I got the camera and a parking sensors on eBay and installed them myself...
I followed the OEM guides for locations of things so it all looks pretty stock.

The whole shebang (camera, wireless tx&rx and 4xparking sensors) cost me about $50 and works extremely well for the price.. I am sure a wired factory camera works better but does it work $350 better with all that extra labor? I doubt it... The pictures a little grainy but I'm not making prints, I am using it to see where a wall is.


Well the camera was called an outlander-cyanne camera I got it on eBay for $15 or so... -> CCD Rear View Reverse Camera Fit for Mitsubishl Outlander Cayenne | eBay

I don't know if it's really a Sony chip, I believe it's a CCD because it looks better than CMOS camera's I have used in the past.

It fit perfectly in the cutout in the plastic that was already in my car (I don't know if they always cut out that slot or if mine had a camera at one point)

The clear plastic is larger than the hole so it can't fall out even if it's not screwed down and all you see of it is a little square nub pointing out at an angle just like in the OEM pics.

Works well as long as the lens isn't covered with crap and seems to have enough light to work better than my last one that had IR leds at night.

I got this wireless transmitter:
2 4G Wireless Video Transmitter Receiver for Car Backup Camera and Monitor | eBay
I think that cost me another $15.... I had one of these before I never had problems with it cutting or or interference..

And finally this aftermarket HU:
Sale Car DVD GPS Navigation With dual-core/3Zone POP 3G/WIFI/20 Disc CDC/ DVD Recording/ Phonebook / Game For MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER

Again has it's flaws but it almost 5 times cheaper than an OEM nav and it works with the Rockford system.

If anyone's interested I can put up some pics later on.

 

That's basically the same camera I got, the only thing I found a seller able to send me camera without parking lines.

The cutout is stock one.

Btw I am going to change installation method to make it completely stock-like, hiding the camera a bit deeper:


All we need is to unscrew transparent adapter and mount it on liftgate's metal.

 

I am trying to install rear camera on a 2008 Lancer. Please could somebody confirm if this is correct.

On the mmcs you connect to the 12 pin connector (top right).
Pin 3 will be the + Video (which is the wire that connects to the middle pin on a phono).
Pin 5 is - Video (which is the wire which connects to the outer casing of a phono (ground)).
Pin 6 is connected to the cars ground (chassis).

So that’s how you connect the video cable to the mmcs, then as for the rest you just connect the camera power to the reverse light power +12V and neg. On my lancer it is a thick white wire for the +12V and a black for neg.
I did notice when I took the panel off to get to the reverse light, a 2 pin connector with nothing connected to it, which I guess is for the reverse camera. But as there is no connector on my mmcs and I am mounting the camera on the number plate light and not boot lid it will be easier to put my own wiring in.
I traced the wires from the boot lid into the boot, and there is a connection block on the left side towards top (by wheel arch). This block is where all the wires from rear lights go too, so it will be easier to tap off reverse light from there. Rear parking sensors are already tapped off reverse light power, so it easy for me to see which wire to use.

See attached image for example of camera I bought. You should notice a red wire on the video cable (cable at top of image). I have checked this cable and it is not connected to any of the video wires (+Ve & -Ve). What is this wire for ?
There is a wiring diagram for these cameras attached, but that red wire doesn’t make sense to me. It looks like it is putting +12V back into the mmcs which I don’t think you need to do.

Please could somebody help as I don’t want to connect wires to mmcs that are wrong and damaged the unit.

 

Red wire is needed if you want to power camera from the headunit. Not your case.
Power camera from reverse light, connect 2 pins top middle (video signal ground, tip and ring of the "phono" respectively) to the connector on your pic#3.

 

Hi all, I've just made up a cable for this but I'm not 100% sure it's correct - the Red will be Video In

Green and Black are spliced together and will go down the shielding of the video in cable thus grounding - will this work? Or do I need to put one down the shielding of the video cable, and ground the other near the MMCS?

http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/...psf6c0e55a.jpg

Thanks!!

 

So if I want power from head unit where do I get it from ?

I guess if I get power from head unit I can look at rear camera without having to put the car in reverse.
Say if you were driving and want to see behind you, couldn't you just go to camera settings to display camera. Where as if wired to reverse light for power it could only come on if the car is in reverse.

 

MMCS supplies to stock camera only around 6V, pink wire.

I've wired my camera to the pin powered if ignition is on (rear wiper connector), so I can enter camera settings and see live image without need to put car in reverse).

 

Anyone see all the ****ing link backs? DAAAAMN.

 

Nope.

 

Does anybody know anywhere else I can get 12V from for the camera. Somthing from the back would be good, or where on the mmcs gives 12 volts out ? But I think it would be better to have 12 volts all the time the ignition is on rather than when car is in reverse.