Front Camera Prius

Adding a Front Camera

Done!!! Took a day of guessing and almost gave up but it works! For a 2006 with factory reverse camera. I did the reverse camera anytime mod first months ago then found a cheap $12 ebay camera. So I have one button to turn on/off then a switch to change feeds.



 

Here is a quick pic of my switch.I cut the input from pin 27. FRONT is the input from the new front camera,the middle pin goes to pin 27 (V+ red) on the back of the MFD,and the last pin in the input from pin 27 REVERSE cam. Added a blocking diode on pin 29 (CA+)


My test rig you can see the left wire is input from the FRONT cam, middle is output to the MFD,and right is the REAR input.
 

 



Here you can see the red cable below that is the input from the REVERSE cam the opther side of that was connected to PIN 27 which is now out MFD input pin. Ran a seperate wire to the same pin27 that I can swap my input on.

Extra install pics if it helps anyone.

   

I've moved the camera to the other side since this picture. Oh and strangly enough I did not ground the FRONT video input I only wrapped it around it'self. Any other place I grounded including to pins caused interference issues.