Yet another rear camera question - Loom?

congrats and welcome!

maybe report your post and ask that it be moved to audio and electronics.

all the best!

 

I’ve been trying to get this work with my USA spec base level Prius.

Other members have said you need to have the high res screen MFD.

In the back hatch, you’ll need to remover the horizontal black trim cover that is directly above the glass. This is the trim cover that is close to the 2 black rubber bellows ( where the wires feed into the trunk hatch.)

The backup camera wiring is the gray, red white, black wiring. It’ll be coming out of the headliner area. Thick looking connector.

You can probably tap into them with your own wires or run your OEM wire harness to it.

There is no connector that feeds down to your plate area. You have to buy that pigtail connector separately.

I don’t have pictures. I’ll see if I can get them later.

 

To add to this....

Somewhere I was reading here that all you’ll need is to run a wire from the reverse signal relay somewhere underneath the dash to the MFD. This will let the mfd know to turn on the camera.

 

the MFD may already be getting the reverse signal--if you put it in test mode, it shows the state of the reverse signal.

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• Put the transmission in Park.
• Engage the parking brake
• Push in the power button. (if not already on)
• Push Display button. top button to left of screen - ("DISPLAY" will now appear in the upper left corner of your screen.)
• Push on the upper left corner on the display just inside the box (where the *1" is in the picture), withdraw, then push on the lower left corner of the display (where the "2" is in the picture).
  Do this three times. Keep trying till the screen changes. If the word "Display" in the upper left hand corner of the screen goes away hit the display switch again.
• Push on Menu in upper right of display screen.
• Push on Display Check
• Push on Vehicle Signal Check

 

You might want to read thru this thread. If the reverse signal is not there, here is a site (in German) with the wiring that would need to be done.
Looks like it is possible that the wires in the back are at the top-inside of the hatch, the missing piece may be found at a breaker's yard or eBay?

 

This might be the part:
Toyota Part No.: 82185-47110
WIRE, BACK DOOR

Part Description Wire, Back Door, NO.2
BACK GUIDE MONITOR-WITH

 

There is someone on eBay here in the US with that part number (can't confirm if it is correct) and it looks like most of the loom around the entire rear hatch, not just the wire to the camera (and I can't see enough in the picture to check the connectors).

 

Coedy, I would not be so quick to buy a rear hatch wiring loom. On several of the other rear camera threads here, every time someone from the EU chimes in, they don't have the same wiring that we have in the US cars.
In order for you to add the OEM (or any) rear camera you need:

1. The hi-res MFD - Use the display button to see if you have the newer icons. See this post.
2. The additional plugs in the back of the MFD with the video signal. See this post.
3. The Reverse signal (In the US this comes from a large connector at the passenger door post, I have seen a post that says in the UK models it is next to what we call the "glove box") To Check.
4. The camera wires from the MFD to the antenna connector in the roof.
5. The camera wires in the hinge of the rear hatch. See this post.
6. The camera wires in the rear hatch loom (or a jumper from the hinge loom down to the camera.) See this post.
7. The OEM Toyota camera (you can substitute a generic camera, but wires will need to be spliced.)

In the US, 2006-2009 cars that have #1 (Hi-res MFD) appear to also have #2-#5 (probably to allow dealers to install a camera kit for an extra charge--I see these kits on eBay and Amazon for 2010-2015 Gen 3s.) (Edit: It seems not all US 2006-2007 cars have the wiring either.)
If the wires are missing and the MFD is capable of video, you could run a shielded cable from the hatch to the front of the car, get the missing connector from a salvage yard, and wire it in yourself.

 

Member Mandrei83 is in the EU and tried to add IPA and camera. Looks like he gave up on IPA as too costly (Technical requirements to install Intelligent Parking Assist ( IPA )), but got the connector at the back of the MFD and ran the wire himself Reverse camera installation. Here is one of the other threads he used: Anytime Camera Mod. Another Variation. Front and Rear view camera.

 

@Coedy , @DangNabbit has made more progress in the other thread with some Nice pictures. Backup camera Gen 2

 

This is the wire loom I bought from eBay. This came from a 2008 according to the listing and has the wire connectors for the OEM camera. See the thread ItBland linked to for more pics.

Backup camera Gen 2 | PriusChat


@ITBland has been helping with the Diagrams and schematics for the camera and mfd. If everything works. I’ll compile a how to for everyone. This should work for the 2006-2009 Prius gen 2.