{"id":708,"date":"2017-03-19T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T09:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectkeira.com\/home\/?p=708"},"modified":"2021-02-19T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:26:20","slug":"rear-shuttle-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectkeira.com\/home\/rear-shuttle-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuttle Cam."},"content":{"rendered":"

Spent last Sunday doing some electrical work. I needed to move my second camera from the front of the vehicle (which I never really used) to the back for two reasons: first, when I have the tailgate down, the OEM camera is useless since it’s in the tailgate – meaning with the tailgate down, all I see is the ground. Second, when I’m going out to ride my mountain bike, the tailgate pad I use also covers the OEM camera rendering it useless.<\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t see anything with the tailgate pad on, or with the tailgate down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I figured I could move the second camera from the front bumper to below the rear bumper, so that I can use my Kenwood head unit<\/a> and switch cameras whenever the OEM camera was blocked or if the tailgate was open. Because of this I had to run a video cable and 2 more wires for camera power\/ground.<\/p>\n

So I spent Sunday afternoon removing the original 4-wire harness (which required dropping the spare tire for access), and I replaced it with a new 9-wire harness plus video cable. I ran the wires from inside the cab (using an access hole underneath the left-rear floor area), along the inside edge of the frame rail, and up to the area behind the rear left tail lamp. I reconnected the bed LED lights, the tailgate lock actuator, and now I had extra wires to use for the second camera. I still have 3 more wires available in case I add something else to the rear of the truck in the future, and I ran everything behind the tail lamp on purpose; in the future, if I ever add something else electrical in the back, I don’t have to drop the spare tire and crawl underneath the bed again! As for the camera itself, I mounted it to the receiver just to the side of the receiver opening, below the bumper:<\/p>\n

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Second rear camera, for use when the OEM camera is blocked or the tailgate is down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So now whenever I have the tailgate pad on (when shuttling MTB, thus “Shuttle camera”) or if the tailgate itself is lowered, I still have a rear camera to use when backing up by simply hitting a switch on my Kenwood head unit to swap between OEM rear camera and the new “Shuttle” camera.<\/p>\n

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Tailgate down, and now I can still see what\u2019s back there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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