Rearview camera: Where did you tap the reverse wire?

[tarman]

I just finished running all my wires and installing my new rearview camera to my panasonic head unit. Put everything back together, and viola! Doesn't show a thing. Turns out when I installed the head unit, I never bothered to hook up the reverse wire. Oops! I'd REALLY like to avoid taking my interior apart again and running another wire back to the bulb itself. I looked at the wiring diagrams, and the reverse wire is the red/black wire connected at the front harness 1E and 1F. Problem is, I think these harnesses are on the back of the driver's side fuse box, and appear to be a hopeless mass of wires that are a biscuit to get to. To all who installed a rearview camera to a headunit, where did YOU attach your reverse wire (from said headunit)? Please tell me there's an easy way. Thanks! KJ

[couped]

It is on the front of the fuse box, way at the top. If memory serves me correctly, there are 4 plugs and it is the second from the left. When I did mine, I had my dashboard removed and that made it much easier. I hope you've got skinny arms :D

[couped]

You can see the plug circled in the 5th picture down in this thread. You might be able to remove the steering column cover and get to it that way.

[tarman]

Oh, I see! Looking at the wiring diagrams, that is the wire AFTER the reverse switch. Looks a touch easier to get to; I do have skinny arms, but maybe not that skinny. Thanks a lot!

KJ

[LeroyJMC]

I tied in at the bundle of wires behind the driver side kick panel on my xA. A heck of a lot easier to get to than way up behind the fuse box.