Has anyone reused the rear view camera wiring to install a better one?
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Has anyone reused the rear view camera wiring to install a better one?
I'm going to be upgrading the onboard nav unit to something a little less neanderthal. Mine has the rear view camera, though, and as much as possible, I'd like to NOT have to rewire everything in the car to install it. Has anyone successfully done it? I'm looking and I see 4-pin to RCA adapters on eBay (something like this); is there any chance at all this would work? I guess on the head unit side it's a FAKRA connection, so I would need the reverse - a female FAKRA to a male RCA (which I can't seem to find), which would then plug into the Android unit's female RCA for the camera. But will this even work? Curious if anyone has tried this.
[edit] I think the head unit side would use this? https://avinusa.com/factory-backup-c...rsche-bmw.html or something similar to it?
[edit] I think the head unit side would use this? https://avinusa.com/factory-backup-c...rsche-bmw.html or something similar to it?
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I'm going to be upgrading the onboard nav unit to something a little less neanderthal. Mine has the rear view camera, though, and as much as possible, I'd like to NOT have to rewire everything in the car to install it. Has anyone successfully done it? I'm looking and I see 4-pin to RCA adapters on eBay (something like this); is there any chance at all this would work? I guess on the head unit side it's a FAKRA connection, so I would need the reverse - a female FAKRA to a male RCA (which I can't seem to find), which would then plug into the Android unit's female RCA for the camera. But will this even work? Curious if anyone has tried this.
[edit] I think the head unit side would use this? https://avinusa.com/factory-backup-c...rsche-bmw.html or something similar to it?
[edit] I think the head unit side would use this? https://avinusa.com/factory-backup-c...rsche-bmw.html or something similar to it?
