Reverse camera intermittent fault

[lambrettabad]

Hi all, just installed a double din head unit upgrade with reversing camera and now having some issues... I've wired the camera straight into the reverse light wire and the camera usually works fine when reverse is engaged but sometimes doesnt. When it doesnt work I dont even have reverse light or parking sensors either and now via a local garage been told that a weird problem of the boot catch not opening is also related to the camera. If I wire the camera into the cig lighter live, will the canbus decoder be clever enough to know when I put the car into reverse or will the camera be on all the time as its a constant live?

many thanks

[exclusiv.]

It'll be on all the time then

[lambrettabad]

thought so, I'll have to bit the bullet and let an auto spark look at it.

[Lewish]

thought so, I'll have to bit the bullet and let an auto spark look at it.

Check the ground wire

[valhalla12]

i had this problem intermittently when selecting reverse i had the wire too tight and the phono plug had come loose taped it up ( should have done that in the first place )

never had a problem again.

i would go to basics check all you connections

[sriray]

i had this problem intermittently when selecting reverse i had the wire too tight and the phono plug had come loose taped it up ( should have done that in the first place )

never had a problem again.

i would go to basics check all you connections

But the ops reverse light is intermittent too so it won't be that.