davemazo
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Good news, it was the battery that was causing my problems, the car is now fine. Even the reverse camera is working after faffing about for a couple of hours trying to work out why it wasn`t working in the first place. It turned out to be a combination of 2 things. Firstly the plug in the back of the dvd player had worked loose and secondly, I used Scotchloks to splice into the reverse light cables. That was bad move as they didn`t quite cut into the camera wire as it was so thin so I trimmed the insulation back and wrapped and soldered the camera wires onto the reverse light feed. All sorted now.
I have a couple of pictures that I will put up tomorrow, mostly of the mess I made of cutting out the whole for the camera. Luckily you can`t really see it when the tailgate is up or down.
There`s not much to say about the installation it`s fairly self explanatory. I didn`t connect the lights up as I didn`t take out a number plate light so for the tourer its just a case of connecting to the reverse light and running the video cable to the satnav screen. Also when taking out trims on the tailgate I found it best if you take off the centre whiteish panel from the top centre of the rear window, followed by the two side panels running up the pillars, then lastly the black fabric trim. This is because they are clipped to each other and they are easier to separate this way. Doing it the other way round and you can possibly snap off some clips, like I did.
The tailgate hinge cover was a pain to get off, the strap that attaches this broke off so I had to fix it back with some insulation tape but you can`t see it.
Mostly it was case of just easing off some trim panels enough to feed the video cable through. The only panels I had to remove apart from the tailgate, were the rear seat bolster cushion and the 2 trim panels running across the doors. I managed to feed the cable through the B post trim.
If anybody intends doing this and wants help feel free to ask.
I have a couple of pictures that I will put up tomorrow, mostly of the mess I made of cutting out the whole for the camera. Luckily you can`t really see it when the tailgate is up or down.
There`s not much to say about the installation it`s fairly self explanatory. I didn`t connect the lights up as I didn`t take out a number plate light so for the tourer its just a case of connecting to the reverse light and running the video cable to the satnav screen. Also when taking out trims on the tailgate I found it best if you take off the centre whiteish panel from the top centre of the rear window, followed by the two side panels running up the pillars, then lastly the black fabric trim. This is because they are clipped to each other and they are easier to separate this way. Doing it the other way round and you can possibly snap off some clips, like I did.
The tailgate hinge cover was a pain to get off, the strap that attaches this broke off so I had to fix it back with some insulation tape but you can`t see it.
Mostly it was case of just easing off some trim panels enough to feed the video cable through. The only panels I had to remove apart from the tailgate, were the rear seat bolster cushion and the 2 trim panels running across the doors. I managed to feed the cable through the B post trim.
If anybody intends doing this and wants help feel free to ask.