"Video in" wire connected to Navigation? 09 F150

[papa737]

Are there any way you can confirm that the" video in" is connected to the Navi unit without pulling the navi out ? 09 F150 with OEM navigation. There was a earlier thread on this but I can't find it.

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[trk35]

I saved this as a file that had 3 or 4 posts all in one. Hope this helps. I will be doing this to my 09 real soon now that I have all the parts.

You obviously need to start by purchasing the OEM Emblem Camera. You will also need to purchase part#9L3Z*13A409*CB, this is the rear taillight/license plate light/camera harness.

It is completely plug and play and the only parts that need to come off of the truck are the spare tire and taillights. Once the camera and the harness are installed(~45 minutes in total) you need to go to the dreaded dealer....

Before we went to the dealer, we checked the camera for power/ground and we also pulled out the factory nav system to be sure that the camera wires wire in fact in the harness to the camera. They were. (they are brown and brown/yellow and are the two center pins in the 12 pin harness connected to the MONITOR) We then ran a simple circuit test to make sure we had a complete circuit, which we did.

Then off to the Dealer. I checked the part #'s on a vehicle with the nav and a camera and a vehicle without the camera and the part #'s were the same. This meant that the only difference was in fact the programming. I called a bunch of dealers who all claimed they could program it.

Dealer # 1
We arrived and explained what we needed done again, and they said sure no problem. They took the truck and came back an hour later and said that they had no idea how to access any programming on the nav unit.

Dealer #2
Same as above.

At this point we were more than frustrated. I knew this had to be a simple programming issue and couldnt believe they couldnt figure it out...

Dealer #3
We arrived there this morning and went through the whole speech with them. They assured us that they could do it. they brought their computer out, hooked up to the truck and went through the system. About 20 minutes into it, they said, SORRY we cant access it. I was on the verge of rage at this point. I asked the guy, what would you do if I brought this vehicle in under warranty and you had to program a replacement nav?

He said "We'd go on the computer and research the factory 'as-built data' for the truck and upload the settings. I then said, cant we go on the computer and get the 'as-built' settings from a truck with the nav and camera and upload those? to which he replied "No way. That would never work" Long story short, they wouldnt even try to do it. I spoke with the sales manager(for whom we were actually doing the job) and he said hed get us access to the computer. Long story slightly shorter, it worked. We downloaded the as-built data from one truck and uploaded it to the one we added the camera to.

It took less than 15 minutes for MY installer, with the help of a factory IDS scantool. He went into the PMI programming and reprogrammed the ACM module with the new data.

I hope this helps everyone. If a dealer says they cannot do it, assure them they can.