Technical requirements to instal ORIGINAL Toyota rear view camera

Hi guys,


I've found on some salvage yards some Prius cars which have rear view camera, and those companies sell the cameras for 2-300USD. What do you think about the price? In Romania, the rear view camera WITHOUT the damn VAT 19% cost 900USD, at Toyota importer!!!:jaw: I don't want to pay so much on this camera!:frusty:
Also, I've opened previously a topic http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...a-prius-rear-view-camera-where-procure-2.html regarding how and where to procure the camera. If someone can give me suggestions on that topic, I would appreciate.

I would like to know if something else is missing from electric/electronic part of a normal Prius without rear view camera, excluding the screws and the camera body itself. Does it have all the electrical wires connected from the back to the MFD?

Does other board or box is missing and needs to be buy with the camera? The camera just needs to be plugged inside a socket and works directly?

You have in attach how the camera body looks..

I'm waiting your reply with interest, please someone clarify for me this..


Best regards,
Andrei

 

They are salvage yards in US, North America. I've bought different stuff from eBay US, I hadn't any problem. Why to not ship just this small part of the car in Europe?

 

I've found it with different prices between 200 and 300USD at salvage yards, not from dealers. Just search better and you'll find.. For those interested, I can provide some contacts, 300USD is way to expensive for me.

Anyway, does Prius have everything necessary, just to plug in this camera and everything works fine?

Does it have the supplementary wires or modules for rear view camera?

 

It's enabling automatically when you enter the gear shift in Reverse mode, and from the menu of the MFD. You have an option there which enables it..

Unfortunately I'm not in my country now and I cannot dismantle my Prius, so I prefer to ask someone who knows if Prius has or not the cabling for rear camera already.

 

Dear Patrick & rest of the readers,

I've studied the schematic of the Prius, and I've found some interesting things: the camera is connected directly to MFD in pins 27-30. What meanings have those inputs (as my opinion is):

PIN 27 (V+): it should be +12V. Must be measured by someone or to analyze the schematic to tell us. I don't have nervs to do that..:rip:
PIN 28 (V-): it should be neither GND (Ground), or neither -12V or something. Maybe I'm wrong, because most of the cameras work with "+" and "GND" power supply. As you can see, it's connected to the shield of the cable, so 95% should be the whole GND of the vehicle.
PIN 29 (CA+): this is the video input pin into MFD. It's video composite and has the same signal as any video camera from market.
PIN 30 (CGND): most of the time annotated as Common Ground

If someone knows exactly what it is, please clarify for us..


UPDATE (after 10 minutes): Guys, you know what RTFM means? Let me tell you: "read the fu*king manual!":cheer2:
Take a look in archive attached, it says everything you want to know about the rear camera, how to install it, how to troubleshoot it and how it's connected! Also, you have all the explanations of the wires, exactly as I've told you up with 10 rows.:rockon:

Also, read those topics carefully, it says everything about the activation of the camera (see: http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-prius-modifications/14990-backup-camera-activation.html and) and the front-rear camera install instructions (see: http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...tion-front-rear-view-camera-8.html#post325159).

Good luck!