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I'll start my own thread. I finally ditched my old Kenwood Stereo MP3 player. I got to the point I gave up on cutting MP3 discs and audio CD's. I start just using the cellphone. Bit just an awful lot of plugging and unplugging the cellphone just for music. I was hunting around and there is a lot of double DIN stereos out there. Then there is lot of single DIN with flip up screens. I couldn't find any of the flip down screens. I focus back to a single DIN stereo with bluetooth. I stumbled across CACA In Dash Stereo on Amazon for a whole $38 bucks. I was kind of skeptical because of it cheap China made stereo. I'll admit the there are no instructions for this stereo. Basic wire map that all. Rest you on your own. I installed rather easy using my old dash filler plate. I forgot to hook up the antenna. So today I've got the reverse camera hooked up and it works really well. 

 

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Camer automatically pops up when you shift to reverse. It also cuts the audio / music when you do which is fine. 

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The camera is rather cheap. The bracket is very thin metal. What I did was grabbed another scrap piece of metal and soldered the camera bracket to the scrap metal. Currently, I've got it ziptied to my bumper through the hitch ball holes above. I'll grab fender washers and long bolts and bolt that up to the bumper. I'm slightly offset from center but I can back right up to my trailer easy now. 

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I am bummed I bought 2 of them one for the dodge and one for my work truck and they do everything they are supposed to but there is no video image when I go into reverse. The lights on the camera come on but the music does not interrupt. I looked through the menu to find anything to change but do not see anything. It is a real simple hook up yellow vid cable and red and black power. I thought I might have used the wrong yellow on the deck but nope tried both for fun. Any weird menu item anybody has found who bought one of these? Thanks in Advance.

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I wonder if the video signal isn't making it back to the deck that is what turns the screen over to back camera mode. If the video line is dead then the stereo will not flip over.

I have it solved now, I sent the question to the seller who then sent me actual pictures of the ports in back and the wiring. I had looked at the drawing that comes with the deck and had concluded that the video port in was the yellow one that was closest to the antenna port, but the images said no it was the opposite so I went out and took the deck out thinking it would be an easy fix (but I had already tried the other port before) hooked it up and yep no go! I thought maybe I got 2 bad cameras so I ordered one online, it came hooked it up yep, no go. Then just for kicks I hooked the orange wire off the deck  (that is not used in the wiring instructions) to the red wire on the rca cable and the other end of the rca at the trailer hitch and bam on comes the camera. So really what messed me up was the orange wire the whole time and the new picture instructions just being wrong just took me farther away from figuring it out.

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An update to anyone who reads this thread the new version of this radio with the same model number and seller has changed completely inside,  it no longer works with the stock speakers with amp, the first version did but on mine the power button went bad so I ordered another thinking it would just slide right in no wiring changes etc. But nope. If you already have aftermarket speakers it will work out of the box.

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Welcome To Mopar1973Man.Com LLC

We are privately owned, with access to a professional Diesel Mechanic, who can provide additional support for Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel vehicles. Many detailed information is FREE and available to read. However, in order to interact directly with our Diesel Mechanic, Michael, by phone, via zoom, or as the web-based option, Subscription Plans are offered that will enable these and other features.  Go to the Subscription Page and Select a desired plan. At any time you wish to cancel the Subscription, click Subscription Page, select the 'Cancel' button, and it will be canceled. For your convenience, all subscriptions are on auto-renewal.