Reverse Camera on stock 2015 head unit
 

Hey all,

I have a 2015 BRZ with the OEM Subaru/Fujitsu head unit.

I have a few questions:
1) I was wondering if anyone has installed a reverse cam?
2) How well does it work with the head unit?
3) What camera did you buy?
4) What How To/DIY guide did you follow (if any)?

Thanks in advance!

Most difficult part was routing the wires from the headunit to the trunk.

Thank you for your reply. It helped me greatly.

Did the harness help a lot? Was it easy to install?

Did you have to purchase the "Reverse Trigger Wire" that was mentioned in the AutoHarnessHouse link?

Thank you.

The harness allowed for a 100% plug and play install. Could I have pieced together a homemade harness with the correct wiring and relay? Yes, but I felt that the pre-made harness was well worth it. The harness allowed for easy integration of the backup camera to the head unit with minimal headaches and complications.

I was originally going to purchase the harness from http://ae64.com/Products.htm but I found that the link I posted earlier was cheaper and had everything I needed. I did not have to purchase the Reverse Trigger Wire and everything functions properly.

I was planning to go with the harness + camera from Beatsonic:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41673

Seems the most straight forward and I know it'll work since so many have tried it.

really wanna do this.....but I need a beer & buddy to do it

This can be applied to more than just backup camera installation.

My notes from when I put a backup cam in my 2013. Maybe the info can help.

• Rydeen Duo backup Camera discussion/directions - http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=17020&page=8
• Rydeen Duo “ZH07-150B” - http://www.rydeenmobile.com/Backup%2...upCameras.html
• Adapter for camera to stock radio - http://ae64.com/Ordering.htm
• Trim removal tools - [ame="http://www.amazon.com/No-Scratch-Tools-Removing-Fastener-Molding/dp/B000LNBLTK/"]http://www.ft86club.com/forums/image...mazon_icon.gif[/ame] [ame="http://www.amazon.com/No-Scratch-Tools-Removing-Fastener-Molding/dp/B000LNBLTK/"] http://www.amazon.com/No-Scratch-Tools-Removing-Fastener-Molding/dp/B000LNBLTK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352609353&sr=8-2&keywords=car+trim+pry+tool[/ame]
• Install instructions: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32452
• Install instructions from ae64.com for adapter: http://ae64.com/Rear-camera-install-16p-FT.htm

Great resource, those are all the links I've bookmarked for my install as well. If I can add, this is the cable that you want: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...3&postcount=78

ae64.com has three different cables listed and being an audio noob I wasn't sure which one to get, but was advised on that one.

That large black box on the harness (relay?), did you secure it somewhere?

I just let it hang around in the bundle of wires lol. it's pretty tight in there so I doubt it will be moving a lot.

I am super HU noob. Where does the parking brake connector (DRL connector) go with the autoharness version? Did you splice into the harness?

The parking brake signal already goes to the head unit, you unplug that connector and plug it into this one if I'm remembering my install correctly. I recommend the harness as well since it was super simple to connect. The only thing you do with the harness is plug in your video cable from the camera and connect the 12V power to the camera. Make sure you get a camera that can tolerate the 12V.

There's no 16-pin to connect it back into, check it out.
Two 10-pins, so whatever you take out, you connect it back into the harness.

But there's only one 16-pin connector.

Speaking of the 10-pin, I'm having a nightmare with this, it's not keyed correctly to the back of the head unit.


Why is this so difficult? Should've been easy, plug, and play. :help:

http://www.autoharnesshouse.com/1/pr...amera_conn.jpg

I didn't do anything for the parking brake signal. You can verify the functionality in the diagnostics menu for the head unit (hold down the 3 buttons). As for the connector, I remember that mine didn't go all the way in but I never really looked into why it didn't because I didn't have any functionality issues.

How are the wires hooked up on that 16 pin connector? If I'm remembering correctly, they connect the parking brake to ground and do a bypass on the signal.

http://www.dzsphotography.com/Cars/O..._8470986-L.jpg

Basically, the original 16-pin connector has the parking wire on it, and only a park wire on it.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...4&d=1341456059

You pull out this 16-pin connector, plug in the autoharnesshouse 16-pin connector, and the original just dangles there since there's no 16-pin female connector on the harness.

You are right about the harness, the #3 pin is connects to the relay, which I guess is ground since they're using a black wire, but that bypass signal basically tells the HU that the parking brake is always on. When you're driving around it looks like this...
http://www.autoharnesshouse.com/1/pr...w/7549tut4.JPG

If the parking brake is "on", DRL's also will not turn on.

I tried splicing the original parking brake wire onto the #3 pin on the autoharnesshouse, and disconnecting it from the relay, but now all it does is turns "on" and "off", but DRL's still won't run...

Are you're DRL's working after using the harness? (When parking brake is "off", DRL's are running, when parking brake is "on", DRL's turn off).

Not really sure what to do here...

My drl's work as they should. I don't think you should have to mess with the harness, I never had to with mine...the old plug just hangs there.

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I'll have to check my diagnostics screen tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure the parking brake signal works correctly.

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