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Hi All, Long time listener, first time caller. I have fitted a VW OEM highline reversing camera to my MK 7.5, and cannot for the life of me get the video to work. My vehicle already has park pilot assist fitted (not the auto park, just front and back sensors etc, the regular one, with wheel alignment on the screen for swing). I have got the badge to activate using the rear reverse signal cable in the trunk lid, and powered using slot (18?) in the fuse box, all good, i hit reverse, the camera opens. great. However, no video appears. I have wired the video signal cable into the headunit in the glove box into slots 5 and 10 (or 6 and 12 i cant remember). Now, the CAN wires in the CANBUS unit under the steering wheel was my issue. I already have wires into the slots I am meant to use for the two different coloured can cables. So, on the advice of the ebay seller, I spliced the cables into these cables. But I still get no video. I also read that I should not activate low camera in the 5F menu, I should use adaption and activate a few settings in there instead, otherwise it wont detect the steering wheel position etc. However, no matter what I do, no video. Also if I don't activate lowline camera in 5F, the park pilot doesnt even show a black screen, it just shows the regular cameraless park pilot menu. Does anyone have a better guide, or can explain like im 5, how to get this to work? I am assuming that the reason the camera video signal does not activate is either my bad coding, or that the CAN wiring is bad? I have looked for days, but cannot find anyone who has had this issue other than me. I am pretty confident that the unit is good, as it was a sealed VW part and undamaged. Thanks all! -
I suppose this would fit under the mod section. One of the disappointments I found with the tail lights was the level of illumination to see objects behind you while reversing, as mentioned in other threads. In working with LED bulb vendor deAutoKey on different LED bulbs, none could really beat the stock bulb for the level of illumination provided. Only so much can be done when trying to fit it through a less than 9mm diameter housing connection. However they came up with a bay9s LED bulb design that is wider and flatter with stronger LEDs fitted to it. In working with them I found it can be fitted with an easy trim of one side of the reverse light base hole to accommodate the wider bulb. Yet it still locks into place with a quarter turn and regular bulbs can still be used as well. Here is a video I did on the trim process and some results of the brighter bulb. https://youtu.be/8A0bfqDvtCI deAutoKey has a group buy on these bulbs now as they are just being introduced into the market. You can see more info about them and more photos here: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?8443953-DeAutoLED-Group-buy-for-the-brightest-Euro-(bay9s)-REVERSE-LEDs-ever-created!-Error-Free-Free-Shipping-Lifetime-Warranty-Tested-to-work-and-look-good-in-your-car! I don't work for them or anything like that, I was just determined to find a better solution to our lack luster reverse lights in a car with otherwise excellent exterior lighting. Here is an illumination comparison between the stock bulb and deAutoKey's new over-sized ultra bright reverse bulbs. Stock is on the left, and their LED bulb is on the right: So for anything looking for a solution for something brighter, give these a try.
