Backup Camera Activation

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(keydiver @ Apr 10 2006, 12:02 PM) [snapback]237514[/snapback]</div>

Thanks, keydiver. Now I want to drill holes into my car and hook up PS2. Then I'll be able to play few rounds of game during lunch hour.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(car @ Apr 9 2006, 04:35 PM) [snapback]237264[/snapback]</div>

Ah! I'm glad you solved it so simply. We (well, Keydiver) already has that figured out as well. There are some cryptic notes on the bottom of the same "anytime reverse camera" page that discusses it. Eventually I'll have pictuers and instructions on that page. But if you can do the camera thing, you can certainly do the input thing.

 

I like what you did to activate the back up camera and I am amazed how easy it is. I wanted to know it there is a better camera available. Maybe one that was not so fisheye but just a regular camera so that you could get a better perspective of what you are seeing.

 

Would this be a correct schematic for the anytime camera mod? I just want to make sure because I'm going to start my version of this mod based on this schematic.

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Yup. Looks perfect. I should probably include a smaller version of that line drawing on the how-to page.

 

Feel free to use my schematic. If you need a smaller and maybe a different color version just let me know and I can make a few changes. I just got kind of lazy on the one I posted. I did not think anyone would want to use it.

 

Here is a better version. I whipped out Electronics Workbench and Photoshop to do this one.

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Oooh! Very pretty. I'll use that one on my page!

 

Hey this anytime camera mod sounds pretty pointless and challenging - just my kinda project!
I was planning on doing an EV button install anyway, so maybe I can do it all with a single dash disassembly.
End result will be new toggle switch and momentary contact switch side by side in the (formerly) blank cover plates of my 2006. If I'm gonna void the warranty, might as well go all the way!

I have a couple of questions though:

1) Are you techies disconnecting the 12v battery first to avoid potential shorts during install? Would this have prevented the blown fuses mentioned in earlier post?

2) Seems as though just about any 16-22 gauge stranded wire would work, but what type/gauge of wire is recommended, and why? For the EV mod, I recall 22 gauge being suggested. Was this to accomodate the stock crimp-on pins? Seems awful thin, but if thats what works best, who am I too argue?

Thanks for all the great tips and advice - keep 'em coming.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jmccord @ May 3 2006, 10:14 PM) [snapback]249550[/snapback]</div>

My kind of guy! That was my attraction too.

You'll have to come up with something else - like crushing the car, maybe - neither of these is gonna void anything.

Not a techie, but I'll answer anyway. I did NOT disconnect the battery, though I should have. It may have prevented the blown fuses... but then I didn't disconnect OR blow any fuses, so you take your chances.

It doesn't really matter what gauge you use for any of this stuff. The runs are quite short and you aren't carrying any real current. I used what I had, and it was something like 20 gauge for both projects.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(keydiver @ May 4 2006, 11:33 AM) [snapback]249806[/snapback]</div>

Pretty good thinking! And which wire was the speed sensor again????

 

Beautiful!
A complete trifecta of electrical mods (EV, camera, and speed sensor)!
Probably best to complete and test one at a time to simplify any troubleshooting.
Other than the speed sensor, would there be any problem with testing EV switch and camera activation prior to dash reassembly? Can't think of any, but haven't been inside the dash yet either.

Keydriver - got a RS part number for that switch?

What are the other implications of speed sensor deactivation? Has this been covered in another thread?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(keydiver @ May 4 2006, 02:33 PM) [snapback]249806[/snapback]</div>

From what I can tell, if you have NAV there is another purple wire to disconnect at the same time for the speed defeat. Can anyone confirm this? The combo backup / speed defeat switch is the first mod I'm going to do after I pick up my prius tomorrow. Assuming both purple wires need to be switched, that'll probably require me to do two separate switches (unless I find a double-pole-triple-throw switch somewhere).
Thanks for the ongoing info, keydiver! (and all)

 

OK! So we switch the purple one that's right next to the pink one here, yes? Just how many more mods are we gonna find back there? Do they make 5-way switches?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(darelldd @ May 4 2006, 03:30 PM) [snapback]249917[/snapback]</div>

You could put in a selector knob instead of a switch. That should take care of any extra mods.

 

I love GEEKS!! What part of any of this voids the warrentee? I didn't get an extended, just what came with my Pkg #3, is what I have.

I've had my car a week, and have had three different friends suggest how awesome it'd be if they (we're all computer/video geeks) could see out the backup camera ALL the time... so here we are... I REALLY want to do this, but does it f*ck the warrentee?

GEEKS rule always.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tarafina @ May 5 2006, 03:10 PM) [snapback]250488[/snapback]</div>

NO.

Welcome to PC, btw (oops, I joined a few days after you). Welcome to Prius Ownership. The question of warranty comes up about five times a day around here. The short of it is that NOTHING can void the warranty unless what you do screws something up that you then want covered. There's no such thing as a modification that can simply void the entire warranty.