tape to help water proof.


I will add more pictures when the rain stops.