2003 Tribute Backup Wire

[abelsm2]

I've been lurking on here a while and have been moving along nicely on my 1st audio install thanks to all the great info. However, I've hit a snag when it comes to hooking up my head unit (Alpine INE-S920HD) to the right reverse wire for a backup camera. The only 2 wires on the reverse lamps are orange/yellow and black/pink. With orange/yellow the head unit stays in reverse cam mode regardless of the gear. With the black/pink wire I get the reverse cam in every gear EXCEPT reverse!

The wiring diagram for the car says that OG/YE gets power in start and run and the BL/PK gets power only in reverse.

Am I missing something?

[meekgj]

can you take a picture and post it of the wire harness and of the harness coming out of the radio

[abelsm2]

I heard back from Crutchfield customer service last night. They said the black/pink wire was the correct wire and that I just needed to wire in a relay to flip the signal on that wire. I added a relay wired as shown below and it works great!

Pin 85 - 12V accessory
Pin 86 - Black/Pink wire
Pin 30 - 12V accessory
Pin 87 - Orange/White on Alpine

Now I just have to finish the rest of the upgrade.

[meekgj]

okay sweet glad to hear that its working properly

[abelsm2]

Thanks!