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<blockquote data-quote="Deiimos" data-source="post: 8925274" data-attributes="member: 682903">That could be an odd one wiring up a camera. I’m not sure what sort of signals that head unit needs for video.That KCX-CAM1 adapter looks like it just goes to the blue and black/white stripe wire.I would power on the head unit and measure DC voltage at the red and black wires, those might have 12v to feed a camera.The purple wire might be a trigger to tell the head unit to switch that camera on, depending if you’re in reverse or whatever. I would leave this unhooked unless necessary to mess with. Could cause damage if feeding 12v or ground to a wire not meant for it.The blue wire and the one next to it which looks black with a white stripe, might be gray with a white stripe, are perhaps the video signal wires, one will be the video, and other is the shield.The installation manual just shows it as one wire, so kind of useless for info. The black wire could also be checked with an ohm meter to see if it is tied to the radios chassis, and you then know for sure that is a ground wire, this may not always be the case, but can help. Sometimes the camera shield and power grounds are tied together at the head unit, so makes it easy when you know they are both ground, again, not always the case though. At any rate, that is how I would try to map out the wires.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deiimos, post: 8925274, member: 682903"] That could be an odd one wiring up a camera. I’m not sure what sort of signals that head unit needs for video. That KCX-CAM1 adapter looks like it just goes to the blue and black/white stripe wire. I would power on the head unit and measure DC voltage at the red and black wires, those might have 12v to feed a camera. The purple wire might be a trigger to tell the head unit to switch that camera on, depending if you’re in reverse or whatever. I would leave this unhooked unless necessary to mess with. Could cause damage if feeding 12v or ground to a wire not meant for it. The blue wire and the one next to it which looks black with a white stripe, might be gray with a white stripe, are perhaps the video signal wires, one will be the video, and other is the shield. The installation manual just shows it as one wire, so kind of useless for info. The black wire could also be checked with an ohm meter to see if it is tied to the radios chassis, and you then know for sure that is a ground wire, this may not always be the case, but can help. Sometimes the camera shield and power grounds are tied together at the head unit, so makes it easy when you know they are both ground, again, not always the case though. At any rate, that is how I would try to map out the wires. [/QUOTE]

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