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Old 08-29-2015, 01:59 AM   #74
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Originally Posted by SVXdc View Post
Error! "Len Solt" (YouTube guy) connected his camera's black ground lead to the HU's parking brake input pin (#6). Doh!

It still works because the camera also gets ground via the RCA plug/jack.

See pin-out of the 16-pin socket and more info here.

If you run the camera's ground lead to the back of the HU, you'll want to use pin #15, which is below the pin you use for camera power (#7). But if your camera's ground lead is short and ends near the camera (as is the case on most eBay cameras), you can just connect the camera's ground lead to a good chassis ground point somewhere near the camera at the back of the car -- no need to extend that to the HU.

Thanks for taking the time to point out my error. I will move that ground wire when I'm in there next time. I'd have never known as the camera works fine.
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