Aftermarket Rear Camera Routing and Mounting
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This should help. Ill be using this thread when i get mine. BTW, i have the same radio...good bang for buck.
DIY Backup Camera Install 2002 Lexus LX 470 w/ Factory Nav
DIY Backup Camera Install 2002 Lexus LX 470 w/ Factory Nav
The harness makes it easy and go to the jensen site. Its got a simple wiring diagram to follow. You wont need any mounting bracket or extra screws for the stereo it just bolts right up into the factory location with ease. I would say maybe two hours for install time. My beef is with setting a new route on the GPS, its a bit of a pain. I also get hissing form all inputs. Can you reply back if you are getting hissing?
PLUS:
If you want to get rid of the safety warning you have to accept before using navigation, put the SD card in your PC, then edit the sys.txt file found in the MobileNavigator folder (use Wordpad in Windows). Add the following lines (between the ===)...
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[debug]
skip_eula=1
[interface]
drive_carefully=0
===
PLUS:
If you want to get rid of the safety warning you have to accept before using navigation, put the SD card in your PC, then edit the sys.txt file found in the MobileNavigator folder (use Wordpad in Windows). Add the following lines (between the ===)...
===
[debug]
skip_eula=1
[interface]
drive_carefully=0
===
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Ill let you know about the hissing. I'm worried it will happen, given I have the exact same set up. I might temporarily install ground insulators until I install a new amp. I'll check out the Jensen site no report back my results. Thanks for the tips!
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Looking at the metra harness, do I need to cut off the RCA jacks and soder the wires to the Jensen harnes? The Jensen RCA jacks look like they are for a secondary video system. Or, do the RCAs all link into another? Also, for the blue wire and the blue and white wire, did you link the, together? It's the power attena and amp fed. Thanks for the help.
Definitely don't cut the rca's. They should go to the stereo rca's. I can't be sure on the blue wires. Are you using the wiring diagram from Jensen, it really does make it simple. It's got all the cables and their intend use.
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There are two wiring jacks on the Jensen side. One with RCA jacks and the other with about 10 or so color coded wires. The metra harness has 5 wires, red, blue, blue white, yellow and black. Black is ground, yellow is 12v blue is attena, blue/white is amp turn on, and red is accessory. On the Jensen site, I'm not seeing a blue white wire for the amp feed. All the speaker feeds appear to be wire based, not RCA. The RCA feeds and hooked into a loom on the left side of the back of the radio and the wire feeds are on the right.
The Jensen (and others like it - Pioneer for one) do not offer a separate amp turn on from the antenna lead. You would use the blue wire coming from the Jensen to turn on an amp and also use to to drive the antenna. I don't know the "strength" of the Jensen system so it might be best to use a relay if you will be driving both. Also, most head unit offer both speaker wire and audio RCAs. You can use either, but if you have an amp that accepts them, I would use the RCA jacks (usually red and white) to drive the amp. There should also be a subwoofer RCA jack on the Jensen.
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Thanks. The metra harness has RCA jacks, I'll use those. The Jensen harness has RCA jacks labeled front, back colored red and white, (left and right) and sub. The rest are AV related. The metra harness RCA are white, grey, purple and green.nthe metra harness diagram reads: white- left front amp in put, grey- rt front amp input, green- left rear amp input, purple- rt rear amp input. So here is my assumption: front Jensen red and white to metra grey and white. Jensen back red and white to metra green and purple.
Did you update the stereo with the included code, dont forget! Double check your connections for any looseness. Is the hiss when you switch inputs; from radio to music, dvd ect? Thats what mine does. I have a ground fault isolator, just haven't installed it.
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I updated something as it prompted me to, but I have not removed the simcard and updated via my laptop. I go the Bluetooth synced but it sounds like crap. I installed the microphone, but it didn't work when I got a call. I tried a DVD, but it wouldn't let me play. It said I needed my parking brake on, which was on, so who knows.... All in all, I give myself a F- on installs. I cannot see why it's not working. It was like 9 wires all color matched.