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Hi Hotwire, I just noticed that my AV In plug bought from ebay already including Camera-In plug which connect to Pin 13, 14 as your described, and another plug is Video-In. I have connected to Camera-In plug, and ground camera to reverse light brown cable. all working perfect now! Thank you so much and all other helps!

Thanks hotwire, I think I am getting there. by checking your instruction, I connected camera earth to another wire instead of brown cable. I think that is the problem is. other stuff I have connected seems no problem. tv can switch to AV when I put on reverse gear. and the camera showing. I have connected camera positive to reverse light, the delay seems acceptable. I may just leave it. Will make change on earth wire tomorrow, it should fix the problem, I hope. Thank you so much for all your help, thumbup!

Hi Rabbit, Sorry I am confused, on my camera, there are two wires, one red colour, another one is black colour. on my parking light(reverse light), there are three cables, they are blue/brown, pink/brown, plain brown. currently i have connect camera black cable to pink/brown via relay, I think i should connect to plain brown cable instead of pink/brown one? the red cable from camera I have connected to blue/brown, this should be correct?

Hi Rabbit, Thank you for your reply, I have grounded camera on brown and pink wire, is this headlight ground? there are another one with plain brown colour, should I connect on this one? too bad on your camera, i know there are wireless transmitter you can use instead of putting wires over your car. see here: http://www.smartauto24.com/rearview-camera...iew-camera.html thank you.

I have followed hotwire's instruction to re-wired my camera today, connect PIN 17 to ground via Relay. connection as attached picture. now camera can switch to AV automatically when I put on reverse gear no problem. But if I switched on headlight, the screen keep blinking, switch off headlight then go back to normal. What caused of this? How can I fix this? I am using 12V 30A Normal Open Relay with 5 Pins, is that correct? Thank you

Thank you hotwire, I will try your way on tomorrow. hope it will fix.

I have connected PIN 17 to reverse light power, NOT Ground! I think I have done this wrong. 13 and 14 I think I don't need to worry about, because I have got AV In adapter will handle this. Where can I buy a relay? Do i have to have this? Thank you.

Thank you Rabbit, I have ready post from you link, still no idea, I just noticed two things: 1. do i need to connect PIN 17 to ground instead of power of reverse light? 2. what's relay? Do I really need of this? I have purchased AV In adapter from ebay, see link below, But I cannot connect my camera to Camera IN plug, camera not showing, the camera only working when I plug into Video In(RCA Yellow), is that correct? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...#ht_3336wt_1141 Thank you for helps.

Hi Guys, I have just installed reverse camera on my 2002 E46 318i with TV function this afternoon. There are some issues, can someone help? Issue #1: I have connected PIN 17 from TV turner blue plug to reverse light power, I expect this plug can switch to AV in TV when I put on reverse gear. But it's not working, when I connect PIN 17 to reverse light power, my TV screen not showing anymore only if I put on reverse gear, and it not switch to AV, that's not what I want. which PIN should I connect to make TV switch to AV automatically when I put on reverse gear? Issue #2: my camera it's showing good if I am not switch on my head light, but every time I switch on my head light, my TV screen start flashing, if I switch off head light, camera come back to normal. What is this? Anyone got any ideas? Thank you guys.

Hi Guys, I recently got orange engine oil light on after engine shut down, it shows 2-3 times a week. What is this? It's serious problem? Should I replace engine oil or something? Thanks

Hi Guys, I got 2002 BMW E46 recently, it comes with Mini-Disc player. It works fine when I play the minidisc from seller. But when I make my own Minidisc with my Sony Net MD-N10. It cannot play. I am wondering is there any specific format need to setup when burning Mini-Disc? Any ideas? Thank you.

Thanks Glenn, Yes, It is leaking under the bonnet. I am in Auckland, just considering do I need to spend another $$ to fix this at the moment.

Hi Glenn, It's 2002 318i, I think it's N42 Engine. I am just wondering the oil leak like this(only dropped 2 tiny one in 2 weeks), do I really need to send to garage? Or can I wait for maybe another few months to check it out?

I hope so.... but it's oil. It's not strong smell.

It's brown colour. I got pic here.