bt1987
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- 2014 Ford PIU
This evening, I completed installation of an OEM backup camera in my 2014 PIU. The camera, plastic mounting shroud, and wiring harness came from a chrome liftgate trim piece, same 2011-2015 model design. I was unable to source the male end of the 8 pin connector used by Ford for the backup camera/license plate wiring harness, so I wound up having to cut the harness off and use spade blade quick disconnects to connect the license plate lights, camera wires, and camera power control wires.
I have previously enabled the backup camera in my FCDIM via Forscan, and was able to install the wires in pins 6 and 12 of the FCDIM plug. I ran the two power lines to the BCM on C2280C pin 12 and C2280D pin 8. The video cable shield is connected to a bolt on the steel frame behind the FCDIM mounting location. The camera ground is connected to a mounting bolt for the key lock cylinder on the liftgate.
The camera display turns on just fine when I put the vehicle in reverse, but the display itself is jumpy, squiggly, and full of lines. The best I can describe it is like an old VHS tape. I have provided a link to a YouTube video of the display. I have added ferrite chokes to each end of the video line as well to try and reduce interference, but it didn't change anything. Is this a bad camera itself?
On a side note, there is an icon for a Zoom feature but when I push the buttons under the display, nothing happens. Do I need to adjust other values in Forscan?
Link to video:
Thanks for the info!
I have previously enabled the backup camera in my FCDIM via Forscan, and was able to install the wires in pins 6 and 12 of the FCDIM plug. I ran the two power lines to the BCM on C2280C pin 12 and C2280D pin 8. The video cable shield is connected to a bolt on the steel frame behind the FCDIM mounting location. The camera ground is connected to a mounting bolt for the key lock cylinder on the liftgate.
The camera display turns on just fine when I put the vehicle in reverse, but the display itself is jumpy, squiggly, and full of lines. The best I can describe it is like an old VHS tape. I have provided a link to a YouTube video of the display. I have added ferrite chokes to each end of the video line as well to try and reduce interference, but it didn't change anything. Is this a bad camera itself?
On a side note, there is an icon for a Zoom feature but when I push the buttons under the display, nothing happens. Do I need to adjust other values in Forscan?
Link to video:
Thanks for the info!