Glad you have had good experiences with those splice connectors, I have not! They are almost outlawed with anyone I know, but the rear tail lamps have actual solder tabs at the back for adding wiring without harming the original loom. I know its solder but its handy enough, food for thought, love your content, keep it up
Hey Colm! It's funny you mentioned this as I did not have good luck with these after about 30 days. I've since switched to a soldered solution as well. Thank for following the channel! 🙏
So I worked on my GX470 this weekend tryng to figure out why the rear wiper washer wasn't working. It turns out that I had a Sony unit installed a few years ago for my daughter and he installed a similar if not the same camera. What i found when I traced the issue for the wiper washer was that the connection got pulled apart very likely when he installed the camera and went through the rear door wiring gromets. You can see at about 20:35 in your video, the nipple for the washer connection is not connected. You can see it right beside your finger pointing at about 10PM direction. This is the same view I had of mine when I went looking for where it connected. I pulled the grommet of wires out like you did and I noticed the nipple connection wasn't connected and I had to take the left rear quarter inside panel off similar to what you did to hide the wire and run it to the front. Then I was able to see the other end of the tubing connection for the wiper washer. It was a real pain to get the two pieces of tubing to connect back given the very limited space back there. But I was able to and now have functional rear washer again. Just a heads up if your rear washer is not working and you didn't notice or have found this yet. You'll have wiper fluid all over the rear passenger carpet and floor. Assuming you ever use the rear wiper washer. Most people use it very little if any, so might never notice it. Lastly I'll say that I suppose if you pull that bundle of wires out like you did, I don't think the tube it connects to on the other end will pull with it, so once you pull that bundle of wires a bit through the panel, it'll likely just disconnect. Be careful because then if you ever use the washer, it will send fluid down inside the passenger rear quarter. I had to dry mine out with a fan blowing on it most of the day. I suspect this happened to my installer as well and either he didn't notice it, most likely, or did and didn't take the time to fix it. Regarding the video for this install, great work and explanations. Keep up the good videos you do.
Thank you for the feedback Steve! Yes, the washer fluid hose did come disconnected on me and I had to go reconnect after realizing what happened. Thankfully I caught it early and didnt have a wet carpet, but it could have been bad. Glad to hear you got things connected up and working!
Thank you!! This video is going to wrap up a few different issues for me(stripped license plate fastener, rear sub speaker, backup camera fix). After that, I can FINALLY button up the trim pieces around my PX6. I put in the 6x9 front speakers & 6.5 in. rear door speakers this morning. Had to stop cause my son had a soccer tournament. Glad I did cause I'd hate to get it done then have to pull off the rear trim pieces that cover the sub again. Ordering the backup camera & extra stuff tonight! Thanks again for putting this video out. Much appreciated!!
@@Awesomoto, I got the backup camera installed. Hooked it all up(getting the yellow RCA jack w/trigger wire through that door grommet was a PITA! LoL. Ended up using electrical tape & attached it to a straight piece of a metal hanger, then spraying it with WD-40). Got done & temporarily ran the wire over the seats & to the HU. Put the car in reverse and...nothing. went into the settings & made a few adjustments. Still nothing. Decided to re-check all my connections. Ended up finding that the splicer clip didn't cut fully through the coating of the wire. Just needed to go back into the settings and find the proper video resolution setting to get a picture.
Awesome video. Thank you. Tip: my camera wire was so small that the clips did not make contact verify and be aware that you may need to use a different connector.
I was hoping at some point you would swap that original cam out so I would learn how lol! Only thing is I want to relocate my spare tire from under my GX to the rear door and that changes things for me a bit. Great work as usual brochacho!
Thanks David!! 🙏🏻 I’m eventually going to mount the spare tire to the rear door and when I go that route I plan on getting one of those camera mounts made for the center wheel cap.
👏 well all I can say is thank you! Great content and I'm sure I'll will have questions when I start the process! I might have to watch this one like 100 times lol 😆
Thanks Kaisar! Let me know if you have any questions when you do the install. I kept this video longer to maintain all the steps so it can help guide people better. I think I only did one time lapse section.
Just installed mine and I wish I would have seen this before hand. I actually mounted mine to the bottom of the old camera. Used the sticky pad and screws to told it on there.
@@Awesomoto I am curious if you have had any problems with the radio volume? My Phoenix was installed when I bought the GX and the previous owner had the same problem. The issue is when you start the car and radio boots the volume sometimes will be blaringly loud. Any ideas on how to fix?
Can that head unit compatible do 360/panorama virtual camera view? ...I've seen the same unit advertised around and some places suggest that it is (needs four cameras installing).
Great question! I'm not sure if it is capable of the 360 cameras, but that would be awesome to have. I do know there are multiple camera inputs, so maybe its possible. I've considered putting a front facing camera in, so maybe I can do that to test the theory.
Your videos are really great. Could not have installed my Tesla style nav without them. Ran into a problem installing the backup cam. Videos were great for running wires and making connections but my 2007 GX470 is a little different. The Camera has no screws on the sides. How do I remove this one? Wish I could upload pics.
Hey Henry! Thank you, I'm glad these videos are helpful! Just so I understand properly, when you are talking about the screws on the side of the camera, you are talking about the OEM camera on your vehicle? If wasnt aware they changed the camera from 05 to 07, but regardless I think if you dont see screws on the outside I would take off the inner door panel...there should be screws on the back.
@@AwesomotoI have no screws. I discovered that the OEM camera harness still sends 6 volts to the camera when I put it in reverse. I am going to tap the video coming out of the original equipment camera. The OEM camera harness has 4 wires, two are pos & neg 6 volts, the other two are video out and ground. I am going to attach the trigger wire to my backup light 12 volt positive. I will let you know.
No, unfortunately they use different voltage levels to drive the signals. You would need to add a voltage converter circuit for this. I recommend finding one that is designed for the OEM head unit.
Strange thread for an update but ….. got the alpha garage grill installed! Totally digging it. The lights aren’t hooked up yet but WHAT A CHANGE. Wish I could share a photo of the rig with the eibach lift, motegi rims, wild peaks rubber, JW Off-road tire carrier, sport lights, phoenix head unit, and aftermarket seat cover installed. Totally sick. I’m thinking rock sliders and steering wheel restoration (like yours) and I’m set. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. You will love the grill mod!!!! Cheers 🍻
Hey HOLTSIMAGES, Thanks for reaching out with your question. The description of your problem indicates that your trigger wire might not be connected or the splice in it was bad. You can check the connection at the rear door and at the unit. Also, measuring with a volt meter, it should measure 12v when car is in reverse. Let me know if you have any other issues or questions. Hope this helps!
Thank you for this! Followed your video and everything worked out perfect. Ran smooth for 2 days but today I can’t seem to get it to work anymore. Any ideas or tips to troubleshoot this?
Hey ItchyNissan! Thanks for reaching out. A good way to troubleshoot this is with a multimeter set to the volts setting. Measure that you have 12v on the trigger signal and video at the head unit. If not, check those connections at the rear door where you spliced in. I’m assuming the 12v to the camera or the trigger line came undone. Let me know if you get it fixed with this approach.
@@Awesomoto Yep, we rechecked all connections. We got 12v. My wife actually figured out that the camera is turning on because she selected the Car icon on the phoenix unit and the reverse cam came up on the screen. So now we're trying to figure out why it won't automatically switch the screen to the reverse came when it's put in reverse. really strange.
@@ttz32 Ah! Great work troubleshooting and relaying the information because it helps me understand what you’ve tried. I think you might not have the trigger connected to the right wire on the back of the unit.
@@Awesomoto thanks! The GXOR FB page says that it’s the windshield washer tube, not a drain tube. Saw some posts there showing quite a bit of disassembly to get it reattached. Yikes. I think I’m going to try to unwrap the tape carefully. Also read that you can poke a hole in the rubber grommet to feed the wire through.
@@stephenliu7383 Yeah, it’s the washer fluid, I just didn’t want to correct you on it as the main point is that yes it needs to be reconnected. That route is definitely valid and you can poke a hole in it and feed it through. Just be careful when you pull that grommet out so you don’t disconnect the tube. Let me know if you need help on it!
I was just about to say something about that hose cuz I ran into the same problem. The hose was way to short to try and get back on. Luckily I had a long section of the same hose already so I was able to fish that up to reconnect. It still was not fun and took way longer than it needed too.
@@Awesomoto yeah I didn’t know the washer hose had a barn fitting right there. when I pulled on all the wires the hose pulled off the other barb fitting and there was no getting that back on
Hey man, any chance you can tell me what your baud rating is set at in your secret menu? I messed with them and can't recall what the default was. Thanks!
Wow, I’m sorry I missed your comment gKnow. I’m not exactly sure what my settings are as I’m not in front of my car, but you should be able to do a reset on the unit to get the defaults back.
Thanks again Fabian! The head unit is doing well and I intend on installing the upgraded software from the dude who sells it online and doing a review video.
Nice to see another Orlando GX. Thanks for the video man
Hey Zach! Thanks for reaching out. Yeah, I'm over here off the coast not far from Orlando. We need to get a GXOR FL meet going!
Glad you have had good experiences with those splice connectors, I have not! They are almost outlawed with anyone I know, but the rear tail lamps have actual solder tabs at the back for adding wiring without harming the original loom. I know its solder but its handy enough, food for thought, love your content, keep it up
Hey Colm! It's funny you mentioned this as I did not have good luck with these after about 30 days. I've since switched to a soldered solution as well. Thank for following the channel! 🙏
Thanks for dorking around!
lol of course! I love dorking around on the GX!
I see your rear window washer squirter came undone too. I wished I'd noticed first time I watched that was a pain in the butt to get hooked back up.
Hey Mitchell, I learned the hard way too and had to reconnect later...it was not so fun, but eventually I got it.
So I worked on my GX470 this weekend tryng to figure out why the rear wiper washer wasn't working. It turns out that I had a Sony unit installed a few years ago for my daughter and he installed a similar if not the same camera. What i found when I traced the issue for the wiper washer was that the connection got pulled apart very likely when he installed the camera and went through the rear door wiring gromets. You can see at about 20:35 in your video, the nipple for the washer connection is not connected. You can see it right beside your finger pointing at about 10PM direction. This is the same view I had of mine when I went looking for where it connected. I pulled the grommet of wires out like you did and I noticed the nipple connection wasn't connected and I had to take the left rear quarter inside panel off similar to what you did to hide the wire and run it to the front. Then I was able to see the other end of the tubing connection for the wiper washer. It was a real pain to get the two pieces of tubing to connect back given the very limited space back there. But I was able to and now have functional rear washer again. Just a heads up if your rear washer is not working and you didn't notice or have found this yet. You'll have wiper fluid all over the rear passenger carpet and floor. Assuming you ever use the rear wiper washer. Most people use it very little if any, so might never notice it. Lastly I'll say that I suppose if you pull that bundle of wires out like you did, I don't think the tube it connects to on the other end will pull with it, so once you pull that bundle of wires a bit through the panel, it'll likely just disconnect. Be careful because then if you ever use the washer, it will send fluid down inside the passenger rear quarter. I had to dry mine out with a fan blowing on it most of the day. I suspect this happened to my installer as well and either he didn't notice it, most likely, or did and didn't take the time to fix it.
Regarding the video for this install, great work and explanations. Keep up the good videos you do.
Thank you for the feedback Steve! Yes, the washer fluid hose did come disconnected on me and I had to go reconnect after realizing what happened. Thankfully I caught it early and didnt have a wet carpet, but it could have been bad. Glad to hear you got things connected up and working!
Thank you!!
This video is going to wrap up a few different issues for me(stripped license plate fastener, rear sub speaker, backup camera fix). After that, I can FINALLY button up the trim pieces around my PX6.
I put in the 6x9 front speakers & 6.5 in. rear door speakers this morning. Had to stop cause my son had a soccer tournament. Glad I did cause I'd hate to get it done then have to pull off the rear trim pieces that cover the sub again.
Ordering the backup camera & extra stuff tonight!
Thanks again for putting this video out. Much appreciated!!
No problem swebstar1! Glad the videos are helping you out. Hearing this makes creating the videos worth the time! 🥳
@@Awesomoto, I got the backup camera installed.
Hooked it all up(getting the yellow RCA jack w/trigger wire through that door grommet was a PITA! LoL. Ended up using electrical tape & attached it to a straight piece of a metal hanger, then spraying it with WD-40).
Got done & temporarily ran the wire over the seats & to the HU. Put the car in reverse and...nothing. went into the settings & made a few adjustments. Still nothing. Decided to re-check all my connections. Ended up finding that the splicer clip didn't cut fully through the coating of the wire. Just needed to go back into the settings and find the proper video resolution setting to get a picture.
Awesome video. Thank you.
Tip: my camera wire was so small that the clips did not make contact verify and be aware that you may need to use a different connector.
Great tip! Thank you for providing that information!
I was hoping at some point you would swap that original cam out so I would learn how lol! Only thing is I want to relocate my spare tire from under my GX to the rear door and that changes things for me a bit. Great work as usual brochacho!
Thanks David!! 🙏🏻
I’m eventually going to mount the spare tire to the rear door and when I go that route I plan on getting one of those camera mounts made for the center wheel cap.
Nice man. I came here hoping to find a constant 12v on the back door so I can view the camera when the car is not in reverse.
There should be constant 12V back there for some of the other functions like daytime running lights. Take a multimeter and probe around for 12V.
Excellent video. An upgrade feature would be continuous recording to capture license plates during accidents.
Shalmaneser, that would be an awesome feature to have! I'm considering mounting two camera for undercarriage clearance visibility while trail riding.
👏 well all I can say is thank you! Great content and I'm sure I'll will have questions when I start the process! I might have to watch this one like 100 times lol 😆
Thanks Kaisar! Let me know if you have any questions when you do the install. I kept this video longer to maintain all the steps so it can help guide people better. I think I only did one time lapse section.
My grill from alpha gets here next week…stoked bro bro
Mine too! Shipped last Thursday! Super stoked
I’m so jealous of both of you guys. I still haven’t received an email of when mine will ship. 😑
Just installed mine and I wish I would have seen this before hand. I actually mounted mine to the bottom of the old camera. Used the sticky pad and screws to told it on there.
Hey CC! Ahhh Bummer that you didnt see this before hand. Well you can always go this route if the stick pads dont hold up.
Another easy to understand video!
Thanks Scott! Hopefully you found it informative!
How did you get that washer hose back connected that running in the rubber grommet with the whole wiring harness? 😂 Dealing with that now.
Yes, its a pain to get back into the grommet. I just had to take a few swearing breaks before it went back in to place. LOL
Thanks!
Thank you Dave! 🙏🏻
@@Awesomoto I am curious if you have had any problems with the radio volume? My Phoenix was installed when I bought the GX and the previous owner had the same problem. The issue is when you start the car and radio boots the volume sometimes will be blaringly loud. Any ideas on how to fix?
Can that head unit compatible do 360/panorama virtual camera view?
...I've seen the same unit advertised around and some places suggest that it is (needs four cameras installing).
Great question! I'm not sure if it is capable of the 360 cameras, but that would be awesome to have. I do know there are multiple camera inputs, so maybe its possible. I've considered putting a front facing camera in, so maybe I can do that to test the theory.
Hi, did you ever install a winch to your Bison bumper?
I'm about to do a winch install after I release this upcoming video on a 2.5" suspension lift! :)
Your videos are really great. Could not have installed my Tesla style nav without them. Ran into a problem installing the backup cam. Videos were great for running wires and making connections but my 2007 GX470 is a little different. The Camera has no screws on the sides. How do I remove this one? Wish I could upload pics.
Hey Henry! Thank you, I'm glad these videos are helpful!
Just so I understand properly, when you are talking about the screws on the side of the camera, you are talking about the OEM camera on your vehicle?
If wasnt aware they changed the camera from 05 to 07, but regardless I think if you dont see screws on the outside I would take off the inner door panel...there should be screws on the back.
@@AwesomotoI have no screws. I discovered that the OEM camera harness still sends 6 volts to the camera when I put it in reverse. I am going to tap the video coming out of the original equipment camera. The OEM camera harness has 4 wires, two are pos & neg 6 volts, the other two are video out and ground. I am going to attach the trigger wire to my backup light 12 volt positive. I will let you know.
@@henryj2811 Okay, well let me know if you run into any issues and need help troubleshooting!
Dude your very awesome and very detail oriented
Thanks Dakota!! 🙏🏻
I appreciate the feedback!
Well done!
Thanks Tuuni!! 🙏🏻
If I step down voltage from 12 to 6 will the factory camera work? Great quality video thank you for being so thorough.
Hey Dan! Yes, stepping down the voltage to 6v makes it compatible with the factory camera.
Do you know if this camera is compatible with the OEM navigation head unit?
No, unfortunately they use different voltage levels to drive the signals. You would need to add a voltage converter circuit for this. I recommend finding one that is designed for the OEM head unit.
@@Awesomoto thanks
Great video.
Hey Lance! Thanks man! 🙏🏻
Strange thread for an update but ….. got the alpha garage grill installed! Totally digging it. The lights aren’t hooked up yet but WHAT A CHANGE. Wish I could share a photo of the rig with the eibach lift, motegi rims, wild peaks rubber, JW Off-road tire carrier, sport lights, phoenix head unit, and aftermarket seat cover installed. Totally sick. I’m thinking rock sliders and steering wheel restoration (like yours) and I’m set. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. You will love the grill mod!!!! Cheers 🍻
You have a lot of good idea the problem where do you get the product
Thanks for reaching out Eddie! All links are in the description of the video if you’re interested in purchasing.
@@Awesomoto am very interested in purchasing the back up camera
My camera doesn't automatically comes on when I put in reverse. I have to puch the app while in reverse to see the video
Hey HOLTSIMAGES,
Thanks for reaching out with your question. The description of your problem indicates that your trigger wire might not be connected or the splice in it was bad. You can check the connection at the rear door and at the unit. Also, measuring with a volt meter, it should measure 12v when car is in reverse. Let me know if you have any other issues or questions. Hope this helps!
Nice video. Super helpful
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Thank you for this! Followed your video and everything worked out perfect. Ran smooth for 2 days but today I can’t seem to get it to work anymore. Any ideas or tips to troubleshoot this?
Hey ItchyNissan!
Thanks for reaching out. A good way to troubleshoot this is with a multimeter set to the volts setting. Measure that you have 12v on the trigger signal and video at the head unit. If not, check those connections at the rear door where you spliced in. I’m assuming the 12v to the camera or the trigger line came undone. Let me know if you get it fixed with this approach.
@@Awesomoto Yep, we rechecked all connections. We got 12v. My wife actually figured out that the camera is turning on because she selected the Car icon on the phoenix unit and the reverse cam came up on the screen. So now we're trying to figure out why it won't automatically switch the screen to the reverse came when it's put in reverse. really strange.
@@ttz32 Ah! Great work troubleshooting and relaying the information because it helps me understand what you’ve tried. I think you might not have the trigger connected to the right wire on the back of the unit.
Didn’t see you reattach the drain tube before you connected the rubber grommets. Any tips for that part?
Yes, that hose needs to get reconnected. If you look up in, you can see where it connects. It just takes a little patience.
@@Awesomoto thanks! The GXOR FB page says that it’s the windshield washer tube, not a drain tube. Saw some posts there showing quite a bit of disassembly to get it reattached. Yikes. I think I’m going to try to unwrap the tape carefully. Also read that you can poke a hole in the rubber grommet to feed the wire through.
@@stephenliu7383 Yeah, it’s the washer fluid, I just didn’t want to correct you on it as the main point is that yes it needs to be reconnected. That route is definitely valid and you can poke a hole in it and feed it through. Just be careful when you pull that grommet out so you don’t disconnect the tube. Let me know if you need help on it!
I was just about to say something about that hose cuz I ran into the same problem. The hose was way to short to try and get back on. Luckily I had a long section of the same hose already so I was able to fish that up to reconnect. It still was not fun and took way longer than it needed too.
@@Awesomoto yeah I didn’t know the washer hose had a barn fitting right there. when I pulled on all the wires the hose pulled off the other barb fitting and there was no getting that back on
hello can you please send me the link for non camera I have the 2004 gx no camera..thank you
This camera will still work for the non nav. As long as you have an after market head unit, this camera will work.
Hey man, any chance you can tell me what your baud rating is set at in your secret menu? I messed with them and can't recall what the default was. Thanks!
Wow, I’m sorry I missed your comment gKnow. I’m not exactly sure what my settings are as I’m not in front of my car, but you should be able to do a reset on the unit to get the defaults back.
Can you do this in the base model? Or only the navigation model?
Yes, you can install this on the base model. The only thing you'd need to do is use an aftermarket head unit with a screen.
Great video man! How's the head unit doing for you?
Thanks again Fabian! The head unit is doing well and I intend on installing the upgraded software from the dude who sells it online and doing a review video.
Awesome
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
this doesnt work with the 2003 gx470 with navigation?
I’m pretty sure it does. I have an 05 and this worked for me. I’d check with Phoenix to be sure.
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Thanks! 🙏🏻