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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
No pics? Sounds really nice, I’m surprised they didn’t provide an adapter to tap into the OEM rear view camera. They make aftermarket cameras mounted into the Ford tailgate badge that look totally OEM, I put one on my old 2008 F250 and it worked great.
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With mine having the camera in the mirror, the only way to get signal is to side tap the wire. I did that with my old Kenwood HU. I've been looking at the aftermarket tailgate handles with the camera in them, this is what is factory in my truck. I've also looked at the Ford emblem cameras that can be installed in the tailgate. I'm probably going to buy the one that comes in the tailgate handle. I have to install the decoder that is sent with the system to see if that improves my picture from the camera. Pic of the unit below!
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Originally Posted by A930Rocket
If I could get Apple Play with a quality unit, I might go for that, but the price is $600+. I already have a factory backup camera in the screen.
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I asked my nephew what he had installed in his Passat. I didn't recall him replacing his HU. He had a wired carplay unit and the thing he plugged into the USB port made it wireless carplay. Sorry! No help for your situation.
My biggest complaint is that this unit comes with absolutely no install instructions. The good news is, it plugs right into the factory harnesses. The bad news is, there are connectors from the factory harness adapters that also plug into the HU. I had problems with the fan controls not working and the steering wheel controls not working that ended up being an 8 pin connector that I didn't hook up. The good news is, customer service was on the ball. I got a call at 7:40 pm Eastern last evening from a tech support rep that helped me figure out I didn't connect a wire. I shouldn't have needed that call though. If there were install instructions I wouldn't have missed that wire.
