I spliced into the reverse lights on the trailers connection. It has all the wires in the owners manuel.

 

Was that under the dash? Or at the back of the truck? I'm hoping to find a spot under the dash.

 

Back of the truck, my wires had a tag on each one indicating what wires were what.

 

mine was the same way

 

hmmm, I would prefer not to have to run a wire from my deck to the back of the truck if I don't have too. There has to be a spot under the dash to connect the wire from the deck.

 

There is a spot in the BCM. You can use it for the trigger on your radio to switch to the camera, and power the camera from the back of the truck so you don't have to run the wires the whole way to the back.

On my 06, I think it is in the C3 connector of the BCM (middle on the right). IIRC is a green wire. Before you tap into it, just turn the key on and probe it to make sure it is hot when the truck is in reverse and off when not.

I will try to remember to take a picture tonight for you.

 

Here is where I tapped into, again on an 06.

Its in the connector "HDLNR 1 12-WAY BRN"

Top Right wire, light green

 

that's awesome, thanks for the pics, i'll hopefully be doing it this weekend.

 

backup camera system



I am not familiar with your truck model ,it seems that you only bought the backup camera ,not included monitor ? I bought a complete backup camera system for my truck ,with 7 inch LCD monitor ,which comes with 3 color wires ,red black and green. red is for power ,black is GND and green is for reverse.

when the green connected ,when you reverse your vehicle ,the camera would automatically turn on ,very convenient.check this vendor ,it has detailed instruction guide in PDF.
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