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~DIY: $130 Rear View Camera with OEM integration (vendors will hate me)~
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01-24-2015, 05:18 PM | #133 |
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oh, I have another update to my issues, I have double check the cables and despite the fact that I have drawn that wiring diagram I noticed that I made a small error connecting my cables. Double checked everything (according to the diagram), fixed the wrong connection, used volt meter (ohms) to make sure I have good connections, twisted the brown and green cable from the emulator and also twisted back the cables from the CIC (pin 9 and 11). Turn on the vehicle, put the car in reverse and boom, PDC display is back, camera is on and all looks just great. Oh and coding was done as per OP and not as per emulator seller.
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01-24-2015, 05:23 PM | #134 |
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01-24-2015, 05:37 PM | #135 |
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01-25-2015, 02:13 AM | #137 |
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worth what it cost, took me some time as my car is daily driver so every time I could not finish I put everything back together, but it works, one thing is to make sure you get the wide angle camera, the one I got from following the link of the OP is flat one, I don't see the far sides of my car
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01-25-2015, 04:06 AM | #138 |
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I managed to activate the parkmenu using dummy and not coding tool, now I have two problems: the rear camera works but I have 10 errors in canbus and the camera is always activ , if I connect the reverse need a filter otherwise the signal is disturbed when the car is in motion
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01-25-2015, 09:40 PM | #139 |
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Great thread OP. I just sent a PM regarding install and coding.
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01-25-2015, 11:38 PM | #140 | |
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I will need to find sometime to actually pull everything apart and check again. Maybe I can use your help. If you use Whatsapp or viber etc I could potentially message you, would be a lot quicker. If you have the time that is. Will obviously work around your time zone
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01-26-2015, 09:50 AM | #141 | |
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01-30-2015, 08:54 AM | #144 |
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Don't take this route!!
For everyone reading this post, I cannot recommend this rear camera install.
As much as like to save money it simply is not worth the hassle. Despite even paying a professional installer do the work (he has done over 50 rear camera installs) and a highly skilled coder they could not make it work. Even Grzes, with whom I have been in extensive contact and who ultimately got an image, would probably agree the install is fraught with pitfalls. I have spent hours scouring the internet looking for lots of positives on this DIY and they simply do not exist. If you really want a rear camera (and not a time-consuming headache) go with the engineered solutions offered by Bimmertech, Alekshop, etc. I sure as heck wish I did! The Chinese ebay seller: autofocustech is incapable of providing any useful support. Last edited by Ozam; 02-01-2015 at 09:56 PM.. |
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01-30-2015, 09:13 AM | #145 |
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Yeah it sounds like the expensive options are sadly the only hassle free way of getting this to work. I wonder whats different between the Chinese emulator and the ones in the more expensive kits (other than the fact they actually work). Don't know if anyone here had bought a decent kit and could maybe provide pictures of the wiring diagram for their kit etc? Although it's probably all the same connections and just the programing that's different.
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01-30-2015, 09:57 AM | #147 | |
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I don't understand what issues people are having??
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01-30-2015, 09:58 AM | #148 |
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More than likely the expensive kits use the same hardware.
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01-30-2015, 10:47 AM | #149 |
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agreed
the guts of the emulators probably are the same. However, what you are paying extra for is a 100% tested plug and play solution (and a little bit higher quality hardware).
Most of us would not be on this forum if we were not willing to work through issues on our own but in this case it is very difficult to troubleshoot the install and eliminate problems. Again, at the end of the day there are simply not enough "satisfied customers" to recommend taking the "cheap" route. I'm not saying it does not work, only that you have been warned!!! |
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01-30-2015, 11:22 AM | #150 |
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For those aspiring to this mod, I thought I'd share my experience. My current car a merc, is my first car with a rear view camera on an 8" screen including active guide lines (and parking sensors front and rear). What I can safely say is the rear camera is a compete and utter waste of space.
I would be so much happier to swap this for the (best in class) full size image of the car and its coloured radar sensors that you get across the full screen on a BMW. On a B|M its well located, in one place and big enough to see both the front and the rear of the car with its excellent graphics of where things are. Knowing what I know now I'd be very happy to not have a rear camera again. |
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01-30-2015, 11:31 AM | #151 |
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need an emulator
Does anyone have an e9X emulator they did not use and want to sell? I am going to have to double check my install (again) and would like the ability to simply switch out the emulator if all else fails. After which I give up!!
If so, please PM me. Thanks greatly! |
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01-30-2015, 11:26 PM | #152 |
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Please don't take it the wrong way, I made it to work, but here is some questions and observations I have:
for once you have never mention the canbus errors that are constantly coming up, second my directional lines are on and off, seams like they are having a good day and bad day which as nice as I would love to have them they are not crucial. The canbus errors indicate that this system is not working as everyone would expect, I am not sure how or why they were never mentioned here, unless for some magic thing you do not have any errors. Last thing I want is coming to the dealer for some service or when something is off with the car and they scan it and then say "well, here you go, you played with our system and it is your fault now". I can't say it is not working, the camera is working, I don't understand why other have problem as well, after all if they do follow my diagram (colour connection not working, in my case every colour on the emulator did not match colours on the vehicle harness). Is it how those cables are twisted?? well maybe but again, bus errors is not something I want to see after doing DIY like this, might as well have no camera but have error free car. I honestly wish the errors were mentioned cause I would not touch this if I knew. |
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01-30-2015, 11:29 PM | #153 | |
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01-30-2015, 11:36 PM | #154 | |
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