2014 Backup camera

Yeah, my truck has nothing extra: 2 wheel drive and small engine, etc.

 

Do you have pictures?

 

Pictures of what?

Please refer to the above quote, from Post #13 in this thread. I only have #1 (the yellow sticker). Instead of #2, I have the plug that only goes into the tailgate. Referring to #3, I only received the warnings after purchasing the Camera-Source Backup Camera, and plugged it into the back of the radio.

 

The back of your radio. What else would I be asking about since you said you had all the other wiring.

 

I would say it is something to do with your aftermarket camera since you adding an aftermarket camera to your system so check there first. Like I said before I had a base model 4cyl 5spd 4x4 with no options and the base radio and the only thing I had to do was plug a stock Toyota backup camera into the harness that is located in the tailgate and it worked with no other modifications.

 

Sorry, no, I don't have a picture of the back of the radio. Before purchasing the Camera-Source Backup Camera, I thought I was pre-wired for the Backup Camera. So, I purchased a Backup Camera from Rockledge that plugged into the harness next to the tailgate that connects into the tailgate handle. It didn't work because the truck needed more wiring to go to the radio. I returned that camera to Rockledge last week, and I am waiting for a refund. I will probably have to pay a restocking fee. I won't make that mistake again.

Camera-Source seems to be very popular on this forum, so I am hoping to receive some help from others who have worked with them.

 

Rockledge cameras aren't stock cameras. So you're saying you purchased an aftermarket camera and it didn't work and now you have another aftermarket camera and it's not working and you're saying you refuse to use a stock camera that was manufactured by Toyota to work but because you can't get that aftermarket crap to work you come here and are asking for advise in a thread about stock camera? Good luck getting it to work

 

I have a 2014 Toyota Tacoma w/o a rearview camera. My radio/media screen warns me to be careful of backing up, blah, blah, so it appears that I can install a rear view camera, which I did. The radio model appears to be Entune Audio. The camera I bought fits right were the "place holder" piece was (underneath the tailgate cover). However, it won't show on my screen. When I go into the menu for the screen, I go to Display and then it shows "General" only. In my vehicle manual, it shows another line under General which is Camera. So, I'm wondering if my current radio unit won't be able to recognize the camera. IF that is the case, would I have to get a different model of the Entune Audio unit? Thanks for you help!

 

I went with the cheapest Boss unit with camera from crutchfield. $100. Plus installation stuff. Works great.

 

That's good, but don't know if that answers my question.

 

I think you need to check to see if you are pre wired for a backup camera. I had the harness in my tailgate but it ended there. I ended up just running a separate harness from the aftermarket camera I bought. I had a base model radio and then upgraded to an entune model and the camera worked for both.

 

No, not a direct answer, but an alternative to consider. If you go this route, I highly recommend getting the cable they build up to go between the radio and the Taco wiring (under $20). If you have and wish to retain steering wheel control of audio, you need the expensive cable, around $100 IIRC.

All I wanted was a backup camera. This was the cheapest way I knew of. Camera included with the head I got. I noticed improved audio right away. The hardest part of the installation was running the wires all the way back to the license plate mounted camera.

I hope you get it going. Hopefully the above post is the answer for you.

 

@Michaelo: Thanks for your answer. It might be the case that the wire cable run I see is not connected. And I also think, unfortunately, that the radio/media unit I have won't support a camera. Now I have to decide if I want to spend the money and hassle to have the rear view camera.

 

@Knudsen. Thanks for answering more fully.
It might be the case that the wire cable run I see is not connected. And I also think, unfortunately, that the radio/media unit I have won't support a camera. Now I have to decide if I want to spend the money and hassle to have the rear view camera.

 

If you have a 2014 and the basic entune stereo that displays the warning, a camera will work, but sounds like you didn't run the wiring and hook it the backup light trigger or have the wrong camera installed. If all you did was install a camera in the tailgate, and that doesn't work, you might need to wire the camera to the stereo yourself. Plenty of threads showing how to check for prewiring or not. There is no setting under the basic entune turn the camera on through the stereo, as far as I know from having that one. It only is triggered by the trigger wire spliced into the reverse light which tells the stereo to supply power to the camera. The stock stereo only puts out 6v to the camera as well. I'd assume that's the same for prewired since I spliced the power wire from the headunit to the camera. What is the input voltage of your camera that you bought?

 

Hi Winkeldc. Thanks for your response and trouble shooting ideas. The camera is 12 volts dc. And yes, all I did was install the camera. It fits exactly where the placeholder part is and accepts the wiring harness plug in. I assumed (and apparently wrongly) that that wiring harness is hooked up to the appropriate source to tell the system there's a camera there. I get what you are saying that the prompt from putting it into reverse needs to happen. If I understand your answer correctly, that would be splicing into the rear light power source, but do I add that into the existing wiring harness? Or are you saying it needs to run all the way up to the radio and get installed there. Thank you in advance for your help!!

 

You don't need to splice anything if you have the proper wiring from the factory. There are different options for the camera that will fit into the factory position, but they all require different voltage. It would help to know what camera you installed. The OEM?

So first you need to check whether you have wiring in place. On the camera harness you installed in the tailgate and plugged into behind the bumper, that is a four wire if I remember correctly. But on the truck side going to the cab, you need to check that to see if it also has all four wires also going to the cab. If that wiring on the truck side has four wires going to the cab, check the voltage on the power wire when in reverse. If your camera needs 12v and only 6v is being supplied, that could be the issue. I suspect you don't have the right wiring harness to the cab.

If you only have two wires going to the cab at that harness, you need to buy a wiring harness and install that to the head unit. Because you have the camera, you can't just buy a harness. you still need to check the voltage input of the camera you installed, if you buy a new wiring harness to install from the bumper to the head unit. If that camera you have is a 12v input you can't just do a direct wire since the power output from the stock head unit is only 6v. The trigger wire to the head unit from the reverse lights

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is 12v but the head unit cuts that to 6v for sending power to the camera. The camera comes on when powered and that's what triggers the head unit to display the camera.

 

FWIW: That first pic of the wiring harness with the tailgate down looks like the factory one in my 2014 which has the camera listed on the original factory window sticker. It also has the factory yellow instruction sticker on the bed/right side near the tailgate, -and- as an added bonus, also had a protective cap for the harness connector in the glove-box to be installed in the event the tailgate is removed. The camera is very good/accurate and only stumbles a bit when it's wet and there is water on it.

 

@winkeldc: The OEM for the camera I got is from Levan Light (made in China). Got it on Amazon. LL states that the camera is made to OEM standards, which would be Toyota. The camera is listed specifically for 2014/2015 Toyota Tacomas. I will look to see about the 4 wire part you described. While I have lots of great skills, this might be getting in over my head as to running wire, etc. Thank you for all the time and effort!

 

I have a 2014 Standard Cab 2.7L (without navigation) with backup camera issues.

Thanks for troubleshooting and link into Camera Source but I am still without an image. I can remove the tailgate covering but I don't know how that will help me because I don't know what to be checking to know the a) head unit, b) harness and c) camera are OK.

My questions:

(1) Can I test the head unit (without navigation) for my 2014 Std Cab 2.7L? I read in the Camera Source blog that I could reset the unit by a) disconnecting the battery b) honk the horn to discharge capacitors. Great, but it appeared to not work because I didn't get any sound from the horn, and when I reconnected the battery and started the truck the clock was wonky (good) but my display and other head unit electronics had not changed (eg. customized audio bluetooth). Has anyone had results resetting a 2014 std cab head unit without nav?
(2) Once I'm in the tailgate and have looked at the wiring, what should be verified so that I know it is sending the image or not. Can I use a multimeter?

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