I just ordered a VTL350 Boyo license plate camera online and am going to be hooking it up to my Pioneer P4100DVD over this weekend. I just want to see if there is anyone else out there with this plate camera (or a similar one) that can lend some advise with the install.
From what I've read I just have to get under the truck, zip tie the video lead from the cam along the harness up to the front of the truck. Then just run it into the cab through the floor (or firewall?) and plug it into the headunit. Where does the harness come into the cab?
Do I have to remove some interior panels to get to it?
Will it flip to the camera automatically when I put it in reverse? Any idea what the polarity setting is as well?
Just hoping some folks can shed light on this, I didn't find a whole lot regarding my year and this model of camera while searching. Thanks!
PS. I also picked up the Pioneer BTB200 Bluetooth module and plan to install that while I'm doing the license plate camera too. The procedure looks simple enough to put it in, but I am curious where the folks that have this thing have the main unit located. Behind the radio somewhere? Is there a spot behind the glove box to stash it? Should I be worried about having access to the reset button easily, or is the unit pretty bug-free that it's not a huge concern?
Last edited by teh fretster; 04-29-2009 at 10:24 PM.
I just ordered a VTL350 Boyo license plate camera online and am going to be hooking it up to my Pioneer P4100DVD over this weekend. I just want to see if there is anyone else out there with this plate camera (or a similar one) that can lend some advise with the install.
From what I've read I just have to get under the truck, zip tie the video lead from the cam along the harness up to the front of the truck. Then just run it into the cab through the floor (or firewall?) and plug it into the headunit. Where does the harness come into the cab?
Do I have to remove some interior panels to get to it?
Will it flip to the camera automatically when I put it in reverse? Any idea what the polarity setting is as well?
Just hoping some folks can shed light on this, I didn't find a whole lot regarding my year and this model of camera while searching. Thanks!
PS. I also picked up the Pioneer BTB200 Bluetooth module and plan to install that while I'm doing the license plate camera too. The procedure looks simple enough to put it in, but I am curious where the folks that have this thing have the main unit located. Behind the radio somewhere? Is there a spot behind the glove box to stash it? Should I be worried about having access to the reset button easily, or is the unit pretty bug-free that it's not a huge concern?
I have the same BU Cam. You run the harness into the truck where you see fit. I came in under the rear seats where I have my amps and just ran the wires up to the head unit in the same place my speaker wires and Sirius antenne run. Bottom line is you need to get the wires to the head unit. I drilled a small hole, installed a rubber gromet and then sealed the whole thing up with silicone sealant. I also used that black flex sleeve on the lead from the cam into the truck and then zip tied it to frame.
__________________ 2007 Tundra DC SR5 TRD Nautical Blue, 5.7, 4X4, Toytec 2.5" front lift, 1" rear block, Diff. drop kit, BFG AT KOs 305/65R/18, JVC KW-AVX810 head unit, HD Radio, Sirius, JVC CH X1500 12 disc CD changer, Scosche piano black dash kit, Alpine 550 4 channel amp 90 watts per channel, Focal 165 V1 components front, Cliff Designs CD60-4C Components rear, Modified Pioneer sealed sub box, MTX Audio TT 6510-04 10" shallow sub, Alpine 450 mono amp 220 watts, R/F 1 farad digital capacitor, All 4 doors and rear wall DynaMatt, Hard wired Escort Passport 8500 X50, Boyo VLT 300 rear veiw camera.
I've managed to get the wires run and camera installed; however I am having one hell of a time finding the mythical reverse wire. Everything I've been able to find on this site and the whole of the internet (by way of Google) points to a red wire with a black stripe in the drivers kick-panel. I've managed to find about 3 of these and tapped all of them; none work when being put in reverse. I have tried having the head-unit set to ground and battery for polarity, no dice. I can activate the camera fine by pressing the 'rear view' button on my 4100 screen, so I know it works... it's just this wire that's holding up the show.
Supposedly this wire is on a 5-wire white connection, the only one I can see is way in the back of the kick-panel area above a smaller yellow connection (I think that has 3-4 wires on it). This is the only other location I haven't tried because I cannot get the connector off to be able to get to it with the wire and tools to tap it.
I've also read some posts saying its a red/yellow wire... I just don't know what to do. I am not going to start tapping into stuff left and right just to find it but thus far I'm having zero luck.
Can someone please advise or post a picture of where this wire is at? It's driving me absolutely crazy.
Last edited by teh fretster; 05-03-2009 at 07:16 PM.
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2007 Tundra DC SR5 TRD Nautical Blue, 5.7, 4X4, Toytec 2.5" front lift, 1" rear block, Diff. drop kit, BFG AT KOs 305/65R/18, JVC KW-AVX810 head unit, HD Radio, Sirius, JVC CH X1500 12 disc CD changer, Scosche piano black dash kit, Alpine 550 4 channel amp 90 watts per channel, Focal 165 V1 components front, Cliff Designs CD60-4C Components rear, Modified Pioneer sealed sub box, MTX Audio TT 6510-04 10" shallow sub, Alpine 450 mono amp 220 watts, R/F 1 farad digital capacitor, All 4 doors and rear wall DynaMatt, Hard wired Escort Passport 8500 X50, Boyo VLT 300 rear veiw camera.
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