Display Subaru MFD Backup camera to your aftermarket Head Unit - No harness!!!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Display your Subaru MFD Backup camera to your aftermarket Head Unit - No harness needed!!! Retain your backup camera and mirror the display to an aftermarket Head Unit, Kenwood, Sony, Pioneer etc. For demonstration purposes only. Do at your own risk! I cannot be held responsible if you damage your MFD or any component in your vehicle.
Thank you my 2014 forester Australia wires for the mfd were purple as the signal and power was the black. All set up now 👍
Good to hear! That's good information and will help viewers with Forresters. I kinda figured it be different for the Fossie.
Thanks! I'll check and see if that works for my forester, 2014, NA model.
@@hansdoreen Were you able to check it and were the colors of the wires the same?
Hey mate. Is your forester an 2014 xt? I’m gna try hook mine up on the weekend.
d. t. Mines a diesel but don’t think it matters, hope it worked out 👍
Thank you so much for figuring this out for the rest of us!
Worked for me too! Thanks for publishing!
Hey I just to confirm. 2 cables off the mfd. 6v (white) to purple reverse line. Signal goes to center pin of rca, black line on rca goes it earth. That’s it 2 cable from the mfd
Thanks. Worked for my 2014 Forester into a Joying HU. The video signal is on the black wire and the connector is different. I probed the connector for the video using a needle attached to an O scope. My HU video switched automatically in reverse, I am guessing from a canbus signal. MFD was small enough the low quality camera was not noticable, now it is but it's still better.
Do you have the base model? I have a 2015 FXT with the base model radio and the small MFD is horrible,so,I should tap into black?
I have a 2.5I Touring model, that originally had the nav system radio installed. I don't know what your model wiring is, all you can do is try the black, if not try the red.@@silversubies6587
Hi, I would like to do this on my 15 Forester, I just installed a junsun head unit and I need the backup camera to work on the head unit as well. My forester also have a MDF but the junsun unit needs a male jack.
Do you think I can connect the 6v. cable and the signal cable to a male jack cable and then connect it to my unit ?
Learned a lot by watching this video btw. Thanks you.
Thanks a lot for posting this. I got here from your post on subaruforester.org. I'm going to try this over the weekend in my 2015 Forester... will report back!
You're welcome. Make sure that wiring is the same as it may differ from the WRX. I can't confirm since I didn't have access to a Forester. Best bet if you are handy with a voltmeter, check the 6 volt lead first. You don't want to short anything out. Let me know how you make out.
Do we need a step down for the camera on the kenwood unit. Or does the kenwood unit already used 6v for the reverse camera.
I’m juts not sure if the kenwood our to the camera is 12v or 6v output from the unit. But this video I posted u don’t use any step down
I had a step down but I did not use it. The Kenwood picked up the signal without the step down. To this day I haven't had any issues.
Idoing head unit
We are making adapter for mfd screen camera plug and play on idoing head unit!
Hi, thanks for posting this. It was very helpful. Would this set up work for a 2015 WRX with navigation and Harmon Kardon speakers. My back up video is displayed on the MFD.
Sorry for the delayed response. It should as the plug to the MFD has nothing to do with the Harmon Kardon system but don't quote me on that. If you unplug the connection going to the MFD, you can examine it and see if the wires are the same.
thanks for this video. very very helpful, question though...if you dont cut the reverse signal wire to the MFD and connect it only to the AMD (as in bridging) you will be getting two reverse display at the same time..correct?
Late to the party here, but thanks for posting this. I tried this, but had no luck. Do I need to have the MFD plugged in for this to work? In your video demonstration, the MFD harness is always plugged in to the MFD. When I tried this, the MFD was disconnected, so I'm wondering if that is why it doesn't work for me. Thanks
If, when I shift into reverse, I want to have the camera image show only on the aftermarket head unit and not the MFD, and have the MFD continue to show only whatever display that it's set to, would I cut the video feed and 6 volt wires at the MFD plug and attach them only to the aftermarket unit?
That would definitely cut the reverse signal to the MFD but I'm not sure if that would disable other features on the MFD. I left mine connected and learned to live with it.
If I don't run the 6 volt wire will it cause the screen to be fuzzy? I'm getting video but its fuzzy.
Thank you, for posting this!
What are the connections, for the ends of the green wire?
I assume one end is corrected to the shield on the RCA plug. Where does the other end connect?
I have the red to the RCA and the white to the reverse signal wire on the head unit. I have continuity, but no camera video.
What year is your WRX and which head unit do you have? If your harness is the same as the one in the video, double check that the white wire is connected to the purple wire on the head unit's harness. Then try inverting/switching the RCA wires. It may be that your head unit is looking for a 6V signal so if you have a voltmeter check the voltage on the white wire. Your vehicle does not to be powered on, just key in the ignition set to accessories. Let me know how you make out.
@@diymodsnstuff5514 Where did you get the ground for the RCA connector?
@@charliehauser9403 I didn't ground it at all. You could try to ground it on the metal base that supports the head unit since it is grounded. Hope this helps.
How do I find my reverse camera cables & there colors behind the dashboard for an aftermarket radio
You have to take off the MFD and look at the plug connected to it. If your vehicle is the same year the colors will be the same. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to ask.
Are the 8 pin connector pins on the back of MFD the same as the 8 pin of the camera input on the starlink radio??????
That's a good question. I don't know for sure since I just had a basic radio.
I had no luck on my 2015 Wrx Limited. Is there any other wires that hooked up to that you didn’t show in the video? And it’s a possibility that it’s my radio. I have the Pioneer 8100nex
The Limited radio has additional plugs that the base model does not have and the wiring may differ as you do get the backup display on the radio that the limited comes with. When you put your car in reverse, does the MFD also display the rear view camera or does it only display on the radio? You may need to identify which wire that goes to your radio/head unit is the video feed.There is a harness that you can buy for this. Also, make sure you turn on the camera setting on your Pioneer. I had to do this on the Kenwood so the video would display when the car was put in reverse.
Any luck? I'm doing this right now and I can't get it to work
Was that radio putting out 12v or 6v?
Hi and first of all, thanks for your videos.
I wanted to ask you a question,
I upgraded my 2015 non nav base mfd to a 2019 mfd unit, so I don't need the camera plug to the mfd, but I do have a radio aftermarket unit installed.
So my Q is:
Can I do the same wiring and will it work without the camera plug connected to anything?
The camera plug doesn't just work with the camera, there are other wires that display other settings. If you leave it unplugged it may throw a code on your cluster gauges. I drove with it unplugged when I was installing the head unit and had a red warning and exclamation symbol in my dash so I would not recommend doing so.
Hi Jorge were you able to figure this out or least test it out? I'm in the same situation with a 2015 to 2019 MFD looking at trying this myself.
I haven't gotten a chance to work on it. But tomorrow I'm off so I'll get on it and let you know.👍🏼
@@windiesryan That's a tricky one. I believe that the wiring changed a bit for the 2019. If I can get my hands on one of these units I would be able to figure it out.
@@joralex any updates?
How did you route the cable from the mfd to head unit? I’m about to drill a hole near where the left mfd cable is
Sorry for the delayed response. I just let it fall behind the headunit and firewall via the glove compartment.
6v is enough for trigger rear camera input on aftermarket head unit (Pioneer/Kenwood, etc) ?
not for mine it wasnt, had to get a step up converter to 12V for it to work.
Hi. Have u got the same DIY for the 2010 Forster or WRX coz they seem different plugs.
You are correct. They are different. I would check the small plug on the left side as instructed in the video but the pins may differ. You can test the way I did but you should do so at your own risk.
DIYMODS NSTUFF would this work for a 2017 forester? Has the same display
Yeah son!
Hi where did you connect the ground on the RCA cable?
I connected it to the ground on the plug but even if I didn't connect it, it still displays. Your milage may vary. What year is your WRX?
Idoing head unit
We are making adapter for mfd screen camera plug and play on idoing head unit!
Link?